All SSAT Middle Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #58 : Synonyms: Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FISCALLY
Transparently
Financially
Irresponsibly
Opaquely
Aquatically
Financially
"Fiscally" and "financially" are both adverbs describing money. "Aquatically" refers to sea life, "opaquely" is the opposite of "transparently," and "irresponsibly" is the opposite of "responsibly."
Example Question #59 : Synonyms: Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SEDUCTIVELY
Vigorously
Attractive
Enthusiastically
Repulsively
Repellently
Attractive
Something "seductive" is attractive and alluring. This is the opposite of "repulsively" and "repellently." "Vigorously" means with energy and strength, and "enthusiastically" means eagerly.
Example Question #1531 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FASHIONABLY
Stylishly
Greedily
Painfully
Selflessly
Silkily
Stylishly
"Fashionable" and "stylish" both mean up to date or in vogue. "Greedily" and "selflessly" are antonyms. "Painfully" and "painlessly" are antonyms. "Silkily" means softly or smoothly.
Example Question #1532 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ARBITRARILY
Intelligently
Vacuously
Randomly
Meteorologically
Judgmentally
Randomly
"Arbitrary" means chosen at random and not by a rule or system. "Intelligently" is the antonym of "vacuously," which means stupidly or vapidly. "Meteorologically" describes the study of weather.
Example Question #751 : Synonyms
Each of the following questions consists of one word followed by five words or phrases. You are to select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
AWKWARDLY
Awfully
Awesome
Weirdly
Worldly
Wisely
Weirdly
"Awkwardly" and "weirdly" are adverbs which describe an odd manner of acting. The other answer choices do not share this meaning. "Worldly" describes a wise and experienced person.
Example Question #752 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PERILOUSLY
Unhappily
Seductively
Savagely
Joyfully
Dangerously
Dangerously
"Peril" means danger, so something done in a perilous manner is done in a dangerous manner. "Seductive" means attractive, and "savage" means wild. "Unhappily" and "joyfully" are antonyms.
Example Question #753 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
LONGINGLY
Sporadically
Nostalgically
Habitually
Quizzically
Curiously
Nostalgically
To be "nostalgic" is to feel longing for a person, place, or past time. "Habitually" means regularly and is an antonym for "sporadically," or irregularly. "Quizzical" means questioning or inquiring. "Curiously" means eagerly, inquisitively, or strangely.
Example Question #754 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TORTUOUSLY
Painfully
Smilingly
Windingly
Heroically
Excruciatingly
Windingly
"Tortuous" and "winding" are synonyms; both mean full of twists and turns. "Painful" and "excruciating" are both good synonyms for "torturous," which is easy to confuse with tortuous. "Smilingly" means done in a glad manner. "Heroically" means in a heroic or brave manner.
Example Question #755 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DRABLY
Brightly
Dully
Cheerily
Greenly
Pessimistically
Dully
"Drab" means dull or colorless and is an antonym of "bright." "Cheery" means optimistic or happy and is an antonym of "pessimistic." Because "green" is a specific color, it's obviously not a good fit for a word that means "colorless."
Example Question #756 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
IMPERATIVELY
Lovingly
Gigantically
Royally
Minutely
Importantly
Importantly
Something "imperative" is very important or essential. Something "minute" is tiny; something "gigantic" is huge. "Royal" and "imperious" are both words related to ruling, so it would be easy to confuse "imperious" (commanding, arrogant) with imperative. "Lovingly" and "tenderly" are synonyms.
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