To deride means to make fun of or laugh at which is the same as ridicule.
Desolate describes a person who is lonely.
The root of the word given, fidelity, is "fid" meaning "belief" or "faith". A person’s fidelity is their belief or faith in something. Faithfulness would be another way to say this.
Remit contains the prefix "re-", which means again and the word mit which means to send. Thus, remit means to send something back. Of the choices given, send back, means to send again.
Legible means readable. The word that sounds similar and means “available” is eligible, but available is not the correct answer because we are looking for the synonym to legible. You may have heard of someone keeping a “ledger” to write down notes. Since “legere” means to write then adding “ible”, which means able to, as a suffix makes the word translate to able to write and if a person is able to write correctly then their handwriting is legible, or something that is readable.
The Latin root of the word neophyte is neo which means new. This makes it easy to see that choice (C) is the clear choice as someone that is new is a beginner.
Fawn means to act in a servant type manner so praise is the answer option closest to the word in question
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The Latin root of the word auxiliary is aux which means augmented or increased. This makes it easy to see that choice backup is the clear choice as someone that is auxiliary is a backup and not a standard or experienced police force. Although the backup police force may be armed, that is an assumption and not the meaning of auxiliary.
Circumnavigate means to go or maneuver around.
Casualty means any person, group, thing, etc., that is harmed or destroyed as a result of some act or event.
In this sentence, unify refers to the dynamic created within a team. The inference is that in order to succeed, the members of a team need to act as one. Of the answer choices, only unite, describes working as one unit or coming together to succeed. By using the context of the given sentence, you can decipher this answer even if you don’t know the exact meaning of the original word.
Abbreviate comes from the root "brev" which means short.
Luminous means shining. Radiating, is the most similar in meaning.
Bilateral means involving or pertaining to two-sides. Of the answer choices, only two-sided, really means the same thing as the given word.
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Durable is an adjective meaning able to last, so fragile and translucent are out. While the gloves may or may not be attractive, lasting, is the closest in meaning.
Involuntary means doing something unintentionally. Another word for intent would be will. In looking at the answer choices, only unwilling is a possible answer.
By examining the root of the word multiply, which is multi, you can see that the logical answer is increase as “multi” means much or many. Replicate is incorrect because “replicate” means to copy and something that is multiplied results in a different result than the original variable.
Something that is finite is limited and another word for limited is restricted.
