Words in Context
The medicine helped mitigate the patient's pain.
What is make less severe?
The root bene in benevolent suggests what meaning?
What is good or well?
Paucity
Antonyms: Abundance, Plenty Surplus
Scarcity
An author describing a leader as benevolent shows what tone?
What is positive / kind?
The author intentionally leaves the ending open to interpretation, creating a sense of ______ in the narrative.
A) certainty
B) ambiguity
C) precision
B) ambiguity
The solution remained elusive despite months of research.
What is hard to grasp or find.
The prefix fore- in foretell indicates what idea?
What is before?
Spurious
Antonyms: Genuine, Authentic, Legitimate
False
Calling a response flippant suggests what attitude?
What is disrespectfully unserious?
Because the manuscript relied on highly specialized symbols understood by only a few scholars, much of it seemed ______ to general readers.
A) transparent
B) accessible
C) arcane
C) arcane
Through quiet now, a latent talent for music soon appeared.
What is hidden but present?
The root mark in demarcate helps the word mean what?
What is set boundaries or mark off?
Rudimentary
Antonyms: Advanced, complex, sophisticated
Basic
A sanguine prediction reflects what outlook
What is optimistic?
Determined to avoid even minor distortion of the data, the researcher documented each procedural step with meticulous ______.
A) vagueness
B) exactitude
C) approximation
B) exactitude
His apology sounded contrived, as if rehearsed.
What is artificial or forced?
The prefix a- in amorphous means what?
What is without?
Buttress
Antonyms: weaken, undermine, dismantle
Support
Describing beliefs as dogmatic implies what tone?
What is rigid or closed-minded?
In a movement defined by restraint and muted aesthetics, the artist’s sudden use of fluorescent pigment appeared almost defiantly ______.
A) peripheral
B) negligible
C) conspicuous
C) conspicuous
The human brain is analogous to a powerful computer in some ways.
What is comparable or similar?
The root ubi in ubiquitous suggests what meaning?
What is everywhere?
Veritable
Antonyms: Fake, False, counterfeit
Genuine
A character labeled idiosyncratic is best understood as what?
What is quirky or uniquely individual?
Rather than calming public anxiety, the senator’s exaggerated warnings seemed designed to ______ instability for strategic advantage.
A) foment
B) obscure
C) mitigate
A) foment