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 Populace: Choose the closest synonym.

noun

ApopulationBinadequacyCconfusionDbogEconsequence

2 Portfolio (collection of investments): Choose the closest synonym.

noun

Afuture generationsBinvestment holdingsCwise personDdeferred gratificationEliterary theft

3 Positional treadmill: Choose the closest equivalent expression.

noun phrase / Equivalent-expression question

Aclaiming principles or standards that one's own behavior contradictsBunfaithfulness to a partner, commitment, or trustCescalating effort to maintain relative standing without getting aheadDa subtle quality, feeling, or suggestion beneath the main meaning; also a low tone of voiceEthe ability or rate of producing useful work, results, or goods

4 Posterity: Choose the closest synonym.

noun

Aungrateful personBspinning sensationCinvestment holdingsDfuture generationsEfull range

5 Posturing: Choose the closest synonym.

noun

AusefulnessBexcessCattemptDaberrationEposing

6 Practicality: Choose the closest synonym.

noun

AusefulnessBvariationCcollectionDrenovationEnourishment

7 Pragmatic: Which word is closest in meaning?

adjective

AconventionalBidealisticCstrategicDcautiousEpractical

8 Praiseworthy: Choose the closest synonym.

adjective

AsecondhandBirrefutableCcommendableDpainstakingEunwarranted

9 Precarious (unstable or insecure): Choose the closest synonym.

adjective

AcomparableBawedCconversationalDunstableEhackneyed

10 Precedent: Choose the closest synonym.

noun

AreoffendingBcomplianceCdilapidationDinterchangeEexample

11 Precipitate: Choose the closest synonym.

verb

AtriggerBnoticeCequivocateDweakenEcorrect

12 Precipitous (excessively hasty): Choose the closest synonym.

adjective

AfalseBrashCcelebratoryDincompetentEindecent

13 Preclude (in the phrase "preclude any possibility of a second attempt"): Which choice is closest in meaning?

verb

ApermitBcomplicateCdelayDdiscourageEprevent

14 Precursor: Choose the closest synonym.

noun

AobstacleBconformityCoratoryDforerunnerEacumen

15 Predecessor: Choose the closest synonym.

noun

ApersonificationBintegrationCpraiseDstrengtheningEforerunner

16 Predicament: Choose the closest synonym.

noun

AplightBfranknessCsupplicantDreasoningEallotment

17 Predispose: Choose the closest synonym.

verb

AabateBinclineCdeclineDweakenErequest

18 Predisposition: Choose the closest synonym.

noun

AmottoBinactivityCinclinationDloutEsuggestion

19 Predominant (most influential): Choose the closest synonym.

adjective

AuninvolvedBrecliningCunconventionalDdominantEunalienable

20 Preeminent: Choose the closest synonym.

adjective

AimpoverishedBmoderateCirreverentDvagueEoutstanding

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