All ISEE Middle Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #1046 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ARBITRATE
Judge
Declare
Astonish
Terminate
Supplant
Judge
To "arbitrate" means to judge, to reach a judgment on some matter. To provide further help, "terminate" means finish, end, abolish; "astonish" means to shock or surprise; "supplant" means replace.
Example Question #1047 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CORROBORATE
Verify
Garner
Contradict
Remedy
Implicate
Verify
To "corroborate" means to verify, to confirm as accurate or provide evidence in support of. To provide further help, "remedy" means cure or fix; "implicate" means suggest is responsible; "contradict" means argue, adopt the opposite position; "garner" means gather, collect.
Example Question #1048 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SCRUTINIZE
Locate
Examine
Demand
Allay
Query
Examine
To "scrutinize" means to examine carefully and thoroughly. To provide further help, "allay" means soothe, calm, diminish in intensity; "locate" means find; "query" means question.
Example Question #1049 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ACCOST
Consider
Compete
Convene
Confront
Contend
Confront
To "accost" someone means to confront, to approach someone and aggressively talk to him or her or physically assault them. To provide further help, "consider" means think about; "convene" means meet, get together; "contend" means argue; "compete" means (of a competition) take part in.
Example Question #1050 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
NAG
Apply
Encounter
Sanctify
Support
Bother
Bother
To "nag" someone means to annoy and bother someone with constant criticism. To provide further help, "sanctify" means make holy, make sacred; "encounter" means meet, come across, find.
Example Question #111 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OUTFOX
Abandon
Embrace
Entreat
Avail
Trick
Trick
"Outfox" means to deceive someone by being more cunning than they are. The closest answer choice to this meaning is "trick." To provide further help, "entreat" means urge; "abandon" means leave; "embrace" means accept as true or to hug; "avail" means use, take advantage of, draw assistance from.
Example Question #112 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
HESITATE
Summon
Delay
Deny
Dismiss
Accelerate
Delay
To "hesitate" means to pause or delay before saying or doing something. To provide further help, "deny" means refuse to accept the truth of, claim is not true; "dismiss" means send away; "summon" means call for, tell someone to come to you; "accelerate" means go faster, speed up.
Example Question #113 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
YIELD
Surrender
Accumulate
Astonish
Contrast
Placate
Surrender
To "yield" means to surrender, to give in to someone else. To provide further help, "placate" means soothe; "astonish" means shock and surprise, inspire awe; "contrast" means compare, identify the differences between two or more things; "accumulate" means gather, collect.
Example Question #114 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
NEGLECT
Permit
Ignore
Exhibit
Prohibit
Favor
Ignore
To "neglect" means to ignore, to fail to look after, to abandon. To provide further help, "prohibit" means forbid, not allow to be done; "permit" means allow, the opposite of "prohibit"; "exhibit," when used as a verb, means to show, to display.
Example Question #115 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DIVULGE
Express
Reveal
Permit
Inform
Discuss
Reveal
This question has a number of options that are very close to the meaning of "divulge," but none of them are exactly correct. Whenever we "divulge" something, we reveal something we should have been keeping secret. This "revelation" is a critical aspect of the notion of divulging. Many of the other options express the idea of telling or expressing. None of these matters are about revealing things that should remain hidden.
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