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Example Question #101 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
THICKET
Bushes
Vagabonds
Lessons
Vehicles
Cities
Bushes
The noun "thicket" means a thick concentration of bushes or, less often, trees. Additionally, a "vagabond" is a person who moves from place to place and has no permanent home or job.
Example Question #101 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
STATUTE
Genre
Treatise
Offer
Law
Art
Law
The noun "statute" refers to a written law in society. Additionally, "genre" means category; a "treatise" is a written exploration of an idea.
Example Question #102 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FISSURE
Wrench
Joint
Lodging
Crack
Jut
Crack
The noun "fissure" means crack, split, crevice, a long and narrow opening in the ground or some other large object. Additionally, a "wrench" is a tool used to tighten and loosen bolts; a "lodging" is a place where someone lives or where someone stays temporarily (like a hotel); a "joint" is something that joins two things together; to "jut" is to stick out from something (for example a ledge or a jagged piece of rock might "jut out").
Example Question #103 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BASTION
Portcullis
Brook
Prison
Carcass
Stronghold
Stronghold
"Bastion" means a "stronghold," a fortress or a secure place.
"Carcass" means a corpse, a dead body.
"Prison" is a place where criminals are confined, a jail.
"Brook" is a stream or a small river.
"Portcullis" is a gate or a wall that is movable, and which is typically found at the entrance to a fortress.
Example Question #104 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MANUSCRIPT
Document
Rift
Assent
Truce
Fodder
Document
The noun "manuscript" refers to a document, a hand-written piece of text. Additionally, a "rift" is a break, a rupture; a "truce" is a pause in fighting, a peace agreement that is only temporary; "fodder" means raw material to be sacrificed because it is mostly worthless; "assent" is agreement.
Example Question #85 : Synonyms: Nouns
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BULWARK
Weapon
Tactic
Strategy
Wall
Ally
Wall
The correct answer is "wall."
"Bulwark" is a noun referring to a defensive wall.
Example Question #86 : Synonyms: Nouns
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FISSURE
Cleft
Foundation
Depth
Plateau
Highway
Cleft
"Fissure" means a cleft, or a crevice, a deep crack in something.
"Plateau" means a section of land that is flat, tableland, highland.
"Highway" means a heavily travelled road, freeway, or interstate.
"Depth" means the distance down or across something.
"Foundation" means the base, the bedrock, the support.
Example Question #1 : Synonyms: Nouns For Abstract Concepts
Synonyms
Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
ATROCITY
barbed
flagrant
blessing
something horrific
metropolis
something horrific
An atrocity is something horrific.
Example Question #91 : Identifying Synonyms
Synonyms
Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
FLATTERY
deflating
compliments
accusations
brushing away
convictions
compliments
Flattery means to compliment someone.
Example Question #91 : Identifying Synonyms
A synonym of "trek" is . . .
anomaly
map
effervescence
expedition
flood
expedition
"Trek" is a word meaning "a long arduous journey, especially one made on foot," so we need to pick out another word that means something like "journey." Since "expedition" means "a journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, especially that of exploration, scientific research, or war," "expedition" is the answer choice closest in meaning to "trek," so "expedition" is the correct answer.
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