All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
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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 #1391 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SANGUINE
Determined
Bloody
Credible
Hissing
Civilized
Bloody
"Sanguine" means bloody or cheerful. The Latin root word, "sanguis," means blood.
Example Question #1392 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
AMENABLE
Unpleasant
Pious
Handy
Agreeable
Mean
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 #1391 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MERCENARY
Perplexing
Greedy
Amusing
Verbose
Normal
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 #1394 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MACABRE
Gruesome
Flowing
Moral
Soaked
Ingenious
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
Alert
Memorable
Unconscious
Disturbed
Eager
Unconscious
"Comatose" means unconscious.
Example Question #1396 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
AVOWED
Contemptuous
Self-confessed
Proximal
Married
Attuned
Self-confessed
"Avowed" means admitted publicly, or self-declared.
Example Question #1397 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FERAL
Euphoric
Sluggish
Spacious
Destitute
Savage
Savage
"Feral" means wild or savage; Destitute means poor; Spacious means roomy; Euphoric means extremely happy; and Sluggish means slow moving.
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