All SSAT Middle Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #117 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FABRICATE
Allow
Scare
Fight
Fake
Enjoy
Fake
The verb "fabricate" means to fake, to concoct, to invent a fake version of something, to 'make something up'.
Example Question #118 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REIMBURSE
Repay
Repeat
Replay
Replete
Respire
Repay
The verb "reimburse" means to pay someone back who has lost money or given money to you. This is, of course, closest in meaning to "repay." Additionally, "respire" means breathe; "replete" means filled with.
Example Question #119 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONSTRUE
Cleave
Pilfer
Interpret
Shun
Splice
Interpret
The verb "construe" means to understand something in one's own individual way, to interpret something. Additionally, "pilfer" means steal from, plunder; "cleave" means split, sever, hack up; "splice" means join together, attach to; "shun" means ignore.
Example Question #120 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MOCK
Encourage
Scold
Cheer
Promote
Tease
Tease
The correct answer is "tease."
To "mock" (verb) means to tease or laugh at in a scornful way, making "tease" a synonym of the term "mock."
Example Question #1711 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SNUB
Ignore
Chastise
Elevate
Embrace
Pretend
Ignore
The correct answer is "ignore."
"Snub" is a verb that means to rebuff, ignore or spurn disdainfully, making "ignore" a synonym of "snub."
Example Question #1712 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REFUTE
Research
Support
Disprove
Agree
Giggle
Disprove
The correct answer is "disprove."
"Refute" is a verb that means to prove wrong.
Example Question #1713 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OMIT
Mislead
Exclude
Regard
Sanction
Include
Exclude
"Omit" means to exclude, to leave something out, to edit something out or eliminate it.
"Sanction" means to allow, to permit, to approve.
"Regard" means to look at something, or it can mean to judge something or to consider something.
"Mislead" means to give somebody incorrect information, to lie, to dupe.
"Conclude" means to finish or come to an end; it can also mean to decide.
Example Question #1 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
ALIGN
disrupt
illuminate
lie
lecture
arrange in a line
arrange in a line
Align means to arrange in a line.
Example Question #2 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Synonyms
Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
FORAGE
leap
abide
emerge
scavenge
deflect
scavenge
Forage means to scavenge.
Example Question #3 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
A synonym of "fumble" is __________.
talk aimlessly
wander around
search blindly
look quickly
walk gracefully
search blindly
One meaning of "fumble" is "to search for something by reaching or touching with your fingers in an awkward or clumsy way," we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like "search for." While both "search blindly" and "look quickly" could mean "search for," "search blindly" is the better answer because "blindly" conveys the "awkward or clumsy way" of searching that "fumble" conveys.
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