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Synonyms: Select The Word That Most Nearly Means The Word Provided

The document provides 40 sets of words where the task is to select the word that most nearly means the same as the given word from 4 answer choices for each set. The words range from relatively common synonyms like "modest" meaning "humble" to more obscure synonyms like "antediluvian" meaning "antiquated".

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Synonyms: Select The Word That Most Nearly Means The Word Provided

The document provides 40 sets of words where the task is to select the word that most nearly means the same as the given word from 4 answer choices for each set. The words range from relatively common synonyms like "modest" meaning "humble" to more obscure synonyms like "antediluvian" meaning "antiquated".

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Synonyms

Select the word that most nearly means the word


provided.

1. modest most nearly means 4. hustle most nearly means


a. attractive a. dance
b. clever b. hurry
c. current c. busy
d. humble d. clean

2. custom most nearly means 5. solemn most nearly means


a. dessert a. amusing
b. habit b. harmful
c. ethic c. speech
d. deliver d. serious

3. prolong most nearly means 6. imply most nearly means


a. extend a. suggest
b. inquire b. stab
c. relax c. thick
d. wait d. destroy
7. ramble most nearly means 13. congregate most nearly
a. knot means
b. confuse a. worship
c. wander b. gather
d. wonder c. disturb
d. hurry
8. beneficial most nearly means
a. help 14. utter most nearly means
b. advantageous a. express
c. charity b. defer
d. wise c. borrow
d. laugh
9. flare most nearly means
a. judicial 15. fearless most nearly means
b. temper a. powerful
c. style b. cowardly
d. blaze c. brave
d. careful
10. negligent most nearly means
a. pajamas 16. negligible most nearly
b. morbid means
c. careless a. insignificant
d. dark b. arguable
c. careless
11. aloof most nearly means d. dark
a. above
b. tidy 17. placid most nearly means
c. clever a. calm
d. reserved b. lazy
c. solemn
12. resolve most nearly means d. devious
a. turn
b. puzzle 18. rake most nearly means
c. decide a. thin
d. want b. scoundrel
c. gentleman
d. shovel
19. dupe most nearly means 25. fetter most nearly means
a. rancher a. rancid
b. trick b. praise
c. simpleton c. hamper
d. drug d. persist

20. stigma most nearly means 26. flagrant most nearly means
a. stain a. vibrant
b. trial b. glaring
c. difficulty c. vicious
d. holiness d. pleasant

21. reside most nearly means 27. mitigate most nearly means
a. remain a. relieve
b. home b. blend
c. dwell c. defend
d. sediment d. confuse

22. covetous most nearly means 28. rail most nearly means
a. quiet a. scold
b. sneaky b. push
c. lurking c. try
d. greedy d. punish

23. abide most nearly means 29. meld most nearly means
a. endure a. character
b. hate b. distinction
c. attendance c. blend
d. live d. firmness

24. shrewd most nearly means 30. rally most nearly means
a. intractable a. demonstrate
b. mean b. muster
c. astute c. course
d. intelligent d. truly
31. abject most nearly means 36. churlish most nearly means
a. indigent a. childish
b. desire b. boorish
c. despondent c. tempestuous
d. extreme d. disorderly

32. bespoke most nearly means 37. antediluvian most nearly


a. gentle means
b. quiet a. antiquated
c. tailored b. parched
d. handsome c. nonsectarian
d. nonsensical
33. diffident most nearly means
a. apathetic 38. picayune most nearly means
b. shy a. petty
c. arrogant b. spicy
d. quarrelsome c. paltry
d. southern
34. proffer most nearly means
a. mendicant 39. smite most nearly means
b. wastrel a. flee
c. predict b. speck
d. tender c. dirt
d. strike
35. mordant most nearly means
a. dead 40. winnow most nearly means
b. gruesome a. carve
c. fetid b. wind
d. caustic c. weed
d. carry

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