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Example Question #4 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Authenticity, Truth, Existence, And Understanding
Synonyms: choose the answer with the meaning closest to the word in question.
Unbelievable
Unfair
Incredible
Cheap
A lot
Common
Incredible
"Unbelievable" means incredible.
Example Question #1101 : Ssat Elementary Level Verbal
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
ESSENTIAL
Necessary
Excited
Weak
Optional
Jealous
Necessary
"Essential" is an adjective that means necessary, so "necessary" is the correct answer.
Example Question #1102 : Ssat Elementary Level Verbal
Which word can replace the underlined word?
The necklace contained a genuine diamond stud.
real
fake
decoy
fabricated
None of the above
real
"Real" can replace "genuine" to maintain the same meanining in the sentence.
Example Question #1103 : Ssat Elementary Level Verbal
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters
BIASED.
Fair
Calculated
Youthful
Unfair
Old
Unfair
Biased means unfair, or based on one person’s opinion. To help you youthful means young; calculated means thought about.
Example Question #1104 : Ssat Elementary Level Verbal
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
DECEPTIVE
Average
Fantastic
Mediocre
Easy
Tricky
Tricky
Someone who is "deceptive" is sneaky and trying to trick someone, so "tricky" is the correct answer. To help you, "mediocre" means average in a bad way, and "fantastic" means very good, so good it is hard to believe, or unbelievable.
Example Question #1105 : Ssat Elementary Level Verbal
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
ACCURATE
Routine
Correct
Carefree
General
Frequent
Correct
"Accurate" means without mistakes, so "correct" is the best match. "General" means not specific, and "carefree" is defined as free from care. "Frequent" means happening often, and "routine" is the regular way of doing something.
Example Question #1106 : Ssat Elementary Level Verbal
Synonyms: Select the word which is most similar to the word in capital letters.
EXTINCT
Let in
Pushed together
Wiped out
Sent forth
Taken apart
Wiped out
“Extinct” means wiped out, died out, no longer around. As in, the dinosaurs are “extinct.”
Example Question #1107 : Ssat Elementary Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BELIEVABLE
Helpless
Weak
Confusing
Authentic
Unlikely
Authentic
Believeable and authentic relate to being convincing or likely.
Example Question #1108 : Ssat Elementary Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CANDID
New
Honest
Careful
Possible
Preposterous
Honest
"Candid" is an adjective meaning truthful and holding no information back, so we need to pick out another adjective that means something like truthful. Since "honest" means sincere or virtuous, "honest" is the answer choice closest in meaning to "candid," so "honest" is the correct answer.
Example Question #1109 : Ssat Elementary Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OBLIVIOUS
Normal
Susceptible
Unaware
Creative
Unusual
Unaware
Someone who is "oblivious" is not aware of what is going on, so the correct answer is “unaware,” a word that means not aware, as you may have inferred from the word's use of the negative prefix "un-," which means not. None of the other answer choices are close in meaning to "oblivious": "susceptible" means vulnerable or in danger; "unusual" means not normal or weird; and "creative" means imaginative.
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