SSAT Upper Level Verbal › Synonyms: Adjectives and Adverbs
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UNCOUTH
Rude
Avaricious
Captious
Ebullient
Holy
"Uncouth" means "rude," uncivilized, or unrefined. "Avaricious" means greedy, and "captious" means prone to nitpick or quibble over even the tiniest detail. Another word for "holy" is sacrosanct. Another word for "ebullient" is overjoyed.
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WIZENED
Shriveled
Rotund
Outlandish
Puerile
Geriatric
"Wizened" means "shriveled," age-worn, and wrinkled, and is often used to describe elderly people or things. It is not, however, a direct synonym for "geriatric" (elderly). "Puerile' means juvenile, immature. "Outlandish" means bizarre or strange. "Rotund" is a synonym for "plump."
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ECUMENICAL
catholic
Tyrannical
Exuberant
Irrelevant
Germane
"Ecumenical" and "catholic" both mean all-encompassing, universal. (Don't confuse catholic with "Catholic," a specific religious denomination.) "Germane" is an antonym for "irrelevant." "Exuberant" means overjoyed, while "tyrannical" means authoritarian and cruel.
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GLIB
Flippant
Silly
Unsure
Weak
Fortified
"Glib"means speaking a lot but in an insincere and flippant way, so "flippant," meaning facetious and rude, is the correct answer.
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ABUNDANT.
Plentiful
Serendipitous
Miserable
Vain
Poignant
“Abundant” means plentiful, or well-supplied. For clarification, serendipitous means fortunate or relating to good fortune; vain can either mean pointless when used to describe an activity or action or it can mean obsessed with one’s own image if used to describe a person; poignant means moving, or particularly penetrating and perceptive.
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PULCHRITUDE
Beauty
Exit
Conception
Nightmare
Removal
"Pulchritude" means beauty, so "beauty" is the correct answer. None of the other answers are close in meaning to "pulchritude": "exit" means departure; "conception" means start; "nightmare" means bad dream; and "removal" means elimination.
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ELUSIVELY
Evasively
Skillfully
Immediately
Despairingly
Mysteriously
"Elusive" and "evasive" are synonyms meaning difficult to catch. "Despairing" means hopeless, and "mysterious" means difficult or impossible to explain. "Skillful" means expert or accomplished. "Immediate" means instantaneous.
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COGNIZANT
Aware
Desperate
Inward
Ominous
Deleterious
The adjective "cognizant" means aware of. Additionally, "ominous" means suggesting something bad will happen, portentous, threatening; "deleterious" means causing harm, injurious.
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CRUDE
Rudimentary
Impressive
Illegal
Ferocious
Tantalizing
"Crude" means made in a rudimentary or makeshift way.
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VOLUBLE.
Talkative
Heavy
Suspended
Antiquated
Loud
“Voluble” means garrulous or talkative. For clarification, antiquated means old-fashioned.