Synonyms

Direction: Choose the correct letter which is similar in meaning in the given word.

1. UNIQUE

a. expensive
b. unfamiliar
c. surprising
d. one of a kind


2. VALID

a. true, sound
b. pale
c. weak
d. important


3. HUMDRUM

a. weary
b. dull
c. endless
d. painful


4. COVERTLY

a. secretly
b. occasionally
c. briefly
d. hopelessly


5. ELAPSE

a. disappear
b. pass
c. come
d. expand


6. PERMEATE

a. spread through
b. affect
c. overwhelm
d. provoke


7. ABNEGATION

a. self-denial
b. selfishness
c. cause
d. effort


8. ABJURE

a. perjure
b. renounce
c. discuss
d. maltreat


9. ATTENUATE

a. soothe
b. appear
c. weaken
d. be absent


10. AWRY

a. crooked
b. startled
c. recommended
d. virtuous


11. BANAL

a. thankful
b. trite
c. decisive
d. intellectual


12. DEFAME

a. publicize
b. slander
c. evade
d. character


13. DERANGED

a. sadness
b. resort
c. evade
d. insane


14. EFFACE

a. blackball
b. recognize
c. rubout
d. encourage


15. EMANCIPATE

a. take back
b. set free
c. make worse
d. embolden


16. PIOUS

a. devout
b. fortunate
c. historic
d. multiple


17. PLAGIARISM

a. theft of funds
b. theft of ideas
c. belief in God
d. ethical theory


18. REITERATE

a. revenge
b. revive
c. repeat
d. resign


19. REPERCUSSION

a. restitution
b. reaction
c. resistant
d. stiff


20. REPUDIATE

a. reject
b. besmirch
c. rebuke
d. ascertain


21. TEMPORAL

a. sporadic
b. memory
c. secular
d. crudity


22. TEPID

a. cold
b. lukewarm
c. freezing
d. boiling


23. VORACIOUS

a. spacious
b. truthful
c. loquacious
d. ravenous


24. ZEALOT

a. fanatic
b. patron
c. leper
d. awift


25. WANTON

a. noodles
b. unchaste
c. flour
d. calm


26. TAUTOLOGY

a. lack of knowledge
b. repetition
c. simile
d. tension


27. REVERBERATE

a. revive
b. echo
c. art
d. profane


28. RIFE

a. rider
b. relish
c. abundant
d. regal


29. RECTIFY

a. abandon
b. correct
c. give up
d. reply


30. PERFIDY

a. violation
b. damnation
c. pierce
d. confusion



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Definitions:

1. humdrum: lacking variety; boring; dull: a humdrum existence

2. weary: physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain, etc.; fatigued; tired: weary eyes; a weary brain.

3. covertly: concealed; secret; disguised.

4. elapse: (of time) to slip or pass by: Thirty minutes elapsed before the performance began.

5. permeate: To spread through or penetrate something.

6. overwhelm: to overcome completely in mind or feeling: overwhelmed by remorse

7. provoke: to stir up, arouse, or call forth (feelings, desires, or activity): The mishap provoked a hearty laugh.

8. abnegation: to refuse or deny oneself (some rights, conveniences, etc.); reject; renounce.

9. abjure: to renounce, repudiate, or retract, esp. with formal solemnity; recant: to abjure one's errors

10. perjure: to render (oneself) guilty of swearing falsely or of willfully making a false statement under oath or solemn affirmation: The witness perjured herself when she denied knowing the defendant.

11. renounce: to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures

12. attenuate: to weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value: to attenuate desire.

13. awry: away from the expected or proper direction; amiss; wrong: Our plans went awry.

14. banal: devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite: a banal and sophomoric treatment of courage on the frontier.

15. trite: lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale: the trite phrases in his letter.

16. defame: to attack the good name or reputation of, as by uttering or publishing maliciously or falsely anything injurious; slander or libel; calumniate: The newspaper editorial defamed the politician.

17. derange: to make insane.

18. efface: to rub out, erase, or obliterate (outlines, traces, inscriptions, etc.).

19. rubout: to move (something) back and forth or with a rotary motion, as against or along another surface: to rub the cloth over the glass pane.

20. blackball: to vote against (a candidate, applicant, etc.).

21. emancipate: to free from restraint, influence, or the like

22. embolden: to make bold or bolder; hearten; encourage

23. pious: having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations

24. devout: devoted to divine worship or service; pious; religious: a devout Catholic

25. plagiarism: the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work

26. reiterate: to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively.

27. repercussion: an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.

28. restitution: reparation made by giving an equivalent or compensation for loss, damage, or injury caused

29. repudiate: to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.

30. besmirch: to soil; tarnish; discolor

31. temporal: of or pertaining to time.

32. crudity: the state or quality of being crude.

33. unchaste: not chaste; not virtuous; not pure: an unchaste woman

34. wanton: sexually lawless or unrestrained; loose; lascivious; lewd: wanton behavior

35. rife: of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use: Crime is rife in the slum areas of our cities.

36. perfidy: deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; treachery: perfidy that goes unpunished.