SSAT Middle Level Verbal : SSAT Middle Level Verbal
Study concepts, example questions & explanations for SSAT Middle Level Verbal
All SSAT Middle Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #6 : Synonyms: Other Verbs
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
SHRIEK
Scream
Question
Silence
Dispute
Decrease
Scream
"Shriek" means scream. "Silence" to make or become quiet. "Question" means interrogate. "Dispute" means debate or discuss. "Decrease" means lessen.
Example Question #11 : Synonyms: Other Verbs
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
FRACTURE
Breakage
Fame
Recommendation
Geography
Disease
Breakage
"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 #12 : Synonyms: Other Verbs
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
MAUL
Diminish
Imitate
Repair
Escalate
Attack
Attack
"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 #13 : Synonyms: Other Verbs
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters
REMINISCE
Recollect
Coalesce
Increase
Disparage
Rebuke
Recollect
"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 #1861 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Synonyms: Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
FEND
Feud
Cope
Retrieve
Glitch
Embellish
Cope
“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 #1862 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ALLEVIATE
Ease
Allocate
Solidify
Irritate
Increase
Ease
"Alleviate" is a verb that means to make something bad less intense. Of the answer choices, "ease" has the closest meaning.
Example Question #1863 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ABDUCT
Evade
Exercise
Ascend
Kidnap
Abscond
Kidnap
"Abduct" means to kidnap.
Example Question #1864 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Synonyms
Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
PERSEVERE
to lie
to sweat
to persist
to abscond with
to persecute
to persist
Persevere means to persist.
Example Question #1865 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
A synonym of "falter" is __________.
retrieve
select
waver
scamper
entrap
waver
"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 #280 : Synonyms: Verbs
Synonyms: choose the word with the meaning closest to the word in question.
Govern
to reveal
to revolt
to love
to rule
to crush
to rule
"Govern" means to rule.
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