Synonyms Online Test
Select the nearest correct meaning or synonym of the capitalized word in the given sentence:
He was not at all ABASHED by her open admiration.
The word ‘abashed’ means ‘ashamed or embarrassed; disconcerted’ which is nearest in meaning to ‘embarrassed’. The other three words: Delighted - highly pleased; Piqued - to wounded; Livid - enraged
Select the nearest correct meaning or synonym of the word given below:
VISIONARY
A visionary is one who has a vision for the future. All visionary ideas are dreams at one stage.
SPARSE
The word ‘sparse’ means ‘not thick or dense; thin’ which is nearest in meaning to ‘not dense’.
INNUENDO
‘Innuendo’ means an indirect way of talking about somebody/something, usually suggesting something bad or rude.
ATTENUATE
‘Attenuate’ comes from the same Latin root tenuis (= thin). If you attenuate something, you make it slender or thin.
TEPID
The word ‘Tepid’ means moderately warm which is nearest in meaning to ‘Lukewarm’. The other three words: Irreversible - incapable of being changed; Causing fatigue - something that leads to mental exertion; Fast-moving - speedy.
DISCOMFIT
If you are discomfited by something, it causes you to feel slightly embarrassed or confused. In other words, it, frustrates you.
ABSTINENCE
If you abstain from something, you deliberately do not do it. ‘Restraint a limit or control on something.
ANIMATE
As an adjective, animate means to make something have more life and energy. ‘Energise’ is most similar in meaning to animate.
MISERABLE
‘abject’ means helpless, miserable, despicable situation, ‘obstruct’ means to hinder, ‘abstract’ is the literal opposite of concrete, real.
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