501 Synonym; Antonym Questions and Answer Key ( Part 5)
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Synonyms
Which of these words most nearly means the word provided?
| 1 | deplete | 13 | cheat | 25 | tart |
| a. decorate | a. stingy | a. law | |||
| b. beg | b. argue | b. acid | |||
| c. exhaust | c. freckle | c. angry | |||
| d. hurry | d. defraud | d. desirable | |||
| 2 | voluntary | 14 | miserable | 26 | corner |
| a. willing | a. cruel | a. display | |||
| b. charity | b. wrong | b. trap | |||
| c. prisoner | c. unhappy | c. paint | |||
| d. careless | d. miss | d. hurry | |||
| 3 | refute | 15 | vintage | 27 | zest |
| a. garbage | a. classic | a. gusto | |||
| b. deny | b. alcoholic | b. cram | |||
| c. offer | c. disease | c. worry | |||
| d. difficult | d. spoiled | d. trial | |||
| 4 | haggle | 16 | imperial | 28 | latent |
| a. tired | a. bratty | a. dormant | |||
| b. climb | b. oppressive | b. recent | |||
| c. decrease | c. regal | c. effeminate | |||
| d. bargain | d. beautiful | d. desirable | |||
| 5 | impel | 17 | diffuse | 29 | wretched |
| a. force | a. difficult | a. twisted | |||
| b. block | b. scatter | b. forced | |||
| c. hinder | c. incomprehensible | c. miserable | |||
| d. discredit | d. unplug | d. increased | |||
| 6 | throng | 18 | hinder | 30 | irksome |
| a. garment | a. lose | a. outrageous | |||
| b. bell | b. loose | b. fearsome | |||
| c. mass | c. despair | c. impoverished | |||
| d. weight | d. check | d. annoying | |||
| 7 | regulate | 19 | lissome | 31 | ersatz |
| a. even | a. slow | a. chaotic | |||
| b. police | b. honest | b. artificial | |||
| c. flow | c. supple | c. impromptu | |||
| d. position | d. dull | d. vague | |||
| 8 | warrant | 20 | misprize | 32 | redolent |
| a. justify | a. despise | a. ubiquitous | |||
| b. burrow | b. devalue | b. odorous | |||
| c. hide | c. erroneous | c. shy | |||
| d. integrity | d. covet | d. bellicose | |||
| 9 | protract | 21 | impugn | 33 | turpitude |
| a. hire | a. imply | a. lethargy | |||
| b. fold | b. fret | b. honor | |||
| c. delay | c. assail | c. belligerence | |||
| d. corner | d. recalcitrant | d. depravity | |||
| 10 | lax | 22 | supervene | 34 | propinquity |
| a. ensure | a. intervene | a. habit | |||
| b. slack | b. overreach | b. nearness | |||
| c. servant | c. displace | c. capacity | |||
| d. strive | d. follow | d. tendency | |||
| 11 | rigor | 23 | exigent | 35 | vociferous |
| a. austerity | a. urgent | a. numerous | |||
| b. rope | b. treatise | b. bountiful | |||
| c. fix | c. miser | c. strident | |||
| d. excess | d. expedient | d. garrulous | |||
| 12 | discrete | 24 | fervid | ||
| a. leave | a. delightful | ||||
| b. diminish | b. difficult | ||||
| c. squander | c. obstinate | ||||
| d. distinct | d. ardent |
Answer Key
- c. deplete means to reduce or deprive or something essential; exhaust means to empty completely
- a. voluntary means done by one’s own will, or willing
- b. to refute means to prove wrong, or to deny the truth of
- d. to haggle means to negotiate over terms or price, or to bargain
- a. to impel means to drive forward using strong moral pressure, or to force
- c. a throng is a large number of assembled people, or a mass
- b. to regulate means to bring under the control of law; to police means to control or keep order
- a. to warrant means to serve as adequate ground or reason, or to justify
- c. to protract means to prolong in time or space, or to delay
- b. lax means in a relaxed state, or slack
- a. rigor means severity of life, or austerity
- d. discrete means individually distinct
- d. to cheat means to influence by means of trickery, or to defraud
- c. miserable means in a state of distress or unhappiness
- a. vintage means of old and enduring interest, or classic
- c. imperial means befitting or suggesting an emperor; regal means befitting or suggesting a king
- b. to diffuse means to break up or spread out, or to scatter
- d. to hinder means to hold back; one meaning of to check means to slow or bring to a stop
- c. lissome means supple or flexible
- a. to misprize means to hold in contempt, or to despise
- c. to impugn means to attack verbally as false or lacking integrity; to assail means to attack
- d. to supervene means to follow as an unexpected development
- a. exigent means demanding immediate attention, or urgent
- d. fervid means ardent or passionate
- b. tart means pleasantly sharp or acid to the taste
- b. to corner means to drive into a corner, or to trap
- a. one meaning of zest is keen enjoyment, or gusto
- a. latent means capable of becoming but not currently visible, or dormant
- c. wretched means extremely distressed, or miserable
- d. irksome means tedious or annoying
- b. ersatz means a usually artificial or inferior substitute
- b. redolent means aromatic or full of a specific scent, or odorous
- d. turpitude means wickedness, or depravity
- b. propinquity means nearness in place or time
- c. vociferous means loud and insistent, often in presentation of demands or requests; strident also means loud and insistent
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