SSAT Elementary Level Verbal : SSAT Elementary Level Verbal
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Example Question #35 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, And Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
QUENCH
Satisfy
Surrender
Freeze
Cure
Harbor
Satisfy
“Quench” means satisfy, particularly satisfy a thirst. In case you are not sure, “satisfy” means fulfill. To provide further help, “surrender” means give up or give in; “harbor,” when used as a verb, means retain, as in the sentence "I'm harboring doubts about the project"; "cure" means remove a disease from someone, and "freeze" means make a liquid into a solid by reducing its temperature.
Example Question #36 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, And Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SNIP
Batter
Cut
Dodge
Borrow
Leap
Cut
To “snip” something is to cut it, so "cut" is the correct answer. To provide further help, “dodge” means avoid or get out of the way of; “batter” means beat or hit; “borrow” means take something from someone for a short time and then return it to them; and “leap” means jump high.
Example Question #96 : Synonyms: Verbs
A synonym of "dwindle" is . . .
keep
grow
shrink
wiggle
fall
shrink
"Dwindle" is a verb meaning "diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength," so we need to pick out a verb that means something like "get smaller." Since "shrink" means "become or make smaller in size or amount; contract or cause to contract," "shrink" is the answer choice closest in meaning to "dwindle" and the correct answer.
Example Question #37 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, And Location
A synonym of “clog” is . . .
filter
obstruct
win
project
clear
obstruct
“Clog” is a word that can be used as a noun or a verb, but because all of the answer choices can be used as verbs, we will need to consider “clog” as a verb. When used as a verb, “clog” can mean “block or become blocked with an accumulation of thick, wet matter” or “fill up or crowd (something) so as to obstruct passage.” So, we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like “block.” That means that “clear” cannot be the correct answer, because “clear,” when used as a verb, means “become free of obstructions,” making it an antonym, not a synonym, of “clog.” “Obstruct,” however, is a verb that can mean “block (an opening, path, or road); be or get in the way of,” and because “obstruct” is the answer choice closest in meaning to “clog,” “obstruct” is the correct answer.
Example Question #99 : Synonyms: Verbs
Sketch
to read
to add
to protect
to climb
to draw
to draw
Sketch means to draw.
Example Question #100 : Synonyms: Verbs
Synonyms: choose the answer with the meaning closest to the word in question.
Mix
to combine
to separate
to run
to tease
to drive
to combine
"Mix" is to combine.
Example Question #101 : Synonyms: Verbs
Synonyms: choose the answer with the meaning closest to the word in question.
Leap
to look at
to swim
to buy
to decide
to jump
to jump
"Leap" means to jump.
Example Question #102 : Synonyms: Verbs
Peek
to hear
to smell
to touch
to look
to taste
to look
Peek means to look.
Example Question #103 : Synonyms: Verbs
Synonyms: choose the answer with the meaning closest to the word in question.
Return
to play
to find
to befriend
to go back
to learn
to go back
"Return" means to go back.
Example Question #101 : Synonyms: Verbs
Synonyms: choose the answer with the meaning closest to the word in question.
Display
to volunteer
to pay
to show
to work
to move back
to show
"Display" means to show.
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