All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #1397 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
LEWD
Particular
Shining
Limber
Untied
Vulgar
Vulgar
"Lewd" means crude, offensive, or "vulgar."
Example Question #111 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ABERRANT
Inflected
Ill
Clamorous
Playful
Deviant
Deviant
"Aberrant" means departing from the standard, or deviant.
Example Question #112 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COMMENSURATE
Indecisive
Sustained
Slanderous
Equal
Fanciful
Equal
"Commensurate" means equal to or proportionate.
Example Question #113 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
AKIN
Superficial
Unfriendly
Superior
Related
Dissimilar
Related
The word akin means "related to" or "alike." Based on this definition, we can rule out all other answer choices. One way to remember that the word akin means related to may be to think of the word kin, which is used in some areas to mean family or relatives.
Example Question #114 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
EXEMPT
Flexible
Burdened
Maligned
Excused
Upset
Excused
Exempt means free from an obligation imposed on others, or excused from it.
Example Question #1444 : Synonyms
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
UNSCATHED
intact
damaged
frosty
loose
determined
intact
"Unscathed" means not damaged, or intact.
Example Question #115 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COLLOQUIAL
Collectible
Radiant
Informal
Harsh
Antique
Informal
"Colloquial" means used in everyday speech, or "informal."
Example Question #1446 : Synonyms
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
COLOSSAL
volatile
stately
gigantic
melancholic
floating
gigantic
"Colossal" means extremely large, or gigantic.
Example Question #116 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
DIMINUITIVE
cantankerous
insulting
perfected
sultry
tiny
tiny
"Diminuitive" means extremely small, or tiny.
Example Question #117 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
UNILATERAL
Rhetorical
Controversial
Independent
Forceful
Persuasive
Independent
If an action or decision is unilateral, it only affects one individual and not the others in the group. It is therefore independent.
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