501 Vocabulary Questions - English-Learners

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  1. b.misleading.To be speciousis to be seemingly plausible but false.

  2. a. perceptible.To be tangibleis to be perceptible, especially by
    touch.

  3. c. moving.To be poignantis to be deeply moving or emotional.

  4. b.flammable. Incendiarymeans burning readily or inflammatory.

  5. b.banal.To be prosaicis to be unimaginative, ordinary, or dull.

  6. c. convincing. Cogentmeans convincing or persuasive.

  7. c. aimless. Desultorymeans aimless, haphazard.

  8. c. effective.To be efficaciousis to produce a desired effect or result.

  9. b.unfathomable.Something inscrutableis baffling; incapable of
    being understood.

  10. a. appeasing. Conciliatorymeans willing to make concessions to
    reconcile; mollifying, appeasing.

  11. a. agreeable.To be polemicalis to be controversial or argumentative.

  12. b.conventional. Avant-gardemeans experimental in style;
    innovative, or cutting-edge.

  13. c. original.A derivativecomes from another source; it is
    unoriginal.

  14. a. simple. Involutemeans complex, intricate.

  15. a. opaque. Pellucidmeans translucent; able to be seen through with
    clarity.

  16. c. meaningful.To be vacuousis to be purposeless, senseless, or
    stupid.

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