All ISEE Lower Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #64 : Synonyms: Nouns
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CALAMITY
Disaster
Celebration
Ceremony
Occurance
Service
Disaster
A calamity is best described as a disaster or unfortunate event.
Example Question #65 : Synonyms: Nouns
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COMMOTION
Uproar
Restoration
Conquest
Punishment
Uproar
"Commotion" means a state of chaotic and noisy confusion. "Uproar" is the word that most closely matches this definition. "Punishment," "conquest," and "restoration" are all unrelated terms.
Example Question #66 : Synonyms: Nouns
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PREAMBLE
Introduction
Dissertation
Epilogue
Thesis
Conclusion
Introduction
“Preamble” means before the main story, so it is similar in meaning to “introduction.” The prefix "pre-" means before. To provide further help, the “conclusion” is the end; the “epilogue” is the part of the story that comes after the main story; a “dissertation” is an academic essay submitted at the end of university; a “thesis” is the main argument of an essay.
Example Question #67 : Synonyms: Nouns
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PAMPHLET
Booklet
University
Connection
Quarrel
Restaurant
Booklet
A "pamphlet" is a small booklet or packet, so "booklet" is the correct answer. "University" is a school of higher learning. "Quarrel" is a fight or a disagreement. "Connection" means bond or link. "Restaurant" is a place where people go to have food cooked for them and eat it.
Example Question #68 : Synonyms: Nouns
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ABODE
Destination
School
Workplace
Home
Journey
Home
An “abode” is a home or where someone or something lives. If you are “in your abode,” you are “in your house.”
Example Question #71 : Synonyms: Nouns
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BLEND
Part
Mix
Frighten
Separate
Protect
Mix
A “blend” is a mixture of two or more things or, when used as a verb, the word describes the action of mixing something. The word “separate,” when used as a verb, means to take two things apart, so it is an opposite of “blend” and “mix.” The word “frighten” means to scare someone and the word “protect” means to look after someone and to prevent that person from being hurt.
Example Question #72 : Synonyms: Nouns
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
AGENDA
Hopes
Itinerary
Ambition
List
Clock
Itinerary
An "agenda" is a schedule allotting time frames for certain activities. An "itinerary" is an outlined plan for certain tasks. Given how similar these words are in meaning, they are synonyms.
Example Question #73 : Synonyms: Nouns
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SUMMIT
Bottom
Riot
Top
Promotion
Question
Top
The “summit” is the top of something; this word is usually used to describe the top of a mountain. So, "top" is the correct answer. The word “underside” means the lower side of something.
Example Question #74 : Synonyms: Nouns
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MEADOW
Village
City
Field
Mountain
Forest
Field
A “meadow” is another word for a field. It is a space without trees where grass and/or flowers naturally grow.
Example Question #75 : Synonyms: Nouns
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BOUNDARY
Restraint
Promise
Border
Jungle
Map
Border
A “boundary” is the edge between two areas. This is very close in meaning to the word “border,” which is the edge between two adjacent countries.
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