ISEE Upper Level Verbal : One-Blank Sentences
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Example Question #73 : 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.
concede
confound
conjure
comport
condole
concede
The answer that makes the most sense is "concede," to admit or yield.
Example Question #74 : Verbs 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.
consort
contest
convoke
controvert
convene
contest
The answer that makes the most sense is "contest," to dispute.
Example Question #71 : Verbs 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.
excoriated
exhorted
exonerated
expedited
expatiated
excoriated
The answer that makes the most sense is "excoriate," to scold with biting harshness.
Example Question #76 : 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.
enjoin
emulate
emend
encumber
ensue
encumber
The answer that makes the most sense is "encumber," to burden.
Example Question #77 : Verbs In One Blank Sentences
Select the answer choice that best completes the blank.
The seasoned surgeon has __________ himself with all sorts of anatomical problems.
hovered
hoarded
harbored
habituated
honed
habituated
The answer that makes the most sense is "habituated," to become accustomed or familiarize.
Example Question #611 : Isee Upper Level (Grades 9 12) Verbal Reasoning
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
rescind
truncate
patent
hinder
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 #612 : Isee Upper Level (Grades 9 12) Verbal Reasoning
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.
hindered
corroborated
belittled
eschewed
kindled
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 #61 : Verbs In 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.
laud
amass
abridge
mollify
rant
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 #1901 : Sat Critical Reading
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 #63 : 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.
extolled
exacerbated
deviated
honed
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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