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Example Question #871 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TAWDRY
Garish
Supercilious
Lugubrious
Smoky
Morose
Garish
"Tawdry" is a synonym for gaudy and "garish." "Lugubrious" is a synonym for "glum" or morose. "Supercilious" is a synonym for "haughty." "Smoky" is a synonym for "hazy."
Example Question #872 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BURNISHED
Polished
Scuffed
Romantic
Leery
Striated
Polished
"Burnished" means "polished" or buffed. This is a near antonym for "scuffed" or scratched. "Striped" is a synonym for "striated," and "amorous" is a synonym for "romantic." "Leery" means cautious or wary.
Example Question #873 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
HARDY
Ugly
Poor
Easy
Tough
Vile
Tough
The adjective "hardy" means robust, fit and healthy, strong and tough. Additionally, "vile" means disgusting or wicked.
Example Question #874 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CORPULENT
Overwhelming
Overweight
Underweight
Underwhelming
Egregious
Overweight
The adjective "corpulent" means fat, overweight. Additionally, "egregious" means particularly bad and shocking, especially terrible.
Example Question #875 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OROTUND
Querulous
Sonorous
Sordid
Pulchritudinous
Feisty
Sonorous
"Orotund" is a synonym for "sonorous," pleasant-sounding. "Pulchritudinous" describes visual beauty. "Sordid" means filthy, and "querulous" means irritable, cranky. "Feisty" is another word for spunky, spirited.
Example Question #876 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
STRIATED
Jejune
Striped
Excited
Festering
Dappled
Striped
"Striated" is another word for "striped." "Dappled" means spotted or marked with splotches. "Jejune" means dull and uninteresting. "Festering" means diseased and rotting. "Excited" is a synonym for "enthusiastic" and "eager."
Example Question #877 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
GELID
Lenient
Icy
Ludicrous
Indulgent
Tepid
Icy
"Gelid" means frigid, "icy," very cold. "Tepid," which means lukewarm, is another temperature word. "Ludicrous" is a synonym for "ridiculous," absurd. "Indulgent" and "lenient" are synonyms.
Example Question #878 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
WIZENED
Geriatric
Outlandish
Shriveled
Rotund
Puerile
Shriveled
"Wizened" means "shriveled," age-worn, and wrinkled, and is often used to describe elderly people or things. It is not, however, a direct synonym for "geriatric" (elderly). "Puerile' means juvenile, immature. "Outlandish" means bizarre or strange. "Rotund" is a synonym for "plump."
Example Question #879 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CAPACIOUS
Ample
Ghastly
Redundant
Scrupulous
Extenuating
Ample
The adjective "capacious" means spacious, roomy, having more than enough room. This is closest in meaning to "ample" which means having more than enough of. Additionally, "extenuating" means (of circumstances) explaining and excusing; "redundant" means no longer needed, made unnecessary; "scrupulous" means either careful and meticulous or honest and principled; "ghastly" means horrible, grim, dire, horrific.
Example Question #880 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OBLIQUE
Corrupt
Slanting
Curvaceous
Choleric
Rectilinear
Slanting
"Oblique" means "slanting" or crooked. "Rectilinear" means having straight lines, and "curvaceous" means having curves. "Corrupt" is a synonym for "depraved." "Choleric" means angry or irritable.
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