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Example Question #2142 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
NEFARIOUS
Refreshing
Cosmic
Annotated
Wicked
Rapid
Wicked
"Nefarious" means wicked.
Example Question #61 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DELETERIOUS
Desiccated
Wily
Impulsive
Harmful
Adequate
Harmful
"Deleterious" means harmful or injurious to health.
Example Question #1391 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONDUCIVE
Angular
Outgoing
Correct
Tepid
Helpful
Helpful
"Conducive" means helpful or tending to produce.
Example Question #62 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SANGUINE
Civilized
Bloody
Credible
Determined
Hissing
Bloody
"Sanguine" means bloody or cheerful. The Latin root word, "sanguis," means blood.
Example Question #63 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
AMENABLE
Unpleasant
Pious
Mean
Handy
Agreeable
Agreeable
Someone who is "amenable" is agreeable, pleasant, or easy to get along with; someone who is not stubborn or pig-headed is amenable.
Example Question #64 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MERCENARY
Normal
Perplexing
Greedy
Verbose
Amusing
Greedy
The adjective, "mercenary," means greedy. The Latin root word, "merces," means wages.
Example Question #1393 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INSIDIOUS
Perfect
Sparse
Squalid
Imaginative
Harmful
Harmful
"Insidious" means harmful in a stealthy way.
Example Question #65 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MACABRE
Gruesome
Soaked
Ingenious
Moral
Flowing
Gruesome
"Macabre" means gruesome or ghastly. It also means pertaining to death.
Example Question #2152 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FRUITFUL
Arid
Wild
Foolish
Misleading
Fertile
Fertile
"Fruitful" means fertile.
Example Question #1395 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COMATOSE
Unconscious
Eager
Disturbed
Memorable
Alert
Unconscious
"Comatose" means unconscious.
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