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Example Question #41 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SENSATIONAL
Garrulous
Thought-provoking
Tactile
Shocking
Muted
Shocking
Sensational means causing great public excitement, or shocking.
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
Stoic
Charismatic
Bothersome
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 #43 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PENSIVE
Thoughtful
Sociable
Verifiable
Uplifting
Hurried
Thoughtful
"Pensive" means thoughtful or reflective. The root wood, "pensare," means to consider.
Example Question #44 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VEHEMENT
Passionate
Malignant
Rebellious
Plausible
Dominant
Passionate
"Vehement" means passionate or angry.
Example Question #45 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ABJECT
Heavy
Scared
Unforgettable
Miserable
Erroneous
Miserable
"Abject" means utterly hopeless or miserable.
Example Question #46 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PETULANT
Logical
Delicious
Unsound
Irritable
Gifted
Irritable
"Petulant" means irritable or impatient.
Example Question #47 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
APATHETIC
Aggressive
Ignorant
Uninterested
Motivated
Lawless
Uninterested
"Apathetic" means uninterested or indifferent.
Example Question #48 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ELATED
Tedious
Immediate
Joyful
Delicious
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 #49 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
HISTRIONIC
Historical
Tedious
Dramatic
Ancient
Dull
Dramatic
"Histrionic" means extremely dramatic.
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