All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #2268 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SOPORIFIC
Plain
Joy-inducing
Tacit
Fear-inducing
Sleep-inducing
Sleep-inducing
Something "soporific" will lull someone to sleep, not cause fear or joy. "Plain" is an antonym for "fancy." "Tacit" describes something unspoken or silent but still understood by all.
Example Question #2269 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DIABOLICAL
Famished
Inebriated
Putative
Eligible
Devilish
Devilish
"Diabolical" and "devilish" are synonyms. "Putative" means presumed or supposed. "Eligible" means qualified, and "inebriated" is another word for intoxicated or drunk. "Famished" means starving.
Example Question #2270 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PUNITIVE
Puerile
Trifling
Fabled
Legendary
Punishing
Punishing
"Punitive" means "punishing." "Trifling" means trivial, unimportant. "Fabled" and "legendary" are synonyms. "Puerile" is another word for juvenile or immature.
Example Question #2271 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TACIT
Eligible
Explicit
Unspoken
Jubilant
Ecstatic
Unspoken
Something "tacit" is understood without being spoken, implicit. This is an antonym for "explicit." "Ecstatic" means euphoric, and "jubilant" means overjoyed. "Eligible" and "qualified" are synonyms.
Example Question #2272 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INSUPERABLE
Insurmountable
Zealous
Acrobatic
Cheerful
Repugnant
Insurmountable
"Insuperable" is a synonym for "insurmountable," difficult to overcome. "Zealous" means impassioned, fervent. "Repugnant" means loathsome, vile. "Acrobatic" can mean literally like an acrobat or more figuratively skilled and flexible at physical feats. "Cheerful" is a synonym for "jolly" and "merry."
Example Question #2273 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
EXTANT
Myriad
Not destroyed
Annihilated
Spectacular
Exuberant
Not destroyed
"Extant," which often describes archaeological or historical artifacts, means still in existence, "not destroyed." This is an antonym for "annihilated," or totally destroyed. "Myriad" means innumerable. "Spectacular" is a synonym for "stunning." "Exuberant" means overjoyed.
Example Question #2274 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DISCURSIVE
Redundant
Thwarted
Alabaster
Digressive
Gravid
Digressive
"Discursive" means rambling, meandering, or "digressive." "Gravid" means swollen or pregnant. "Alabaster" means white. Something that has been "thwarted" has been stalled, stopped, or foiled. "Redundant" means excessively repetitive.
Example Question #2275 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DESPOTIC
Hopeful
Tacit
Archaic
Tyrannical
Macabre
Tyrannical
"Despotic" is a synonym for "tyrannical," cruel, and dictatorial. "Hopeful" means optimistic, and "archaic" means outdated or obsolete. "Macabre" is a synonym for "ghastly." "Tacit" means unspoken but understood.
Example Question #2276 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CELESTIAL
Macabre
Regal
Spectral
Cosmic
Capacious
Cosmic
"Celestial" means "cosmic" and particularly pertains to stars. "Spectral" means ghostly. "Regal" means royal and stately. "Capacious" means spacious or palatial.
Example Question #2277 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PARAMOUNT
Empirical
Of little importance
Vital
Of equivalent importance
Proportional
Vital
"Paramount" means of utmost importance, "vital," or integral. "Empirical" means able to be measured or based in evidence rather than, say, logic or intuition. "Proportional" means commensurate, corresponding.