All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #91 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CORROBORATE
Incite
Evaluate
Acclaim
Validate
Accelerate
Validate
"Corroborate" is a verb which means "confirm or give support to a statement, theory, or finding," so we need to find another verb which means "confirm." While "acclaim" might seem like the correct answer, it actually means "praise enthusiastically and publicly," and doesn't quite match the meaning of "confirm" that we're looking for. "Validate," on the other hand, means "check or prove the validity or accuracy of something," and since it is the closest in meaning to "corroborate," it is the correct answer.
Example Question #91 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ADMONISH
Growl
Warn
Create
Give
Decorate
Warn
To admonish is to warn or caution someone.
Example Question #92 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DICTATE
Suggest
Invent
Buffet
Cavort
Command
Command
"Dictate" means to command or compel. Suggest is an anytonym because it means to provide an option. Invent means to create something. Cavort means to have fun. Buffet means to hit. None of these last three words have any relation to Dictate in this context.
Example Question #1852 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
APPEAL
Send
Slice
Officiate
Request
Decompose
Request
Appeal means to make a serious or urgent request.
Example Question #93 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REVERE
Linger
Honor
Orate
Castigate
Turn
Honor
To revere someone is to have respect and awe for him or her. To honor someone is to show him or her a high degree of respect.
Example Question #94 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COMMISERATE
Sympathize
Market
Change
Salute
Collaborate
Sympathize
Commiserate means to express pity for or sympathize with someone.
Example Question #95 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REBUKE
Abhor
Experiment
Scold
Abscond
Misrepresent
Scold
To rebuke and to scold both mean to express disapproval.
Example Question #1855 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
UNDERSCORE
Brighten
Mistake
Marvel
Emphasize
Record
Emphasize
Underscore means to underline, or emphasize.
Example Question #96 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BERATE
Excite
Bury
Accelerate
Scold
Brave
Scold
To berate someone is to scold him or her harshly.
Example Question #1854 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONCEDE
Consider
Surrender
Hurry
Build
Agree
Surrender
To concede is to give in, admit defeat, or surrender.