All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #1 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
CONGEAL
populate
pardon
thicken
gather
melt
thicken
"Congeal" means to solidify, or thicken.
Example Question #1 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters
SABOTAGE
fling
mystify
transform
damage
repel
damage
Sabotage means to deliberately destroy or damage something.
Example Question #1 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters
PROPEL
consume
push
yell
study
curve
push
Propel means to drive or push something, usually forwards
Example Question #4 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
AUGMENT
limit
consume
critique
hinder
supplement
supplement
Augment means to increase or to supplement.
Example Question #167 : Synonyms: Verbs
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
LANGUISH
promote
talk slowly
frustrate
curtail
deteriorate
deteriorate
"Languish" means to lose vitality or deteriorate.
Example Question #2 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
ABRIDGE.
Frighten
Shorten
Invoke
Scold
Advise
Shorten
To “abridge” something means to shorten something, as in “the movie was abridged for television.” For clarification, "to invoke" means to call upon an authority for support or assistance; "scold" means to tell off, castigate.
Example Question #3 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Synonyms: find the words that match most closely.
REIN
Constrain
Populate
Prevail
Fly
Underscore
Constrain
To "rein" is to restrict or constrain something. "Reign" (with a "g") means to prevail.
Example Question #8 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
BEAR
growl
quote
protect
change
support
support
"Bear" means to support or carry.
Example Question #9 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
RETREAT
contain
knock over
peruse
mobilize
withdraw
withdraw
"Retreat" means to move back or withdraw.
Example Question #10 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
ROMP
drop
overcome
play
yowl
condemn
play
"Romp" means to play energetically or roughly.
All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
