SSAT Middle Level Verbal : Synonyms

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for SSAT Middle Level Verbal

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Example Questions

Example Question #117 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding

Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.

FABRICATE

Possible Answers:

Scare

Fake

Fight

Allow

Enjoy

Correct answer:

Fake

Explanation:

The verb "fabricate" means to fake, to concoct, to invent a fake version of something, to 'make something up'.

Example Question #118 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding

Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.

REIMBURSE

Possible Answers:

Replete

Respire

Repay

Replay

Repeat

Correct answer:

Repay

Explanation:

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 About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding

Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.

CONSTRUE

Possible Answers:

Shun

Cleave

Splice

Interpret

Pilfer

Correct answer:

Interpret

Explanation:

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 About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding

Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.

MOCK

Possible Answers:

Promote

Cheer

Tease

Scold

Encourage

Correct answer:

Tease

Explanation:

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 #921 : Synonyms

Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.

SNUB

Possible Answers:

Pretend

Elevate

Ignore

Chastise

Embrace

Correct answer:

Ignore

Explanation:

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 #922 : Synonyms

Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.

REFUTE

Possible Answers:

Research

Disprove

Support

Giggle

Agree

Correct answer:

Disprove

Explanation:

The correct answer is "disprove." 

"Refute" is a verb that means to prove wrong.

Example Question #923 : Synonyms

Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.

OMIT

Possible Answers:

Mislead

Exclude

Include

Regard

Sanction

Correct answer:

Exclude

Explanation:

"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 #121 : Synonyms: Verbs

Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.

ALIGN

Possible Answers:

lecture

arrange in a line

lie

illuminate

disrupt

Correct answer:

arrange in a line

Explanation:

Align means to arrange in a line.

Example Question #921 : Synonyms

Synonyms

Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.

FORAGE

Possible Answers:

emerge

deflect

scavenge

leap

abide

Correct answer:

scavenge

Explanation:

Forage means to scavenge.

Example Question #1 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location

A synonym of "fumble" is __________.

Possible Answers:

search blindly

wander around

look quickly

walk gracefully

talk aimlessly

Correct answer:

search blindly

Explanation:

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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