All SSAT Elementary Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #211 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Synonyms: choose the answer with the meaning closest to the word in question.
Total
Addition
Entire
Discovery
Fraction
Purchase
Entire
"Total" means entire or complete.
Example Question #212 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Which word can replace the underlined word?
The couple shared everything as they grew old together.
None of the above
Kid
Pair
Woman
Man
Pair
"Pair" can replace "couple" to maintain the same meaning.
Example Question #611 : Synonyms
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
GAUNT
Very weird
Very poor
Very beautiful
Very thin
Very angry
Very thin
Someone who is "gaunt" is thin and unhealthy, so "very thin" is the correct answer.
Example Question #611 : Synonyms
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
TOGETHER
Dominantly
Independently
Jointly
Insistently
Competitively
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 #612 : Synonyms
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
DISPARATE
Composed
Indigenous
Appropriate
Native
Different
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 #221 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
ENORMOUS
Gigantic
Ordinary
Scary
Fearless
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 #613 : Synonyms
Select the word which is most similar to the word in capital letters
EXCESSIVE
Remorseful
Too little
Dynamic
Too much
Happy
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 #223 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
SPLIT
Shocked
Increased
Elongated
Divided
Patrolled
Divided
"Split" means "divided" or disunited, so "divided" is the correct answer.
Example Question #621 : Synonyms
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
VAST
Huge
Connect
Drive
Sacred
Flourish
Huge
"Vast" means huge and is often used to refer to areas of land, so "huge" is the correct answer.
Example Question #621 : Synonyms
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
Separate
Inductive
Quotient
Difference
Amassed
Amassed
CUMULATIVE means amassed.