All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #25 : Synonyms: Verbs About Emotional Changes
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PLACATE
Conciliate
Implore
Urge
Assist
Antagonize
Conciliate
“Placate” means to calm down, and is therefore most similar in meaning to conciliate, which means to make peace, to bring calm. For clarification, implore and urge are synonyms; antagonize is loosely an antonym of placate and conciliate.
Example Question #26 : Synonyms: Verbs About Emotional Changes
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PLACATE
Overwhelm
Plaster
Master
Calm
Wash
Calm
"Placate" means to soothe or remove anxiety. (Example: "The mailman tried to placate the angry dog by offering him dog treats.") Thus, the verb "calm" is close in meaning and is therefore the best synonym.
Example Question #27 : Synonyms: Verbs About Emotional Changes
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
INFURIATE
Anger
Sling
Brawl
Flood
Fracture
Anger
"Infuriate" means to make someone or something angry, so "anger," a word that when used as a verb means to enrage or to cause to be angry, is the correct answer. None of the other answer choices are close in meaning to "infuriate" or "anger": "flood" means inundate with; "fracture" means to break or to crack; "brawl" means to fight; and "sling" means to throw.
Example Question #2052 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PLACATE
Soothe
Corner
Recommend
Abandon
Express
Soothe
To placate is to soothe or to pacify.
Example Question #336 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VEX
Utilize
Annoy
Boost
Heal
Captivate
Annoy
To vex is to annoy or to confuse.
Example Question #2092 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
QUENCH
Prescribe
Confuse
Satisfy
Offend
Ratify
Satisfy
To quench is to satisfy.
Example Question #2051 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
APPEASE
Predict
Nourish
Calm
Invade
Perceive
Calm
To "appease" is to calm or to bring to a state of peace.
Example Question #2052 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ABHOR
Detest
Fear
Shorten
Approve
Remove
Detest
To "abhor" something is to hate it, so the synonym is "detest," which also means to hate or dislike something strongly.
Example Question #2053 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ALLEVIATE
Edit
Oppose
Relieve
Worsen
Join forces with
Relieve
To "alleviate" a condition is to relieve it or make it better.
Example Question #2855 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
HARROW
Distress
Introduction
Segment
Emotion
Indifference
Distress
"Harrow" means distress.
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