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  1. 07-04-2005, 10:10 PM #1
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    Antonyms - Set 3

    21. PHLEGMATIC:
    A stolid
    B misogynist
    C philanderer
    D emotional
    E pragmatic


    22. PLETHORA:

    A dearth
    B death
    C deity
    D deluge
    E demon


    23. PROSELYTE:

    A appendix
    B apostle
    C apostate
    D apothecary
    E appendage


    24. QUINTESSENTIAL:

    A inconsequential
    B improvident
    C incongruous
    D incompentent
    E imbecile


    25. EPITOME:

    A triviality
    B nonentity
    C zephyr
    D epithaph
    E epigram


    26. DEMAGOGUE:

    A tyrant
    B charismatic ruler
    C monarch
    D glib politician
    E truthful leader


    27. LOQUACIOUS:

    A bombastic
    B grandiloquent
    C taciturn
    D garrulous
    E diurnal


    28. ABSTRUSE:

    A recondite
    B pellucid
    C esoteric
    D concrete
    E excoriating


    29. DABBLER:

    A specialist
    B generalist
    C beggar
    D magnate
    E dribbler


    30. MUNIFICENT:

    A stochastic
    B urbane
    C municipal
    D money-grabbing
    E parsimonious
    What I cannot create, I do not understand.
    - Richard P. Feynman
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  2. 07-05-2005, 03:23 AM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by namith
    21. PHLEGMATIC:
    A stolid
    B misogynist
    C philanderer
    D emotional
    E pragmatic


    22. PLETHORA:

    A dearth
    B death
    C deity
    D deluge
    E demon


    23. PROSELYTE: it means to change religion... apostate means the same...

    A appendix
    B apostle
    C apostate
    D apothecary
    E appendage


    24. QUINTESSENTIAL:

    A inconsequential
    B improvident
    C incongruous
    D incompentent
    E imbecile

    quintessential & pertinent to the topic <> inconsequential to the topic...



    25. EPITOME:

    A triviality
    B nonentity
    C zephyr
    D epithaph
    E epigram


    26. DEMAGOGUE:

    A tyrant
    B charismatic ruler
    C monarch
    D glib politician
    E truthful leader


    27. LOQUACIOUS:

    A bombastic
    B grandiloquent
    C taciturn
    D garrulous
    E diurnal


    28. ABSTRUSE:

    A recondite
    B pellucid
    C esoteric
    D concrete
    E excoriating


    29. DABBLER:

    A specialist
    B generalist
    C beggar
    D magnate
    E dribbler


    30. MUNIFICENT:

    A stochastic
    B urbane
    C municipal
    D money-grabbing
    E parsimonious
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    Quote Originally Posted by namith

    21. PHLEGMATIC:
    A stolid
    B misogynist
    C philanderer
    D emotional
    E pragmatic


    22. PLETHORA:

    A dearth
    B death
    C deity
    D deluge
    E demon


    23. PROSELYTE:

    A appendix
    B apostle
    C apostate
    D apothecary
    E appendage


    24. QUINTESSENTIAL:

    A inconsequential
    B improvident
    C incongruous
    D incompetent
    E imbecile


    25. EPITOME:

    A triviality
    B nonentity
    C zephyr
    D epithaph
    E epigram


    26. DEMAGOGUE:

    A tyrant
    B charismatic ruler
    C monarch
    D glib politician
    E truthful leader


    27. LOQUACIOUS:

    A bombastic
    B grandiloquent
    C taciturn
    D garrulous
    E diurnal


    28. ABSTRUSE:

    A recondite
    B pellucid
    C esoteric
    D concrete
    E excoriating


    29. DABBLER:

    A specialist
    B generalist
    C beggar
    D magnate
    E dribbler


    30. MUNIFICENT:

    A stochastic
    B urbane
    C municipal
    D money-grabbing
    E parsimonious
    What I cannot create, I do not understand.
    - Richard P. Feynman
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    21. PHLEGMATIC:
    A stolid
    B misogynist
    C philanderer
    D emotional
    E pragmatic

    PHLEGMATIC:Showing little emotion
    philanderer: A casual lover, flirt

    Why is the answer C & not D?
    Please help..
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    i think it should be d
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    24. QUINTESSENTIAL:

    A inconsequential
    B improvident
    C incongruous
    D incompentent
    E imbecile

    quintissential: the most typical example or representative
    inconsquential: something that is not consequential or not impoerant.
    I can't see the ratoinale here.
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    21. PHLEGMATIC:
    A stolid
    B misogynist
    C philanderer
    D emotional
    E pragmatic

    phlegmatic : Having or suggesting a calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional.

    so the ans should be D. emotional
    but namith , how can it be C. philanderer ??



    24. QUINTESSENTIAL:

    A inconsequential
    B improvident
    C incongruous
    D incompentent
    E imbecile

    quintessential means essential , ideal, exemplery, characteristic

    so ans is A. inconsequential
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    Quote Originally Posted by seagull
    21. PHLEGMATIC:
    A stolid
    B misogynist
    C philanderer
    D emotional
    E pragmatic

    phlegmatic : Having or suggesting a calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional.

    so the ans should be D. emotional
    but namith , how can it be C. philanderer ??
    Yes, I would go for D.emotional too..

    "Fear less,hope more; whine less,breathe more;
    Talk less,work more; hate less,love more;
    Then all the good things are yours ."

    ---Proverb---
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  9. 07-05-2005, 11:49 AM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by manasi4gre
    Yes, I would go for D.emotional too..
    i agreed with manasi4gre

    answer must be D. emotional
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  10. 07-05-2005, 11:55 AM #10
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