All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #1961 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PERSPIRE
Cool down
Heat up
Sweat
Cry
Rain
Sweat
To “perspire” means to secrete sweat; therefore, “sweat” is the correct answer.
Example Question #1962 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
JETTISON
Require
Dispel
Discard
Abhor
Anoint
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.
Example Question #1963 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BURGEON
Balance
Impair
Exit
Flourish
Survey
Flourish
To burgeon is to grow quickly or flourish.
Example Question #2761 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ASCEND
Rise
Lend
Shrivel
Marry
Transcribe
Rise
To ascend is to rise.
Example Question #1964 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SMOLDER
Smoke
Imply
Pursue
Destroy
Present
Smoke
Smolder means to burn slowly, with smoke but no flame.
Example Question #1965 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ENRICH
Augment
Naturalize
Perceive
Account for
Mistake
Augment
Enrich means to improve, add to, or augment.
Example Question #1966 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
EMASCULATE
Frolic
Arrange
Conspire
Hide
Weaken
Weaken
Emasculate means to weaken something.
Example Question #1967 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
NAVIGATE
Harness
Assemble
Negotiate
Participate
Shout
Negotiate
Navigate means to plan and direct a route, or to negotiate obstacles.
Example Question #1968 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DEPLOY
Formalize
Lessen
Position
Strategize
Corroborate
Position
Deploy means to position troops (when referring to the military).
Example Question #1969 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
LOLL
Dangle
Tense
Bounce
Perceive
Dash
Dangle
“Loll” is a verb that can mean “sit, lie, or stand in a lazy, relaxed way, or hang loosely; droop,” or, with an object, “stick out one’s tongue loosely.” So, we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like “sit, lie, or stand in a relaxed way,” “droop,” or “stick out one’s tongue so that it dangles.” That means that “tense” cannot be the correct answer, because “tense,” when used as a verb, means “become tense, typically through anxiety or nervousness” or, with an object, “make (a muscle or one’s body) tight or rigid,” making it an antonym, not a synonym, of “loll.” “Dangle,” however, is a verb that can mean “hang or swing loosely,” and because “dangle” is the answer choice closest in meaning to “loll,” “dangle” is the correct answer.