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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
Dignified
Diminutive
Transparent
Discreet
Remorseful
Remorseful
Contrite means remorseful and filled with the desire to repent.
Example Question #941 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
IRATE
Legal
Rapid
Longitudinal
Furious
Melancholy
Furious
Irate means very angry or furious.
Example Question #152 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SENSATIONAL
Garrulous
Thought-provoking
Muted
Tactile
Shocking
Shocking
Sensational means causing great public excitement, or shocking.
Example Question #153 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VOLATILE
Stoic
Mercurial
Bothersome
Seasoned
Charismatic
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 #154 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PENSIVE
Thoughtful
Sociable
Verifiable
Hurried
Uplifting
Thoughtful
"Pensive" means thoughtful or reflective. The root wood, "pensare," means to consider.
Example Question #155 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VEHEMENT
Malignant
Rebellious
Dominant
Passionate
Plausible
Passionate
"Vehement" means passionate or angry.
Example Question #156 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ABJECT
Heavy
Unforgettable
Erroneous
Scared
Miserable
Miserable
"Abject" means utterly hopeless or miserable.
Example Question #947 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PETULANT
Delicious
Logical
Unsound
Irritable
Gifted
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
Uninterested
Motivated
Ignorant
Lawless
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
Immediate
Saddened
Delicious
Joyful
Tedious
Joyful
"Elated" means very happy or overjoyed.
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