All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #1701 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VOLATILE
Mercurial
Charismatic
Bothersome
Stoic
Seasoned
Mercurial
“Volatile” is an adjective that can mean “easily evaporated” when referring to a substance, “liable to change rapidly and unpredictably,” or when describing a person, “displaying rapid changes of emotion.” So, we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like “easily evaporated,” “changing rapidly,” or “rapid change of emotion.” That means that “stoic” cannot be the correct answer, because “stoic” means “enduring hardship without showing one’s feelings,” a meaning very distant from that of “volatile.” “Mercurial,” however, is an adjective that can mean “subject to unpredictable changes of mood or mind” when describing a person, and because “mercurial” is the answer choice closest in meaning to “volatile,” “mercurial” is the correct answer.
Example Question #1702 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PENSIVE
Uplifting
Sociable
Thoughtful
Verifiable
Hurried
Thoughtful
"Pensive" means thoughtful or reflective. The root wood, "pensare," means to consider.
Example Question #1703 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VEHEMENT
Passionate
Dominant
Plausible
Rebellious
Malignant
Passionate
"Vehement" means passionate or angry.
Example Question #1704 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ABJECT
Scared
Heavy
Erroneous
Miserable
Unforgettable
Miserable
"Abject" means utterly hopeless or miserable.
Example Question #948 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PETULANT
Logical
Gifted
Delicious
Unsound
Irritable
Irritable
"Petulant" means irritable or impatient.
Example Question #1705 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
APATHETIC
Motivated
Aggressive
Lawless
Ignorant
Uninterested
Uninterested
"Apathetic" means uninterested or indifferent.
Example Question #952 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ELATED
Delicious
Saddened
Immediate
Joyful
Tedious
Joyful
"Elated" means very happy or overjoyed.
Example Question #161 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
JUBILANT
Lavish
Joyful
Juvenile
Stalwart
Morose
Joyful
"Jubilant" means joyful.
Example Question #1706 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
HISTRIONIC
Ancient
Tedious
Historical
Dramatic
Dull
Dramatic
"Histrionic" means extremely dramatic.
Example Question #51 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ENVIOUS
Sociable
Erroneous
Jealous
Incessant
Excessive
Jealous
"Envious" means jealous; Erroneous means mistaken; Excessive means too much; Sociable means outgoing; and Incessant means continual.