SSAT Elementary Level Verbal : Synonyms: Verbs
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Example Question #181 : Synonyms: Verbs
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
OCCUR
Happen
Choose
Glance
Demonstrate
Lie
Happen
"Occur" means happen or take place, so "happen" is the correct answer. To help you, "choose" means pick or select; "glance" means quickly look; and "demonstrate" means show or indicate.
Example Question #182 : Synonyms: Verbs
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
INSPECT
Examine
Fathom
Solve
Mimic
Curved
Examine
"Inspect" means examine or look at very closely, so "examine" is the correct answer. None of the other answer choices are close in meaning to "inspect": to "mimic" someone or something means to copy that person or that thing; "solve" means figure out; "curved" means rounded; and "fathom" means understand.
Example Question #183 : Synonyms: Verbs
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
INFILTRATE
Be victorious in
Cross over
Gain access to
Measure
Go under
Gain access to
To "infiltrate" means to enter into a group and spy on it. The closest answer choice to that definition is “gain access to.”
Example Question #184 : Synonyms: Verbs
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
ELICIT
Lecture
Draw out
Share
Bring together
Contact
Draw out
To "elicit" means to provoke a reaction or to draw something out. (In this context, "draw" means bring forth and not illustrate.) To help you, "contact" means touch or reach out to, and "lecture" means teach, instruct,or criticize.
Example Question #185 : Synonyms: Verbs
Synonyms: Select the word which is most similar to the word in capital letters.
EARN
Forbid
Deserve
Attract
Prone
Mourn
Deserve
To “earn” something means to have worked for it and to deserve it. To provide further help, “mourn” means to express sadness about something; “prone” means likely to do something, vulnerable to repeating some pattern of behavior; “forbid” means not allow.
Example Question #186 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ESCALATE
Tighten
Halt
Resume
Bypass
Intensify
Intensify
"Escalate" means increase or intensify, so "intensify" is the correct answer.
Example Question #24 : Synonyms: Other Verbs
Which is a synonym for abolish?
Keep
Save
None of the other answers
Rid
Establish
Rid
"Abolish" and "rid" both mean "to free from".
Example Question #1003 : Ssat Elementary Level Verbal
Julie wanted to preserve her fruit, so that she could eat it later.
Which is a synonym for preserve?
Abandon
Keep
Halt
Give up
None of the other answer choices.
Keep
Only the word "keep" could be inserted into the original sentence to maintain a similar meaning.
Example Question #187 : Synonyms: Verbs
Synonyms: choose the word closest in meaning to the word in question.
Modify
to create
to increase
to change
to irritate
to correct
to change
"Modify" is to change; to increase is to make larger; to correct is to make right; to irritate is to annoy; and to create is to make something.
Example Question #188 : Synonyms: Verbs
Synonyms: choose the word closest in meaning to the word in question.
Decrease
to add
to lessen
to starve
to harm
to suffer
to lessen
"Decrease" means to lessen; to add is to increase; to harm is to hurt; to starve is to not have sufficient food to eat; and to suffer is to be in pain.
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