All ISEE Upper Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #4 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Answer the following question by selecting the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word in capital letters.
ACCENT
disavow
lambaste
cadge
emphasize
disabuse
emphasize
"Accent" and "emphasize" both mean to place importance or significance. "Disavow" means to reject or contradict. "Lambaste" means to punish or beat. "Cadge" means to beg or scrounge. "Disabuse" means to free from belief.
Example Question #1 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Answer the following question by selecting the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word in capital letters.
MINCE
misconstrue
reveal
disabuse
exact
flounce
flounce
"Mince" and "flounce" both mean to pose or put on airs. "Reveal" means to disclose or tell. "Disabuse" means to free from belief. "Misconstrue" means to get a wrong or false impression. "Exact" means to demand or call for.
Example Question #3 : Synonyms: Verbs
Answer the following question by selecting the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word in capital letters.
FULMINATE
dupe
laud
berate
vivify
conciliate
berate
"Fulminate" and "berate" both mean to criticize harshly. "Laud" means to give acclaim or praise. "Dupe" means to fool someone. "Conciliate" means to placate or appease. "Vivify" means to enliven or animate.
Example Question #4 : Synonyms: Verbs
Answer the following question by selecting the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word in capital letters.
ASSAY
condescend
appraise
ramble
perjure
garble
appraise
"Assay" and "appraise" both mean to analyze or assess. "Ramble" means to wander about aimlessly. "Condescend" means to stoop or humble oneself. "Perjure" means to lie or obscure the truth. "Garble" means to mix up or misrepresent.
Example Question #11 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
ENTICE
Lure
Suppress
Revolve
Err
Mourn
Lure
"Entice" means to attract or to lure. "Err" means to make a mistake. "Suppress" means to crush or quell. "Mourn" means to lament or to grieve. "Revolve" means to orbit or to circle.
Example Question #11 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FATHOM
obscure
investigate
dark
comprehend
perplex
comprehend
The word “fathom” has an interesting derivation. It comes from the measurement of someone’s arms being stretched outward (like “foot” was originally designated to measure the “standard foot size”). It now is used to measure the depth of water and is equal to about six feet per unit. Since it is associated with being “deep,” the verb form of “fathom” means to understand something difficult or deep; therefore, it can mean to comprehend.
Example Question #12 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BESEECH
Well up
Evacuate
Decline
Describe
Beg
Beg
"Beseech" is a verb that means implore or entreat. "Decline," then, cannot be the correct answer, because "decline" means refuse in a polite way, making "decline" an antonym of "beseech," not a synonym. "Beg," however, is a verb that means ask in a humble manner, and because "beg" is the answer choice that is closest in meaning to "beseech," "beg" is the correct answer.
Example Question #13 : Synonyms: Verbs
Answer the following question by selecting the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word in capital letters.
STYMIE
feint
inveigle
thwart
abjure
explicate
thwart
"Stymie" and "thwart" both mean to frustrate or hinder. "Explicate" means to clarify or explain. "Abjure" means to give up. "Feint" means a pretense or ruse. "Inveigle" means to entice or manipulate.
Example Question #14 : Synonyms: Verbs
Answer the following question by selecting the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word in capital letters.
SPURN
solicit
sanction
repudiate
extirpate
amalgamate
repudiate
"Spurn" and "repudiate" both mean to turn away or ignore. "Sanction" means an embargo or punishment. "Solicit" means to plead for or to try to sell. "Amalgamate" means to blend or consolidate. "Extirpate" means to destroy or uproot.
Example Question #15 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
QUIBBLE
Importune
Denigrate
Whet
Concur
Bicker
Bicker
"Quibble" and "bicker" both mean to disagree over a minor point. "Concur" means to agree or approve. "Denigrate" means to belittle or malign. "Importune" means to demand or insist. "Whet" means to make sharp or hone.