GRE Unit 8A: Contextual Vocabulary and Word Formation — practice questions — page 2

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A synonym of BRAVE
Choices
1. idle
2. intrepid
3. brittle
Correct choice
intrepid
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A synonym of DIFFICULT
Choices
1. airy
2. ample
3. arduous
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arduous
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A synonym of HAPPY
Choices
1. blithe
2. bleak
3. blunt
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blithe
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A synonym of HONEST
Choices
1. clumsy
2. candid
3. curt
Correct choice
candid

Each answer is drawn from that headword's own entry. Source: English Synonyms and Antonyms, Fernald (1896), public domain.

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Left
BRAVE
Right
valiant
Left
DIFFICULT
Right
laborious
Left
HAPPY
Right
jocund

Four of the book's groups. Source: English Synonyms and Antonyms, Fernald (1896), public domain.

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