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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
Sheer
Hopeless
Bespectacled
Ultimate
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
Seasonal
Proper
Friendly
Courtly
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
Delicious
Ravenous
Edible
Explicit
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
Scalding
Invested
Frigid
Stagnant
Unenthusiastic
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 #936 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
KEEN
Enthusiastic
Quiet
Curved
Gloomy
Observant
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
Agreeable
Fetid
Ready
Doubting
Quirky
Doubting
Skeptical means having doubt.
Example Question #1696 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INFURIATED
Overwhelmed
Hoodwinked
Splattered
Enraged
Excluded
Enraged
Infuriated means made extremely angry, or enraged.
Example Question #1697 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONTRITE
Diminutive
Remorseful
Dignified
Transparent
Discreet
Remorseful
Contrite means remorseful and filled with the desire to repent.
Example Question #902 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
IRATE
Longitudinal
Melancholy
Legal
Furious
Rapid
Furious
Irate means very angry or furious.
Example Question #41 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SENSATIONAL
Shocking
Thought-provoking
Tactile
Garrulous
Muted
Shocking
Sensational means causing great public excitement, or shocking.
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