All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #1850 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CORROBORATE
Incite
Accelerate
Acclaim
Evaluate
Validate
Validate
"Corroborate" is a verb which means "confirm or give support to a statement, theory, or finding," so we need to find another verb which means "confirm." While "acclaim" might seem like the correct answer, it actually means "praise enthusiastically and publicly," and doesn't quite match the meaning of "confirm" that we're looking for. "Validate," on the other hand, means "check or prove the validity or accuracy of something," and since it is the closest in meaning to "corroborate," it is the correct answer.
Example Question #91 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ADMONISH
Growl
Warn
Create
Give
Decorate
Warn
To admonish is to warn or caution someone.
Example Question #91 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DICTATE
Cavort
Command
Invent
Suggest
Buffet
Command
"Dictate" means to command or compel. Suggest is an anytonym because it means to provide an option. Invent means to create something. Cavort means to have fun. Buffet means to hit. None of these last three words have any relation to Dictate in this context.
Example Question #92 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
APPEAL
Decompose
Request
Slice
Send
Officiate
Request
Appeal means to make a serious or urgent request.
Example Question #93 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REVERE
Honor
Castigate
Linger
Turn
Orate
Honor
To revere someone is to have respect and awe for him or her. To honor someone is to show him or her a high degree of respect.
Example Question #94 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COMMISERATE
Collaborate
Change
Sympathize
Salute
Market
Sympathize
Commiserate means to express pity for or sympathize with someone.
Example Question #95 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REBUKE
Abscond
Experiment
Abhor
Scold
Misrepresent
Scold
To rebuke and to scold both mean to express disapproval.
Example Question #96 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
UNDERSCORE
Brighten
Marvel
Emphasize
Record
Mistake
Emphasize
Underscore means to underline, or emphasize.
Example Question #1853 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BERATE
Scold
Excite
Accelerate
Brave
Bury
Scold
To berate someone is to scold him or her harshly.
Example Question #1854 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONCEDE
Consider
Surrender
Hurry
Build
Agree
Surrender
To concede is to give in, admit defeat, or surrender.
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