All SSAT Middle Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #91 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MANIFEST
Dovetail
Renounce
Repudiate
Transcend
Exhibit
Exhibit
The verb "manifest" means to exhibit, display, or show one's feelings through one's appearance. "Manifest" can also be used as an adjective in which case it means obvious, clear, easily noticed and acknowledged. Additionally, "renounce" means reject, declare that one has abandoned; "repudiate" means refuse to acknowledge or accept, argue against a claim; "dovetail" means fit together perfectly; "transcend" means go beyond.
Example Question #91 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PROCRASTINATE
Delay
Study
Bolster
Lie
Uproot
Delay
The verb "procrastinate" means to delay doing something, to stop doing what one is supposed to be doing and do something distracting. Additionally, "bolster" means reinforce, support, strengthen; "uproot" means force to move from one location to another.
Example Question #92 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MUSTER
Deceive
Allude
Gather
Eradicate
Possess
Gather
The verb "muster" means to gather, compile, assemble, bring together. Additionally, "allude" means hint at, suggest; "eradicate" means completely destroy; "deceive" means lie to and trick; "possess" means own, have.
Example Question #93 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TRUNCATE
Shorten
Elongate
Move
Supplant
Dance
Shorten
The verb "truncate" means to shorten something, to make something shorter by finishing it early. Additionally, "elongate" means make or become longer; "supplant" means replace, take over from.
Example Question #94 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CULTIVATE
Tend
Send
Bend
Mend
Lend
Tend
The verb "cultivate" is generally used to refer to tending one's crops, preparing one's land for the growth of crops and attending to those crops. It can also mean simply to "tend" to something more generally, like "I am trying to cultivate a better work ethic." Additionally, "lend" means allow someone to borrow and "mend" means fix, repair.
Example Question #95 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
JEOPARDIZE
Indict
Linger
Endanger
Mar
Pelt
Endanger
The verb "jeopardize" means endanger, to put someone in danger due to your actions. Additionally, "mar" means spoil, ruin; "linger" means hesitate, remain behind after others have left; "pelt" means throw things at with force; "indict" means formally accuse of committing a crime or other misdeed.
Example Question #97 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COAGULATE
Steep
Saturate
Evaporate
Imbue
Form a clot
Form a clot
"Coagulate" means to "form a clot," such as when blood dries, or when a liquid congeals into a semi-solid state.
"Evaporate" means to disappear or to melt; in science it means liquid becoming gas, such as when water evaporates and becomes steam.
"Saturate" means to soak, to get very wet or to douse.
"Steep" means to bathe something in liquid, to soak, to submerge in liquid.
"Imbue" means to infuse, to saturate or to ingrain something upon something else.
Example Question #98 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PEDDLE
Produce
Sell door to door
Bike
Purchase
Paddle
Sell door to door
"Peddle" means to "sell door to door," to hawk goods, to solicit goods.
"Purchase" means to buy, or to exchange money for something.
"Produce" means to create something, to make or to assemble something.
"Paddle" means to move using oars or paddles, to row. This answer is meant to show the difference in spelling and meaning between "peddle" and "paddle."
"Bike" means to use a bicycle to transport oneself; to pedal on a bicycle. This answer is meant to trick the student if "peddle" was misread as "paddle."
Example Question #96 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MEANDER
Crawl
March
Wander
Escort
Sprint
Wander
"Meander" means to "wander" or to zigzag, to walk slowly and not in a straight line.
"Sprint" means to run at full speed.
"Crawl" means to move slowly, or to move on one's hands and feet as an infant does.
To "march" is to walk in a uniform way, or to walk in a deliberate, ordered way.
"Escort" means to accompany something as a guard, to guide or protect someone along a journey.
Example Question #97 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ABSCOND
Flee
Delve
Abet
Enumerate
Inculcate
Flee
"Abscond" means run away, depart secretly, "flee."
"Inculcate" is to teach someone by repeating something over and over, to impart knowledge, to infuse someone with knowledge.
"Abet" means to aid or assist someone, particularly with a crime.
"Enumerate" means to list one by one, to name, to count.
"Delve" means to dig into something, to explore, to inquire.
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