All SSAT Elementary Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #191 : Synonyms
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
SCOLD
Celebrate
Dispose
Support
Rebuke
Implied
Rebuke
"Scold" means rebuke, so "rebuke" is the correct answer. To help you, "dispose" means get rid of, and "imply" means suggest indirectly.
Example Question #22 : Synonyms: Verbs
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
ANNOUNCE
Special
Careful
Declare
Agree
Loud
Declare
To "announce" something means to declare that thing or make some information public.
Example Question #192 : Synonyms
Each of the following questions consists of one word followed by five words or phrases. You are to select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
BLOVIATE
jump
float
rant
primp
yell
rant
"Bloviate" means to rant or to go on and on about something in a pompous way.
Example Question #193 : Synonyms
Synonyms: Choose the answer that most closely matches the word in capital letters.
JEER
Gag
Criticize
Joke
Laugh
Mock
Mock
To “jeer” is to make fun of someone or something. “Mock” has the same meaning as "jeer," whereas “joke” means to cause laughter; a “gag” is the same as a joke; “criticize” is to express disapproval or judgement.
Example Question #25 : Synonyms: Verbs
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
GRIPE
Complain
Disturb
Fluster
Credit
Diverse
Complain
To "gripe" means to complain, so "complain" is the correct answer.
Example Question #194 : Synonyms
Synonyms: Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
CHASTISE
To build a defense
To peel
To tell off
To find helpful
To enter a room slowly
To tell off
If you “chastise” someone, you tell them off for doing something wrong. Another way to say this would be to "scold."
Example Question #27 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COOPERATE
Check
Collaborate
Block
Hurt
Handicap
Collaborate
Cooperate and collaborate both mean to aid or assist.
Example Question #201 : Synonyms
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
FORMULATE
Opportunistic
Spread
Sketch
Devise
Contain
Devise
To "formulate" something means to systematically devise it, so "devise," which means invent while paying careful attention to details, is the best answer choice.
Example Question #29 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PREDICT
Learn
Find
Exercise
Teach
Foretell
Foretell
"Predict" means to guess.
Example Question #202 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TAUNT
Mock
Compliment
Riddle
Adventure
Elated
Mock
"Taunt," when used as a verb, means mock or make fun of, and when used as a noun, "taunt" means a remark made in order to provoke or anger someone. "Mock" is most similar in meaning to "taunt," so "mock" is the correct answer choice! A "compliment" is an antonym of a "taunt."
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