All SSAT Middle Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #723 : Analogies
Complete this analogy
Ungainly is to balance as lethargic is to __________.
energy
money
time
friends
happiness
energy
"Ungainly" means clumsy, so someone who is ungainly lacks balance. To solve this analogy you have to determine which of these answer choices is lacking in someone who is lethargic. "Lethargic" means lazy or very tired, so the correct answer is “energy.”
Example Question #16 : Qualities And Features
Complete this analogy.
Food is to starving as water is to __________.
eat
liquid
compound
thirsty
drink
thirsty
When you are "starving" you eat food, when you are “thirsty” you drink water.
Example Question #724 : Analogies
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Dehydration is to water as scurvy is to __________.
Money
Love
Paper
Oxygen
Fruit
Fruit
"Dehydration" is a condition wherein someone or something chronically requires water. So, to solve this analogy, you have to determine what someone suffering from "scurvy" requires. "Scurvy" is a disease commonly experienced by sailors in years gone by, where the affected person becomes unhealthy due to a lack of fruit and vitamins. So, "fruit" is the correct answer.
Example Question #725 : Analogies
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Lethargic is to sleep as emaciated is to __________.
Air
Food
Exercise
Tired
Water
Food
"Lethargic" means tired and in need of sleep, so to solve this analogy, you have to determine what it is that someone who is "emaciated" needs. Someone who is "emaciated" would be very thin and unhealthy, so he or she would require “food.”
Example Question #726 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Ice is to frozen as water is to __________.
drink
perspire
rain
melted
snow
melted
"Ice" is water molecules in their frozen state, so to solve this analogy you have to determine what state of matter water molecules are in when we refer to them simply as water. The correct answer is “melted.” For clarification, "perspire" means to sweat.
Example Question #727 : Analogies
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Guile is to sly as gumption is to ___________.
capricious
confident
sagacious
adamant
intelligent
confident
Someone who has "guile" is "sly," so to solve this analogy, you have to determine which of the answer choices is a characteristic possessed by someone who has "gumption." If you have "gumption," you possess boldness and confidence, so "confident" is the correct answer. For clarification, "guile" means cunning or sneakiness, "adamant" means insistent or persistent, "capricious" means hard to predict, and "sagacious" means wise.
Example Question #741 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
Winter is to frigid as summer is to __________.
glacial
whet
cold
stifling
frosty
stifling
"Frigid" means very cold and describes temperatures common during "winter." To solve this analogy, you have to determine which of the answer choices describes temperatures common during summer. The correct answer is “stifling,” which means hot and restrictive. For clarification, "whet" means sharpen or stimulate, and "glacial," "frosty," and "cold" are all synonyms of "frigid" and antonyms of "stifling."
Example Question #742 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Fearless is to dread as guileless is to __________.
cunning
temerity
fortitude
happiness
eloquence
cunning
“Dread” means fear, and the suffix "-less" means without or not having, so someone who is “fearless” is brave and does not dread anything. To solve this analogy, you have to determine which of the answer choices is a characteristic least likely to be found in someone who is “guileless.” “Guile” means cunning, so someone who is “guileless” has no cunning, and "cunning" is the correct answer. None of the other answer choices make sense in the blank: “eloquence” is the ability to speak clearly and intelligently; “temerity” is nerve or audacity; and “fortitude” means strength or perseverance.
Example Question #743 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Complete this analogy.
Color is to colorblind as melody is to __________.
silent
agile
musical
limping
tone-deaf
tone-deaf
Someone who is colorblind cannot perceive color, so we need to pick out an answer that describes someone who cannot perceive “melody,” which means either a simple piece of music formed out of a series of notes. “Tone-deaf” is an adjective that is used of a person and means unable to differentiate different musical pitches, so, just as someone who cannot perceive color is colorblind, someone who cannot perceive melody is tone-deaf, making “tone-deaf” the correct answer.
Example Question #744 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Complete this analogy.
Caution is to wary as __________.
anger is to pacified
slip is to fall
disinterest is to obsessed
cleverness is to sagacious
ambition is to lazy
cleverness is to sagacious
“Wary” is an adjective that means cautious and on the lookout for danger, so someone is wary if they demonstrate caution. That means that we need to pick out an answer choice in which the first word is a noun conveying a quality, and the second word an adjective describing someone who demonstrates that quality. While “cleverness is to sagacious,” “anger is to pacified,” and “disinterest is to obsessed” may all look like potentially correct answers, “pacify” is a verb that means make less angry, so someone who is pacified is no longer angry, meaning that “anger is to pacified” cannot be the correct answer. Similarly, “obsess” is a verb that means preoccupy, so someone that is obsessed with something is not demonstrating disinterest in that thing, and “disinterest is to obsessed” cannot be the correct answer either. However, someone who is "sagacious" (shrewd) demonstrates cleverness, just as someone who is wary demonstrates caution, so “cleverness is to sagacious” is the correct answer.
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