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Example Questions
Example Question #79 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Appearance, Materiality, And Sensory Imagery
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TAWDRY
Supercilious
Morose
Smoky
Garish
Lugubrious
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 #80 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Appearance, Materiality, And Sensory Imagery
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BURNISHED
Scuffed
Striated
Leery
Polished
Romantic
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 #1621 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
HARDY
Tough
Ugly
Easy
Vile
Poor
Tough
The adjective "hardy" means robust, fit and healthy, strong and tough. Additionally, "vile" means disgusting or wicked.
Example Question #1622 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CORPULENT
Overweight
Overwhelming
Egregious
Underweight
Underwhelming
Overweight
The adjective "corpulent" means fat, overweight. Additionally, "egregious" means particularly bad and shocking, especially terrible.
Example Question #1623 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OROTUND
Feisty
Sonorous
Pulchritudinous
Sordid
Querulous
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 #1631 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
STRIATED
Festering
Striped
Jejune
Excited
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 #1632 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
GELID
Icy
Lenient
Tepid
Indulgent
Ludicrous
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 #836 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
WIZENED
Geriatric
Outlandish
Puerile
Rotund
Shriveled
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 #1633 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CAPACIOUS
Ghastly
Redundant
Ample
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 #831 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OBLIQUE
Slanting
Choleric
Curvaceous
Corrupt
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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