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Example Questions
Example Question #781 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OPAQUE
Clear
Limpid
Lucid
Cloudy
Nontransparent
Nontransparent
"Opaque" is an adjective meaning "not able to be seen through; not transparent," or when referring to language, "hard or impossible to understand; unfathomable." "Cloudy" and "not transparent" may each seem like a potentially correct answer. While something that is cloudy may also be opaque, "nontransparent" is the correct answer because its meaning is the closest of the potential answer choices to that of "opaque."
Example Question #782 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INCANDESCENT
Burdensome
Cozy
Burning
Partial
Intelligent
Burning
Incandescent means emitting light because of heat, or burning.
Example Question #783 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COMMODIOUS
Toilet
Spacious
Friendly
Nasty
Generous
Spacious
A place that is commodious is open, roomy, or spacious.
Example Question #784 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DIAPHANOUS
Sheer
Frightening
Funny
Deadly
Cold
Sheer
"Diaphanous" is a word used to describe something that is filmy, transparent, light, or airy; so, the synonym is "sheer," in the sense of a cloth that is sheer, meaning you can see through it.
Example Question #785 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
DERELICT
Broken down
Lost the way
Running late
Under budget
On the up
Broken down
“Derelict” is an adjective used to describe something that is deserted, neglected or broken down. Synonyms include rundown, dilapidated, ruined, abandoned etc.
Example Question #828 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TEPID
Honorable
Mindful
Escalating
Dark
Lukewarm
Lukewarm
Tepid means lukewarm.
Example Question #1584 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ARID
Clandestine
Burly
Dry
Marked
Tentative
Dry
Arid means dry.
Example Question #829 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ARID
Dry
Shocking
Commendable
Malleable
Weak
Dry
Arid means extremely dry.
Example Question #786 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PUTRID
Causal
Optimistic
Decaying
Latent
Lethal
Decaying
"Putrid" means rotten, decaying, or decomposing. The Latin root word, "putridus," means rotten.
Example Question #787 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TURGID
Striped
Intimidating
Arrogant
Transparent
Swollen
Swollen
"Turgid" means swollen.
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