All SSAT Elementary Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #61 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Synonyms: choose the answer with the meaning closest to the word in question.
Unbelievable
A lot
Unfair
Common
Cheap
Incredible
Incredible
"Unbelievable" means incredible.
Example Question #459 : Synonyms
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
ESSENTIAL
Jealous
Necessary
Optional
Excited
Weak
Necessary
"Essential" is an adjective that means necessary, so "necessary" is the correct answer.
Example Question #1101 : Ssat Elementary Level Verbal
Which word can replace the underlined word?
The necklace contained a genuine diamond stud.
None of the above
fabricated
real
decoy
fake
real
"Real" can replace "genuine" to maintain the same meanining in the sentence.
Example Question #1102 : Ssat Elementary Level Verbal
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters
BIASED.
Calculated
Youthful
Old
Fair
Unfair
Unfair
Biased means unfair, or based on one person’s opinion. To help you youthful means young; calculated means thought about.
Example Question #1103 : Ssat Elementary Level Verbal
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
DECEPTIVE
Average
Fantastic
Tricky
Easy
Mediocre
Tricky
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 #1104 : Ssat Elementary Level Verbal
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
ACCURATE
Frequent
Routine
Carefree
Correct
General
Correct
"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 #68 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Synonyms: Select the word which is most similar to the word in capital letters.
EXTINCT
Sent forth
Taken apart
Let in
Wiped out
Pushed together
Wiped out
“Extinct” means wiped out, died out, no longer around. As in, the dinosaurs are “extinct.”
Example Question #1101 : Ssat Elementary Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BELIEVABLE
Authentic
Unlikely
Weak
Helpless
Confusing
Authentic
Believeable and authentic relate to being convincing or likely.
Example Question #1101 : Ssat Elementary Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CANDID
Honest
Possible
Preposterous
Careful
New
Honest
"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 #72 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OBLIVIOUS
Unaware
Creative
Susceptible
Normal
Unusual
Unaware
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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