SSAT Upper Level Verbal : Synonyms
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Example Question #1879 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REPRIMAND
Harbor
Forfend
Extol
Chastise
Mollify
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 #1880 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ENERVATE
Placate
Rebut
Weaken
Ally
Invigorate
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 #1881 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BLOVIATE
Wander aimlessly
Work assiduously
Talk excessively
Perjure
Persecute ruthlessly
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 #1882 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
EXTOL
Prevaricate
Contaminate
Subsume
Daunt
Laud
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
melt
gather
populate
thicken
pardon
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
damage
repel
fling
mystify
transform
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
curve
study
yell
push
consume
push
Propel means to drive or push something, usually forwards
Example Question #1923 : Synonyms
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
AUGMENT
consume
limit
supplement
hinder
critique
supplement
Augment means to increase or to supplement.
Example Question #2 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
LANGUISH
talk slowly
curtail
frustrate
deteriorate
promote
deteriorate
"Languish" means to lose vitality or deteriorate.
Example Question #1883 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
ABRIDGE.
Scold
Advise
Shorten
Frighten
Invoke
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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