All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
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.
PERSPIRE
Cool down
Rain
Sweat
Heat up
Cry
Sweat
To “perspire” means to secrete sweat; therefore, “sweat” is the correct answer.
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.
JETTISON
Discard
Dispel
Abhor
Anoint
Require
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 #1961 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BURGEON
Impair
Exit
Survey
Balance
Flourish
Flourish
To burgeon is to grow quickly or flourish.
Example Question #247 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ASCEND
Lend
Shrivel
Rise
Marry
Transcribe
Rise
To ascend is to rise.
Example Question #1962 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SMOLDER
Pursue
Smoke
Present
Destroy
Imply
Smoke
Smolder means to burn slowly, with smoke but no flame.
Example Question #1963 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ENRICH
Naturalize
Account for
Mistake
Augment
Perceive
Augment
Enrich means to improve, add to, or augment.
Example Question #1964 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
EMASCULATE
Arrange
Frolic
Hide
Conspire
Weaken
Weaken
Emasculate means to weaken something.
Example Question #1965 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
NAVIGATE
Negotiate
Assemble
Harness
Participate
Shout
Negotiate
Navigate means to plan and direct a route, or to negotiate obstacles.
Example Question #1966 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DEPLOY
Lessen
Formalize
Strategize
Position
Corroborate
Position
Deploy means to position troops (when referring to the military).
Example Question #1967 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
LOLL
Dash
Tense
Bounce
Dangle
Perceive
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.
All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
