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Example Question #151 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONTRITE
Diminutive
Remorseful
Transparent
Discreet
Dignified
Remorseful
Contrite means remorseful and filled with the desire to repent.
Example Question #152 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
IRATE
Rapid
Furious
Melancholy
Legal
Longitudinal
Furious
Irate means very angry or furious.
Example Question #41 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SENSATIONAL
Tactile
Shocking
Muted
Thought-provoking
Garrulous
Shocking
Sensational means causing great public excitement, or shocking.
Example Question #153 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VOLATILE
Bothersome
Mercurial
Charismatic
Seasoned
Stoic
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
Sociable
Hurried
Uplifting
Thoughtful
Verifiable
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
Rebellious
Plausible
Dominant
Malignant
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
Erroneous
Miserable
Heavy
Scared
Unforgettable
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
Gifted
Logical
Delicious
Unsound
Irritable
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
Lawless
Motivated
Uninterested
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
Saddened
Joyful
Immediate
Delicious
Tedious
Joyful
"Elated" means very happy or overjoyed.
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