All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
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Example Question #2491 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INSIPID
Competitive
Unbecoming
Judgmental
Agressive
Boring
Boring
"Insipid" means lacking flavor or uninteresting. "Boring" means lacking the quality of being interesting. Both "boring" and "insipid" mean mundane or banal. Thus, these two words are synonyms.
Example Question #2492 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DILAPIDATED
Hairless
Rundown
Sturdy
Folded
Confusing
Rundown
Something that is "dilapidated" is worn out, rickety, and rundown.
Example Question #2493 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CLICHÉD
Overused
Insightful
Derisive
Impractical
Enormous
Overused
Clichéd means overused.
Example Question #2494 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
LUXURIOUS
Reticent
Financial
Vindicated
Massive
Opulent
Opulent
Luxurious means extremely elegant and lavish, or opulent.
Example Question #2495 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BANAL
Medicinal
Commonplace
Creative
Cowardly
Zesty
Commonplace
"Banal" means overused or "commonplace."
Example Question #2351 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
STERLING
Melancholy
Understood
Excellent
Creamy
Scented
Excellent
"Sterling" means excellent or valuable.
Example Question #2497 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INSIPID
Courageous
Subservient
Dull
Quick
Retracted
Dull
"Insipid" means dull or bland.
Example Question #2352 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
EXECRABLE
Released
Supportive
Needless
Detestable
Clipped
Detestable
"Execrable" means detestable or very bad.
Example Question #2353 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
DERIVATIVE
Imaginative
Creative
Inspired
Imaginative
Inspired
Stirred
Stirred
Unoriginal
Unoriginal
“Derivative” means unoriginal or derived from an earlier idea. For clarification, the other four answer choices are all antonyms of derivative.
Example Question #2354 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PRESTIGIOUS
Perplexing
Abstruse
Acclaimed
Puzzling
Arcane
Acclaimed
"Prestigious" and "acclaimed" are closest in meaning. These synonyms refer to people or institutions held in high regard or esteemed. The other words describe an object's quality of being confounding or confusing.
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