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Example Question #45 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Quality, Quantity, And Variety
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INSIPID
Boring
Competitive
Agressive
Judgmental
Unbecoming
Boring
"Insipid" means lacking flavor or uninteresting. "Boring" means lacking the quality of being interesting. Both "boring" and "insipid" mean mundane or banal. Thus, these two words are synonyms.
Example Question #46 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Quality, Quantity, And Variety
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DILAPIDATED
Sturdy
Confusing
Folded
Rundown
Hairless
Rundown
Something that is "dilapidated" is worn out, rickety, and rundown.
Example Question #47 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Quality, Quantity, And Variety
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CLICHÉD
Enormous
Overused
Insightful
Impractical
Derisive
Overused
Clichéd means overused.
Example Question #48 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Quality, Quantity, And Variety
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
LUXURIOUS
Massive
Financial
Vindicated
Reticent
Opulent
Opulent
Luxurious means extremely elegant and lavish, or opulent.
Example Question #2495 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BANAL
Creative
Commonplace
Zesty
Medicinal
Cowardly
Commonplace
"Banal" means overused or "commonplace."
Example Question #2496 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
STERLING
Creamy
Scented
Excellent
Melancholy
Understood
Excellent
"Sterling" means excellent or valuable.
Example Question #3252 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INSIPID
Subservient
Quick
Dull
Courageous
Retracted
Dull
"Insipid" means dull or bland.
Example Question #2491 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
EXECRABLE
Supportive
Clipped
Needless
Released
Detestable
Detestable
"Execrable" means detestable or very bad.
Example Question #2492 : Synonyms
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
DERIVATIVE
Inspired
Imaginative
Inspired
Stirred
Unoriginal
Creative
Stirred
Imaginative
Unoriginal
“Derivative” means unoriginal or derived from an earlier idea. For clarification, the other four answer choices are all antonyms of derivative.
Example Question #2493 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PRESTIGIOUS
Acclaimed
Perplexing
Arcane
Abstruse
Puzzling
Acclaimed
"Prestigious" and "acclaimed" are closest in meaning. These synonyms refer to people or institutions held in high regard or esteemed. The other words describe an object's quality of being confounding or confusing.
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