Question type 3: Sentence Equivalence

44 important questions on Question type 3: Sentence Equivalence

To follow a different direction, or to be or become different?

Divergent

A sign that something will happen, change, etc.

Herald

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Giving a lot of information with many details

Detailed

Showing an unreasonable like or dislike for a person based on personal opinions

Biased

Clear or obvious without needing any proof or explanation

Self-evident

An occasion when something is used in an unsuitable way or in a way that was not intended

Misuse

An ability, especially of a medicine or a method of achieving something, to produce the intended result.

Efficacy

Not thinking or worrying about any pain caused to others; cruel

Ruthless

Thinking quickly and cleverly, especially in business or financial matters

Canny

Describes a person who works hard

Industrious

Having or based on a clear understanding and good judgement of a situation, resulting in an advantage

Shrewd

To make something less harmful, unpleasant, or bad

Mitigate

To make a bad or unpleasant situation better.

Ameliorate

Not able to exist or work with another person or thing because of basic differences.

Incompatible

Not in use anymore, having been replaced by something newer and better or more fashionable.

Obsolete

To, at, or in all places or the whole of a place.

Everywhere

Smaller in size or amount than is considered necessary or is hoped for.

Scanty

Present or having an effect everywhere at the same time.

Omnipresent

(of amounts or numbers) very small or not enough

Meagre

Strongly opposing generally accepted beliefs and traditions.

Iconoclastic

Combining two or more things to form an effective unit or system.

Integrative

Based on and following fixed beliefs rather than considering practical problems.

Doctrinaire

(of beliefs, ideas, or activities) different to and opposing generally accepted beliefs or standards.

Heterodox

If someone is dogmatic, they are certain that they are right and that everyone else is wrong.

Dogmatic

To produce a substance by a chemical reaction in plants or animals.

Synthesise

A claim or belief that you can succeed or that you are important or have serious value.

Pretension

A mark on something that spoils its appearance.

Blemish

A fault or problem in something or someone that spoils them or causes them not to work correctly.

Defect

In a correct and suitable amount compared to something else.

Commensurate

When two amounts are this, they change at the same rate so that the relationship between them does not change.

Proportional

To cause a group to become part of or form a close relationship with another, usually larger, group, or organization.

Affiliate

Done, made, or given willingly, without being forced or paid to do it.

Voluntary

(ofsomething that is to your advantage) not planned, happening by chance.

Fortuitous

The ability to judge correctly what is going to happen in the future and plan your actions based on this knowledge.

Foresight

Knowing or suggesting correctly what will happen in the future.

Prescient

Liked, enjoyed, or supported by many people.

Popular

The fact of finding interesting or valuable things by chance.

Serendipity

(especially of a business, job, or activity) producing a lot of money.

Lucrative

Interesting, strange, or funny because of being very different from what you would usually expect.

Ironic

Boring, ordinary, and not original.

Banal

Using words in a clever and funny way.

Witty

Not having a strong taste or character, or having no interest or energy.

Insipid

If something is stimulating, it encourages new ideas.

Stimulating

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