All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #3100 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TRIVIAL
Banal
Sly
Odd
Settled
Particular
Banal
Trivial means unimportant or banal
Example Question #2201 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TRIVIAL
Calm
Affordable
Delayed
Modest
Insignificant
Insignificant
Trivial means insignificant.
Example Question #2201 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COMPREHENSIVE
Blatant
Wandering
Threatening
Hesitant
Inclusive
Inclusive
Comprehensive means complete, including all aspects of something, or inclusive.
Example Question #2202 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REQUISITE
Optional
Decorated
Conversational
Required
Mortified
Required
“Requisite” is a word that can be used as a noun or an adjective, but because all of the potential answer choices are adjectives, we will need to consider “requisite” as an adjective. When used as an adjective, “requisite” means “made necessary by circumstances or regulations.” So, we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like “necessary.” That means that “optional” cannot be the correct answer, because “optional” means “available to be chosen but not obligatory,” making it an antonym, not a synonym, of “requisite.” “Required,” however, when used as an adjective, means “officially compulsory; indispensable,” and because “required” is the answer choice closest in meaning to “requisite,” “required” is the correct answer.
Example Question #2203 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
IMPERATIVE
Dismissive
Inferior
Ambitious
Necessary
Enchanting
Necessary
"Imperative" means absolutely necessary or unavoidable.
Example Question #2204 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COMPULSORY
Communicative
Required
Genuine
Dorsal
Effective
Required
"Compulsory" means "required," or mandatory.
Example Question #2351 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TRIVIAL
Splendid
Frivolous
Careful
Testy
Magnetic
Frivolous
Trivial and frivolous both mean petty and superficial.
Example Question #2351 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ARCANE
Recent
Charming
Purposeful
Moody
Mysterious
Mysterious
"Arcane" means understood by few, mysterious.
Example Question #2352 : Synonyms
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
CRYPTIC
Apparent
Evident
Palpable
Mysterious
Obvious
Mysterious
“Cryptic” means enigmatic or mysterious. For clarification, the other four answer choices are all antonyms of cryptic and synonyms of one another.
Example Question #2353 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VERITABLE
Doubtful
Capricious
Legitimate
Fair-weather
Dubious
Legitimate
The word "veritable" is most similar in meaning to "legitimate" and relates an object's authentic nature. The other words do not share this meaning. Some of the answer choices are, in fact, antonyms of "veritable."
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