Set-2 Flashcards
remote
a. automatic
b. distant
c. savage
d. mean
b. distant
remote means faraway, or distant
predict
a. foretell
b. decide
c. prevent
d. discover
a. foretell
to predict means to declare in advance or to foretell
detest
a. argue
b. hate
c. discover
d. reveal
b. hate
to detest means to feel intense or violent dislike, or to hate
kin
a. exult
b. twist
c. friend
d. relative
d. relative
kin means people with common ancestors, or relatives
gracious
a. pretty
b. clever
c. pleasant
d. present
c. pleasant
gracious means to be pleasant or considerate in social
interactions
pensive
a. oppressed
b. caged
c. thoughtful
d. happy
c. thoughtful
c. pensive means moodily or dreamily thoughtful
banish
a. exile
b. hate
c. fade
d. clean
a. exile
to banish means to drive out from home or country, or to exile
simulate
a. excite
b. imitate
c. trick
d. apelike
b. imitate
to simulate is to assume the outward appearance of, or to
imitate
fraud
a. malcontent
b. argument
c. imposter
d. clown
c. imposter
a fraud is someone who is not what he or she pretends to be, or an imposter
charisma
a. ghost
b. force
c. charm
d. courage
c. charm
charisma is magnetic charm or appeal
saccharine
a. leave
b. sweet
c. arid
d. quit
b. sweet
saccharine means overly sweet
apportion
a. divide
b. decide
c. cut
d. squabble
a. divide
to apportion is to divide and share out
drag
a. sleepy
b. crush
c. proud
d. pull
d. pull
to drag is to pull, or to cause movement in a direction with
applied force
generic
a. general
b. cheap
c. fresh
d. elderly
a. general
generic means having the characteristic of a whole group,
or general
jovial
a. incredulous
b. merry
c. revolting
d. dizzy
b. merry
jovial means good humored or merry
