SSAT Upper Level Verbal : Synonyms
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Example Question #1921 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REPRIMAND
Mollify
Chastise
Extol
Harbor
Forfend
Chastise
To "reprimand" is to "chastise," scold, or admonish. To "forfend" is to protect, and to "extol" is to laud or praise. To "mollify" is to placate, while to "harbor" is to house, to extend refuge to.
Example Question #1922 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ENERVATE
Placate
Invigorate
Rebut
Weaken
Ally
Weaken
To "enervate" is to tire, "weaken," and drain of energy. This is an antonym for "invigorate," which means strengthen. To "placate" is to mollify or appease. "Rebut" means refute. To "ally" is to join forces in pursuit of a common goal.
Example Question #1923 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BLOVIATE
Persecute ruthlessly
Wander aimlessly
Work assiduously
Perjure
Talk excessively
Talk excessively
To "bloviate" is to talk pompously and in an overblown manner. To "meander" is to wander aimlessly, and to "persevere" is to work assiduously. To "perjure" is to lie under oath. To "persecute ruthlessly" is to oppress.
Example Question #1924 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
EXTOL
Daunt
Subsume
Prevaricate
Laud
Contaminate
Laud
To "extol" something is to sing its praises. To "subsume" something is to absorb it into something else. To "prevaricate" is to lie, while to "contaminate" is to pollute. To "daunt" is to make someone feel apprehensive or dismayed.
Example Question #1 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
CONGEAL
pardon
gather
populate
melt
thicken
thicken
"Congeal" means to solidify, or thicken.
Example Question #1 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters
SABOTAGE
mystify
repel
damage
transform
fling
damage
Sabotage means to deliberately destroy or damage something.
Example Question #2 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters
PROPEL
consume
curve
study
yell
push
push
Propel means to drive or push something, usually forwards
Example Question #4 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
AUGMENT
limit
consume
critique
hinder
supplement
supplement
Augment means to increase or to supplement.
Example Question #3 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
LANGUISH
promote
talk slowly
deteriorate
frustrate
curtail
deteriorate
"Languish" means to lose vitality or deteriorate.
Example Question #4 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
ABRIDGE.
Frighten
Advise
Invoke
Scold
Shorten
Shorten
To “abridge” something means to shorten something, as in “the movie was abridged for television.” For clarification, "to invoke" means to call upon an authority for support or assistance; "scold" means to tell off, castigate.
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