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1811. Synonym of "prognosis" is _________?
- A. scheme
- B. forecast
- C. preface
- D. identification of a disease
Explanation: A prognosis is a forecast of the likely course or outcome of a disease or situation. Identification of a disease is diagnosis, not prognosis.
Correct answer: forecast1812. Synonym of "chagrin" is _________?
- A. chin
- B. mortification
- C. elation
- D. intuition
- E. chamber
Explanation: Chagrin is a feeling of embarrassment, disappointment, or annoyance, making mortification the best synonym. Elation is an opposite feeling of great happiness.
Correct answer: mortification1813. Synonym of "reticence" is _________?
- A. reserve
- B. retention
- C. regret
- D. brazenness
- E. hostility
Explanation: Reticence means restraint or reluctance to speak, which is expressed by reserve. Brazenness is the opposite quality, involving boldness without shame.
Correct answer: reserve1814. Synonym of "cynosure" is _________?
- A. obscurity
- B. center of attention
- C. certainty
- D. clown
Explanation: A cynosure is a person or thing that attracts widespread attention, so it is the center of attention. Obscurity has the opposite sense of being little noticed.
Correct answer: center of attention1815. Synonym of "tenable" is _________?
- A. experimental
- B. long lasting
- C. flimsy
- D. defensible
Explanation: Tenable means capable of being defended or maintained logically. Defensible matches this meaning, whereas flimsy suggests weak or unsupportable.
Correct answer: defensible1816. Synonym of "incommunicado" is _________?
- A. close-mouthed
- B. disguised
- C. irreconcilable
- D. without means of communication
Explanation: Incommunicado describes someone isolated and unable to communicate with others. Without means of communication states this meaning directly.
Correct answer: without means of communication1817. Synonym of "wrangler" is _________?
- A. lawman
- B. cowboy
- C. inventor
- D. arbitrator
Explanation: A wrangler can be a cowboy, especially one who manages horses or cattle on a ranch. It can also mean an argumentative person, but that meaning is not represented among the options.
Correct answer: cowboy1818. Synonym of "quorum" is _________?
- A. public meeting
- B. all the participants
- C. necessary number of members
- D. document
Explanation: A quorum is the minimum or necessary number of members required for a meeting to conduct valid business. It does not mean all participants.
Correct answer: necessary number of members1819. Synonym of "vapid" is _________?
- A. steamy
- B. helter skelter
- C. lively
- D. boring
Explanation: Vapid describes something dull, uninteresting, or lacking stimulation, so boring is the matching synonym. Lively conveys the opposite idea.
Correct answer: boring1820. Synonym of "senescent" is _________?
- A. sensitive
- B. ageing
- C. sleepy
- D. sweet smelling
Explanation: Senescent means growing old or showing the effects of ageing. Sleepy and sensitive describe different conditions.
Correct answer: ageing