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Example Question #991 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONCILIATORY
Penurious
Winsome
Placatory
Crucial
Integral
Placatory
"Conciliatory" means "placatory" or appeasing. "Crucial" means essential, as does integral. "Winsome" is a synonym for "attractive." "Penurious" means impoverished, penniless.
Example Question #992 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
IMPERTERBABLE
Composed
Confounded
Spurious
Eloquent
Obsequious
Composed
"Imperturbable" means calm, "composed," unable to be shaken. "Obsequious" means fawning or flattering, and "spurious" means false or fictitious. "Eloquent" means articulate and fluent. "Confounded" means bewildered.
Example Question #993 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SOLICITOUS
Sordid
Seditious
Ingenuous
Concerned
Innocuous
Concerned
"Solicitous" means concerned and caring. "Ingenuous" means naive and childlike, while "innocuous" means harmless. "Seditious" is a synonym for "treasonous." "Sordid" is a synonym for "filthy."
Example Question #994 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INDULGENT
Terrifying
Debilitated
Instructive
Opulent
Lenient
Lenient
"Indulgent" means "lenient," liberal, permissive. "Instructive" is a synonym for "instructional" or educational. "Terrifying" means very frightening. "Debilitated" means extremely weakened, enervated. "Opulent" means lavish, luxurious, and rich.
Example Question #995 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
QUIXOTIC
Foreign
Pessimistic
Immanent
Distraught
Idealistic
Idealistic
"Quixotic," a word taken from the Spanish novel Don Quixote, means "idealistic" (often hopelessly or foolishly so). This is a near antonym for "pessimistic." "Foreign" means strange or exotic. "Distraught" is a synonym for "distressed," and "immanent" is a synonym for "inherent."
Example Question #996 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PANGLOSSIAN
Fallacious
Smug
Optimistic
Despondent
Careless
Optimistic
"Panglossian," taken from a novel by Voltaire, is a synonym for "overly optimistic." "Careless" is a synonym for "inattentive" or even reckless. "Despondent" means despairing, and "fallacious" means fictitious or erroneous. "Smug" means self-satisfied.
Example Question #997 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CHOLERIC
Ravenous
Frenzied
Prideful
Musical
Irritable
Irritable
"Choleric" means "irritable," ill-tempered, or irascible. "Ravenous" means starving, voracious. "Prideful" is a synonym for "proud" or disdainful, depending on the context. "Musical" is, of course, the adjective form of "music" and often describes someone with talent at music. "Frenzied" is a synonym for "hurried," frantic, or frenetic.
Example Question #998 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PRURIENT
Lustful
Ebullient
Joyful
Speculative
Ravenous
Lustful
"Prurient" means "lustful," salacious. "Ravenous" means hungry, voracious. "Speculative" is another word for conjectural. "Ebullient" means joyful or exultant.
Example Question #999 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ADAMANT
Insistent
Anxious
Flustered
Grim
Doleful
Insistent
"Adamant" means inflexible, unwavering, or "insistent." "Flustered" means agitated or unsettled, and "anxious" means nervous. "Grim" means stern, forbidding, or ghastly. "Doleful" is another word for "disconsolate."
Example Question #1000 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
RUEFUL
Dubious
Stingy
Spurious
Wintry
Regretful
Regretful
"Rue" is regret and contrition, but often with a slightly amusing tinge. "Dubious" means doubtful. "Spurious" means false or fictitious. "Wintry" is the adjective form or "winter" and is usually a synonym for cold and snowy. "Stingy" means miserly, cheap.