All SSAT Middle Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #21 : Analogies
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Divisive is to divide as prohibitive is to __________.
permissive
foreclose
stop
prohibit
separation
prohibit
The relationship has to do with the suffix "-ive." This suffix takes a verb (such as "divide" or "prohibit") and makes it an adjective describing something that does that verb. "Divisive" describes something that divides, and "prohibitive" describes something that prohibits.
Example Question #22 : Analogies
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Enjoyable is to enjoy as washable is to __________.
fabric
cleanliness
wash
delight
convenient
wash
The relationship has to do with the suffix "-able." This suffix takes a verb (like "enjoy" or "wash") and makes it into an adjective meaning able to be [verb]ed. "Enjoyable" means able to be enjoyed, and "washable" means able to be washed, so "wash" is the correct answer.
Example Question #41 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Glorious is to glory as __________.
acrimonious is to acrimony
fame is to celebraties
doubt is to doubtful
malpractice is to bad
exalt is to praise
acrimonious is to acrimony
The relationship has to do with the suffix "-ous." This suffix takes a noun (like "glory" or "nerves") and makes an adjective meaning full of [noun]. Like "glorious" means full of glory, "acrimonious" means full of acrimony, or bitterness.
Example Question #42 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Shame is to shameful as spite is to __________.
evil
embarassment
spiritual
mistake
spiteful
spiteful
The relationship has to do with the suffix "-ful." This suffix takes a noun (like "shame" or "spite") and turns it into an adjective meaning characterized by [noun]. "Shameful" means characterized by shame and "spiteful" means characterized by spite.
Example Question #43 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Speechless is to speech as artless is to __________.
creativity
silence
science
administration
art
art
The relationship has to do with the suffix "-less." This suffix takes a noun (like "speech" or "art") and turns it into an adjective meaning without [noun]. "Speechless" means without speech or unable to speak, and "artless" means without art, or in other words, naturally and naïvely, without any pretentiousness.
Example Question #44 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Bothersome is to bother as quarrelsome is to __________.
quarrel
annoy
control
acquiesce
argument
quarrel
The relationship has to do with the suffix "-some." This suffix takes a noun (like "bother" or "quarrel") and makes it into an adjective meaning characterized by [noun]. "Bothersome" means characterized by bother, and "quarrelsome" means characterized by quarrels.
Example Question #45 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Good is to best as sleepy is to __________.
sleepiest
sleepier
awake
nap
tired
sleepiest
The relationship has to do with superlative adjectives. Normally, a superlative is formed by adding the suffix "-est" (e.g. "sleepy" and "sleepiest"). A superlative adjective means the most [adjective], so "sleepiest" means the most sleepy. "Best" is an exception; it is an irregular superlative that means the most good.
Example Question #46 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Anthropologist is to society as zoologist is to __________.
animals
history
music
cartoons
religion
animals
The suffix "-ologist" means someone who studies and the prefix "anthro-" means related to humans and human society, so an “anthropologist” is someone who studies human societies. To solve this analogy, you have to figure out what a “zoologist” studies, and since the prefix "zoo-" means related to animals, a “zoologist” is someone who studies animals and "animals" is the correct answer.
Example Question #47 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Hydrophobia is to water as heliophobia is to __________.
sickness
moonlight
darkness
collision
sunlight
sunlight
The suffix "-phobia" means fear of and the prefix "hydro-" means related to water, so "hydrophobia" is the fear of water. To solve this analogy, you need to determine of what “heliophobia” is the fear. The prefix "helio-" means related to the sun or to sunlight, so “heliophobia” is the fear of sunlight.
Example Question #48 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Orthodontist is to teeth as pediatrician is to __________.
adults
legs
feet
children
eyes
children
The English word root "dont" or "dent" means having to do with teeth. An “orthodontist” is a type of doctor that corrects problems with teeth, much like a dentist. The word fragment "ped" usually means related to feet when used as a suffix, but as a prefix it is often used to mean related to children, as in “pediatrician,” which means doctor who specializes in treating children,or “pedagogue,” which means teacher of children.