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Example Question #147 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SKEPTICAL
Doubting
Fetid
Agreeable
Ready
Quirky
Doubting
Skeptical means having doubt.
Example Question #148 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INFURIATED
Excluded
Hoodwinked
Splattered
Enraged
Overwhelmed
Enraged
Infuriated means made extremely angry, or enraged.
Example Question #941 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONTRITE
Dignified
Diminutive
Transparent
Remorseful
Discreet
Remorseful
Contrite means remorseful and filled with the desire to repent.
Example Question #942 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
IRATE
Furious
Longitudinal
Melancholy
Rapid
Legal
Furious
Irate means very angry or furious.
Example Question #943 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SENSATIONAL
Thought-provoking
Muted
Tactile
Shocking
Garrulous
Shocking
Sensational means causing great public excitement, or shocking.
Example Question #944 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VOLATILE
Mercurial
Seasoned
Stoic
Charismatic
Bothersome
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 #945 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PENSIVE
Verifiable
Thoughtful
Sociable
Uplifting
Hurried
Thoughtful
"Pensive" means thoughtful or reflective. The root wood, "pensare," means to consider.
Example Question #946 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VEHEMENT
Dominant
Rebellious
Malignant
Plausible
Passionate
Passionate
"Vehement" means passionate or angry.
Example Question #947 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ABJECT
Heavy
Unforgettable
Scared
Erroneous
Miserable
Miserable
"Abject" means utterly hopeless or miserable.
Example Question #948 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PETULANT
Logical
Unsound
Irritable
Delicious
Gifted
Irritable
"Petulant" means irritable or impatient.
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