501 Synonym; Antonym Questions and Answer Key ( Part 5)

Kasturika Samanta

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Updated On Dec 04, 2021

Synonyms
Answer Key

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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