SSAT Upper Level Verbal : Identifying Synonyms

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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

Possible Answers:

Banal

Sly

Odd

Settled

Particular

Correct answer:

Banal

Explanation:

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

Possible Answers:

Calm

Affordable

Delayed

Modest

Insignificant

Correct answer:

Insignificant

Explanation:

Trivial means insignificant.  

Example Question #2201 : Identifying Synonyms

Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.

COMPREHENSIVE

Possible Answers:

Blatant

Wandering

Threatening

Hesitant

Inclusive

Correct answer:

Inclusive

Explanation:

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

Possible Answers:

Optional

Decorated

Conversational

Required

Mortified

Correct answer:

Required

Explanation:

“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

Possible Answers:

Dismissive

Inferior

Ambitious

Necessary

Enchanting

Correct answer:

Necessary

Explanation:

"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

Possible Answers:

Communicative

Required

Genuine

Dorsal

Effective

Correct answer:

Required

Explanation:

"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

Possible Answers:

Splendid

Frivolous

Careful

Testy

Magnetic

Correct answer:

Frivolous

Explanation:

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

Possible Answers:

Recent

Charming

Purposeful

Moody

Mysterious

Correct answer:

Mysterious

Explanation:

"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

Possible Answers:

Apparent 

Evident 

Palpable

Mysterious 

Obvious 

Correct answer:

Mysterious 

Explanation:

“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

Possible Answers:

Doubtful

Capricious

Legitimate

Fair-weather

Dubious

Correct answer:

Legitimate

Explanation:

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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