Synonyms

An actuary is a professional who assesses financial risk, typically in the insurance industry. Therefore, insurance is the most related term among the options.

To allay means to diminish or put at rest (fear, suspicion, or worry). Calm is the most similar word in meaning.

 Adventitious is similar in meaning to accidental.

Abortive means failing to produce the intended result. Futile is a direct synonym as it also describes something that is ineffective or useless.

To agglomerate means to collect or form into a mass or group. The option 'To gather in to mass' accurately describes this action.

An amenity is a useful or desirable feature or facility of a building or place. Facility is the closest synonym.

An apocalypse refers to a great disaster or, in a religious context, a revelation or prophetic disclosure. Revelation is the most accurate synonym.

To adjure means to urge or request someone solemnly or earnestly to do something. Entreat is a direct synonym.

An arbiter is a person who settles a dispute or has ultimate authority in a matter. Judge is the most accurate synonym.

To assay is to test or attempt to evaluate something, often referring to testing the purity of a metal. Attempt is the closest synonym among the choices.

Apposite means appropriate or relevant to the matter at hand. The other options do not share this definition.

An aberration is a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, making variation the closest synonym. Slander and strain are unrelated to this concept.

An anomaly is something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected, which is synonymous with an irregularity. The other options are unrelated.

A cairn is a mound of rough stones built as a memorial or landmark. The other options are completely unrelated to this definition.

A benediction is the utterance of a blessing, especially at the end of a religious service. It is the opposite of a curse.

Brusque describes someone who is abrupt or offhand in speech or manner. Blunt in manner is the most accurate synonym provided.

Circumlocution is the use of many words where fewer would do, often in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive, which is a round about way of speaking.

A catalyst is a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without itself undergoing any permanent chemical change. It is a common term for something that causes change.

Avarice is extreme greed for wealth or material gain. Greed is the direct synonym.

To cave in means to subside or collapse, often used for structures or metaphorical situations where someone gives up.

A charnel house is a building or vault in which corpses or bones are deposited. Burial place is the correct synonym.

To badger someone is to ask them repeatedly and annoyingly for something; to pester them.

Capricious means given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior, which is synonymous with whimsical.

Circumspect means wary and unwilling to take risks; prudent. Watchful is the best synonym among the choices.