Synonyms
remote
a. automatic
b. distant
c. savage
d. mean
b. remote means faraway, or distant
withdraw
a. reduce
b. need
c. advance
d. want
c. to withdraw means to remove or retreat; to advance is the opposite of retreat
dupe most nearly means
a. rancher
b. trick
c. simpleton
d. drug
b. to dupe means to deceive or to trick
detain is most opposite to
a. release
b. silence
c. forget
d. prosper
a. to detain means to hold or keep back; to release means to let go
peer is most similar to
a. apple
b. connote
c. fellow
d. recluse
c. a peer is a person belonging to the same group; a fellow is an equal in rank, or a member of the same group
pensive
a. oppressed
b. caged
c. thoughtful
d. happy
c. pensive means moodily or dreamily thoughtful
philistine
a. novice
b. intellectual
c. pious
d. debutante
b. philistine is used disparagingly to describe a person guided by material rather than intellectual values; an intellectual is a person who engages in creative use of his or her intellect
modest most nearly means
a. attractive
b. clever
c. current
d. humble
d. modest means to be free of conceit or pretension, or humble
truculent is most opposite to
a. faltering
b. gentle
c. facile
d. submissive
b. truculent means cruel or savage, therefore gentle is the opposite
supervene
a. intervene
b. overreach
c. displace
d. follow
d. to supervene means to follow as an unexpected development
saccharine
a. leave
b. sweet
c. arid
d. quit
b. saccharine means overly sweet
rotund
a. round
b. unimportant
c. thin
d. dull
c. rotund means rounded or plump, therefore thin is the opposite
louche
a. gauche
b. fine
c. brilliant
d. indecent
d. louche means not reputable, or indecent
gainsay is most opposite to
a. regret
b. own
c. prudent
d. prude
b. to gainsay means to deny; one meaning of to own is to admit
aficionado
a. novice
b. trickster
c. devotee
d. agent
c. an aficionado is a fan, or a devotee
apportion
a. divide
b. decide
c. cut
d. squabble
a. to apportion is to divide and share out
irascible
a. determined
b. placid
c. reasonable
d. pliant
b. irascible means easily angered; placid means calm or serene
sacrosanct
a. prayer
b. sanctuary
c. pious
d. sacred
d. sacrosanct means the most sacred, or holy
banal is most opposite to
a. sincere
b. wealthy
c. extraordinary
d. trustworthy
c. banal means trite or commonplace, therefore extraordinary is the opposite
hubris is most similar to
a. earth
b. pride
c. humility
d. sorrow
b. hubris means exaggerated pride or self-confidence
loquacious
a. talkative
b. thirsty
c. beautiful
d. complicated
a. loquacious means excessively talkative, or garrulous
quiescent
a. lackadaisical
b. active
c. dull
d. prescient
b. quiescent means marked by inactivity or repose, therefore active is the opposite
stentorian
a. violent
b. misbegotten
c. loud
d. stealthy
stentorian means loud and is usually used to imply a voice of great power and range
parsimony is most opposite to
a. generosity
b. sinfulness
c. verbosity
d. tenderness
a. parsimony means thrift or stinginess, therefore generosity is the opposite
bagatelle is most similar to
a. paste
b. bread
c. bauble
d. pirouette
c. a bagatelle is a trifle (something of little value or importance); a bauble is a trinket or a trifle