ENGLISH VOCABULARY - FIVE WORDS A DAY MCQ TEST - 009

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SYNONYM

09. Since his wound was superficial, only a small bandage was required.

(A) artificial

(B) frivolous

(C) on the surface

(D) critical

Answer:

Correct answer is C – on the surface

Superficial

[adjective]

# existing or occurring at or on the surface.

# not thorough, deep, or complete; cursory.

# appearing to be true or real only until examined more closely.

Example: He had only superficial knowledge on this subject.

Synonym: surface, exterior, external, outer, outside, outermost, peripheral, slight, cursory, perfunctory, casual, sketchy;

Antonym: deep, thorough, genuine, authentic, significant, thoughtful;

Artificial

[adjective]

# made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally, especially as a copy of something natural.

# (of a person or their behavior) insincere.

Example: She gave me an artificial smile.

Synonym: feigned, insincere, false, affected, mannered, unnatural, stilted, contrived, pretended, put-on, exaggerated, actorly, overdone, overripe, forced, labored, strained, hollow, pretend, spurious;

Antonym: natural, genuine, sincere;

Frivolous

[adjective]

# not having any serious purpose or value.

Example: As the president of the country he should not be busy with some kind of frivolous activity.

Synonym: flippant, glib, waggish, joking, jokey, light-hearted, facetious, fatuous, inane, shallow, superficial, senseless, thoughtless, ill-considered, non-serious;

Antonym: sensible, serious, practical, important;

On the surface

[idiom]

# to all outward appearances,

Example: His injury was on the surface, only a small bandage was required.

Synonym: surface, exterior, external, outer, outside;

Antonym: deep, serious, internal;

Critical

[adjective]

# expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgments.

# expressing or involving an analysis of the merits and faults of a work of literature, music, or art.

Example: He is very critical of the current regime.

Synonym: censorious, condemnatory, condemning, castigatory, reproving, denunciatory, deprecatory, disparaging, disapproving, scathing, criticizing, fault-finding, judgemental, negative, unfavorable, unsympathetic;

Antonym: complimentary, favorable, undiscerning;

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