SSAT Middle Level Verbal : SSAT Middle Level Verbal

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for SSAT Middle Level Verbal

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Example Questions

Example Question #1861 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal

Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.

SHRIEK

Possible Answers:

Question

Silence

Dispute

Scream

Decrease

Correct answer:

Scream

Explanation:

"Shriek" means scream. "Silence" to make or become quiet. "Question" means interrogate. "Dispute" means debate or discuss. "Decrease" means lessen.

Example Question #1862 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal

Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.

FRACTURE

Possible Answers:

Recommendation

Geography

Breakage

Disease

Fame

Correct answer:

Breakage

Explanation:

"Fracture" means breakage or cracking, so "breakage" is the correct answer. "Recommended" means advocated or approved of. "Fame" means the status of being well-known or celebrity status. "Geography" is the study of the features of the earth. "Disease" means illness or sickness.

Example Question #1863 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal

Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.

MAUL

Possible Answers:

Imitate

Repair

Attack

Escalate

Diminish

Correct answer:

Attack

Explanation:

"Maul" means to attack and usually refers to an attacking large animal, like a bear. So, "attack" is the correct answer. None of the other answers have meanings close to that of "maul" and "attack": "escalate" means to increase greatly; "repair" means to fix; "diminish" means to lessen or decrease in size or amount; and "imitate" means to mimic or to copy.

Example Question #1864 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal

Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters

REMINISCE

Possible Answers:

Increase

Recollect 

Rebuke 

Coalesce 

Disparage 

Correct answer:

Recollect 

Explanation:

"Reminisce" means happily remember past events or recollect. For clarification, "increase" means grow larger in quantity, "coalesce" means come together, "disparage" means criticize, and "rebuke," when used as a verb, means scold or tell-off.

Example Question #1865 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal

Synonyms: Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.

FEND

Possible Answers:

Glitch

Feud

Retrieve

Embellish

Cope

Correct answer:

Cope

Explanation:

“Fend” can mean to try to get along without help or to“cope.” To help you “embellish” is to embroider or blow out of proportion so a person might embellish the truth making it into an unlikely story. To “feud” is to fight. A “glitch” is a usually minor malfunction. To “retrieve” is to fetch, to go get something

Example Question #1866 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal

Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.

ALLEVIATE

Possible Answers:

Solidify

Allocate 

Ease

Irritate

Increase

Correct answer:

Ease

Explanation:

"Alleviate" is a verb that means to make something bad less intense. Of the answer choices, "ease" has the closest meaning. 

Example Question #1867 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal

Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.

ABDUCT

Possible Answers:

Abscond

Kidnap

Ascend

Exercise

Evade

Correct answer:

Kidnap

Explanation:

"Abduct" means to kidnap.

Example Question #1082 : Synonyms

Synonyms

Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.

PERSEVERE

Possible Answers:

to sweat

to lie

to abscond with

to persist

to persecute

Correct answer:

to persist

Explanation:

Persevere means to persist.

Example Question #1868 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal

A synonym of "falter" is __________.

Possible Answers:

retrieve

scamper

entrap

waver

select

Correct answer:

waver

Explanation:

"Falter" is a verb that means "to being to fail or weaken," "to begin to walk or move in an unsteady way," or "to feel doubt about doing something." Since "waver" means "to go back and forth between choices or opinions; to be indecisive," "to move back and forth in an unsteady way," or "to become unsteady because of weakness, emotion, or tiredness," "waver" is closest in meaning to "falter" of the given answer choices, so "waver" is the correct answer.

Example Question #1084 : Synonyms

Synonyms: choose the word with the meaning closest to the word in question.

Govern

Possible Answers:

to revolt

to rule

to love

to reveal

to crush

Correct answer:

to rule

Explanation:

"Govern" means to rule.

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