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Select the word that most nearly means the word provided.
| 1. modest most nearly means
a. attractive b. clever c. current d. humble 2. custom most nearly means a. dessert b. habit c. ethic d. deliver 3. prolong most nearly means a. extend b. inquire c. relax d. wait |
4. hustle most nearly means
a. dance b. hurry c. busy d. clean 5. solemn most nearly means a. amusing b. harmful c. speech d. serious 6. imply most nearly means a. suggest b. stab c. thick d. destroy |
| 7. ramble most nearly means
a. knot b. confuse c. wander d. wonder 8. beneficial most nearly means a. help b. advantageous c. charity d. wise 9. flare most nearly means a. judicial b. temper c. style d. blaze 10. negligent most nearly means a. pajamas b. morbid c. careless d. dark 11. aloof most nearly means a. above b. tidy c. clever d. reserved 12. resolve most nearly means a. turn b. puzzle c. decide d. want |
13. congregate most nearly means
a. worship b. gather c. disturb d. hurry 14. utter most nearly means a. express b. defer c. borrow d. laugh 15. fearless most nearly means a. powerful b. cowardly c. brave d. careful 16. negligible most nearly means a. insignificant b. arguable c. careless d. dark 17. placid most nearly means a. calm b. lazy c. solemn d. devious 18. rake most nearly means a. thin b. scoundrel c. gentleman d. shovel |
| 19. dupe most nearly means
a. rancher b. trick c. simpleton d. drug 20. stigma most nearly means a. stain b. trial c. difficulty d. holiness 21. reside most nearly means a. remain b. home c. dwell d. sediment 22. covetous most nearly means a. quiet b. sneaky c. lurking d. greedy 23. abide most nearly means a. endure b. hate c. attendance d. live 24. shrewd most nearly means a. intractable b. mean c. astute d. intelligent |
25. fetter most nearly means
a. rancid b. praise c. hamper d. persist 26. flagrant most nearly means a. vibrant b. glaring c. vicious d. pleasant 27. mitigate most nearly means a. relieve b. blend c. defend d. confuse 28. rail most nearly means a. scold b. push c. try d. punish 29. meld most nearly means a. character b. distinction c. blend d. firmness 30. rally most nearly means a. demonstrate b. muster c. course d. truly |
| 31. abject most nearly means
a. indigent b. desire c. despondent d. extreme 32. bespoke most nearly means a. gentle b. quiet c. tailored d. handsome 33. diffident most nearly means a. apathetic b. shy c. arrogant d. quarrelsome 34. proffer most nearly means a. mendicant b. wastrel c. predict d. tender 35. mordant most nearly means a. dead b. gruesome c. fetid d. caustic |
36. churlish most nearly means
a. childish b. boorish c. tempestuous d. disorderly 37. antediluvian most nearly means a. antiquated b. parched c. nonsectarian d. nonsensical 38. picayune most nearly means a. petty b. spicy c. paltry d. southern 39. smite most nearly means a. flee b. speck c. dirt d. strike 40. winnow most nearly means a. carve b. wind c. weed d. carry |
Answer Key
- d. modest means to be free of conceit or pretension, or humble
- b. a custom means a long-established practice, or a habit
- a. to prolong means to lengthen in time, or to extend
- b. to hustle means to hurry
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- d. solemn means marked by grave sobriety, or serious
- a. to imply means to express indirectly, or to suggest
- c. to ramble means to move aimlessly from place to place, or to wander
- b. beneficial means causing benefit, or advantageous
- d. flare means a fire or blaze used to signal; flair means talent or style
- c. negligent means marked by neglect, or careless
- d. aloof means distant in feeling, or reserved
- c. one meaning of resolve is to decide, often to stop from doing something
- b. to congregate means to gather in a group
- a. to utter means to express in words
- c. fearless means lacking fear, or brave
- a. negligible means so small or insignificant as to deserve little attention
- a. placid means free of disturbance, or calm
- b. a rake is a dissolute person, or a scoundrel
- b. to dupe means to deceive or to trick
- a. stigma means a mark of shame or discredit, or a stain
- c. to reside means to occupy a place as one’s home, or to dwell
- d. covetous means having an inordinate desire for wealth, or greedy
- a. to abide means to endure without yielding, or to withstand
- c. shrewd means marked by clever awareness, or astute
- c. to fetter means to hamper, or to restrain
- b. flagrant means obviously wrong or immoral; glaring means painfully obvious
- a. mitigate means to make less severe or painful, or to relieve
- a. to rail means to scold in harsh, abusive language
- c. to meld means to merge or to blend
- b. to rally means to arouse for action, or to muster
- c. abject means cast down in spirit, or utterly hopeless; despondent means having lost all hope
- c. bespoke means custom-made; tailored also means custom- made
- b. diffident means shy or lacking in confidence
- d. to proffer means to put something forward for acceptance, or to tender
- d. mordant means biting or caustic in means or speech
- b. churlish means resembling an ill-bred or vulgar person, or boorish
- a. antediluvian means so ancient that it could have come before the time of the flood and Noah’s ark, or antiquated
- c. picayune means trivial or of little value; paltry means trivial or meager
- d. smite means to strike heavily especially with the hand
- c. to winnow means to sift or get rid of, like weed, it is often used with “out’’
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