All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #72 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
RETRACT
Advance
Permeate
Withdraw
Poach
Laud
Withdraw
"Retract" means to pull back or withdraw. Advance is to go forward, which is the opposite meaning of Retract. Poach means to hunt, Permeate means to penetrate, and Laud means to applause. None of these words have any relation to Retract.
Example Question #73 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
Curtail
Repeal
Invest
Shorten
Capitulate
Follow
Shorten
To curtail means to cut short or shorten.
Example Question #74 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VACILLATE
Fluctuate
Solidify
Preach
Explore
Incriminate
Fluctuate
To vacillate and to fluctuate both mean to continually shift back and forth.
Example Question #240 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
STRIKE
Propel
Anger
Dismiss
Hit
Fly
Hit
Strike means to hit forcibily.
Example Question #75 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INFILTRATE
Observe
Revolutionize
Matriculate
Retreat
Invade
Invade
Infiltrate means to gain access to something surreptiously, or gradually invade.
Example Question #76 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INTERCEPT
Share
Produce
Propel
Consume
Obstruct
Obstruct
Intercept means to prevent something from getting to its destination, or to obstruct
Example Question #77 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BURGEON
Urge
Margin
Bloom
Fish
Burden
Bloom
Something that is burgeoning is growing well and fruitfully, blossoming, or blooming.
Example Question #78 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PERSPIRE
Cool down
Rain
Sweat
Heat up
Cry
Sweat
To “perspire” means to secrete sweat; therefore, “sweat” is the correct answer.
Example Question #79 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
JETTISON
Discard
Dispel
Abhor
Anoint
Require
Discard
“Jettison” is a transitive verb that is used to describe the rejection or discarding of something. Most typically it is used to describe discarding something overboard from a ship or aircraft. Abhor means to detest; dispel means dismiss; anoint means to bless somebody.
Example Question #1961 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BURGEON
Impair
Exit
Survey
Balance
Flourish
Flourish
To burgeon is to grow quickly or flourish.
All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
