All SSAT Middle Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #1011 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
WRIGGLE
Dilute
Rebound
Allot
Dishearten
Squirm
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 #1012 : Identifying Synonyms
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 #1013 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FALTER
Leap
Shuffle
Endure
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.
Example Question #1014 : Identifying Synonyms
Synonyms
Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
SATE
resist
corrupt
proclaim
satisfy fully
sit
satisfy fully
"Sate" means to satisfy fully.
Example Question #2 : Synonyms: Verbs About Emotional Changes
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
ASTOUND
corrupt
shock
modify
contain
disguise
shock
Astound means to shock or surprise.
Example Question #3 : Synonyms: Verbs About Emotional Changes
Synonyms: Select the words that are most similar in meaning.
Abhor
Jest
Collect
Notify
Revoke
Hate
Hate
To "abhor" is to hate.
Example Question #1015 : Identifying Synonyms
Synonyms: choose the answer that is closest in meaning to the word in question.
Rejoice
Happiness
Gloominess
Sadness
Holiday
Furnace
Happiness
"Rejoice" means happiness; Sadness and Gloominess is the opposite; Holiday is a celebrated day; and a Furnace is equipment in a home used to generate heat.
Example Question #232 : Synonyms: Verbs
Synonyms: choose the answer with the meaning closest to the word in question.
Startle
to consider
to fantasize
to surprise
to devote
to exercise
to surprise
"Startle" means to surprise.
Example Question #1016 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
DETEST
Love
Comfort
Refuse
Hate
Accept
Hate
If you "detest" something then you hate it. Other similar words that mean hate include deplore, abhor, despise, loathe, and deride.
Example Question #1017 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
LAMENT
Celebrate
Reward
Praise
Defy
Mourn
Mourn
A "lament" is an expression of sadness and as such is most similar in meaning to mourn. For clarification, to "defy" means to resist authority.
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