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Example Question #1691 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BOMBASTICALLY
Acrimoniously
Complaisantly
Smarmily
Pompously
Ingratiatingly
Pompously
"Bombastic" is a synonym for grandiloquent and pompous. "Complaisant" is a synonym for "acquiescent" and "amenable." "Ingratiating" and "smarmy" are synonyms. "Acrimonious" means caustic or bitter.
Example Question #1692 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONTRITELY
Penitently
Parsimoniously
Illustriously
Haughtily
Superciliously
Penitently
"Contrite" means penitent or repentant. "Haughty" and "supercilious" are synonyms that both mean stuck up, conceited. "Illustrious" means distinguished or eminent. "Parsimonious" means stingy or cheap.
Example Question #1693 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ACRIMONIOUSLY
Surreptitiously
Stealthily
Petulantly
Bitterly
Ambivalently
Bitterly
"Acrimonious" is a synonym for "acerbic" and "bitter." To be "ambivalent" is to have mixed feeling about something. "Surreptitious" and "stealthy" are both synonyms for furtive. "Petulant" is another word for peevish, grumpy, or irritable.
Example Question #1694 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VAPIDLY
Eminently
Palatably
Dully
Pristinely
Congenially
Dully
"Vapid" means dull and boring. "Eminent" means prominent and distinguished. "Palatable" means acceptable or edible, depending on the context, and "pristine" means spotless. "Congenial" means personable and friendly.
Example Question #1695 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INGENUOUSLY
Naively
Dissolutely
Impertinently
Insolently
Forbiddingly
Naively
"Ingenuous" means naive or childlike with innocence. This is an antonym for "dissolute," or depraved. "Forbidding" means grim or unwelcoming. "Insolent" and "impertinent" both mean impudent.
Example Question #1696 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INTRACTABLY
Serenely
Innocuously
Immaculately
Innocently
Intransigently
Intransigently
"Intractable" and "intransigent" are both synonyms for stubborn. "Innocent" means the opposite or guilty (or the opposite of experienced and worldly, depending), and "innocuous" means harmless. "Immaculate" is another word for "pristine," and "serene" is another word for calm and peaceful.
Example Question #1697 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
EPHERMALLY
Smugly
Irrelevantly
Briefly
Troublingly
Exquisitely
Briefly
"Ephemeral" means brief, fleeting, or short-lived. "Exquisite means beautiful or lovely. Something "troubling" is unsettling, and something "irrelevant" is not pertinent. "Smug" is a synonym for "arrogant."
Example Question #1698 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FALLACIOUSLY
Ephemerally
Humongously
Fictitiously
Excruciatingly
Indifferently
Fictitiously
"Fallacious" means false, fictitious, erroneous. "Ephemeral" is a synonym for "transient" or fleeting. "Humongous" means huge or enormous. Someone who is "indifferent" is unconcerned or uncaring. Excruciating is a synonym for "agonizing."
Example Question #171 : Synonyms: Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OSTENTATIOUSLY
Showily
Execrably
Opulently
Pertinaciously
Arrogantly
Showily
"Ostentatious" means showy, flamboyant, or pretentious. "Opulent" means luxurious or wealthy, and "arrogant" means conceited. "Execrable" means terrible, dreadful. "Pertinacious" is a synonym for "persistent" and "tenacious."
Example Question #172 : Synonyms: Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PHLEGMATICALLY
Gregariously
Salubriously
Exorbitantly
Equivocally
Calmly
Calmly
"Phlegmatic" means calm, levelheaded, and composed. "Equivocal" is a synonym for "ambiguous," and "salubrious" is a synonym for "healthy." "Gregarious" is a synonym for "outgoing" and "sociable." "Exorbitant" means excessive, extortionate.
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