All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #111 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
LEWD
Particular
Limber
Untied
Vulgar
Shining
Vulgar
"Lewd" means crude, offensive, or "vulgar."
Example Question #111 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ABERRANT
Deviant
Inflected
Playful
Ill
Clamorous
Deviant
"Aberrant" means departing from the standard, or deviant.
Example Question #112 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COMMENSURATE
Fanciful
Sustained
Indecisive
Slanderous
Equal
Equal
"Commensurate" means equal to or proportionate.
Example Question #113 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
AKIN
Related
Unfriendly
Superior
Dissimilar
Superficial
Related
The word akin means "related to" or "alike." Based on this definition, we can rule out all other answer choices. One way to remember that the word akin means related to may be to think of the word kin, which is used in some areas to mean family or relatives.
Example Question #114 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
EXEMPT
Burdened
Flexible
Excused
Maligned
Upset
Excused
Exempt means free from an obligation imposed on others, or excused from it.
Example Question #1444 : Synonyms
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
UNSCATHED
intact
loose
determined
damaged
frosty
intact
"Unscathed" means not damaged, or intact.
Example Question #115 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COLLOQUIAL
Radiant
Antique
Collectible
Harsh
Informal
Informal
"Colloquial" means used in everyday speech, or "informal."
Example Question #1446 : Synonyms
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
COLOSSAL
volatile
stately
gigantic
melancholic
floating
gigantic
"Colossal" means extremely large, or gigantic.
Example Question #1403 : Identifying Synonyms
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
DIMINUITIVE
cantankerous
insulting
perfected
sultry
tiny
tiny
"Diminuitive" means extremely small, or tiny.
Example Question #116 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
UNILATERAL
Persuasive
Controversial
Forceful
Independent
Rhetorical
Independent
If an action or decision is unilateral, it only affects one individual and not the others in the group. It is therefore independent.