All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #67 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PARDON
choose
forgive
stumble
condemn
complain
forgive
"Pardon" means to forgive or excuse.
Example Question #68 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SUMMON
send
buy
change
call
puncture
call
"Summon" means to urgently call someone.
Example Question #69 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PROSCRIBE
Condemn
Recommend
Reverse
Mix
Leak
Condemn
To "proscribe" is to condemn.
Example Question #61 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REDACT
Invigorate
Edit
Churn
Starve
Pulse
Edit
"Redact" means to censure or prepare a written work for being published, or "edit."
Example Question #71 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
JEER
Pass
Taunt
Fasten
Calm
Portray
Taunt
Jeer means to deride, heckle, or "taunt" someone.
Example Question #72 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COERCE
Call
Befriend
Pressure
Overcome
Bend
Pressure
"Coerce" means to pressure someone into doing something, so "pressure" (considered as a verb) is the correct answer.
Example Question #73 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
WINCE
Flinch
Bolster
Relax
Operate
Crank
Flinch
“Wince” is a word that can be used as a verb or a noun, but because all of the potential answer choices can be used as verbs, we will need to consider “wince” as a verb. When used as a verb, “wince” means grimace or shrink away from. Therefore, “relax” cannot be the correct answer, because “relax” is an antonym, not a synonym, of “wince.” “Flinch,” however, is a verb that means jerk one's body back in surprise or fear, and because “flinch” is the answer choice closest in meaning to “wince,” “flinch” is the correct answer.
Example Question #1832 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
RESCIND
Reconsider
Engage
Implement
Nullify
Quell
Nullify
“Rescind” is a verb that means revoke or repeal, so we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like revoke. That means that “implement” cannot be the correct answer, because “implement,” when used as a verb, means have something take effect, making it an antonym, not a synonym, of “rescind.” “Nullify,” however, is a verb that means annul or make void, and because “nullify” is the answer choice closest in meaning to “rescind,” “nullify” is the correct answer.
Example Question #74 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ABASE
Degrade
Memorize
Summon
Scatter
Reconsider
Degrade
"Abase" is a verb that means degrade or humiliate. So, "degrade," a verb that means treat someone disrespectfully, is the correct answer because it is closest in meaning to "abase."
Example Question #75 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CHORTLE
Fabricate
Burn
Laugh
Cough
Stir
Laugh
A "chortle" is a form of laughter; one might write, "The obnoxious joke still made her chortle."
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