All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #411 : Identifying Synonyms
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
AVOCATION
Discipline
Hobby
Fashion
Dread
Validation
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 #413 : Identifying Synonyms
Synonyms: choose the word closest in meaning to the word in question.
CHICANERY
Yawn
Combination
Empowerment
Etiquette
Trickery
Trickery
"Chicanery" means deception or trickery, so "trickery" is the correct answer.
Example Question #421 : Identifying Synonyms
Synonyms: choose the word closest in meaning to the word in question.
SOPHISTRY
Market
Vision
Silence
Animation
Deception
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 #422 : Identifying Synonyms
Synonyms: choose the word closest in meaning to the word in question.
ACRIMONY
Conversation
Sleep
Revival
Bitterness
Shard
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
Impermanence
Transgression
Neighborhood
Fantasy
Religion
Impermanence
"Mortality" is the state of being subject to death, or impermanence.
Example Question #463 : Synonyms
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
PREMISE
Prize
Proposition
Conference
Gathering
Weakness
Proposition
A premise is a statement or proposition from which conclusions are drawn.
Example Question #22 : Synonyms: Nouns
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
COMMOTION
Disturbance
Verification
Malice
Examination
Creativity
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 #422 : Identifying Synonyms
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
TENET
Deluge
Belief
Hunger
Deforestation
Victorious
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 #423 : Identifying Synonyms
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
COMPUNCTION
Expression
Misery
Sarcasm
Notion
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 #424 : Identifying Synonyms
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
TURPITUDE
Traffic
Unification
Empathy
Wickedness
Stipulation
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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