All SSAT Middle Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #1981 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
DECOMPOSE
Fey
Improve
Remiss
Rot
Allow
Rot
"Decompose" means to break down or to rot. For clarification, "remiss" means careless or neglectful, "fey" means supernatural, "allow" means permit, and "improve" means to make (something) better.
Example Question #1982 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
RECEDE
Withdraw
Thesis
Era
Portray
Outline
Withdraw
"Recede" means to pull back or to withdraw, so "withdraw" is the correct answer. For clarification, "portray" means to depict, and an "era" is a period of history.
Example Question #1983 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Synonyms: Choose the answer that most closely matches the word in capital letters.
CONTORT
Befriend
Conversate
Construct
Increase
Twist
Twist
"Twist" is the best answer choice. "Contort" means to twist, bend, or draw out of shape.
Example Question #1984 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INFUSE
Accelerate
Insult
Release
Inject
Merge
Inject
"Infuse" means to inject, so "inject" is the correct answer. You may have been able to associate the two words based on their shared "in-" prefix, which in each does not function as a negative prefix but instead means inward.
Example Question #1985 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
POSTERITY
Future generations
Possibility
Fables
Acumen
Ancestors
Future generations
Something that is preserved for "posterity" is preserved for future generations to enjoy, so "future generations" is the correct answer. For clarification, "ancestors" are forefathers or, more generally, the people who came before us, and "acumen" means insight or shrewdness.
Example Question #1986 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INCOMPETENT
Inappropriate
Useful
Formulaic
Inept
Appropriate
Inept
"Incompetent" means incapable of doing something, so "inept," a word which means unskilled, is the correct answer. For clarification, "formulaic" means trite or following a standard format, "useful" means practical, "appropriate" means suitable, and "inappropriate" means improper.
Example Question #1987 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONSENSUS
Adept
Control
Accord
Adversity
Candor
Accord
"Consensus" means a unanimous agreement or an accord, so "accord" is the correct answer. For clarification, "unanimous" means concordant and specifically refers to a situation in which all parties agree to something; "adversity" means hardships or difficulties that need to be overcome, "adept" means skilled, "candor" means honesty or frankness, and "control" means dominance.
Example Question #1988 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
DISTASTEFUL
Agreeable
Well-mannered
Praiseworthy
Unpleasant
Excessive
Unpleasant
"Distasteful" means unpleasant. "Agreeable" means pleasant, so it is an antonym, not a synonym, of "civil," and cannot be the correct answer. None of the other answers are close in meaning to "distasteful": "praiseworthy" means of high quality or worthy of praise or worrisome, "well-mannered" means having good manners or polite, and "excessive" means more than is necessary or too much.
Example Question #1989 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
DISSATISFIED
Respectable
Unhappy
Joyful
Pleased
Grateful
Unhappy
One can infer that "dissatisfied" means not satisfied because it is a combination of the negative prefix "dis-", which means not, and the word "satisfied." "Unhappy" is the answer choice that is closest in meaning to "dissatisfied," so "unhappy" is the correct answer.
Example Question #38 : Using Prefixes, Suffixes, And Roots To Identify Synonyms
Synonyms: choose the answer with the meaning closest to the word in question.
Recall
to begin
to disturb
to research
to direct
to remember
to remember
"Recall" means to remember.
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