SSAT Elementary Level Verbal : SSAT Elementary Level Verbal

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for SSAT Elementary Level Verbal

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Example Questions

Example Question #5 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Authenticity, Truth, Existence, And Understanding

Synonyms: choose the answer with the meaning closest to the word in question.

Unbelievable

Possible Answers:

Common

Unfair

A lot

Incredible

Cheap

Correct answer:

Incredible

Explanation:

"Unbelievable" means incredible.

Example Question #1 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Authenticity, Truth, Existence, And Understanding

Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.

ESSENTIAL

Possible Answers:

Excited

Weak

Optional

Necessary

Jealous

Correct answer:

Necessary

Explanation:

"Essential" is an adjective that means necessary, so "necessary" is the correct answer.

Example Question #2 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Authenticity, Truth, Existence, And Understanding

Which word can replace the underlined word?

The necklace contained a genuine diamond stud.

Possible Answers:

None of the above

fabricated

decoy

real

fake

Correct answer:

real

Explanation:

"Real" can replace "genuine" to maintain the same meanining in the sentence. 

Example Question #7 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Authenticity, Truth, Existence, And Understanding

Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters

BIASED.

Possible Answers:

Youthful

Calculated 

Old 

Fair 

Unfair 

Correct answer:

Unfair 

Explanation:

Biased means unfair, or based on one person’s opinion. To help you youthful means young; calculated means thought about.

Example Question #8 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Authenticity, Truth, Existence, And Understanding

Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.

DECEPTIVE

Possible Answers:

Fantastic 

Average 

Mediocre 

Tricky 

Easy

Correct answer:

Tricky 

Explanation:

Someone who is "deceptive" is sneaky and trying to trick someone, so "tricky" is the correct answer. To help you, "mediocre" means average in a bad way, and "fantastic" means very good, so good it is hard to believe, or unbelievable.

Example Question #461 : Synonyms

Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.

ACCURATE

Possible Answers:

Correct

Routine

Frequent

Carefree

General

Correct answer:

Correct

Explanation:

"Accurate" means without mistakes, so "correct" is the best match. "General" means not specific, and "carefree" is defined as free from care. "Frequent" means happening often, and "routine" is the regular way of doing something.

Example Question #461 : Synonyms

Synonyms: Select the word which is most similar to the word in capital letters.

EXTINCT

Possible Answers:

Wiped out

Taken apart

Let in

Pushed together

Sent forth

Correct answer:

Wiped out

Explanation:

“Extinct” means wiped out, died out, no longer around. As in, the dinosaurs are “extinct.”

Example Question #69 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs

Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.

BELIEVABLE

Possible Answers:

Authentic

Helpless

Confusing

Unlikely

Weak

Correct answer:

Authentic

Explanation:

Believeable and authentic relate to being convincing or likely. 

Example Question #462 : Synonyms

Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.

CANDID

Possible Answers:

Honest

Possible

Careful

New

Preposterous

Correct answer:

Honest

Explanation:

"Candid" is an adjective meaning truthful and holding no information back, so we need to pick out another adjective that means something like truthful. Since "honest" means sincere or virtuous, "honest" is the answer choice closest in meaning to "candid," so "honest" is the correct answer.

Example Question #71 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs

Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.

OBLIVIOUS

Possible Answers:

Susceptible

Unusual 

Normal 

Creative 

Unaware 

Correct answer:

Unaware 

Explanation:

Someone who is "oblivious" is not aware of what is going on, so the correct answer is “unaware,” a word that means not aware, as you may have inferred from the word's use of the negative prefix "un-," which means not. None of the other answer choices are close in meaning to "oblivious": "susceptible" means vulnerable or in danger; "unusual" means not normal or weird; and "creative" means imaginative.

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