All ISEE Upper Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #82 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PEDDLE
Sell
Portray
Purchase
Sentence
Reach
Sell
"Peddle" means to sell or to travel around selling something. To provide further help, "sentence" means determine the punishment for; "portray" means depict, show.
Example Question #83 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SWINDLE
Redeem
Cheat
Plead
Mollify
Create
Cheat
To "swindle" someone means to cheat him or her out of money. To provide further help, "mollify" means sooth, calm, relieve; "redeem" means make right something done wrong; "plead" means beg, urge.
Example Question #84 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INTERROGATE
Question
Advise
Replenish
Surmise
Ponder
Question
To "interrogate" means to question, to investigate for a crime through questioning. To provide further help, "ponder" means think carefully; "replenish" means refuel, restock; "surmise" means deduce, figure out.
Example Question #85 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
RUMINATE
Meander
Abuse
Ponder
Abscond
Yell
Ponder
To "ruminate" means to think carefully and deliberately about (something). So the best possible answer choice is "ponder" which has the same meaning. To provide further help, "abscond" means run away with; "meander" means to move in a winding manner, like a river.
Example Question #86 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INFRINGE
Embellish
Ignite
Violate
Kindle
Fetter
Violate
To "infringe" means to actively break the rules or to actively disturb someone. As such the closest answer choice is "violate." To provide further help, "kindle" means the same thing as "ignite," they both mean to start a fire; "fetter" means shackle, tie to something; "embellish" means to adorn with details.
Example Question #87 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INSINUATE
Comprehend
Deplore
Abhor
Suggest
Explicate
Suggest
"Insinuate" means to suggest. To provide further help, "comprehend" means understand; "abhor" means detest, hate; "deplore" means speak badly of, to disparage; "explicate" means to free from.
Example Question #88 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
HOODWINK
Extol
Encourage
Tantalize
Trick
Cajole
Trick
To "hoodwink" someone means to deceive or trick him or her. To provide further help, "cajole" means encourage; "extol" means praise; "tantalize" means tease.
Example Question #89 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
RECAPITULATE
Surrender
Misunderstand
Praise
Lure
Summarize
Summarize
Although "capitulate" means to surrender, "recapitulate" means to summarize the main points of. This is a somewhat tricky question for this reason. To provide further help, "lure" means attract, often with nefarious means or intentions.
Example Question #90 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
IMPORTUNE
Accost
Entreat
Encroach
Exhume
Integrate
Entreat
"Importune" means to beg, to urge someone to do something, to entreat. To provide further help, "integrate" means combine, include one thing in another; "accost" means physically assault; "exhume" means dig up, as in dig up a corpse; "encroach" means intrude on, impose on.
Example Question #2181 : Isee Upper Level (Grades 9 12) Verbal Reasoning
Answer the following sample question by selecting the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word in capital letters.
MITIGATE
diminish
depict
sate
feign
mollify
diminish
"Mitigate" means to diminish or lessen. "Mollify" means to pacify or soothe. "Depict" means to describe or illustrate. "Feign" means to pretend or fake. "Sate" means to satisfy.
All ISEE Upper Level Verbal Resources
