SSAT Elementary Level Verbal : Synonyms

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

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Example Questions

Example Question #461 : Synonyms

Which word can replace the underlined word?

The necklace contained a genuine diamond stud.

Possible Answers:

real

fabricated

None of the above

decoy

fake

Correct answer:

real

Explanation:

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

Example Question #462 : Synonyms

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

BIASED.

Possible Answers:

Calculated 

Unfair 

Old 

Fair 

Youthful

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 #463 : Synonyms

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

DECEPTIVE

Possible Answers:

Average 

Easy

Tricky 

Fantastic 

Mediocre 

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 #464 : Synonyms

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

ACCURATE

Possible Answers:

Frequent

Routine

General

Carefree

Correct

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 #465 : Synonyms

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

EXTINCT

Possible Answers:

Sent forth

Pushed together

Taken apart

Wiped out

Let in

Correct answer:

Wiped out

Explanation:

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

Example Question #461 : Synonyms

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

BELIEVABLE

Possible Answers:

Weak

Unlikely

Authentic

Helpless

Confusing

Correct answer:

Authentic

Explanation:

Believeable and authentic relate to being convincing or likely. 

Example Question #465 : Synonyms

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

CANDID

Possible Answers:

Careful

Honest

Possible

Preposterous

New

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 #466 : Synonyms

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

OBLIVIOUS

Possible Answers:

Unaware 

Susceptible

Creative 

Unusual 

Normal 

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.

Example Question #467 : Synonyms

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

AUTHENTIC

Possible Answers:

Commonplace 

Disparate 

Real

Fake 

Distinct 

Correct answer:

Real

Explanation:

Something that is "authentic" is genuine and real, so "real" is the correct answer. "Authentic" is an opposite, or antonym, of "fake," which means not genuine. To help you, "disparate" means different, "distinct" means easily recognizable due to differences from something or someone else, and "commonplace" means ordinary.

Example Question #468 : Synonyms

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

FRANK

Possible Answers:

Sympathetic

Friendly

Straightforward

Untrue

Fair

Correct answer:

Straightforward

Explanation:

"Frank" means addressing the truth directly regardless of people's feelings, so the best synonym is "straightforward," which means simple when referring to actions or direct and honest when referring to people. As for the other answer choices, "friendly" means amiable, "fair" means just or treating everyone equally, "sympathetic" means identifying with on an emotional level, and "untrue" means false.

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