Practice Test 5 - SSAT Middle Level Verbal
20 questions. Answer them in any order, then submit to see your score and every explanation.
- REPETITION : MEMORIZATION :: COMPETITION : ?
- Read this passage: In the morning, the teacher asked the class to organize their desks. Leah began to arrange her folders and sort papers by subject. She tried to order her supplies so she could find them quickly. The teacher said organizing means putting things in a neat system. Leah asked if "scatter" was a synonym for organize. The teacher said no, because scattering means spreading things around randomly. Leah practiced choosing words that match neatness and planning. She noticed that "order" can also mean a command, but here it means a tidy arrangement. When she finished, her desk looked calm and clear. Select the word that is unrelated in meaning to organize as used in the passage.
- The baker needed to _______ the dough for several hours before it would be ready for baking.
- BENEVOLENT most nearly means
- FLASHY:
- TRANQUIL most nearly means
- Scissors is to cut as eraser is to
- Part-to-whole means a component is part of a whole object; member-to-group means one belongs to a group. A keyboard is part of a computer because it is a real component used to type. For example, the keyboard and the trackpad are parts of a laptop. A sailor is a member of a crew because the crew is a group working on a ship. For example, one sailor and one cook are members of the crew. Which of the following examples represents a part-to-whole relationship?
- Protractor is to measure as vise is to
- During the experiment, Sofia adds a battery to the circuit, and the bulb lights because electric charge moves. Which meaning best fits charge here?
- NEGLECT : DECAY :: ENCOURAGEMENT : ?
- Polite is to rude as courteous is to
- Sofia chooses a light backpack for the field trip, because it feels easy to carry. What does light mean in this sentence?
- In an email, Casey wrote, "Your tie is a nice complement." What mistake is being made?
- Which pair shows causation rather than temporal sequence?
- Gigantic is to large as:
- You feel content reading quietly, and later you are ecstatic when your friend visits unexpectedly. Which pair of words shows a greater intensity contrast than content:ecstatic?
- Chuckle is to laugh as stroll is to
- Wolves are to den as birds are to
- In a clock mechanism, a gear is to a clock as which is to a bicycle?