All ISEE Middle Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #1141 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
RAZE
Lift
Coddle
Forget
Amplify
Destroy
Destroy
Do not quickly misread this question. The word "raze" is not the same as "raise." The options try to trick you into choosing "lift" or "amplify". When someone "raises" his or her hand, he or she lifts it. Likewise, amplification is the making of something louder—that is, "raising the volume." However, "raze" means to utterly destroy, as when a city is "razed" by an army. Thus, the best option is "destroy."
Example Question #201 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
HAMPER
Dry
Intensify
Obstruct
Pollute
Facilitate
Obstruct
"Hamper" is a verb meaning to block or obstruct. "Facilitate" and "intensity" are both antonyms to "hamper," meaning it has the opposite meaning.
Example Question #202 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
AMEND
Modify
Cease
Transport
Create
Corporal
Modify
"Amend" is a verb meaning to change or modify. For example: "Since they were not to our liking, we asked to AMEND the class rules."
To "cease" doing something is to stop doing that thing. To "create" something is to make that thing (referring to a new thing). "Corporal" refers to a militaristic or strict manner of doing something (eg. "corporal punishment"). To "transport" something is to move that thing from one place to another.
Example Question #203 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
RECUPERATE
Uncover
Touch
Hold
Recover
Discover
Recover
To "recuperate" means to rest and recover from something like an illness. To provide further help, "uncover" means reveal, show; "discover" means find.
Example Question #204 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ENSNARE
Assist
Urge
Trap
Convene
Liberate
Trap
To "ensnare" something means to trap it. To provide further help, "urge" means beg, plead; "convene" means meet; "assist" means help; "liberate" means free. "Liberate" and "ensnare" are antonyms because they have opposite meanings.
Example Question #205 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TAPER
Shirk
Flourish
Thrive
Dwindle
Admonish
Dwindle
"Taper" means to diminish or reduce in size or impact, to dwindle. To provide further help, "admonish" means yell at, scold; "shirk" means avoid a responsibility; "thrive" and "flourish" are synonyms, both words means to grow and develop very well.
Example Question #206 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
AFFECT
Onset
Consequence
Influence
Demonstrate
Startle
Influence
To "affect" something means to have an impact on, to influence, to change. One of the more challenging differentiations in definitions that English speakers have to deal with can be found in "affect" and "effect." To "affect" means to influence; the "effect" is the result, the consequence. So, you "affect" something to produce an "effect." To provide further help, "onset" means beginning; "demonstrate" means show, provide an example; "startle" means to shock or surprise.
Example Question #207 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FUMBLE
Pass
Gift
Drop
Catch
Control
Drop
To "fumble" means to drop something, to do something careless and clumsy with one's hands.
Example Question #208 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
WRENCH
Loathe
Jest
Tug
Leap
Shove
Tug
To "wrench" means to pull suddenly or violently, to tug, to yank. To provide further help, "loathe" means hate; "jest" means joke; "leap" means jump high.
Example Question #209 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
UPROOT
Displace
Encroach
Demise
Succumb
Dismember
Displace
To "uproot" means to force someone from their home, or place they are comfortable in, and make them move elsewhere. To provide further help, "dismember" means take apart; "encroach" means trespass, intrude on another person's property; "succumb" means give in to, fail to resist; "demise" means death.
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