All SSAT Middle Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #101 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
JOSTLE
Push
Crawl
Run
Bypass
Sneak
Push
The correct answer is "push."
"Jostle" is a verb that means to push (or bump) against others (people) in a rough manner. Running into someone might "jostle" them, but this is not a necessary result of running.
Example Question #102 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
WRIGGLE
Rebound
Squirm
Allot
Dilute
Dishearten
Squirm
"Wriggle" is a verb meaning to twist and turn. "Squirm" is a synonym, meaning to twist or wriggle from side to side.
Example Question #103 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REND
Pulverize
Jump
Tear
Tie
Glue
Tear
"Rend" means to rip, often clothing.
"Tie" means to bind something together.
"Pulverize" means to smash to a powder, crush, atomize.
"Glue" means to connect two things using a sticky substance, to cement, to paste.
"Jump" means to hop, to leap into the air.
Example Question #104 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FALTER
Endure
Leap
Shuffle
Stumble
Limp
Stumble
"Falter" means to stumble or to fall when related to movement; when related to speech, "falter" means stutter."
"Leap" means to jump, to spring, and when referring to a number, it means increased quickly.
"Limp" means move as if injured, to walk in halting way or to stagger. It is a similar concept to faltering, but is not a synonym.
"Shuffle" means to walk with slow, short steps; it can also mean to rearrange, such as "Shuffle the cards."
"Endure" means to keep going, to carry on, to bear hardship.