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Example Question #1746 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONCILIATORY
Integral
Penurious
Placatory
Winsome
Crucial
Placatory
"Conciliatory" means "placatory" or appeasing. "Crucial" means essential, as does integral. "Winsome" is a synonym for "attractive." "Penurious" means impoverished, penniless.
Example Question #1747 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
IMPERTERBABLE
Spurious
Eloquent
Obsequious
Confounded
Composed
Composed
"Imperturbable" means calm, "composed," unable to be shaken. "Obsequious" means fawning or flattering, and "spurious" means false or fictitious. "Eloquent" means articulate and fluent. "Confounded" means bewildered.
Example Question #1748 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SOLICITOUS
Seditious
Innocuous
Sordid
Ingenuous
Concerned
Concerned
"Solicitous" means concerned and caring. "Ingenuous" means naive and childlike, while "innocuous" means harmless. "Seditious" is a synonym for "treasonous." "Sordid" is a synonym for "filthy."
Example Question #1749 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INDULGENT
Terrifying
Debilitated
Lenient
Instructive
Opulent
Lenient
"Indulgent" means "lenient," liberal, permissive. "Instructive" is a synonym for "instructional" or educational. "Terrifying" means very frightening. "Debilitated" means extremely weakened, enervated. "Opulent" means lavish, luxurious, and rich.
Example Question #1750 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
QUIXOTIC
Idealistic
Immanent
Pessimistic
Foreign
Distraught
Idealistic
"Quixotic," a word taken from the Spanish novel Don Quixote, means "idealistic" (often hopelessly or foolishly so). This is a near antonym for "pessimistic." "Foreign" means strange or exotic. "Distraught" is a synonym for "distressed," and "immanent" is a synonym for "inherent."
Example Question #1751 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PANGLOSSIAN
Despondent
Fallacious
Optimistic
Careless
Smug
Optimistic
"Panglossian," taken from a novel by Voltaire, is a synonym for "overly optimistic." "Careless" is a synonym for "inattentive" or even reckless. "Despondent" means despairing, and "fallacious" means fictitious or erroneous. "Smug" means self-satisfied.
Example Question #1752 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CHOLERIC
Musical
Irritable
Frenzied
Ravenous
Prideful
Irritable
"Choleric" means "irritable," ill-tempered, or irascible. "Ravenous" means starving, voracious. "Prideful" is a synonym for "proud" or disdainful, depending on the context. "Musical" is, of course, the adjective form of "music" and often describes someone with talent at music. "Frenzied" is a synonym for "hurried," frantic, or frenetic.
Example Question #1753 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PRURIENT
Joyful
Speculative
Ebullient
Ravenous
Lustful
Lustful
"Prurient" means "lustful," salacious. "Ravenous" means hungry, voracious. "Speculative" is another word for conjectural. "Ebullient" means joyful or exultant.
Example Question #1754 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ADAMANT
Doleful
Grim
Insistent
Flustered
Anxious
Insistent
"Adamant" means inflexible, unwavering, or "insistent." "Flustered" means agitated or unsettled, and "anxious" means nervous. "Grim" means stern, forbidding, or ghastly. "Doleful" is another word for "disconsolate."
Example Question #1755 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
RUEFUL
Dubious
Spurious
Stingy
Regretful
Wintry
Regretful
"Rue" is regret and contrition, but often with a slightly amusing tinge. "Dubious" means doubtful. "Spurious" means false or fictitious. "Wintry" is the adjective form or "winter" and is usually a synonym for cold and snowy. "Stingy" means miserly, cheap.
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