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Example Question #42 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VOLATILE
Seasoned
Mercurial
Bothersome
Stoic
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 #1701 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PENSIVE
Thoughtful
Uplifting
Verifiable
Hurried
Sociable
Thoughtful
"Pensive" means thoughtful or reflective. The root wood, "pensare," means to consider.
Example Question #944 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VEHEMENT
Passionate
Plausible
Malignant
Dominant
Rebellious
Passionate
"Vehement" means passionate or angry.
Example Question #945 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ABJECT
Unforgettable
Scared
Miserable
Heavy
Erroneous
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 #43 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
APATHETIC
Motivated
Lawless
Aggressive
Ignorant
Uninterested
Uninterested
"Apathetic" means uninterested or indifferent.
Example Question #44 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ELATED
Delicious
Immediate
Tedious
Joyful
Saddened
Joyful
"Elated" means very happy or overjoyed.
Example Question #161 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
JUBILANT
Lavish
Joyful
Juvenile
Stalwart
Morose
Joyful
"Jubilant" means joyful.
Example Question #953 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
HISTRIONIC
Tedious
Dull
Historical
Dramatic
Ancient
Dramatic
"Histrionic" means extremely dramatic.
Example Question #1702 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ENVIOUS
Sociable
Excessive
Erroneous
Incessant
Jealous
Jealous
"Envious" means jealous; Erroneous means mistaken; Excessive means too much; Sociable means outgoing; and Incessant means continual.
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