All ISEE Lower Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #356 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BRAWL
Deception
Fight
Punishment
Crying
Protection
Fight
A “brawl” is a physical fight, usually a chaotic one, so "fight" is the answer choice closest in meaning to "brawl." As for the other answer choices, a "deception" is a trick or lie that intentionally fools someone into believing something false; "protection" means defense or something that prevents its user from getting damaged or hurt; "punishment" is discipline for rules that you broke. While "brawl" may sound like "bawl," which means to cry loudly, "crying" isn't related to "brawl."
Example Question #61 : Synonyms: Nouns For Abstract Concepts
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
EXTENT
Demonstration
Precision
Measurement
Outdoors
Scope
Scope
The "extent" of something is the physical area it covers, intensity, or "scope." The "ex-" prefix here means out, like in the word "exterior"; the combination of "ex-" and "-tent" may have led you to pick "outdoors." Similarly, if you thought of "exact" as being similar to "extent," you may have picked "precision." However, neither "outdoors" nor "precision" is close in meaning to "extent," so neither can be the correct answer.
Example Question #62 : Synonyms: Nouns For Abstract Concepts
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VISION
Touch
Smell
Taste
Sight
Hearing
Sight
"Vision” is another name for sight. “Sight” is the ability to see or what you see; “touch” is the ability to feel something's texture or solidity. These five answer choices are related to the five senses in humans.
Example Question #359 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
NARRATIVE
Kin
Banquet
Moral
Industry
Story
Story
A “narrative” is a story. As for the other answer choices, “industry” means the business and work of manufacturing in general, the field of manufacturing something specific, or the process of diligently working and being active; “moral” means a lesson a story teaches about what is right and wrong; “kin” means family; and a “banquet” is a feast or a fancy meal for many people.
Example Question #360 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REGIME
Trophy
Decision
Battle
Government
Crown
Government
"Regime" comes from the same Latin roots as "regal" (befitting or having the bearing of a monarch or ruler) and "regalia" (official, formal clothing and items that identify an important person like a ruler at official events). What do these words have in common? Both have to do with rulers, so it makes sense that "regime" means the rule of a government, often one controlled by one person or few people, making "government" the correct answer.
Example Question #361 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
LOCATION
Mode
Place
Temperature
Time
Value
Place
A “location” is a place where something is, so "place" is the correct answer. As for the other answer choices, the “temperature” is how hot or cold it is; “value” is how much something is worth, often in terms of money; and “mode” is a way in which something happens or is done, as in the sentence “The car is his favorite mode of transportation.”
Example Question #63 : Synonyms: Nouns For Abstract Concepts
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
LABOR
Work
Play
Team
Class
Vote
Work
"Labor” means work, or more specifically, hard work. As for the other answer choices, “vote” means a submitted opinion about who one person wants to be elected to a particular office or who that person wants to win something.
Example Question #363 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VICTORY
Tie
Sale
Goal
Celebration
Win
Win
A "victory" is an instance of winning something, like a battle or a game, so a "win" is the answer choice closest in meaning to "victory" and the correct answer. As for the other answer choices, a “tie” can mean an instance in which both sides are evenly matched in a contest and neither wins; a "sale" is a business transaction in which someone sells something; a "goal" is an intention or an instance of scoring a point in a game like soccer; and "celebration" means an act of indicating the importance of a date or event by doing something fun, typically by having some sort of party.
Example Question #64 : Synonyms: Nouns For Abstract Concepts
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COSMOS
Planet
Moon
Universe
Earth
Sun
Universe
The "cosmos" is the universe, including the Earth, the planets, stars, and other astronomical bodies, so "universe" is the correct answer.
Example Question #65 : Synonyms: Nouns For Abstract Concepts
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DURATION
Date
Length
Temperature
Depth
Weight
Length
The "duration" of something is the amount of time for which it lasts, so "length" is the correct answer. As for the other answer choices, the “temperature” is how hot or cold something is; the “weight” of something is how heavy it is; and “depth” means how deep something is relative to another point, such as the surface of the earth or the surface of the ocean.
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