SSAT Elementary Level Verbal : Synonyms
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Example Question #62 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Which word can replace the underlined word?
The necklace contained a genuine diamond stud.
decoy
fake
None of the above
real
fabricated
real
"Real" can replace "genuine" to maintain the same meanining in the sentence.
Example Question #8 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Authenticity, Truth, Existence, And Understanding
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters
BIASED.
Fair
Calculated
Old
Youthful
Unfair
Unfair
Biased means unfair, or based on one person’s opinion. To help you youthful means young; calculated means thought about.
Example Question #9 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Authenticity, Truth, Existence, And Understanding
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
DECEPTIVE
Fantastic
Mediocre
Average
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 #10 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Authenticity, Truth, Existence, And Understanding
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
ACCURATE
Carefree
Frequent
General
Routine
Correct
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 #63 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Synonyms: Select the word which is most similar to the word in capital letters.
EXTINCT
Wiped out
Taken apart
Sent forth
Pushed together
Let in
Wiped out
“Extinct” means wiped out, died out, no longer around. As in, the dinosaurs are “extinct.”
Example Question #62 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BELIEVABLE
Unlikely
Authentic
Confusing
Helpless
Weak
Authentic
Believeable and authentic relate to being convincing or likely.
Example Question #461 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CANDID
Honest
Possible
New
Careful
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 #1102 : Ssat Elementary Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OBLIVIOUS
Susceptible
Unaware
Creative
Normal
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.
Example Question #71 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
AUTHENTIC
Real
Fake
Disparate
Commonplace
Distinct
Real
Something that is "authentic" is genuine and real, so "real" is the correct answer. "Authentic" is an opposite, or antonym, of "fake," which means not genuine. To help you, "disparate" means different, "distinct" means easily recognizable due to differences from something or someone else, and "commonplace" means ordinary.
Example Question #1112 : Ssat Elementary Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FRANK
Friendly
Straightforward
Untrue
Sympathetic
Fair
Straightforward
"Frank" means addressing the truth directly regardless of people's feelings, so the best synonym is "straightforward," which means simple when referring to actions or direct and honest when referring to people. As for the other answer choices, "friendly" means amiable, "fair" means just or treating everyone equally, "sympathetic" means identifying with on an emotional level, and "untrue" means false.
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