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Example Question #2491 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INSIPID
Competitive
Judgmental
Boring
Agressive
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 #3247 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DILAPIDATED
Sturdy
Rundown
Confusing
Folded
Hairless
Rundown
Something that is "dilapidated" is worn out, rickety, and rundown.
Example Question #3248 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CLICHÉD
Impractical
Insightful
Overused
Derisive
Enormous
Overused
Clichéd means overused.
Example Question #3249 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
LUXURIOUS
Vindicated
Financial
Massive
Opulent
Reticent
Opulent
Luxurious means extremely elegant and lavish, or opulent.
Example Question #3250 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BANAL
Cowardly
Commonplace
Medicinal
Zesty
Creative
Commonplace
"Banal" means overused or "commonplace."
Example Question #2492 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
STERLING
Understood
Scented
Creamy
Melancholy
Excellent
Excellent
"Sterling" means excellent or valuable.
Example Question #2493 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INSIPID
Courageous
Retracted
Subservient
Dull
Quick
Dull
"Insipid" means dull or bland.
Example Question #2494 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
EXECRABLE
Clipped
Detestable
Supportive
Released
Needless
Detestable
"Execrable" means detestable or very bad.
Example Question #2495 : Synonyms
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
DERIVATIVE
Inspired
Imaginative
Imaginative
Stirred
Inspired
Stirred
Unoriginal
Creative
Unoriginal
“Derivative” means unoriginal or derived from an earlier idea. For clarification, the other four answer choices are all antonyms of derivative.
Example Question #2496 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PRESTIGIOUS
Acclaimed
Abstruse
Perplexing
Puzzling
Arcane
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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