All ISEE Lower Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #365 : Isee Lower Level (Grades 5 6) Verbal Reasoning
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
LOCATION
Mode
Time
Value
Place
Temperature
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 #194 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
LABOR
Team
Class
Work
Play
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 #366 : Isee Lower Level (Grades 5 6) Verbal Reasoning
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VICTORY
Goal
Sale
Tie
Win
Celebration
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 #367 : Isee Lower Level (Grades 5 6) Verbal Reasoning
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COSMOS
Moon
Sun
Universe
Planet
Earth
Universe
The "cosmos" is the universe, including the Earth, the planets, stars, and other astronomical bodies, so "universe" is the correct answer.
Example Question #368 : Isee Lower Level (Grades 5 6) Verbal Reasoning
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DURATION
Length
Date
Weight
Temperature
Depth
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.
Example Question #369 : Isee Lower Level (Grades 5 6) Verbal Reasoning
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ACTIVITY
Fear
Dream
Hobby
Desire
Nightmare
Hobby
An ”activity” is energy and movement, or something you do, like a "hobby." A “nightmare” is a bad dream; and a “desire” is something you want, while "desire" is wanting.
Example Question #371 : Isee Lower Level (Grades 5 6) Verbal Reasoning
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REGULATION
Regurgitation
Variation
Prediction
Law
Menace
Law
"Regulation" is a noun that can mean "a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority" or "the action or process of regulating or being regulated." So, we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like "a rule made by an authority" or "the process of regulating." While "regurgitation," like "regulation," begins with the letters "reg," "regurgitation" means "the act of bringing swallowed food up again to the mouth," so its meaning is not the same as "regulation." "Law," however, is a noun that can mean "an individual rule as part of a system of law," and because "law" is the answer choice closest in meaning to "regulation," "law" is the correct answer.
Example Question #372 : Isee Lower Level (Grades 5 6) Verbal Reasoning
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
LEGACY
Loss
Hermit
Heritage
Take
Foreground
Heritage
A "legacy" is something handed down from the family that has come before you. "Heritage" is the best match because it means things or traditions that are acquired from an ancestor.
Example Question #373 : Isee Lower Level (Grades 5 6) Verbal Reasoning
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SIMILARITY
Duality
Resemblance
Interchangeability
Equivalence
Replica
Resemblance
When two things are "similar," they are not completely equal in appearance or nature, but they are at least "alike." A strict equivalence is too alike to be called a "similarity." For example, two cars of the same make, model, year, and color could be called identical. However, we would call two cars that have bodies that are alike to each other, though not quite the same and of different colors "similar." Likewise, we might say that someone has eyes that are similar to his or her parents, even though they are not exactly alike. Therefore, the word "resemblance" is the best option since it expresses such "likeness" without absolute equivalence.
Example Question #361 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VERGE
Voyage
Agreement
Edge
Continent
Prank
Edge
If you are on the "verge" of something, you are on the edge or border of that thing, so "edge" is the correct answer. None of the other answer choices are close in meaning to "verge": a "continent" is a large land mass; a "voyage" is a trip by sea; a "prank" is a joke or trick usually played on another person; and "agreement" means the state in which one has the same opinion or position as another person or other people.
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