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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
Bespectacled
Hopeless
Sheer
Rigid
Ultimate
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
Seasonal
Proper
Friendly
Stuffy
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
Ravenous
Delicious
Explicit
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
Invested
Stagnant
Frigid
Unenthusiastic
Scalding
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 #940 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
KEEN
Observant
Quiet
Gloomy
Enthusiastic
Curved
Enthusiastic
Keen means showing eagerness or enthusiasm.
Example Question #1695 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SKEPTICAL
Fetid
Quirky
Agreeable
Ready
Doubting
Doubting
Skeptical means having doubt.
Example Question #1695 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INFURIATED
Enraged
Excluded
Splattered
Overwhelmed
Hoodwinked
Enraged
Infuriated means made extremely angry, or enraged.
Example Question #1696 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONTRITE
Remorseful
Discreet
Transparent
Dignified
Diminutive
Remorseful
Contrite means remorseful and filled with the desire to repent.
Example Question #943 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
IRATE
Furious
Melancholy
Legal
Longitudinal
Rapid
Furious
Irate means very angry or furious.
Example Question #1697 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SENSATIONAL
Thought-provoking
Muted
Tactile
Shocking
Garrulous
Shocking
Sensational means causing great public excitement, or shocking.
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