All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #461 : Synonyms
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
AVOCATION
Validation
Dread
Hobby
Discipline
Fashion
Hobby
An "avocation" is a diversion that one does in addition to one's principal job, usually done for fun. So, "hobby" is the correct answer because it is the answer choice closest in meaning to "avocation."
Example Question #84 : Synonyms: Nouns For Abstract Concepts
Synonyms: choose the word closest in meaning to the word in question.
CHICANERY
Etiquette
Yawn
Trickery
Combination
Empowerment
Trickery
"Chicanery" means deception or trickery, so "trickery" is the correct answer.
Example Question #462 : Synonyms
Synonyms: choose the word closest in meaning to the word in question.
SOPHISTRY
Animation
Silence
Vision
Deception
Market
Deception
"Sophistry" is defined as reasoning that seems true but is actually false, usually intending to deceive or mislead someone. So, the best answer choice is the word "deception."
Example Question #86 : Synonyms: Nouns For Abstract Concepts
Synonyms: choose the word closest in meaning to the word in question.
ACRIMONY
Shard
Sleep
Conversation
Bitterness
Revival
Bitterness
"Acrimony" means bitterness, so "bitterness" is the correct answer.
Example Question #463 : Synonyms
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
MORTALITY
Religion
Impermanence
Transgression
Fantasy
Neighborhood
Impermanence
"Mortality" is the state of being subject to death, or impermanence.
Example Question #464 : Synonyms
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
PREMISE
Conference
Prize
Proposition
Gathering
Weakness
Proposition
A premise is a statement or proposition from which conclusions are drawn.
Example Question #21 : Synonyms: Nouns
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
COMMOTION
Disturbance
Malice
Creativity
Examination
Verification
Disturbance
"Commotion" means disturbance. "Examination" means an inspection or test. "Verification" is the process of determining the truth or validity of something. "Malice" means malevolence. "Creativity" means imaginativeness or inventiveness.
Example Question #465 : Synonyms
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
TENET
Deluge
Deforestation
Belief
Victorious
Hunger
Belief
"Tenet" means a belief. "Victorious" means winning or conquering something. "Hunger" means the feeling of needing to eat. "Deluge" means flood. "Deforestation" means the elimnation of trees.
Example Question #466 : Synonyms
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
COMPUNCTION
Misery
Expression
Notion
Sarcasm
Guilt
Guilt
"Compunction" means a feeling of guilt. None of the other answer choices are close in meaning to "compunction": "notion" means idea; "misery" means great unhappiness; "sarcasm" means the use of irony to deride or make fun of someone or something; and "expression" means countenance or visage.
Example Question #467 : Synonyms
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
TURPITUDE
Stipulation
Unification
Traffic
Empathy
Wickedness
Wickedness
"Turpitude" means wickedness or depravity. None of the other answer choices are close in meaning to "turpitude": "unification" means an instance of different things coming together; "empathy" means the ability to understand others' emotions; "stipulation" means a specific part of an agreement; and "traffic" means vehicles traveling along a route.
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