SSAT Elementary Level Verbal : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Quantity, Variety, Regularity, and Size
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Example Question #11 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Quantity, Variety, Regularity, And Size
Synonyms: choose the answer with the meaning closest to the word in question.
Total
Discovery
Entire
Fraction
Purchase
Addition
Entire
"Total" means entire or complete.
Example Question #12 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Quantity, Variety, Regularity, And Size
Which word can replace the underlined word?
The couple shared everything as they grew old together.
None of the above
Woman
Pair
Man
Kid
Pair
"Pair" can replace "couple" to maintain the same meaning.
Example Question #13 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Quantity, Variety, Regularity, And Size
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
GAUNT
Very weird
Very thin
Very beautiful
Very angry
Very poor
Very thin
Someone who is "gaunt" is thin and unhealthy, so "very thin" is the correct answer.
Example Question #14 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Quantity, Variety, Regularity, And Size
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
TOGETHER
Competitively
Independently
Dominantly
Jointly
Insistently
Jointly
"Together" means with certain specified people or collaboratively. "Jointly" is our best answer choice, because it also means collaboratively and could describe people working together on a task.
Example Question #15 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Quantity, Variety, Regularity, And Size
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
DISPARATE
Indigenous
Different
Composed
Appropriate
Native
Different
"Disparate" means separate or different, so "different" is the correct answer. To help you, "native" or "indigenous" people are people who are originally from a certain area. So, we might say that Native Americans are indigenous to the United States. Also, "composed" means either calm and collected or made.
Example Question #16 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Quantity, Variety, Regularity, And Size
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
ENORMOUS
Fearless
Gigantic
Scary
Ordinary
Gigantic
The correct answer is "gigantic." "Gigantic" and "enormous" both mean very large. For example, one might say, "To the little girl, the elephant seemed gigantic".
Example Question #17 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Quantity, Variety, Regularity, And Size
Select the word which is most similar to the word in capital letters
EXCESSIVE
Remorseful
Too much
Too little
Happy
Dynamic
Too much
"Excessive" means existing in too large of a quantity, so "too much" is the correct answer. To help you, "dynamic" means lively and energetic, and "remorseful" means sad and guilty.
Example Question #18 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Quantity, Variety, Regularity, And Size
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
SPLIT
Patrolled
Divided
Increased
Elongated
Shocked
Divided
"Split" means "divided" or disunited, so "divided" is the correct answer.
Example Question #19 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Quantity, Variety, Regularity, And Size
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
VAST
Drive
Sacred
Huge
Connect
Flourish
Huge
"Vast" means huge and is often used to refer to areas of land, so "huge" is the correct answer.
Example Question #20 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Quantity, Variety, Regularity, And Size
Each of the following questions consists of one word followed by five words or phrases. Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
CUMULATIVE
Quotient
Difference
Separate
Amassed
Inductive
Amassed
CUMULATIVE means amassed.
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