ISEE Upper Level Verbal : ISEE Upper Level (grades 9-12) Verbal Reasoning
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Example Question #74 : Verbs In One Blank Sentences
Select the answer choice that best completes the blank.
Despite all the evidence against him, Mark refused to __________ that he was wrong.
comport
confound
condole
conjure
concede
concede
The answer that makes the most sense is "concede," to admit or yield.
Example Question #391 : Parts Of Speech In One Blank Sentences
Select the answer choice that best completes the blank.
He was beaten so badly that he knew there was no way he could __________ the result of the race.
convoke
convene
controvert
consort
contest
contest
The answer that makes the most sense is "contest," to dispute.
Example Question #385 : Parts Of Speech In One Blank Sentences
Select the answer choice that best completes the blank.
Bob's mother furiously __________ him when she saw that he already torn holes in his new jeans.
expatiated
exonerated
exhorted
expedited
excoriated
excoriated
The answer that makes the most sense is "excoriate," to scold with biting harshness.
Example Question #61 : Verbs In One Blank Sentences
Select the answer choice that best completes the blank.
Don't __________ yourself with understanding every detail; it is more important to see the big picture.
ensue
emulate
encumber
enjoin
emend
encumber
The answer that makes the most sense is "encumber," to burden.
Example Question #394 : Parts Of Speech In One Blank Sentences
Select the answer choice that best completes the blank.
The seasoned surgeon has __________ himself with all sorts of anatomical problems.
honed
hovered
hoarded
habituated
harbored
habituated
The answer that makes the most sense is "habituated," to become accustomed or familiarize.
Example Question #395 : Parts Of Speech In One Blank Sentences
Answer the following sample question. Select the word or pair of words that most correctly completes the sentence.
My paper is too long, so I'll need to __________ some of the longer paragraphs.
curate
truncate
hinder
patent
rescind
truncate
"Truncate" means to shorten or abbreviate. "Hinder" means to prevent or slow down. "Rescind" means to declare null and void. "Patent" means to secure a copyright on an invention. "Curate" means to gather items or data for presentation.
Example Question #391 : Parts Of Speech In One Blank Sentences
Answer the following sample question. Select the word or pair of words that most correctly completes the sentence.
As the sailors crossed the vast sea, they were constantly __________ by large tempests and huge waves.
belittled
hindered
eschewed
kindled
corroborated
hindered
"Hinder" means to prevent or slow down. "Belittle" means to criticize or detract. "Kindle" means excite or ignite. "Eschew" means to avoid, shun, or have nothing to do with. "Corroborate" means to authenticate or confirm.
Example Question #491 : One Blank Sentences
Answer the following sample question. Select the word or pair of words that most correctly completes the sentence.
Some people want nothing more out of life than to __________ huge wealth.
amass
abridge
rant
laud
mollify
amass
"Amass" means to gather or accumulate. "Abridge" means to shorten, abbreviate, or truncate. "Laud" means to acclaim or praise. "Mollify" means to calm or pacify. "Rant" means to yell or rave.
Example Question #63 : Verbs In One Blank Sentences
Select the word or word pair that best completes the sentence.
Tired of seeing my two best friends fight, I finally sat down with them together to try to __________ the situation.
allocate
ameliorate
arouse
assimilate
ameliorate
If your friends were fighting you would want to make the situation better. This is the sense of "ameliorate." The same sense is carried by the less-common form, "meliorate" (sometimes a prefixed "a" will make a word mean its opposite—as in "moral" and "amoral," but in this case "ameliorate" and "meliorate" both mean to make better).
Example Question #64 : Verbs In One Blank Sentences
Answer the following sample question. Select the word or pair of words that most correctly completes the sentence.
Mel's annual salary will be __________ by a sizable performance bonus this year.
deviated
extolled
honed
exacerbated
augmented
augmented
"Augment" means to enlarge or extend. "Hone" means to sharpen or file. "Exacerbate" means to complicate or worsen. "Extol" means to celebrate or glorify. "Deviate" means to detour or change course.
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