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Example Question #1691 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DESPONDENT
Hopeless
Ultimate
Sheer
Bespectacled
Rigid
Hopeless
"Despondent" means feeling hopeless.
Example Question #1692 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CORDIAL
Courtly
Proper
Stuffy
Seasonal
Friendly
Friendly
"Cordial" means warm and open. (Example: "The hostess was very cordial towards her guests, offering them tea and cookies.") The word closest in meaning to "cordial" is therefore "friendly," the best answer choice.
Example Question #1693 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VORACIOUS
Explicit
Ravenous
Delicious
Edible
Indignant
Ravenous
"Voracious" is an adjective that means wanting or devouring great quantities of something, often food. So, we're looking for an adjective that has to do with food and specifically means extremely hungry. Three of the listed answer choices have to do with food: "edible" means able to be eaten, so it's not a synonym of "voracious." "Delicious" means pleasant to the taste, so it is also not a synonym of "voracious." "Ravenous," which means extremely hungry, is a synonym of "voracious," so it is the best answer choice.
Example Question #1694 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TEPID
Unenthusiastic
Scalding
Invested
Stagnant
Frigid
Unenthusiastic
You may have seen the word tepid paired with the water in the past and assumed that it meant frigid (cold), stagnant (standing still), or Scalding (extremely hot), but the word actually means lukewarm or unenthusiastic.
Example Question #1695 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
KEEN
Gloomy
Quiet
Observant
Curved
Enthusiastic
Enthusiastic
Keen means showing eagerness or enthusiasm.
Example Question #1696 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SKEPTICAL
Doubting
Fetid
Ready
Quirky
Agreeable
Doubting
Skeptical means having doubt.
Example Question #1697 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INFURIATED
Excluded
Overwhelmed
Hoodwinked
Enraged
Splattered
Enraged
Infuriated means made extremely angry, or enraged.
Example Question #1698 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONTRITE
Diminutive
Discreet
Remorseful
Transparent
Dignified
Remorseful
Contrite means remorseful and filled with the desire to repent.
Example Question #1699 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
IRATE
Longitudinal
Melancholy
Furious
Rapid
Legal
Furious
Irate means very angry or furious.
Example Question #1700 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SENSATIONAL
Shocking
Muted
Tactile
Thought-provoking
Garrulous
Shocking
Sensational means causing great public excitement, or shocking.
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