SSAT Middle Level Verbal : Synonyms: Other Verbs
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Example Question #11 : Synonyms: Other Verbs
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
FRACTURE
Recommendation
Fame
Breakage
Disease
Geography
Breakage
"Fracture" means breakage or cracking, so "breakage" is the correct answer. "Recommended" means advocated or approved of. "Fame" means the status of being well-known or celebrity status. "Geography" is the study of the features of the earth. "Disease" means illness or sickness.
Example Question #12 : Synonyms: Other Verbs
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
MAUL
Diminish
Attack
Imitate
Escalate
Repair
Attack
"Maul" means to attack and usually refers to an attacking large animal, like a bear. So, "attack" is the correct answer. None of the other answers have meanings close to that of "maul" and "attack": "escalate" means to increase greatly; "repair" means to fix; "diminish" means to lessen or decrease in size or amount; and "imitate" means to mimic or to copy.
Example Question #13 : Synonyms: Other Verbs
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters
REMINISCE
Increase
Disparage
Coalesce
Rebuke
Recollect
Recollect
"Reminisce" means happily remember past events or recollect. For clarification, "increase" means grow larger in quantity, "coalesce" means come together, "disparage" means criticize, and "rebuke," when used as a verb, means scold or tell-off.
Example Question #14 : Synonyms: Other Verbs
Synonyms: Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
FEND
Glitch
Cope
Embellish
Retrieve
Feud
Cope
“Fend” can mean to try to get along without help or to“cope.” To help you “embellish” is to embroider or blow out of proportion so a person might embellish the truth making it into an unlikely story. To “feud” is to fight. A “glitch” is a usually minor malfunction. To “retrieve” is to fetch, to go get something.
Example Question #15 : Synonyms: Other Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ALLEVIATE
Solidify
Increase
Irritate
Allocate
Ease
Ease
"Alleviate" is a verb that means to make something bad less intense. Of the answer choices, "ease" has the closest meaning.
Example Question #16 : Synonyms: Other Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ABDUCT
Abscond
Exercise
Kidnap
Ascend
Evade
Kidnap
"Abduct" means to kidnap.
Example Question #17 : Synonyms: Other Verbs
Synonyms
Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
PERSEVERE
to abscond with
to persecute
to lie
to sweat
to persist
to persist
Persevere means to persist.
Example Question #18 : Synonyms: Other Verbs
A synonym of "falter" is __________.
scamper
retrieve
entrap
waver
select
waver
"Falter" is a verb that means "to being to fail or weaken," "to begin to walk or move in an unsteady way," or "to feel doubt about doing something." Since "waver" means "to go back and forth between choices or opinions; to be indecisive," "to move back and forth in an unsteady way," or "to become unsteady because of weakness, emotion, or tiredness," "waver" is closest in meaning to "falter" of the given answer choices, so "waver" is the correct answer.
Example Question #276 : Synonyms: Verbs
Synonyms: choose the word with the meaning closest to the word in question.
Govern
to crush
to revolt
to love
to rule
to reveal
to rule
"Govern" means to rule.
Example Question #19 : Synonyms: Other Verbs
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
INSTIGATE
Cancel
Start
Break
Finish
Edify
Start
To "instigate" something means to start it or to bring it about. It is most commonly used to describe a disagreement, e.g. "he instigated the fight." For clarification, "edify" means to build or instruct.
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