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Example Question #2201 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
COLOSSAL
volatile
melancholic
stately
gigantic
floating
gigantic
"Colossal" means extremely large, or gigantic.
Example Question #2202 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
DIMINUITIVE
tiny
perfected
cantankerous
insulting
sultry
tiny
"Diminuitive" means extremely small, or tiny.
Example Question #1403 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
UNILATERAL
Independent
Rhetorical
Persuasive
Forceful
Controversial
Independent
If an action or decision is unilateral, it only affects one individual and not the others in the group. It is therefore independent.
Example Question #1404 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COLLOQUIAL
Silly
Common
Talk
Local
Formal
Common
Something that is "colloquial" is common in nature. "Common" is the best choice, as it is a part of the definition of "colloquial." Though the word "colloquial" usually refers to common or everyday speech (as opposed to formal language), it can refer to anything informal as well.
Example Question #1405 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
PITHY
Welcome
Unfortunate
Mediocre
Terse
Uncharacteristic
Terse
“Pithy” means brief and to the point and is most similar in meaning to “terse.” For clarification, mediocre means average, ordinary.
Example Question #1406 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
SUBSERVIENT
Intellectual
Asinine
Impoverished
Acquiescent
Appropriate
Acquiescent
“Subservient” means eager to obey, inherently submissive. Of the five answer choices, this is most similar in meaning to acquiescent, which means compliant, eager to obey. For clarification, asinine means silly or foolish.
Example Question #1407 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
UNILATERAL
One-sided
Bilateral
Entitled
Latitudinal
Untitled
One-sided
"Unilateral" and "one-sided" are synonymous adjectives. The other words share some roots (namely lat- or side) but their meanings do not align with the word unilateral.
Example Question #1411 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DISMAL
Clean
Dry
Arid
Sterile
Bleak
Bleak
"Dismal" and "bleak" are synonyms referring to a state of being inhospitable and dark (in all senses). Their meanings obviously have a negative connotation. "Clean" and "sterile" have definitions related to the idea of being free from dirt, mess, or (in the case of "sterile") germs. "Arid" and "dry" refer to areas that lack water
Example Question #1412 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
EXOTIC
Merciful
Domestic
Reckless
Intolerable
Foreign
Foreign
Something "exotic" is strange or foreign. This is the opposite of "domestic." "Reckless" and "risky" are synonyms, as are "intolerable" and "insufferable." "Merciful" means compassionate and forgiving.
Example Question #1413 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INEBRIATED
Circuitous
Quarrelsome
Intoxicated
Militant
Pessimistic
Intoxicated
"Inebriated" means drunk or intoxicated. "Quarrelsome" means argumentative, which is also a synonym for "antagonistic." "Pessimistic" and "optimistic" are antonyms, as are "direct" and "circuitous." "Militant" means fanatical, overly zealous.
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