Give the synonym for Abject.
Answer: A
It is servile.
Abject means utterly humbled or degraded - an abject apology, abject poverty. Servile carries the same self-abasement; vain is its opposite in bearing.
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Give the synonym for Brittle.
Answer: B
It is delicate.
Brittle means hard but easily broken. Delicate is the nearest of the four; competent and dismal are unrelated.
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Give the synonym for Cavity.
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.
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Give the synonym for Comprise.
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.
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Give the synonym for Encumbrance.
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.
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Give the synonym for Esteem.
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.
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Give the synonym for Gloom.
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.
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Give the synonym for Hazard.
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.
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Give the synonym for Immunity.
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.
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