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Example Question #871 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
HARDY
Vile
Ugly
Tough
Easy
Poor
Tough
The adjective "hardy" means robust, fit and healthy, strong and tough. Additionally, "vile" means disgusting or wicked.
Example Question #872 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CORPULENT
Overweight
Underweight
Overwhelming
Underwhelming
Egregious
Overweight
The adjective "corpulent" means fat, overweight. Additionally, "egregious" means particularly bad and shocking, especially terrible.
Example Question #873 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OROTUND
Sordid
Sonorous
Pulchritudinous
Feisty
Querulous
Sonorous
"Orotund" is a synonym for "sonorous," pleasant-sounding. "Pulchritudinous" describes visual beauty. "Sordid" means filthy, and "querulous" means irritable, cranky. "Feisty" is another word for spunky, spirited.
Example Question #874 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
STRIATED
Festering
Jejune
Striped
Dappled
Excited
Striped
"Striated" is another word for "striped." "Dappled" means spotted or marked with splotches. "Jejune" means dull and uninteresting. "Festering" means diseased and rotting. "Excited" is a synonym for "enthusiastic" and "eager."
Example Question #875 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
GELID
Icy
Tepid
Ludicrous
Lenient
Indulgent
Icy
"Gelid" means frigid, "icy," very cold. "Tepid," which means lukewarm, is another temperature word. "Ludicrous" is a synonym for "ridiculous," absurd. "Indulgent" and "lenient" are synonyms.
Example Question #876 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
WIZENED
Shriveled
Rotund
Outlandish
Puerile
Geriatric
Shriveled
"Wizened" means "shriveled," age-worn, and wrinkled, and is often used to describe elderly people or things. It is not, however, a direct synonym for "geriatric" (elderly). "Puerile' means juvenile, immature. "Outlandish" means bizarre or strange. "Rotund" is a synonym for "plump."
Example Question #877 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CAPACIOUS
Ghastly
Redundant
Scrupulous
Ample
Extenuating
Ample
The adjective "capacious" means spacious, roomy, having more than enough room. This is closest in meaning to "ample" which means having more than enough of. Additionally, "extenuating" means (of circumstances) explaining and excusing; "redundant" means no longer needed, made unnecessary; "scrupulous" means either careful and meticulous or honest and principled; "ghastly" means horrible, grim, dire, horrific.
Example Question #878 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OBLIQUE
Corrupt
Slanting
Choleric
Rectilinear
Curvaceous
Slanting
"Oblique" means "slanting" or crooked. "Rectilinear" means having straight lines, and "curvaceous" means having curves. "Corrupt" is a synonym for "depraved." "Choleric" means angry or irritable.
Example Question #881 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
GRAVID
Trivial
Serpentine
Pregnant
Wizened
Dreary
Pregnant
"Gravid" mean "pregnant," either literally with child or figuratively (as in a gravid pause). "Wizened" means withered and shriveled, and "trivial" means trifling, unimportant. "Serpentine" is a synonym for "winding" or tortuous. "Dreary" is a synonym for "dismal."
Example Question #882 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ROTUND
Scathing
Stately
Plump
Apposite
Baronial
Plump
"Rotund" means chubby or plump. "Baronial" and "stately" are both synonyms for "grand." "Scathing" means blistering. "Apposite" means apt or appropriate.