📖Definition
A synonym is a word with the same or nearly the same meaning. In these questions, choose the option closest in meaning to the given word.
Knowledge Required
You need vocabulary knowledge, but also word class awareness. A verb should usually match with a verb, a noun with a noun, and an adjective with an adjective.
✅How To Answer
Say what the target word means in simple language.
Remove options that mean the opposite or belong to a different idea.
If two answers seem close, choose the one that could replace the target word in a sentence with the least change in meaning.
✏️Example
Select the word most similar in meaning to ABRIDGE.
shorten, expand, decorate, admit, wander
✅Solution
Abridge means to shorten a text or speech. Shorten is the closest synonym. Expand is an antonym, and the other options are unrelated.
💡Multiple Choice Tip
Distractors may share a topic with the target word but not the meaning. For example, speech and admit both relate to talking, but admit does not mean abridge.
💡Tips/hints
Learn words in families: cautious, careful, wary; brave, bold, courageous.
Pay attention to intensity. Enormous is stronger than large; murmur is quieter than speak.