ISEE Middle Level Verbal : Synonyms: Nouns for People
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Example Question #31 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MENTOR
Lawyer
Fighter
Assistant
Advisor
Partner
Advisor
A "mentor" is a teacher, an advisor, someone who provides guidance and advice to someone else with less experience. An "assistant" is someone who works for someone else and/or someone who helps someone else. "Partner" is not synonymous as it denotes an equal relationship, not one in which one party is more experienced or skilled than the other.
Example Question #32 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DONOR
Taker
Mentor
Actor
Giver
Athlete
Giver
A "donor" is someone who gives charitably, a giver, someone who makes a donation. To provide further help, a "mentor" is a teacher, someone who provides guidance and advice to someone less experienced. "Actor" and "athlete" are completely unrelated to the word "donor."
Example Question #33 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DEVOTEE
Fan
Critic
Misogynist
Resident
Donor
Fan
A "devotee" is someone who is devoted to something, a fan, a passionate supporter. To provide further help, a "critic" is someone who judges other people's work, particularly someone who expresses a negative opinion about some form of art; a "resident" is a person who lives somewhere; a "misogynist" is a person who hates women; a "donor" is a giver, someone who gives to a charity.
Example Question #34 : Identifying Synonyms
A synonym of "tyrant" is __________.
peasant
king
herald
prince
despot
despot
"Tyrant" is a noun that means either "a cruel and oppressive ruler" or "a person exercising power or control in a cruel, unreasonable, or arbitrary way," so we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like "a cruel ruler." While "king" may seem like a good answer choice because a king is a kind of ruler, a king is not necessarily a cruel ruler like a tyrant is. "Despot," however, means "a ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way." Because "despot" is the answer choice closest in meaning to "tyrant," "despot" is the correct answer.
Example Question #35 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FACTION
Ability
Purpose
Camp
Assembly
Meeting
Camp
A "faction" is a group that gets together to achieve some particular person. Usually, a "faction" is a small group, often excluding others from the group. Now, the words "meeting" and "assembly" might be tempting. They are not really the best options. Instead, the little word "camp" is the best. A "camp" is a small group, often with the negative overtones that we also express in "faction." Yes, a "camp" is a place that you can go to stay in the woods. A "camp" can also be a small group that is very factional.
Example Question #36 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FIEND
Villain
Ally
Reviewer
Communicator
Interrogator
Villain
The word "fiend" comes originally from the word for a demon or a devil. We generally use it, however, to describe any kind of villain. It is in this sense that it is being used in this question. Such a villain need not be a wicked person in a story. We sometimes use the word also when we describe someone who abuses his or her fellow human beings, as when we say, "Thomas was nothing more than a fiend, given how he stole from all of the elderly in his neighborhood."
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