Which of these words is closest in meaning to the word provided? 7. banish a. exile b. hate c. fade d. clean 8. fraud a. malcontent b. argument c. imposter d. clown 9. saccharine a. leave b. sweet c. arid d. quit 10. drag a. sleepy b. crush c. proud d. pull 11. jovial a. incredulous b. merry c. revolting d. dizzy 12. indifferent a. neutral b. unkind c. precious d. mean 13. simulate a. excite b. imitate c. trick d. apelike 14. charisma a. ghost b. force c. charm d. courage 15. apportion a. divide b. decide c. cut d. squabble 16. generic a. general b. cheap c. fresh d. elderly 17. qualm a. distress b. impunity c. persevere d. scruple 18. wary a. calm b. curved c. confused d. cautious 2 501 JOYDEB SIR CLASS NOTE Synonym & Antonym 3 19. distort a. wrong b. evil c. deform d. harm 20. sumptuous a. delirious b. gorgeous c. perilous d. luxurious 21. reel a. whirl b. fish c. hit d. mistake 22. inscrutable a. difficult b. mysterious c. inflexible d. wary 23. appall a. delirious b. covered c. dismay d. confuse 24. upright a. honorable b. horizontal c. humble d. supine 25. reverie a. palimpsest b. phantom c. daydream d. curio 26. loot a. destruction b. waste c. spoils d. cavort 27. loquacious a. talkative b. thirsty c. beautiful d. complicated 28. chimera a. chimney b. protest c. illusion d. panache 29. temerity a. audacity b. fearfulness c. shyness d. stupidity 30. educe a. demand b. elicit c. ideal d. unlawful 501 JOYDEB SIR CLASS NOTE Synonym & Antonym 31. nabob a. bigwig b. doubter c. frolic d. converse 32. pall a. light b. satiate c. carry d. horror 33. sacrosanct a. prayer b. sanctuary c. pious d. sacred 34. louche a. gauche b. fine c. brilliant d. indecent 35. stentorian a. violent b. misbegotten c. loud d. stealthy 4 501 JOYDEB SIR CLASS NOTE Synonym & Antonym 5 Answers 1. b. remote means faraway, or distant 2. b. to detest means to feel intense or violent dislike, or to hate 3. c. gracious means to be pleasant or considerate in social interactions 4. a. to predict means to declare in advance or to foretell 5. d. kin means people with common ancestors, or relatives 6. c. pensive means moodily or dreamily thoughtful 7. a. to banish means to drive out from home or country, or to exile 8. c. a fraud is someone who is not what he or she pretends to be, or an imposter 9. b. saccharine means overly sweet 10. d. to drag is to pull, or to cause movement in a direction with applied force 11. b. jovial means good humored or merry 12. a. to be indifferent is to be marked by impartiality or to be neutral 13. b. to simulate is to assume the outward appearance of, or to imitate 14. c. charisma is magnetic charm or appeal 15. a. to apportion is to divide and share out 16. a. generic means having the characteristic of a whole group, or general 501 JOYDEB SIR CLASS NOTE Synonym & Antonym 17. d. a qualm is a feeling of uneasiness about a moral issue, or a scruple 18. d. wary means to be attentive especially to danger, or to be cautious 19. c. to distort means to twist out of a normal state, or to deform 20. d. sumptuous means excessively costly, rich, or luxurious 21. a. one meaning of reel is to move round and round, or to whirl 22. b. inscrutable means not easily interpreted or understood, or mysterious 23. c. to appall is to overcome with shock, or to dismay 24. a. upright can mean either honorable or vertical; horizontal and supine are both antonyms of upright 25. c. a reverie means the state of being lost in thought, or a daydream 26. c. loot means goods seized in war, or spoils 27. a. loquacious means excessively talkative, or garrulous 28. c. a chimera is a fabrication of the mind, or an illusion 29. a. temerity means unreasonable contempt for danger or recklessness, or audacity 30. b. to educe means to develop something potential or latent; to elicit means to draw out something hidden or latent 31. a. a nabob is a person of great wealth or importance, or a bigwig 32. b. to pall can mean to deprive of pleasure in something by satiating 6 501 JOYDEB SIR CLASS NOTE Synonym & Antonym 7 33. d. sacrosanct means the most sacred, or holy 34. d. louche means not reputable, or indecent 35. c. stentorian means loud and is usually used to imply a voice of great power and range 501 JOYDEB SIR CLASS NOTE Synonym & Antonym
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