All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #1921 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REPRIMAND
Mollify
Chastise
Extol
Harbor
Forfend
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 #1922 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ENERVATE
Rebut
Ally
Invigorate
Weaken
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 #1923 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BLOVIATE
Perjure
Persecute ruthlessly
Wander aimlessly
Talk excessively
Work assiduously
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 #1924 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
EXTOL
Laud
Contaminate
Daunt
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
melt
gather
populate
thicken
pardon
thicken
"Congeal" means to solidify, or thicken.
Example Question #1925 : Synonyms
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters
SABOTAGE
mystify
damage
fling
repel
transform
damage
Sabotage means to deliberately destroy or damage something.
Example Question #1926 : Synonyms
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters
PROPEL
curve
push
yell
study
consume
push
Propel means to drive or push something, usually forwards
Example Question #1927 : Synonyms
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
AUGMENT
limit
consume
hinder
critique
supplement
supplement
Augment means to increase or to supplement.
Example Question #1 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
LANGUISH
talk slowly
curtail
frustrate
promote
deteriorate
deteriorate
"Languish" means to lose vitality or deteriorate.
Example Question #1928 : Synonyms
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
ABRIDGE.
Invoke
Scold
Frighten
Advise
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.