All SSAT Middle Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #21 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Synonyms: choose the word with the meaning closest to the word in question.
Glare
to question
to teach
to decide
to stare
to suggest
to stare
"Glare" means to stare.
Example Question #22 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Synonyms: choose the word with the meaning closest to the word in question.
Remark
Comment
Performance
Crisis
Artifact
Merchant
Comment
"Remark" means comment.
Example Question #23 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Synonyms: choose the word with the meaning closest to the word in question.
Focus
to trick
to understand
to study
to demand
to concentrate
to concentrate
"Focus" means to concentrate.
Example Question #24 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Synonyms: choose the word with the meaning closest to the word in question.
Mandate
to petition
to despise
to require
to endure
to pause
to require
"Mandate" means to require.
Example Question #25 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Synonyms: choose the answer with the meaning closest to the word in question.
Boast
to stare
to inhale
to compete
to aid
to brag
to brag
"Boast" means to brag.
Example Question #26 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Synonyms: choose the answer with the meaning closest to the word in question.
Expose
to understand
to lie
to complete
to reveal
to hide
to reveal
"Expose" means to uncover or to reveal.
Example Question #27 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Synonyms: choose the answer with the meaning closest to the word in question.
Obligate
to require
to suggest
to advise
to object
to demand
to require
"Obligate" means to require.
Example Question #28 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Synonyms: choose the word closest in meaning to the word in question.
ASSUAGE
Joy
Irritate
Calm
Sadness
Emotion
Calm
"Assuage" means to calm or to satisfy.
Example Question #21 : Synonyms: Verbs
Synonyms: choose the word closest in meaning to the word in question.
DERIDE
Stand Still
Discuss
Mock
Redact
Praise
Mock
"Deride" means to mock or laugh at. The root "rid-" means to laugh and is found in other words such as ridicule.
Words you may not know:
- "Redact" can mean to edit when referring to a written document, or to censor. It has the prefix "re-" in it, which means again.
Example Question #22 : Synonyms: Verbs
Synonyms: choose the word closest in meaning to the word in question.
EXCLUDE
Prevent
Extol
Approve
Gather
Tacit
Prevent
"Exclude" means to expel or shut out from consideration. It has the root "ex-" in it that means from or out of. A synonym of "exclude" is "prevent."
Words you may not know:
- "Extol" means to praise.
- "Tacit" means silent; unspoken; implied.
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