Cold Meanings
PRESTIDIGITATION refers to:
a. indigestion
b. untidiness
c. magic
d. prestige
What is C (Magic)?
The sketches gave the scientists a starting point, and by arranging and rearranging the excavated fossils they had in their possession, they were able to use technology to piece together hypothetical bone structures until the mystery of the semi-aquatic dinosaur finally emerged from the murky depths of the past.
1. As used in the sentence, “hypothetical” most nearly means
A) imaginary
B) actual
C) possible
D) interesting
What is A (imaginary)?
Raisins and dried apricots are examples of DESICCATED fruit. The antonym for "desiccated" would be:
a. devitalized
b. dampened
c. drained
d. divested
What is C (drained)?
Their lives have always been free from obstacles, leaving them _____ hardship, so that when _____ finally occurred, they were wholly unable to face it.
a. cognizant of...calamity
b. superstitious about...prosperity
c. jealous of...success
d. oblivious to...happiness
e. unacquainted with...adversity
What is E (unacquainted with...adversity)?
Once vibrant and dynamic, the revolutionary government had _____ over time, and grown stolidly intolerant of any dissenting viewpoints.
a. digressed
b. proliferated
c. ossified
d. germinated
e. incubated
What is C (ossified)?
CONTEMPORANEOUS means:
a. contemporary in fellowship
b. occurring at the same time
c. temporarily speechless
d. having vicious contempt
What is B (Occurring at the same time)?
….Kranz was no stranger to ISSUES. After losing his father at an early age, Kranz turned to the stars for guidance—and found inspiration.
"Issues" in this sentence would best refer to:
A) NO CHANGE
B) adversity
C) deadlines
D) maladies
What is B (adversity)?
It's a wonder, given how well-established the science is, that we continue to do things that are DELETERIOUS to the fragile ecosystem.
An antonym for "deleterious" would be:
a. hurtful
b. pernicious
c. ruinous
d. ancillary
What is D (ancillary)?
When a commentator attempts to _____ traits shared by all members of nations or races, his task is as _____ as finding two snowflakes exactly alike in all respects.
a. brag...necessary
b. generalize...difficult
c. complain...important
d. rhapsodize...fair
e. learn...unproductive
What is B (generalize...difficult)?
Samarqand was legendary as a crossroad, its central location providing a convenient location for cultural and economic _____, developing a mixture of Eastern and Western influences.
a. tension
b. conservatism
c. integrity
d.convergence
e. eradication
What is D ( convergence)?
ACERBIC means:
a. bitter in taste
b. excelling in language
c. having many aces in a game
d. someone originally from Serbia
What is A ( bitter in taste)?
…It seems that regardless of shared currency, the economies of Britain and its Eurozone neighbors are too closely INTERTWINED for one to remain unscathed by another’s crises.
"Intertwined" in this sentence would best mean:
A) NO CHANGE
B) disparate
C) identical
D) relevant
What is C (identical)?
Although we tend to think of sedentary types as being the very opposite of ASSIDUOUS ones, many assiduous activities (like writing, thinking, or detective work) are best done sitting in a chair.
An antonym for "assiduous" would be:
a. lethargic
b. zealous
c. indefatigable
d. sedulous
What is A ( lethargic)?
Though a panic attack may appear to occur _____ and without warning, its _____ may be preceded by hours or days of stress and tension.
a. gradually...abruptness
b. erratically...solace
c.temporarily...length
d. inevitably...approach
e. instantaneously...onset
What is E (instantaneously...onset)?
Having secretly discovered that Bill has been angling to steal his clients, Jerry gave him a merely _____ handshake upon their meeting, as he did not want to give him more respect than necessary.
a. querulous
b.perfunctory
c. diffuse
d. irresolute
e. transient
What is B ( perfunctory)?
A BUTTRESS is a:
a. bed foundation
b. canopy foundation
c. mattress foundation
d. brick foundation
What is D ( brick foundation)?
It took one hundred and fifty years after the signing of our Declaration of Independence for women to win the right to vote. It took seventy-two years of ORGANIZED struggle on the part of many courageous women and men.
As used in the sentence, “organized” most nearly means
A) arranged
B) cooperative
C) hierarchical
D) patient
What is B ( cooperative)?
Some political candidates use CALUMNY against opponents in the hope that voters will be tricked into thinking that the accusations are true. The antonym for "calumny" is:
a. slander
b. defamation
c. vilification
d. blandishment
What is D (blandishment)?
High profile conflicts between party members have so _____ voters that they now _____ any new criticism of politician's records.
a. inundated...regulate
b. bedazzled...ridicule
c. disqualified...minimize
d. exasperated...discount
e. vindicated...exaggerate
What is D (exasperated...discount)?
In Galileo's time, the idea that the sun revolves around the Earth was accepted as fact, but through his observations, he _____ the notion, though not without much effort.
a. discredited
b. validated
c.exploited
d. disseminated
e.venerated
What is A (discredited)?
EFFRONTERY refers to:
a. entrance
b. behavior
c. eatery
d. effectiveness
What is B ( behavior)?
Today, a new faith is awakening the Myth of the blood; the belief that to defend the blood is also to defend the divine nature of man in general. It is a belief, EFFULGENT with the brightest knowledge, that Nordic blood represents that mystery which has overcome and replaced the older sacraments. -Alfred Rosenberg
"Effulgent" in the paragraph means:
a. rare
b. rambunctious
c. radical
d. radiating
What is D ( radiating)?
Wall Street’s unbridled CUPIDITY is responsible for America’s economic woes.
The antonym for "cupidity" is:
a. voracity
b. rapaciousness
c. apathy
d. covetousness
What is C (apathy)?
In a study, educators who wanted to _____ qualities such as school spirit claimed that they enjoy films which show the teamwork of well-adjusted students to those _____ rebellion against authority.
a. discredit...portraying
b. identify...criticizing
c. promote...depicting
d. foster...rejecting
e. dispute...satirizing
What is C ( promote...depicting)?
Misled by the ____ and not remotely evocative presentation at the start of the piece, attendees of the first performance of Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" were scandalized by what followed.
a. immoral
b. flagrant
c. inadvertent
d. decorous
e. rebellious
What is D (decorous)?