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Example Question #2345 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TRIVIAL
Odd
Sly
Settled
Particular
Banal
Banal
Trivial means unimportant or banal
Example Question #2346 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TRIVIAL
Modest
Calm
Delayed
Affordable
Insignificant
Insignificant
Trivial means insignificant.
Example Question #2347 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COMPREHENSIVE
Threatening
Wandering
Hesitant
Blatant
Inclusive
Inclusive
Comprehensive means complete, including all aspects of something, or inclusive.
Example Question #2348 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REQUISITE
Required
Mortified
Optional
Conversational
Decorated
Required
“Requisite” is a word that can be used as a noun or an adjective, but because all of the potential answer choices are adjectives, we will need to consider “requisite” as an adjective. When used as an adjective, “requisite” means “made necessary by circumstances or regulations.” So, we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like “necessary.” That means that “optional” cannot be the correct answer, because “optional” means “available to be chosen but not obligatory,” making it an antonym, not a synonym, of “requisite.” “Required,” however, when used as an adjective, means “officially compulsory; indispensable,” and because “required” is the answer choice closest in meaning to “requisite,” “required” is the correct answer.
Example Question #2349 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
IMPERATIVE
Enchanting
Ambitious
Dismissive
Inferior
Necessary
Necessary
"Imperative" means absolutely necessary or unavoidable.
Example Question #2341 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COMPULSORY
Genuine
Required
Communicative
Dorsal
Effective
Required
"Compulsory" means "required," or mandatory.
Example Question #2201 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TRIVIAL
Testy
Magnetic
Careful
Splendid
Frivolous
Frivolous
Trivial and frivolous both mean petty and superficial.
Example Question #2202 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ARCANE
Mysterious
Charming
Moody
Purposeful
Recent
Mysterious
"Arcane" means understood by few, mysterious.
Example Question #2203 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
CRYPTIC
Obvious
Evident
Mysterious
Palpable
Apparent
Mysterious
“Cryptic” means enigmatic or mysterious. For clarification, the other four answer choices are all antonyms of cryptic and synonyms of one another.
Example Question #2204 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VERITABLE
Dubious
Capricious
Legitimate
Fair-weather
Doubtful
Legitimate
The word "veritable" is most similar in meaning to "legitimate" and relates an object's authentic nature. The other words do not share this meaning. Some of the answer choices are, in fact, antonyms of "veritable."
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