Synonyms Questions and Answers

Answer: A

It is contain.

To comprise is to consist of or be made up of - the house comprises six rooms. Note that the whole comprises the parts, not the other way round.

Answer: C

It is prerogative.

Immunity is exemption from an obligation or penalty, and a prerogative is a special right - the nearest of the four, both being freedoms others do not have.

Answer: A

It is depth.

A cavity is a hollow space within a solid body, from the Latin cavus, hollow. Depth is the nearest of the four; punishment and imprisonment have nothing to do with it.

Answer: A

It is moderate.

To abate is to lessen in force - the storm abated. Moderate as a verb means the same. Forsake and pardon are unrelated verbs that merely begin alike.

Answer: C

It is obstacle.

An encumbrance is a burden or impediment, and in law a claim against property. Its root is the Old French for blocking with a log.

Answer: D

It is regard.

To esteem is to hold in high regard, from the Latin aestimare, to value - the same root as estimate. Delusion and apparent are unrelated.

Answer: B

It is delicate.

Brittle means hard but easily broken. Delicate is the nearest of the four; competent and dismal are unrelated.

Answer: B

It is obscurity.

Gloom is partial darkness, and by extension despondency. Obscurity in the sense of dimness is the nearest of the four; beneficent and worthless describe qualities of quite another kind.

Answer: B

It is danger.

A hazard is a source of danger. The word came into English as the name of a dice game, by way of Arabic, which is why it also gave us haphazard and hazarding a guess.