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Example Question #941 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SKEPTICAL
Quirky
Agreeable
Ready
Doubting
Fetid
Doubting
Skeptical means having doubt.
Example Question #38 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INFURIATED
Hoodwinked
Overwhelmed
Splattered
Excluded
Enraged
Enraged
Infuriated means made extremely angry, or enraged.
Example Question #39 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONTRITE
Transparent
Diminutive
Discreet
Dignified
Remorseful
Remorseful
Contrite means remorseful and filled with the desire to repent.
Example Question #40 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
IRATE
Longitudinal
Furious
Legal
Rapid
Melancholy
Furious
Irate means very angry or furious.
Example Question #942 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SENSATIONAL
Thought-provoking
Tactile
Shocking
Muted
Garrulous
Shocking
Sensational means causing great public excitement, or shocking.
Example Question #943 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VOLATILE
Bothersome
Seasoned
Charismatic
Mercurial
Stoic
Mercurial
“Volatile” is an adjective that can mean “easily evaporated” when referring to a substance, “liable to change rapidly and unpredictably,” or when describing a person, “displaying rapid changes of emotion.” So, we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like “easily evaporated,” “changing rapidly,” or “rapid change of emotion.” That means that “stoic” cannot be the correct answer, because “stoic” means “enduring hardship without showing one’s feelings,” a meaning very distant from that of “volatile.” “Mercurial,” however, is an adjective that can mean “subject to unpredictable changes of mood or mind” when describing a person, and because “mercurial” is the answer choice closest in meaning to “volatile,” “mercurial” is the correct answer.
Example Question #944 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PENSIVE
Uplifting
Sociable
Hurried
Verifiable
Thoughtful
Thoughtful
"Pensive" means thoughtful or reflective. The root wood, "pensare," means to consider.
Example Question #945 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VEHEMENT
Rebellious
Dominant
Malignant
Passionate
Plausible
Passionate
"Vehement" means passionate or angry.
Example Question #946 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ABJECT
Heavy
Erroneous
Miserable
Scared
Unforgettable
Miserable
"Abject" means utterly hopeless or miserable.
Example Question #947 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PETULANT
Irritable
Logical
Unsound
Gifted
Delicious
Irritable
"Petulant" means irritable or impatient.
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