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Example Question #2141 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
AMENABLE
Mean
Pious
Unpleasant
Handy
Agreeable
Agreeable
Someone who is "amenable" is agreeable, pleasant, or easy to get along with; someone who is not stubborn or pig-headed is amenable.
Example Question #2142 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MERCENARY
Amusing
Greedy
Normal
Perplexing
Verbose
Greedy
The adjective, "mercenary," means greedy. The Latin root word, "merces," means wages.
Example Question #2143 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INSIDIOUS
Sparse
Perfect
Harmful
Imaginative
Squalid
Harmful
"Insidious" means harmful in a stealthy way.
Example Question #2151 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MACABRE
Gruesome
Flowing
Soaked
Moral
Ingenious
Gruesome
"Macabre" means gruesome or ghastly. It also means pertaining to death.
Example Question #2152 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FRUITFUL
Misleading
Wild
Arid
Foolish
Fertile
Fertile
"Fruitful" means fertile.
Example Question #2153 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COMATOSE
Unconscious
Disturbed
Alert
Eager
Memorable
Unconscious
"Comatose" means unconscious.
Example Question #2154 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
AVOWED
Self-confessed
Contemptuous
Proximal
Married
Attuned
Self-confessed
"Avowed" means admitted publicly, or self-declared.
Example Question #2155 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FERAL
Destitute
Euphoric
Savage
Sluggish
Spacious
Savage
"Feral" means wild or savage; Destitute means poor; Spacious means roomy; Euphoric means extremely happy; and Sluggish means slow moving.
Example Question #1359 : Identifying Synonyms
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
INTENSE
palateable
vigorous
strange
rural
lethargic
vigorous
"Intense" means of extreme force or strength, or vigorous.
Example Question #73 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Synonyms: find the words that match most closely.
IRREPRESSIBLE
Catastrophic
Pleasant
Unquenchable
Occasional
Racous
Unquenchable
"Irrepressible" means unable to be repressed or controlled, or unquenchable.
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