SYNONYMS -- 1 TO 35

Which of these words is closest in meaning to the word provided?

1. remote a. automatic b. distant c. savage d. mean

2. detest a. argue b. hate c. discover d. reveal

3. gracious a. pretty b. clever c. pleasant d. present

4. predict a. foretell b. decide c. prevent d. discover

5. kin a. exult b. twist c. friend d. relative

6. pensive a. oppressed b. caged c. thoughtful d. happy

Which of these words is closest in meaning to the word provided?

7. banish a. exile b. hate c. fade d. clean

8. fraud a. malcontent b. argument c. imposter d. clown

9. saccharine a. leave b. sweet c. arid d. quit

10. drag a. sleepy b. crush c. proud d. pull

11. jovial a. incredulous b. merry c. revolting d. dizzy

12. indifferent a. neutral b. unkind c. precious d. mean

13. simulate a. excite b. imitate c. trick d. apelike

14. charisma a. ghost b. force c. charm d. courage

15. apportion a. divide b. decide c. cut d. squabble

16. generic a. general b. cheap c. fresh d. elderly

17. qualm a. distress b. impunity c. persevere d. scruple

18. wary a. calm b. curved c. confused d. cautious

19. distort a. wrong b. evil c. deform d. harm

20. sumptuous a. delirious b. gorgeous c. perilous d. luxurious

21. reel a. whirl b. fish c. hit d. mistake

22. inscrutable a. difficult b. mysterious c. inflexible d. wary

23. appall a. delirious b. covered c. dismay d. confuse

24. upright a. honorable b. horizontal c. humble d. supine

25. reverie a. palimpsest b. phantom c. daydream d. curio

26. loot a. destruction b. waste c. spoils d. cavort

27. loquacious a. talkative b. thirsty c. beautiful d. complicated

28. chimera a. chimney b. protest c. illusion d. panache

29. temerity a. audacity b. fearfulness c. shyness d. stupidity

30. educe a. demand b. elicit c. ideal d. unlawful

501 Synonym & Antonym Questions

31. nabob a. bigwig b. doubter c. frolic d. converse

32. pall a. light b. satiate c. carry d. horror

33. sacrosanct a. prayer b. sanctuary c. pious d. sacred

34. louche a. gauche b. fine c. brilliant d. indecent

35. stentorian a. violent b. misbegotten c. loud d. stealthy

Answers

1. b. remote means faraway, or distant

2. b. to detest means to feel intense or violent dislike, or to hate

3. c. gracious means to be pleasant or considerate in social interactions

4. a. to predict means to declare in advance or to foretell

5. d. kin means people with common ancestors, or relatives

6. c. pensive means moodily or dreamily thoughtful

7. a. to banish means to drive out from home or country, or to exile

8. c. a fraud is someone who is not what he or she pretends to be, or an imposter

9. b. saccharine means overly sweet

10. d. to drag is to pull, or to cause movement in a direction with applied force

11. b. jovial means good humored or merry

12. a. to be indifferent is to be marked by impartiality or to be neutral

13. b. to simulate is to assume the outward appearance of, or to imitate

14. c. charisma is magnetic charm or appeal

15. a. to apportion is to divide and share out

16. a. generic means having the characteristic of a whole group, or general

17. d. a qualm is a feeling of uneasiness about a moral issue, or a scruple

18. d. wary means to be attentive especially to danger, or to be cautious

19. c. to distort means to twist out of a normal state, or to deform

20. d. sumptuous means excessively costly, rich, or luxurious

21. a. one meaning of reel is to move round and round, or to whirl

22. b. inscrutable means not easily interpreted or understood, or mysterious

23. c. to appall is to overcome with shock, or to dismay

24. a. upright can mean either honorable or vertical; horizontal and supine are both antonyms of upright

25. c. a reverie means the state of being lost in thought, or a daydream

26. c. loot means goods seized in war, or spoils

27. a. loquacious means excessively talkative, or garrulous

28. c. a chimera is a fabrication of the mind, or an illusion

29. a. temerity means unreasonable contempt for danger or recklessness, or audacity

30. b. to educe means to develop something potential or latent; to elicit means to draw out something hidden or latent

31. a. a nabob is a person of great wealth or importance, or a bigwig

32. b. to pall can mean to deprive of pleasure in something by satiating

33. d. sacrosanct means the most sacred, or holy

34. d. louche means not reputable, or indecent

35. c. stentorian means loud and is usually used to imply a voice of great power and range