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Example Question #1691 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DESPONDENT
Bespectacled
Hopeless
Sheer
Rigid
Ultimate
Hopeless
"Despondent" means feeling hopeless.
Example Question #1692 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CORDIAL
Stuffy
Proper
Seasonal
Courtly
Friendly
Friendly
"Cordial" means warm and open. (Example: "The hostess was very cordial towards her guests, offering them tea and cookies.") The word closest in meaning to "cordial" is therefore "friendly," the best answer choice.
Example Question #1693 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VORACIOUS
Edible
Delicious
Indignant
Explicit
Ravenous
Ravenous
"Voracious" is an adjective that means wanting or devouring great quantities of something, often food. So, we're looking for an adjective that has to do with food and specifically means extremely hungry. Three of the listed answer choices have to do with food: "edible" means able to be eaten, so it's not a synonym of "voracious." "Delicious" means pleasant to the taste, so it is also not a synonym of "voracious." "Ravenous," which means extremely hungry, is a synonym of "voracious," so it is the best answer choice.
Example Question #1694 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TEPID
Unenthusiastic
Scalding
Frigid
Stagnant
Invested
Unenthusiastic
You may have seen the word tepid paired with the water in the past and assumed that it meant frigid (cold), stagnant (standing still), or Scalding (extremely hot), but the word actually means lukewarm or unenthusiastic.
Example Question #1695 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
KEEN
Enthusiastic
Quiet
Gloomy
Curved
Observant
Enthusiastic
Keen means showing eagerness or enthusiasm.
Example Question #1696 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SKEPTICAL
Doubting
Quirky
Agreeable
Ready
Fetid
Doubting
Skeptical means having doubt.
Example Question #1697 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INFURIATED
Splattered
Excluded
Hoodwinked
Overwhelmed
Enraged
Enraged
Infuriated means made extremely angry, or enraged.
Example Question #1698 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONTRITE
Transparent
Diminutive
Remorseful
Discreet
Dignified
Remorseful
Contrite means remorseful and filled with the desire to repent.
Example Question #1699 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
IRATE
Rapid
Legal
Longitudinal
Furious
Melancholy
Furious
Irate means very angry or furious.
Example Question #41 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SENSATIONAL
Garrulous
Shocking
Muted
Tactile
Thought-provoking
Shocking
Sensational means causing great public excitement, or shocking.
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