Although similar, synonyms have subtly different meanings and are used in different contexts. For example, the words calculate, cipher, cypher, figure, reckon and work out are all synonyms of each other because they have roughly the same meaning, but there are subtle differences. Test your synonym knowledge.
A. IMPERTINENT
B. IMPUDENT
X C. INSOLENT
X D. INTRUSIVE
X E. MEDDLESOME
X F. OBTRUSIVE
G. IMMATERIAL
1. The ___ individual has a tendency to be rude or presumptuous toward those who are entitled to deference or respect (it was a/an ___ question to ask a woman who had just lost her husband)
XX 2. The ___ person is unduly curious about other people's affairs (her constant questions about the state of their marriage were ___ and unwelcome)
XX 3. ___ implies objectionable actions rather than an objectionable disposition (The ___ person has a tendency to thrust himself or herself into a position where he or she is conspicuous and apt to do more harm than good (they tried to keep him out of the meeting because his presence would be ___)
XX 4. To be ___ is to have a prying or inquisitive nature and a tendency to interfere in an annoying way in other people's affairs (a ___ neighbor)
5. Young people are often accused of being ___ in a bold and shameless way (an ___ young man who had a lot to learn about tact)
XX 6. Anyone who is guilty of insulting and contemptuously arrogant behavior might be called ___ (he was so ___ to the arresting officer that he was handcuffed)
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