All SSAT Middle Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #191 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
HOIST
Lift
Swing
Destroy
Confuse
Attend
Lift
"Hoist" means to lift or to lift using a rope. "Swing" means to sway or to move back and forth. "Destroy" means to end or to demolish. "Confuse" means bewilder. "Attend" means be present at.
Example Question #192 : Synonyms: Verbs
Synonyms: Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
DEVIATE
Falter
Degenerate
Renegade
Detour
Deviant
Detour
If you “deviate,” you do something that is different from what is usual or expected,so you make “a detour” from what is normal. To further help you, "degenerate” is similar in meaning to "deviant" and means a person who takes a detour from what is accepted by society; a “renegade” is a person who is disloyal or someone who does not respect orders; “to falter” is to begin to fail or weaken.
Example Question #997 : Synonyms
Synonyms: choose the word with the meaning closest to the word in question.
Recline
to quit
to observe
to stand up
to lie down
to reject
to lie down
"Recline" means to lie down.
Example Question #193 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
WAVER
Fray
Exhume
Desert
Gamble
Tremble
Tremble
"Waver" is a verb that means to tremble or it means to be indecisive, depending on context.
"Gamble" means to bet money or to play games of chance.
"Fray" means to come apart at the edges, and refers to objects that involve stitching or cloth.
"Desert" means to abandon somebody or to escape or flee.
"Exhume" means to dig up a corpse.
Example Question #194 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
THWART
Protect
Prevent
Provoke
Preside
Pretend
Prevent
To "thwart" most nearly means to prevent someone from undertaking an attempted action or to foil a plan.
Example Question #195 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PALPITATE
Bawl
Percolate
Throb
Oust
Straggle
Throb
"Palpitate" means to throb or to pulse.
"Bawl" means to cry or to sob loudly.
"Percolate" means filtering liquid through something.
"Straggle" means to walk slowly or to wander in an irregular manner.
"Oust" means to expel someone or to kick someone out.
Example Question #1001 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SEAR
Sever
Freeze
Muddle
Warm
Char
Char
"Sear" means to "char" something or to burn with intense heat.
"Muddle" means to put into a confused state, or "muddle" means to mix.
"Sever" means to cut apart, to disconnect or to split.
"Warm" means to increase the heat of something.
"Freeze" means to lower the temperature of something until liquid turns into solid.
Example Question #1002 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
WRITHE
Gesture
Emerge
Squirm
Forge
Leap
Squirm
"Writhe" means to "squirm" or to contort oneself back and forth.
"Forge" means to make something from scratch, or it means to create a false copy or a counterfeit of something.
"Emerge" means to come out, to arrive or to appear.
"Leap" means to jump, or it can mean to rapidly increase.
"Gesture" means to make a motion that signifies something, or to move as a form of communication.
Example Question #1003 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ELEVATE
Levitate
Sink
Sync
Descent
Descend
Levitate
To "elevate" something is to raise that thing further away from the ground. To "levitate" is to lift something into the air off the ground, so these two words are synonymous. "Sink" and "descend are antonyms to "elevate."
Example Question #1004 : 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.
TRUDGE
Tramp
Trip
Triangulate
Train
Track
Tramp
"Trudge" and "tramp" are verbs used to describe the way a person might walk, with heavy steps. The other verbs do not have meanings synonymous with "trudge."