All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #41 : Synonyms: Other Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
RESURRECT
Revive
Review
Control
Hone
Terminate
Revive
Resurrect means to restore or revive.
Example Question #2114 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COMPRISE
Share
Formulate
Consist
Disagree
Advise
Consist
Comprise means to consist of.
Example Question #2114 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
EXPLOIT
Overcome
Mistake
Take advantage of
Propel
Charge
Take advantage of
Exploit means to make full use of something, often in a selfish way, or to take advantage of someone.
Example Question #2115 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OPT
Bounce
Choose
Shun
Rotate
Preserve
Choose
Opt means to make a choice from a range of possibilities, or to choose.
Example Question #2162 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MANEUVER
Hat
Device
Category
Cylinder
Tactic
Tactic
A maneuver is a carefully planned scheme or tactic.
Example Question #41 : Synonyms: Other Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
EXCEL
Fail
Decry
Prepare
Mimic
Shine
Shine
“Excel” is a verb that means “be exceptionally good at an activity or subject,” so we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like “be exceptionally good at something.” That means that “fail” cannot be the correct answer, because “fail” means “to be unsuccessful,” making it an antonym, not a synonym, of “excel.” “Shine,” however, is a word that when used as a verb, can mean “to be very talented or perform very well,” and because “shine” is the answer choice closest in meaning to “excel,” “shine” is the correct answer.
Example Question #44 : Synonyms: Other Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REMUNERATE
Impersonate
Elude
Pay
Recede
Live
Pay
To "remunerate" is to pay.
Example Question #42 : Synonyms: Other Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
RELEGATE
Lighten
Dupe
Energize
Demote
Evade
Demote
To "relegate" is to demote or assign to an inferior position.
Example Question #2163 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ABANDON
Cherish
Maintain
Absorb
Relinquish
Forget
Relinquish
"Abandon" means to relinquish or give up.
Example Question #43 : Synonyms: Other Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FLOUT
Precipitate
Defend
Champion
Violate
Comply
Violate
"Flout" means to defy or violate.
All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
