Which of these words is closest in meaning to the word
provided?

1. remote

a. automatic
b. distant
c. savage
d. mean

2. detest

a. argue
b. hate
c. discover
d. reveal

3. gracious

a. pretty
b. clever
c. pleasant
d. present

4. predict

a. foretell
b. decide
c. prevent
d. discover

5. kin

a. exult
b. twist
c. friend
d. relative

6. pensive

a. oppressed
b. caged
c. thoughtful
d. happy


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

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

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. misbegotte
c. loud
d. stealthy

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
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
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