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Synonyms

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Synonyms Questions

Multiple choice

Which literary device involves using words with similar sounds but different meanings?

  1. Assonance

  2. Alliteration

  3. Consonance

  4. Paronomasia
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Paronomasia is a literary device that involves using words with similar sounds but different meanings to create a humorous or playful effect.

Multiple choice

What is the term for the phenomenon in which words that are spelled similarly have similar meanings?

  1. Homonymy

  2. Polysemy

  3. Synonymy

  4. Antonymy
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Explanation

Homonymy is the phenomenon in which words that are spelled similarly have similar meanings. For example, the word 'bank' can refer to a financial institution or to the side of a river.

Multiple choice

What is the term for the phenomenon in which words that are used in different languages have similar meanings?

  1. Cognates

  2. Homonyms

  3. Polysemes

  4. Antonyms
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Explanation

Cognates are words that are used in different languages and have similar meanings. For example, the English word 'mother' and the Spanish word 'madre' are cognates.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is not a synonym for aparigraha?

  1. Non-possessiveness

  2. Non-attachment

  3. Non-greed

  4. Selflessness
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Explanation

Aparigraha is often translated as "non-possessiveness", "non-attachment", or "non-greed". However, it is not synonymous with selflessness.

Multiple choice

What is a synonym?

  1. A word that has the same meaning as another word.

  2. A word that has the opposite meaning of another word.

  3. A word that is related to another word in some way.

  4. None of the above.
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Explanation

A synonym is a word that has the same meaning as another word.

Multiple choice

What is the term used for the use of words that have similar or related meanings?

  1. Synonym

  2. Hyperbole

  3. Metaphor

  4. Personification
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Explanation

Synonym is a word that has a similar or related meaning to another word, often used to avoid repetition or add variety to a text.

Multiple choice

Which sound device involves the use of words with similar sounds but different meanings?

  1. Alliteration

  2. Assonance

  3. Consonance

  4. Paronomasia
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Paronomasia is a sound device that uses words with similar sounds but different meanings to create a humorous or ironic effect.

Multiple choice

Which of the following words is a synonym of "happy"?

  1. sad

  2. angry

  3. joyful

  4. miserable
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Joyful is a synonym of happy because it means "full of joy or happiness".

Multiple choice

Which of the following words is a synonym of "beautiful"?

  1. ugly

  2. pretty

  3. handsome

  4. plain
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Pretty is a synonym of beautiful because it means "pleasing to the eye".