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Example Question #1701 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VOLATILE
Bothersome
Mercurial
Charismatic
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
Rebellious
Dominant
Malignant
Passionate
Plausible
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
Erroneous
Scared
Miserable
Heavy
Unforgettable
Miserable
"Abject" means utterly hopeless or miserable.
Example Question #1705 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PETULANT
Irritable
Delicious
Gifted
Logical
Unsound
Irritable
"Petulant" means irritable or impatient.
Example Question #1706 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
APATHETIC
Motivated
Aggressive
Lawless
Uninterested
Ignorant
Uninterested
"Apathetic" means uninterested or indifferent.
Example Question #1707 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ELATED
Tedious
Saddened
Immediate
Delicious
Joyful
Joyful
"Elated" means very happy or overjoyed.
Example Question #1708 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
JUBILANT
Morose
Lavish
Joyful
Stalwart
Juvenile
Joyful
"Jubilant" means joyful.
Example Question #1709 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
HISTRIONIC
Tedious
Historical
Dramatic
Ancient
Dull
Dramatic
"Histrionic" means extremely dramatic.
Example Question #1710 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ENVIOUS
Jealous
Excessive
Incessant
Sociable
Erroneous
Jealous
"Envious" means jealous; Erroneous means mistaken; Excessive means too much; Sociable means outgoing; and Incessant means continual.
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