All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #162 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REPRIMAND
Mollify
Extol
Chastise
Forfend
Harbor
Chastise
To "reprimand" is to "chastise," scold, or admonish. To "forfend" is to protect, and to "extol" is to laud or praise. To "mollify" is to placate, while to "harbor" is to house, to extend refuge to.
Example Question #163 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ENERVATE
Weaken
Invigorate
Ally
Rebut
Placate
Weaken
To "enervate" is to tire, "weaken," and drain of energy. This is an antonym for "invigorate," which means strengthen. To "placate" is to mollify or appease. "Rebut" means refute. To "ally" is to join forces in pursuit of a common goal.
Example Question #164 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BLOVIATE
Wander aimlessly
Work assiduously
Persecute ruthlessly
Perjure
Talk excessively
Talk excessively
To "bloviate" is to talk pompously and in an overblown manner. To "meander" is to wander aimlessly, and to "persevere" is to work assiduously. To "perjure" is to lie under oath. To "persecute ruthlessly" is to oppress.
Example Question #165 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
EXTOL
Daunt
Laud
Contaminate
Prevaricate
Subsume
Laud
To "extol" something is to sing its praises. To "subsume" something is to absorb it into something else. To "prevaricate" is to lie, while to "contaminate" is to pollute. To "daunt" is to make someone feel apprehensive or dismayed.
Example Question #1 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
CONGEAL
populate
pardon
thicken
gather
melt
thicken
"Congeal" means to solidify, or thicken.
Example Question #1921 : Synonyms
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters
SABOTAGE
repel
damage
fling
transform
mystify
damage
Sabotage means to deliberately destroy or damage something.
Example Question #1 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters
PROPEL
curve
consume
push
yell
study
push
Propel means to drive or push something, usually forwards
Example Question #4 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
AUGMENT
limit
consume
critique
hinder
supplement
supplement
Augment means to increase or to supplement.
Example Question #167 : Synonyms: Verbs
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
LANGUISH
promote
talk slowly
frustrate
curtail
deteriorate
deteriorate
"Languish" means to lose vitality or deteriorate.
Example Question #1922 : Synonyms
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
ABRIDGE.
Scold
Invoke
Advise
Frighten
Shorten
Shorten
To “abridge” something means to shorten something, as in “the movie was abridged for television.” For clarification, "to invoke" means to call upon an authority for support or assistance; "scold" means to tell off, castigate.
All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
