Select the word that most nearly means the word provided. 71 to 110

Select the word that most nearly means the word

provided.

71. modest most nearly means

a. attractive

b. clever

c. current

d. humble

72. custom most nearly means

a. dessert

b. habit

c. ethic

d. deliver

73. prolong most nearly means

a. extend

b. inquire

c. relax

d. wait

74. hustle most nearly means

a. dance

b. hurry

c. busy

d. clean

75. solemn most nearly means

a. amusing

b. harmful

c. speech

d. serious

76. imply most nearly means

a. suggest

b. stab

c. thick

d. destroy

77. ramble most nearly means

a. knot

b. confuse

c. wander

d. wonder

78. beneficial most nearly means

a. help

b. advantageous

c. charity

d. wise

79. flare most nearly means

a. judicial

b. temper

c. style

d. blaze

80. negligent most nearly means

a. pajamas

b. morbid

c. careless

d. dark

81. aloof most nearly means

a. above

b. tidy

c. clever

d. reserved

82. resolve most nearly means

a. turn

b. puzzle

c. decide

d. want

83. congregate most nearly

means

a. worship

b. gather

c. disturb

d. hurry

84. utter most nearly means

a. express

b. defer

c. borrow

d. laugh

85. fearless most nearly means

a. powerful

b. cowardly

c. brave

d. careful

86. negligible most nearly

means

a. insignificant

b. arguable

c. careless

d. dark

87. placid most nearly means

a. calm

b. lazy

c. solemn

d. devious

88. rake most nearly means

a. thin

b. scoundrel

c. gentleman

d. shovel

89. dupe most nearly means

a. rancher

b. trick

c. simpleton

d. drug

90. stigma most nearly means

a. stain

b. trial

c. difficulty

d. holiness

91. reside most nearly means

a. remain

b. home

c. dwell

d. sediment

92. covetous most nearly means

a. quiet

b. sneaky

c. lurking

d. greedy

93. abide most nearly means

a. endure

b. hate

c. attendance

d. live

94. shrewd most nearly means

a. intractable

b. mean

c. astute

d. intelligent

95. fetter most nearly means

a. rancid

b. praise

c. hamper

d. persist

96. flagrant most nearly means

a. vibrant

b. glaring

c. vicious

d. pleasant

97. mitigate most nearly means

a. relieve

b. blend

c. defend

d. confuse

98. rail most nearly means

a. scold

b. push

c. try

d. punish

99. meld most nearly means

a. character

b. distinction

c. blend

d. firmness

100. rally most nearly means

a. demonstrate

b. muster

c. course

d. truly

101. abject most nearly means

a. indigent

b. desire

c. despondent

d. extreme

102. bespoke most nearly means

a. gentle

b. quiet

c. tailored

d. handsome

103. diffident most nearly means

a. apathetic

b. shy

c. arrogant

d. quarrelsome

104. proffer most nearly means

a. mendicant

b. wastrel

c. predict

d. tender

105. mordant most nearly means

a. dead

b. gruesome

c. fetid

d. caustic

106. churlish most nearly means

a. childish

b. boorish

c. tempestuous

d. disorderly

107. antediluvian most nearly

means

a. antiquated

b. parched

c. nonsectarian

d. nonsensical

108. picayune most nearly means

a. petty

b. spicy

c. paltry

d. southern

109. smite most nearly means

a. flee

b. speck

c. dirt

d. strike

110. winnow most nearly means

a. carve

b. wind

c. weed

d. carry

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Answers

71. d. modest means to be free of conceit or pretension, or humble

72. b. a custom means a long-established practice, or a habit

73. a. to prolong means to lengthen in time, or to extend

74. b. to hustle means to hurry

75. d. solemn means marked by grave sobriety, or serious

76. a. to imply means to express indirectly, or to suggest

77. c. to ramble means to move aimlessly from place to place, or to

wander

78. b. beneficial means causing benefit, or advantageous

79. d. flare means a fire or blaze used to signal; flair means talent or

style

80. c. negligent means marked by neglect, or careless

81. d. aloof means distant in feeling, or reserved

82. c. one meaning of resolve is to decide, often to stop from doing

something

83. b. to congregate means to gather in a group

84. a. to utter means to express in words

85. c. fearless means lacking fear, or brave

86. a. negligible means so small or insignificant as to deserve little

attention

87. a. placid means free of disturbance, or calm

88. b. a rake is a dissolute person, or a scoundrel

89. b. to dupe means to deceive or to trick

90. a. stigma means a mark of shame or discredit, or a stain

91. c. to reside means to occupy a place as one’s home, or to dwell

92. d. covetous means having an inordinate desire for wealth, or

greedy

93. a. to abide means to endure without yielding, or to withstand

94. c. shrewd means marked by clever awareness, or astute

95. c. to fetter means to hamper, or to restrain

96. b. flagrant means obviously wrong or immoral; glaring means

painfully obvious

97. a. mitigate means to make less severe or painful, or to relieve

98. a. to rail means to scold in harsh, abusive language

99. c. to meld means to merge or to blend

100. b. to rally means to arouse for action, or to muster

101. c. abject means cast down in spirit, or utterly hopeless;

despondent means having lost all hope

102. c. bespoke means custom-made; tailored also means custommade

103. b. diffident means shy or lacking in confidence

104. d. to proffer means to put something forward for acceptance, or to

tender

105. d. mordant means biting or caustic in means or speech

106. b. churlish means resembling an ill-bred or vulgar person, or

boorish

107. a. antediluvian means so ancient that it could have come before

the time of the flood and Noah’s ark, or antiquated

108. c. picayune means trivial or of little value; paltry means trivial or

meager

109. d. smite means to strike heavily especially with the hand

110. c. to winnow means to sift or get rid of, like weed, it is often used

with “out’’