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Example Question #891 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
APATHETIC
Corresponding
Snobbish
Uninterested
Peaceful
Challenging
Uninterested
"Apathetic" means indifferent, emotionless, or "uninterested."
Example Question #892 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ALOOF
Substantial
Distant
Energetic
Charged
Disastrous
Distant
"Aloof" means remote in manner, or "distant."
Example Question #893 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BLITHE
Joyful
Adopted
Isolated
Hurried
Candid
Joyful
"Blithe" means joyful, so the correct answer is "joyful."
Example Question #894 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DESPONDENT
Hopeless
Ultimate
Sheer
Rigid
Bespectacled
Hopeless
"Despondent" means feeling hopeless.
Example Question #895 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CORDIAL
Stuffy
Courtly
Seasonal
Friendly
Proper
Friendly
"Cordial" means warm and open. (Example: "The hostess was very cordial towards her guests, offering them tea and cookies.") The word closest in meaning to "cordial" is therefore "friendly," the best answer choice.
Example Question #896 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VORACIOUS
Edible
Ravenous
Indignant
Explicit
Delicious
Ravenous
"Voracious" is an adjective that means wanting or devouring great quantities of something, often food. So, we're looking for an adjective that has to do with food and specifically means extremely hungry. Three of the listed answer choices have to do with food: "edible" means able to be eaten, so it's not a synonym of "voracious." "Delicious" means pleasant to the taste, so it is also not a synonym of "voracious." "Ravenous," which means extremely hungry, is a synonym of "voracious," so it is the best answer choice.
Example Question #897 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TEPID
Invested
Scalding
Frigid
Stagnant
Unenthusiastic
Unenthusiastic
You may have seen the word tepid paired with the water in the past and assumed that it meant frigid (cold), stagnant (standing still), or Scalding (extremely hot), but the word actually means lukewarm or unenthusiastic.
Example Question #940 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
KEEN
Curved
Enthusiastic
Quiet
Observant
Gloomy
Enthusiastic
Keen means showing eagerness or enthusiasm.
Example Question #899 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SKEPTICAL
Fetid
Doubting
Agreeable
Quirky
Ready
Doubting
Skeptical means having doubt.
Example Question #898 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INFURIATED
Splattered
Hoodwinked
Enraged
Excluded
Overwhelmed
Enraged
Infuriated means made extremely angry, or enraged.
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