All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
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Example Question #71 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DOUSE
Fluctuate
Dehydrate
Drench
Mimic
Dry
Drench
"Douse" means to drench or extinguish, usually with water. Dehydrate and Dry would be the opposite meaning of douse. Fluctuate means to waver and mimic is to imitate, so they are not synonyms of douse.
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
Permeate
Withdraw
Advance
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
Follow
Capitulate
Repeal
Shorten
Invest
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
Explore
Solidify
Preach
Incriminate
Fluctuate
Fluctuate
To vacillate and to fluctuate both mean to continually shift back and forth.
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.
STRIKE
Fly
Anger
Propel
Dismiss
Hit
Hit
Strike means to hit forcibily.
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.
INFILTRATE
Retreat
Invade
Revolutionize
Observe
Matriculate
Invade
Infiltrate means to gain access to something surreptiously, or gradually invade.
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.
INTERCEPT
Propel
Produce
Share
Consume
Obstruct
Obstruct
Intercept means to prevent something from getting to its destination, or to obstruct
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.
BURGEON
Burden
Fish
Bloom
Urge
Margin
Bloom
Something that is burgeoning is growing well and fruitfully, blossoming, or blooming.
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.
PERSPIRE
Cool down
Cry
Heat up
Sweat
Rain
Sweat
To “perspire” means to secrete sweat; therefore, “sweat” is the correct answer.
Example Question #80 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
JETTISON
Anoint
Discard
Abhor
Require
Dispel
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.
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