All SSAT Middle Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #21 : Synonyms: Nouns
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CHEMIST
Cavalier
Celtic
Calvinist
Alchemist
Cellist
Alchemist
"Chemists" and "alchemists" are people who work with chemical processes. Both words also share a root: chem-. The other words may also describe kinds of people, but they are not at all related to the word chemical.
Example Question #22 : Synonyms: Nouns
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONDUCTOR
Musician
Navigator
Authority
Driver
Official
Driver
A "conductor" or a "driver" controls vehicles such as trains and cars. These words are synonymous. A "navigator" is someone who helps with directions and navigation. Although an orchestra "conductor" might lead a musician during a performance, these words are not synonymous.
Example Question #23 : Synonyms: Nouns
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CHARLATAN
Chapel
Sage
Faker
Priest
Charleston
Faker
Well, let's start by eliminating the noun "Charleston," which sounds more like a dance or a place on a map than the right answer! "Faker" is the closest in meaning to "charlatan," a person who pretends to be something he or she is not. The other answer choices have completely unrelated meanings.
Example Question #24 : Synonyms: Nouns
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
AUTHORITY
Novelist
Writer
Author
Thief
Official
Official
The words "authority" and "official" are both used to refer to someone who is respected and high ranking in society, especially someone like an officer or a person who holds a special title. The other words are not directly related to the word "authority." The other answer options are all just occupations, none of which (especially "thief!") are positions of authority.
Example Question #25 : Synonyms: Nouns
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ICONOCLAST
Plebeian
Dissenter
Theologian
Serf
Monarch
Dissenter
"Iconoclast" means "dissenter," or someone who break societally held beliefs, customs or institutions.
"Serf" means someone is forced to work. Serfs worked on land owned by lords under the feudal system.
"Monarch" means a ruler of a kingdom, or the person in charge.
"Plebeian" means related to common or low-brow things.
"Theologian" is someone who studies religion, a religious scholar.
Example Question #26 : Synonyms: Nouns
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CHAGRIN
Displeasure
Scorn
Delight
Comfort
Triumph
Displeasure
"Chagrin" means "displeasure," intense annoyance or embarrassment.
"Scorn" means contempt, derision or mockery.
"Comfort" means satisfaction, the feeling of ease.
"Triumph" means victory or it can mean extreme happiness.
"Delight" means contentment, glee or joy.
Example Question #27 : Synonyms: Nouns
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
HUMANITARIAN
Anchor
Academic
Demigod
Philanthropist
Pestilence
Philanthropist
The noun "humanitarian" is used to refer to someone who gives to charity, donates large sums of money. Another word for a "humanitarian" is a "philanthropist." Additionally, an "academic" is a scholar, a professor, someone who studies for a career; "pestilence" is disease; a "demigod" is a lesser God in a pantheon of Gods; an "anchor" is an object used to keep things, like ships, in place and prevent them from moving.
Example Question #28 : Synonyms: Nouns
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DELINQUENT
Mentor
Vigilante
Criminal
Prosecutor
Savior
Criminal
The noun "delinquent" means badly-behaved individual, criminal, offender, wrongdoer. "Delinquent" can also be used as an adjective in which case it has the same connotation, it means (usually of a young person, especially teenagers) badly-behaved, likely to cause trouble. Additionally, a "mentor" is someone with expertise who guides someone who has less experience; a "savior" is a hero, a messiah; a "prosecutor" is someone whose job it is to prosecute criminals for crimes committed; a "vigilante" is an individual outside of the legal system who takes it upon themselves to prevent crime (the classic example of a "vigilante" is Batman).
Example Question #29 : Synonyms: Nouns
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PARIAH
Expert
Partner
Novice
Outcast
Intermediate
Outcast
The noun "pariah" means outcast, person banished or ignored by society. Additionally, "novice" means beginner; "expert" means someone who knows a lot about a particular thing, not a beginner; "intermediate" means neither a novice nor an expert, halfway between a beginner and an expert.
Example Question #30 : Synonyms: Nouns
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ABORIGINAL
Person native to a region
Marauder
Foreigner
Captive
Person travelling
Person native to a region
"Aboriginal" means someone who is native to a region, someone who is indigenous to a region.
A "person travelling" is a tourist or a traveler.
"Captive" means someone who is physically prevented from leaving, someone who is imprisoned.
"Marauder" means someone who pillages, raids or robs others.
"Foreigner" means someone who is not native to a region, someone from a foreign or different country. "Foreigner" is the antonym of "aboriginal."
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