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Example Questions
Example Question #2391 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MUNICIPAL
Financial
Civic
Corresponding
Preposterous
Irate
Civic
Municipal means relating to a city or town, or civic.
Example Question #2392 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ASCENDANT
Qualitative
Consistent
Up-and-coming
Sinking
Faltering
Up-and-coming
“Ascendant” is an adjective that means “rising in power or influence,” so we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like “rising.” That means that “sinking” cannot be the correct answer, because “sinking” means “descending or dropping,” making it an antonym, not a synonym, of “ascendant.” “Up-and-coming,” however, is an adjective that is used of a person beginning a particular activity or occupation and means “making good progress toward success,” and because “up-and-coming” is the answer choice closest in meaning to “ascendant,” “up-and-coming” is the correct answer.
Example Question #2393 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TERMINAL
Mistaken
Timid
Final
Capricious
Crass
Final
"Terminal" means at the end of something. Thus, the best choice is the word final. The root word, "termin," means end.
Example Question #3149 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REPLETE
Indecisive
Inflicted
Comical
Ruffled
Full
Full
"Replete" means full or complete.
Example Question #2394 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DIVERGENT
Connected
Similar
Residential
Different
Miniature
Different
"Divergent" means different.
Example Question #2252 : Identifying Synonyms
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
CURSORY
homemade
delicious
hasty
dirty
unpleasant
hasty
"Cursory" means hasty, therefore lacking in detail.
Example Question #2395 : Synonyms
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
SUSTAINED
succesional
ongoing
jovial
regal
threatening
ongoing
Sustained means continuous or ongoing.
Example Question #2396 : Synonyms
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
MOBILE
portable
twisting
risky
talkative
ancient
portable
Mobile means able to move, or portable.
Example Question #22 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Time, Age, Movement, And Location
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
ETERNAL
natural
verbose
forboding
rotational
endless
endless
"Eternal" means lasting forever, or endless.
Example Question #2252 : Identifying Synonyms
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
PREMEDITATED
synchronized
violent
adventurous
intentional
malicious
intentional
"Premeditated" means intentional or planned.
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