All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
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Example Question #92 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ADMONISH
Warn
Give
Decorate
Growl
Create
Warn
To admonish is to warn or caution someone.
Example Question #93 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DICTATE
Buffet
Cavort
Command
Suggest
Invent
Command
"Dictate" means to command or compel. Suggest is an anytonym because it means to provide an option. Invent means to create something. Cavort means to have fun. Buffet means to hit. None of these last three words have any relation to Dictate in this context.
Example Question #94 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
APPEAL
Decompose
Send
Request
Slice
Officiate
Request
Appeal means to make a serious or urgent request.
Example Question #95 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REVERE
Linger
Castigate
Turn
Orate
Honor
Honor
To revere someone is to have respect and awe for him or her. To honor someone is to show him or her a high degree of respect.
Example Question #96 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COMMISERATE
Change
Sympathize
Salute
Collaborate
Market
Sympathize
Commiserate means to express pity for or sympathize with someone.
Example Question #97 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REBUKE
Misrepresent
Experiment
Abscond
Abhor
Scold
Scold
To rebuke and to scold both mean to express disapproval.
Example Question #98 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
UNDERSCORE
Record
Mistake
Brighten
Emphasize
Marvel
Emphasize
Underscore means to underline, or emphasize.
Example Question #99 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BERATE
Accelerate
Scold
Brave
Bury
Excite
Scold
To berate someone is to scold him or her harshly.
Example Question #100 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONCEDE
Agree
Build
Surrender
Hurry
Consider
Surrender
To concede is to give in, admit defeat, or surrender.
Example Question #1851 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DELUDE
Remove
Dream
Convince
Trick
Drown
Trick
To "delude" someone is to trick them, deceive them, or lie to them.
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