All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #2142 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
NEFARIOUS
Refreshing
Cosmic
Annotated
Wicked
Rapid
Wicked
"Nefarious" means wicked.
Example Question #61 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DELETERIOUS
Adequate
Desiccated
Impulsive
Wily
Harmful
Harmful
"Deleterious" means harmful or injurious to health.
Example Question #1391 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONDUCIVE
Angular
Outgoing
Correct
Tepid
Helpful
Helpful
"Conducive" means helpful or tending to produce.
Example Question #62 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SANGUINE
Determined
Bloody
Credible
Civilized
Hissing
Bloody
"Sanguine" means bloody or cheerful. The Latin root word, "sanguis," means blood.
Example Question #63 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
AMENABLE
Agreeable
Mean
Pious
Unpleasant
Handy
Agreeable
Someone who is "amenable" is agreeable, pleasant, or easy to get along with; someone who is not stubborn or pig-headed is amenable.
Example Question #64 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MERCENARY
Normal
Perplexing
Amusing
Greedy
Verbose
Greedy
The adjective, "mercenary," means greedy. The Latin root word, "merces," means wages.
Example Question #1395 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INSIDIOUS
Imaginative
Sparse
Squalid
Harmful
Perfect
Harmful
"Insidious" means harmful in a stealthy way.
Example Question #65 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MACABRE
Ingenious
Flowing
Moral
Soaked
Gruesome
Gruesome
"Macabre" means gruesome or ghastly. It also means pertaining to death.
Example Question #2152 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FRUITFUL
Arid
Wild
Foolish
Misleading
Fertile
Fertile
"Fruitful" means fertile.
Example Question #1395 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COMATOSE
Eager
Memorable
Unconscious
Disturbed
Alert
Unconscious
"Comatose" means unconscious.
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