ISEE Middle Level Verbal : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, or Location
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Example Question #91 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
UPROOT
Encroach
Succumb
Dismember
Demise
Displace
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.
Example Question #92 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TRANSPIRE
Eradicate
Occur
Frighten
Misplace
Acknowledge
Occur
"Transpire" means to take place, to happen, to occur. To provide further help, "misplace" means lose; "eradicate" means get rid of, completely eliminate; "frighten" means scare; "acknowledge" means recognize, notice.
Example Question #93 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MATERIALIZE
Partition
Toss
Cleave
Lend
Happen
Happen
"Materialize" means to happen, to transpire, to occur, to take place, to become real and take place. To provide further help, "partition" means divide; "cleave" means split in two, divide; "toss" means throw; "lend" means allow someone to borrow.
Example Question #94 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CRINGE
Banish
Deplore
Recoil
Migrate
Extradite
Recoil
To "cringe" means to recoil, to turn away from or back away from in fear or disgust or embarrassment. To provide further help, "migrate" means move from one place to another; "extradite" means deport, allow someone to be taken out of a country so that they can be tried for crimes committed in another country; "banish" means send someone away as punishment and not allow them to return; deplore" means hate, loathe.
Example Question #95 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PERSEVERE
Hesitate
Aggregate
Halt
Continue
Postulate
Continue
To "persevere" means to keep going in the fact of difficulty. As such it is closest in meaning to "continue." To provide further help, "postulate" means suggest a possible theory, estimate; "halt" means stop, pause; "hesitate" means to pause or delay before saying or doing something; "aggregate," when used as a verb, means to combine, to come together.
Example Question #96 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ERODE
Experiment
Flood
Dissolve
Rain
Escalate
Dissolve
Perhaps you have heard of soil erosion. This is the process of topsoil wearing away from various causes. Often, water is involved in this process, though not necessarily always. That does not really matter for this question, in any case. The general idea is that erosion pertains to the "breaking down" of something over a period of time. The only option that expresses this idea is "dissolve." This is a very distant synonym—but a synonym nonetheless.
Example Question #97 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DETAIN
Avoid
Identify
Confine
Release
Detangle
Confine
The definition of "detain" is to confine or to keep from proceeding. The other answer choices do not match this definition; "release" is an antonym of "detain," "detangle" means to remove tangles, "avoid" means to keep away from, and to "identify" is to recognize or associate.
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