SSAT Upper Level Verbal : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Time, Age, Movement, and Location
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Example Question #11 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Time, Age, Movement, And Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FECUND
Fertile
Spherical
Baleful
Intelligent
Corpulent
Fertile
“Fecund” means fertile or capable of producing many children, so "fertile" is the correct answer. For clarification, "spherical" means round, shaped like a sphere; "corpulent" means fat; "baleful" means menacing; and "intelligent" means smart.
Example Question #12 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Time, Age, Movement, And Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DISCRETE
Separate
Flowery
Serious
Imaginative
Malignant
Separate
"Discrete" and "separate" are both words to describe things that are distinctive from one another.
Example Question #13 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Time, Age, Movement, And Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PERVASIVE
Underground
Hand-crafted
Extensive
Wealthy
Threatening
Extensive
"Pervasive" means widely prevalent, or "extensive." One might talk about the "pervasive influence" of a new idea or invention.
Example Question #14 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Time, Age, Movement, And Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
RUSTIC
Oxidized
Ordinary
Rural
Petite
Shabby
Rural
"Rustic" means relating to the countryside, or "rural."
Example Question #15 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Time, Age, Movement, And Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BUCOLIC
Pastoral
Welcoming
Futuristic
Lighthearted
Urbane
Pastoral
"Bucolic" is an adjective meaning "of or relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life." While "lighthearted" and "welcoming" might seem like good answers because of the "pleasant" connotation of "bucolic," "pastoral" is the closest synonym of "bucolic" amongst the answer choices because one meaning of "pastoral" is "portraying or evoking country life, typically in a romanticized or idealized form," usually used to refer to works of art. So, the correct answer is "pastoral."
Example Question #16 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Time, Age, Movement, And Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
LATTER
Unstable
Final
Adorable
Morose
Developed
Final
Latter means occuring towards the end, or the second of two things.
Example Question #17 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Time, Age, Movement, And Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DIVERGENT
Intelligent
Careful
Wayward
Sneaky
Bold
Wayward
Something that is "divergent" is something that is going off in its own direction or moving away from the pack, so "wayward" is the synonym you want.
Example Question #18 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Time, Age, Movement, And Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MUNICIPAL
Irate
Preposterous
Civic
Financial
Corresponding
Civic
Municipal means relating to a city or town, or civic.
Example Question #19 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Time, Age, Movement, And Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ASCENDANT
Faltering
Up-and-coming
Consistent
Sinking
Qualitative
Up-and-coming
“Ascendant” is an adjective that means “rising in power or influence,” so we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like “rising.” That means that “sinking” cannot be the correct answer, because “sinking” means “descending or dropping,” making it an antonym, not a synonym, of “ascendant.” “Up-and-coming,” however, is an adjective that is used of a person beginning a particular activity or occupation and means “making good progress toward success,” and because “up-and-coming” is the answer choice closest in meaning to “ascendant,” “up-and-coming” is the correct answer.
Example Question #20 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Time, Age, Movement, And Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TERMINAL
Timid
Capricious
Final
Crass
Mistaken
Final
"Terminal" means at the end of something. Thus, the best choice is the word final. The root word, "termin," means end.
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