All SSAT Middle Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #211 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
THAW
Dread
Shrivel
Melt
Contend
Leap
Melt
The verb "thaw" means to melt, to become no longer solid due to heat. Additionally, "shrivel" means become smaller, wrinkle and contract due to a loss of something; "leap" means jump high or far; "contend" means argue that something is true; "dread" means deeply fear some future event.
Example Question #212 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PERUSE
Speak
Rest
Watch
Pilot
Read
Read
The verb "peruse" means to read carefully in an unhurried fashion. It can also mean to examine something carefully. Additionally, "pilot" means drive, operate a piece of machinery.
Example Question #213 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
RAVAGE
Cater
Utter
Lure
Trickle
Destroy
Destroy
The verb "ravage" means to cause extensive and long lasting damage to something, to completely destroy, lay waste to. Additionally, "cater" means provide for the needs of; "utter" means speak aloud; "trickle" means fall in small amounts; "lure" means entice and attract.
Example Question #214 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MANIFEST
Repudiate
Renounce
Exhibit
Transcend
Dovetail
Exhibit
The verb "manifest" means to exhibit, display, or show one's feelings through one's appearance. "Manifest" can also be used as an adjective in which case it means obvious, clear, easily noticed and acknowledged. Additionally, "renounce" means reject, declare that one has abandoned; "repudiate" means refuse to acknowledge or accept, argue against a claim; "dovetail" means fit together perfectly; "transcend" means go beyond.
Example Question #215 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PROCRASTINATE
Delay
Uproot
Bolster
Study
Lie
Delay
The verb "procrastinate" means to delay doing something, to stop doing what one is supposed to be doing and do something distracting. Additionally, "bolster" means reinforce, support, strengthen; "uproot" means force to move from one location to another.
Example Question #216 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MUSTER
Possess
Allude
Gather
Eradicate
Deceive
Gather
The verb "muster" means to gather, compile, assemble, bring together. Additionally, "allude" means hint at, suggest; "eradicate" means completely destroy; "deceive" means lie to and trick; "possess" means own, have.
Example Question #217 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TRUNCATE
Dance
Elongate
Shorten
Move
Supplant
Shorten
The verb "truncate" means to shorten something, to make something shorter by finishing it early. Additionally, "elongate" means make or become longer; "supplant" means replace, take over from.
Example Question #218 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CULTIVATE
Lend
Send
Tend
Mend
Bend
Tend
The verb "cultivate" is generally used to refer to tending one's crops, preparing one's land for the growth of crops and attending to those crops. It can also mean simply to "tend" to something more generally, like "I am trying to cultivate a better work ethic." Additionally, "lend" means allow someone to borrow and "mend" means fix, repair.
Example Question #219 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
JEOPARDIZE
Mar
Linger
Pelt
Endanger
Indict
Endanger
The verb "jeopardize" means endanger, to put someone in danger due to your actions. Additionally, "mar" means spoil, ruin; "linger" means hesitate, remain behind after others have left; "pelt" means throw things at with force; "indict" means formally accuse of committing a crime or other misdeed.
Example Question #220 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COAGULATE
Evaporate
Form a clot
Steep
Imbue
Saturate
Form a clot
"Coagulate" means to "form a clot," such as when blood dries, or when a liquid congeals into a semi-solid state.
"Evaporate" means to disappear or to melt; in science it means liquid becoming gas, such as when water evaporates and becomes steam.
"Saturate" means to soak, to get very wet or to douse.
"Steep" means to bathe something in liquid, to soak, to submerge in liquid.
"Imbue" means to infuse, to saturate or to ingrain something upon something else.