Synonyms: Other Adjectives - SSAT Middle Level Verbal

"Prosperous" means financially successful or flourishing.

"Infectious" means contagious.

"Potent" means powerful; Unfortunate means unlucky; Immortal means able to live forever; Memorable means easily remembered; and Critical means important.

"Absolute" means complete; Sturdy means strong; Exiled means banned; Potential means a lot of promise; and Efficient means effective.

"Contaminated" means polluted.

"Toxic" means harmful or poisonous.

"Drowsy" means sleepy or tired.

"Abominable" means universally hated. If you "detest" something, you hate it. The key here is the strength of the word, an "abominable" thing is awful, not merely bad, or "questionable."

The correct answer is "harmful."

"Noxious"is an adjective that is defined as harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant.

"Portentous" means foreboding or ominous.

"Juvenile" means immature or childish.

"Repugnant" means repulsive or detestable.

"Inviting" means desirable, appealing or attractive.

"Boring" means uninteresting or droll.

Dismal means miserable.

Lewd means vulgar.

"Profane" language is rude and disrespectful. For clarification, "miserly" means not generous; "vociferous" means loud and vocal.

"Efficient" means effective without being wasteful, so "effective" is the closest synonym.

"Feeble" is an adjective that means lacking strength. Of the answer choices, "weak" has the closest meaning.

"Awry" can act as an adjective or an adverb and means "away from the appropriate, planned, or expected course," so we need to pick out a word that means something like "away from the expected course." While "wiry" sounds similar to "awry," "wiry" means "resembling wire in form and texture." Since "wiry" does not mean the same thing as "awry," it cannot be the correct answer. "Amiss," however, means "not quite right; inappropriate or out of place" as an adjective and "wrongly or inappropriately" as an adverb. Because "amiss" is the answer choice closest in meaning to "awry," it is the correct answer.

Something that is "diminutive" is small, miniature.

"Tedious" means boring or dull.

"Burgeon" is a verb that means "beginning to grow or increase rapidly, flourishing," or "putting forth young shoots; budding" when used of plants, so we need to pick out another adjective that means something like "flourishing." Since "escalating" means "increase rapidly" or "become or cause to become more intense or serious," "escalating" is the answer choice closest in meaning to "burgeoning," so it is the correct answer.