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Example Question #117 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FABRICATE
Scare
Fake
Fight
Allow
Enjoy
Fake
The verb "fabricate" means to fake, to concoct, to invent a fake version of something, to 'make something up'.
Example Question #118 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REIMBURSE
Replete
Respire
Repay
Replay
Repeat
Repay
The verb "reimburse" means to pay someone back who has lost money or given money to you. This is, of course, closest in meaning to "repay." Additionally, "respire" means breathe; "replete" means filled with.
Example Question #119 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONSTRUE
Shun
Cleave
Splice
Interpret
Pilfer
Interpret
The verb "construe" means to understand something in one's own individual way, to interpret something. Additionally, "pilfer" means steal from, plunder; "cleave" means split, sever, hack up; "splice" means join together, attach to; "shun" means ignore.
Example Question #120 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MOCK
Promote
Cheer
Tease
Scold
Encourage
Tease
The correct answer is "tease."
To "mock" (verb) means to tease or laugh at in a scornful way, making "tease" a synonym of the term "mock."
Example Question #921 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SNUB
Pretend
Elevate
Ignore
Chastise
Embrace
Ignore
The correct answer is "ignore."
"Snub" is a verb that means to rebuff, ignore or spurn disdainfully, making "ignore" a synonym of "snub."
Example Question #922 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REFUTE
Research
Disprove
Support
Giggle
Agree
Disprove
The correct answer is "disprove."
"Refute" is a verb that means to prove wrong.
Example Question #923 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OMIT
Mislead
Exclude
Include
Regard
Sanction
Exclude
"Omit" means to exclude, to leave something out, to edit something out or eliminate it.
"Sanction" means to allow, to permit, to approve.
"Regard" means to look at something, or it can mean to judge something or to consider something.
"Mislead" means to give somebody incorrect information, to lie, to dupe.
"Conclude" means to finish or come to an end; it can also mean to decide.
Example Question #121 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
ALIGN
lecture
arrange in a line
lie
illuminate
disrupt
arrange in a line
Align means to arrange in a line.
Example Question #921 : Synonyms
Synonyms
Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
FORAGE
emerge
deflect
scavenge
leap
abide
scavenge
Forage means to scavenge.
Example Question #1 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
A synonym of "fumble" is __________.
search blindly
wander around
look quickly
walk gracefully
talk aimlessly
search blindly
One meaning of "fumble" is "to search for something by reaching or touching with your fingers in an awkward or clumsy way," we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like "search for." While both "search blindly" and "look quickly" could mean "search for," "search blindly" is the better answer because "blindly" conveys the "awkward or clumsy way" of searching that "fumble" conveys.
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