All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #1811 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
APPEAL
Decompose
Officiate
Request
Slice
Send
Request
Appeal means to make a serious or urgent request.
Example Question #1812 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REVERE
Linger
Orate
Honor
Castigate
Turn
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 #1813 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COMMISERATE
Change
Collaborate
Market
Sympathize
Salute
Sympathize
Commiserate means to express pity for or sympathize with someone.
Example Question #1814 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REBUKE
Abhor
Misrepresent
Abscond
Scold
Experiment
Scold
To rebuke and to scold both mean to express disapproval.
Example Question #1815 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
UNDERSCORE
Marvel
Record
Brighten
Emphasize
Mistake
Emphasize
Underscore means to underline, or emphasize.
Example Question #1816 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BERATE
Brave
Bury
Scold
Accelerate
Excite
Scold
To berate someone is to scold him or her harshly.
Example Question #1817 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONCEDE
Surrender
Agree
Build
Consider
Hurry
Surrender
To concede is to give in, admit defeat, or surrender.
Example Question #1818 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DELUDE
Trick
Convince
Dream
Drown
Remove
Trick
To "delude" someone is to trick them, deceive them, or lie to them.
Example Question #1819 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DISPARAGE
Frighten
Scatter
Waste
Insult
Separate
Insult
To "disparage" someone or something is to speak badly of it, insult it, or put it down.
Example Question #1820 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ADMONISH
Provide
Nourish
Rebuke
Assist
Support
Rebuke
“Admonish” is a transitive verb that means to rebuke somebody mildly, but earnestly. “Support” and “assist” are antonyms.
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