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Example Question #151 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONTRITE
Remorseful
Dignified
Transparent
Diminutive
Discreet
Remorseful
Contrite means remorseful and filled with the desire to repent.
Example Question #152 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
IRATE
Furious
Longitudinal
Legal
Melancholy
Rapid
Furious
Irate means very angry or furious.
Example Question #153 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SENSATIONAL
Shocking
Tactile
Thought-provoking
Muted
Garrulous
Shocking
Sensational means causing great public excitement, or shocking.
Example Question #154 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VOLATILE
Stoic
Bothersome
Charismatic
Seasoned
Mercurial
Mercurial
“Volatile” is an adjective that can mean “easily evaporated” when referring to a substance, “liable to change rapidly and unpredictably,” or when describing a person, “displaying rapid changes of emotion.” So, we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like “easily evaporated,” “changing rapidly,” or “rapid change of emotion.” That means that “stoic” cannot be the correct answer, because “stoic” means “enduring hardship without showing one’s feelings,” a meaning very distant from that of “volatile.” “Mercurial,” however, is an adjective that can mean “subject to unpredictable changes of mood or mind” when describing a person, and because “mercurial” is the answer choice closest in meaning to “volatile,” “mercurial” is the correct answer.
Example Question #155 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PENSIVE
Thoughtful
Uplifting
Sociable
Verifiable
Hurried
Thoughtful
"Pensive" means thoughtful or reflective. The root wood, "pensare," means to consider.
Example Question #156 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VEHEMENT
Dominant
Malignant
Plausible
Rebellious
Passionate
Passionate
"Vehement" means passionate or angry.
Example Question #157 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ABJECT
Scared
Unforgettable
Miserable
Heavy
Erroneous
Miserable
"Abject" means utterly hopeless or miserable.
Example Question #158 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PETULANT
Gifted
Logical
Unsound
Delicious
Irritable
Irritable
"Petulant" means irritable or impatient.
Example Question #159 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
APATHETIC
Uninterested
Ignorant
Motivated
Lawless
Aggressive
Uninterested
"Apathetic" means uninterested or indifferent.
Example Question #952 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ELATED
Joyful
Delicious
Immediate
Tedious
Saddened
Joyful
"Elated" means very happy or overjoyed.
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