All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #151 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONTRITE
Dignified
Discreet
Diminutive
Transparent
Remorseful
Remorseful
Contrite means remorseful and filled with the desire to repent.
Example Question #152 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
IRATE
Longitudinal
Melancholy
Rapid
Furious
Legal
Furious
Irate means very angry or furious.
Example Question #153 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SENSATIONAL
Muted
Garrulous
Shocking
Tactile
Thought-provoking
Shocking
Sensational means causing great public excitement, or shocking.
Example Question #154 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VOLATILE
Stoic
Seasoned
Charismatic
Bothersome
Mercurial
Mercurial
“Volatile” is an adjective that can mean “easily evaporated” when referring to a substance, “liable to change rapidly and unpredictably,” or when describing a person, “displaying rapid changes of emotion.” So, we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like “easily evaporated,” “changing rapidly,” or “rapid change of emotion.” That means that “stoic” cannot be the correct answer, because “stoic” means “enduring hardship without showing one’s feelings,” a meaning very distant from that of “volatile.” “Mercurial,” however, is an adjective that can mean “subject to unpredictable changes of mood or mind” when describing a person, and because “mercurial” is the answer choice closest in meaning to “volatile,” “mercurial” is the correct answer.
Example Question #155 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PENSIVE
Sociable
Thoughtful
Hurried
Verifiable
Uplifting
Thoughtful
"Pensive" means thoughtful or reflective. The root wood, "pensare," means to consider.
Example Question #156 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VEHEMENT
Rebellious
Malignant
Passionate
Dominant
Plausible
Passionate
"Vehement" means passionate or angry.
Example Question #157 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ABJECT
Miserable
Heavy
Unforgettable
Erroneous
Scared
Miserable
"Abject" means utterly hopeless or miserable.
Example Question #158 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PETULANT
Gifted
Logical
Irritable
Delicious
Unsound
Irritable
"Petulant" means irritable or impatient.
Example Question #159 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
APATHETIC
Uninterested
Motivated
Aggressive
Ignorant
Lawless
Uninterested
"Apathetic" means uninterested or indifferent.
Example Question #160 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ELATED
Delicious
Saddened
Joyful
Tedious
Immediate
Joyful
"Elated" means very happy or overjoyed.
All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
