COMPREHENSIVE SYNONYM EXAM

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Choose the closest synonym or equivalent expression for the intended sense. Every question has five choices. All answers must be provided before the set is scored.

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1 Gullible (describing someone's reaction to an implausible promise): Which choice is closest in meaning?

adjective

AcuriousBskepticalCinexperiencedDoptimisticEcredulous

2 Hackneyed (describing a phrase in an advertisement): Which choice is closest in meaning?

adjective

AtriteBoriginalCconciseDconventionalEfamiliar

3 Hanger-on: Choose the closest synonym.

noun

AteachingBheterodoxyCtagalongDassortmentEcollection

4 Haphazard: Which word is closest in meaning?

adjective

ArashBrandomCincompleteDunusualEcomplex

5 Hedonic: Choose the closest synonym.

adjective

AunyieldingBadroitCrusticDmeticulousEpleasure-related

6 Hedonic treadmill: Choose the closest equivalent expression.

noun phrase / Equivalent-expression question

Aadaptation in which happiness changes may fade as circumstances become familiarBan arrival or inward flow of many people or thingsCa model of time preference in which the value assigned to a delayed outcome falls sharply at short delays and more gradually at longer delaysDthe atmosphere or mood of a placeEthe range of responsibility, concern, or understanding covered by something

7 Hedonistic: Choose the closest synonym.

adjective

AanomalousBpleasure-seekingCfoolishDdespoticEboring

8 Heed a warning: Which word is closest in meaning?

verb

AmindBrepeatCquestionDannounceEanticipate

9 Hegemony (describing one group's position of influence over others): Which choice is closest in meaning?

noun

AautonomyBcoalitionCpopularityDsupremacyEparity

10 Heresy: Choose the closest synonym.

noun

AfeasibilityBposeCcomplianceDlavishnessEheterodoxy

11 Hesitancy: Choose the closest synonym.

noun

AhesitationBdominanceCeraDcounterargumentEsatisfaction

12 Hierarchy: Choose the closest synonym.

noun

AexaggerationBrankingChesitationDsustenanceEexample

13 High-handed: Choose the closest synonym.

adjective

AconclusiveBdisrespectfulCoverbearingDbasicEdiligent

14 Homily: Choose the closest synonym.

noun

AperformanceBdisparagementCqualityDsermonErespect

15 Homogeneous (describing a mixture's composition): Which choice is closest in meaning?

adjective

AuniformBvariedCabundantDcompatibleEcohesive

16 Horticultural: Choose the closest equivalent expression.

adjective / Equivalent-expression question

Arelating to the cultivation of gardens or plantsBexpressing feelings with great enthusiasm and little restraintCstrange in a way that seems beyond ordinary explanationDshowing careful preparation for future needsEexceptionally and conspicuously bad

17 Hostility: Choose the closest synonym.

noun

AdeserterBantagonismCconsequenceDconcernEabstention

18 Hyperbole (describing the statement "I waited an eternity" about a brief delay): Which choice is closest in meaning?

noun

AironyBmetaphorCambiguityDunderstatementEexaggeration

19 Hyperbolic (exaggerated in expression): Choose the closest synonym.

adjective

AexternalBincessantCsenselessDexaggeratedEunimportant

20 Hyperbolic discounting: Choose the closest equivalent expression.

noun phrase / Equivalent-expression question

Aan authoritative order or formal decisionBa concluding section that follows the main workCthe size, extent, or importance of somethingDa word or phrase repeated frequently as a guiding idea; also a sacred utterance in some traditionsEdiscounting delayed outcomes steeply at first and more gradually at longer delays

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