All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #1621 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
HARDY
Tough
Ugly
Easy
Vile
Poor
Tough
The adjective "hardy" means robust, fit and healthy, strong and tough. Additionally, "vile" means disgusting or wicked.
Example Question #1622 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CORPULENT
Overweight
Overwhelming
Egregious
Underweight
Underwhelming
Overweight
The adjective "corpulent" means fat, overweight. Additionally, "egregious" means particularly bad and shocking, especially terrible.
Example Question #1623 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OROTUND
Feisty
Sonorous
Pulchritudinous
Sordid
Querulous
Sonorous
"Orotund" is a synonym for "sonorous," pleasant-sounding. "Pulchritudinous" describes visual beauty. "Sordid" means filthy, and "querulous" means irritable, cranky. "Feisty" is another word for spunky, spirited.
Example Question #1631 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
STRIATED
Festering
Striped
Jejune
Excited
Dappled
Striped
"Striated" is another word for "striped." "Dappled" means spotted or marked with splotches. "Jejune" means dull and uninteresting. "Festering" means diseased and rotting. "Excited" is a synonym for "enthusiastic" and "eager."
Example Question #1632 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
GELID
Icy
Lenient
Tepid
Indulgent
Ludicrous
Icy
"Gelid" means frigid, "icy," very cold. "Tepid," which means lukewarm, is another temperature word. "Ludicrous" is a synonym for "ridiculous," absurd. "Indulgent" and "lenient" are synonyms.
Example Question #836 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
WIZENED
Geriatric
Outlandish
Puerile
Rotund
Shriveled
Shriveled
"Wizened" means "shriveled," age-worn, and wrinkled, and is often used to describe elderly people or things. It is not, however, a direct synonym for "geriatric" (elderly). "Puerile' means juvenile, immature. "Outlandish" means bizarre or strange. "Rotund" is a synonym for "plump."
Example Question #1633 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CAPACIOUS
Ghastly
Redundant
Ample
Scrupulous
Extenuating
Ample
The adjective "capacious" means spacious, roomy, having more than enough room. This is closest in meaning to "ample" which means having more than enough of. Additionally, "extenuating" means (of circumstances) explaining and excusing; "redundant" means no longer needed, made unnecessary; "scrupulous" means either careful and meticulous or honest and principled; "ghastly" means horrible, grim, dire, horrific.
Example Question #1634 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OBLIQUE
Curvaceous
Choleric
Slanting
Corrupt
Rectilinear
Slanting
"Oblique" means "slanting" or crooked. "Rectilinear" means having straight lines, and "curvaceous" means having curves. "Corrupt" is a synonym for "depraved." "Choleric" means angry or irritable.
Example Question #839 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
GRAVID
Trivial
Pregnant
Wizened
Serpentine
Dreary
Pregnant
"Gravid" mean "pregnant," either literally with child or figuratively (as in a gravid pause). "Wizened" means withered and shriveled, and "trivial" means trifling, unimportant. "Serpentine" is a synonym for "winding" or tortuous. "Dreary" is a synonym for "dismal."
Example Question #840 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ROTUND
Baronial
Stately
Plump
Scathing
Apposite
Plump
"Rotund" means chubby or plump. "Baronial" and "stately" are both synonyms for "grand." "Scathing" means blistering. "Apposite" means apt or appropriate.
All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
