Vocabulary and Synonyms

An extrovert is a person who gains energy from external objects, people, and activities. Option A correctly defines this. 'Spoken/written in secret' (B) is 'surreptitious', 'rustic' (C) means rural, and 'hit with sweeping motion' (D) is 'swipe' or 'strike'.

Extrude means to force material out through a small opening or to thrust out. Option A correctly captures this meaning. 'Shut in enclosed space' (B) is the opposite 'confine', 'time long past' (C) is 'ancient', and 'lover of luxury' (D) is 'sybarite'.

Exuberance means overflowing abundance of energy, enthusiasm, or emotion. Option A correctly defines this. 'Seize' (B) is 'grab', 'comic' (C) refers to humor, and 'servile flatterer' (D) is 'sycophant'.

Exude means to flow out slowly or to display a quality prominently. Option A correctly captures this. 'Great fire' (B) is 'inferno' or 'conflagration', 'eager enthusiasm' (C) is 'zeal', and 'logical formula' (D) is 'syllogism'.

Exult means to rejoice or show great happiness, especially after a triumph. Option A is correct. 'Flowing together' (B) is 'converge', 'one who is zealous' (C) is 'zealot', and 'pertaining to woods' (D) is 'sylvan'.

Factitious means artificial, contrived, or not natural - produced by human effort rather than occurring naturally. Option A is correct. 'Youthful' (B) is 'juvenile', 'unexplicable' (C) contains a typo and should be 'inexplicable' meaning unexplainable, and 'final' (D) is 'ultimate'.

Faculty refers to a natural ability or power, particularly mental capabilities like reason, memory, or perception. Option A correctly identifies this meaning as mental or bodily powers, as seen in phrases like 'faculties of the mind.' The other options (heat-producing, not open to attack, resentment) represent different word meanings entirely.

Falsify means to make something false by altering it, typically documents or records. Option A correctly defines this as changing something to make it false. The other options represent different words: unfounded rumor (fabrication), not done politely (informal/abrupt), and modest (humble).

Facile means easily accomplished or achieved, often implying superficiality. Option A provides the correct definition. The distractors are different concepts: deliberately planned (calculated/premeditated), sore on skin (fester/ulcer), and combining into whole (integrate/synthesize).

Falter means to hesitate, waver, or lose confidence/strength in speech or action. Option A correctly captures this meaning. The other options are unrelated: frankness (candor/openness), unscrupulous (unprincipled), and violent (fierce/forceful).

Fanaticism refers to excessive, unreasonable zeal or enthusiasm, often for a cause or belief. Option A correctly defines it as excessive zeal. The other options are unrelated: related to dogs (canine), boorish (rude/vulgar), and strange (epeculiar/eerie).

Fancied means imagined, supposed, or believed without certainty. Option A correctly gives the definition. The distractors represent different words: ulcerous sore (fester/fistula), anointing with oil (unction/unction), and not done politely (informal/abrupt).

Fancier refers to a person who breeds or deals with animals, typically for show or competition (like cat fanciers, pigeon fanciers). Option A is correct. The distractors are different concepts: shrewd with money (frugal/parsimonious), oily (unctuous/greasy), and unscrupulous (unprincipled).

Fanciful means whimsical, imaginative, or fantasy-based. Option A correctly provides this synonym. The other options describe different words: insincere pious speech (pietistic/godly), done slyly and secretly (surreptitious), and boorish (churlish/rude).

Fancy means imagination, especially of a whimsical or fantastic nature. Option A correctly defines the word. The distractors represent different concepts: ill-humored (surly/fretful), lying below (subterrenean/underlying), and anointing with oil (unction).