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Example Question #39 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONTRITE
Remorseful
Discreet
Dignified
Diminutive
Transparent
Remorseful
Contrite means remorseful and filled with the desire to repent.
Example Question #40 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
IRATE
Legal
Longitudinal
Furious
Rapid
Melancholy
Furious
Irate means very angry or furious.
Example Question #151 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SENSATIONAL
Shocking
Garrulous
Muted
Thought-provoking
Tactile
Shocking
Sensational means causing great public excitement, or shocking.
Example Question #152 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VOLATILE
Mercurial
Charismatic
Bothersome
Stoic
Seasoned
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 #153 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PENSIVE
Hurried
Sociable
Uplifting
Verifiable
Thoughtful
Thoughtful
"Pensive" means thoughtful or reflective. The root wood, "pensare," means to consider.
Example Question #154 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VEHEMENT
Malignant
Rebellious
Passionate
Plausible
Dominant
Passionate
"Vehement" means passionate or angry.
Example Question #155 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ABJECT
Erroneous
Scared
Unforgettable
Heavy
Miserable
Miserable
"Abject" means utterly hopeless or miserable.
Example Question #156 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PETULANT
Unsound
Delicious
Gifted
Irritable
Logical
Irritable
"Petulant" means irritable or impatient.
Example Question #157 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
APATHETIC
Aggressive
Motivated
Ignorant
Uninterested
Lawless
Uninterested
"Apathetic" means uninterested or indifferent.
Example Question #158 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ELATED
Immediate
Saddened
Tedious
Delicious
Joyful
Joyful
"Elated" means very happy or overjoyed.
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