All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
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 #1851 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DICTATE
Cavort
Suggest
Command
Buffet
Invent
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 #1852 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
APPEAL
Send
Decompose
Officiate
Request
Slice
Request
Appeal means to make a serious or urgent request.
Example Question #1852 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REVERE
Honor
Linger
Orate
Turn
Castigate
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 #1853 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COMMISERATE
Sympathize
Collaborate
Change
Market
Salute
Sympathize
Commiserate means to express pity for or sympathize with someone.
Example Question #1854 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REBUKE
Experiment
Misrepresent
Scold
Abhor
Abscond
Scold
To rebuke and to scold both mean to express disapproval.
Example Question #1852 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
UNDERSCORE
Mistake
Marvel
Emphasize
Record
Brighten
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.
Example Question #1855 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DELUDE
Convince
Drown
Trick
Dream
Remove
Trick
To "delude" someone is to trick them, deceive them, or lie to them.
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