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 The quintessential detective story: Which word is closest in meaning?

adjective

AexceptionalBfundamentalCuniversalDpreliminaryEarchetypal

2 Radical: Choose the closest synonym.

adjective

AconjecturalBfundamentalCinferiorDexchangeableEservile

3 Rail: Choose the closest synonym.

verb

AcalmBloatheCinveighDflourishEweaken

4 Ramification: Choose the closest synonym.

noun

AdilemmaBdiscussionCdroneDconsequenceEcross-drain

5 Rampant: Choose the closest synonym.

adjective

AlivelyBdowncastCunusualDirremediableEunchecked

6 Rarefied (low in density): Choose the closest synonym.

adjective

AthinBfundamentalCdissimilarDunplannedEeminent

7 Rationale (in the phrase "the rationale for a decision"): Which choice is closest in meaning?

noun

AprocedureBconsequenceCobjectiveDreasoningEassumption

8 Rationalism: Choose the closest equivalent expression.

noun / Equivalent-expression question

Aan amount greater than is needed or enjoyableBa person described disparagingly as dismissive of artistic or intellectual interestsCa philosophical approach treating reason as a source of knowledge beyond sensory experienceDa combination of words whose meanings seem contradictoryEa system of ideas and beliefs, especially about society or politics

9 Rationalization: Choose the closest synonym.

noun

AunfaithfulnessBclarityCassociationDjustificationEsection

10 Rationalize: Choose the closest synonym.

verb

AgutBraiseCconfirmDeradicateEjustify

11 Ravenous: Choose the closest synonym.

adjective

AfamishedBexperience-basedCinsignificantDcourteousEsporadic

12 Reactionary: Choose the closest synonym.

adjective

AbiasedBultraconservativeCunbiasedDthoroughEwordy

13 Rebuke: Choose the closest synonym.

verb

ArejectByieldCreprimandDelaborateEwarrant

14 Rebut: Choose the closest synonym.

verb

AreduceBexpelCentrustDcounterEextend

15 Rebuttal: Choose the closest synonym.

noun

Aself-seekerBmisunderstandingCplatitudeDdepartureEcounterargument

16 Recant (in the phrase "recant a previously stated claim"): Which choice is closest in meaning?

verb

AqualifyBrepeatCdefendDretractErevise

17 Recapitulate: Choose the closest synonym.

verb

AdiscourageBsummarizeCobscureDbegrudgeEminimize

18 Recede: Choose the closest synonym.

verb

AlistBharmonizeCretreatDrevitalizeEcorroborate

19 Receptive: Choose the closest synonym.

adjective

AappropriateBmodelClawmakingDopenEpure

20 Recidivism: Choose the closest synonym.

noun

ArespectBrationaleCmannerDrenegadeEreoffending

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