Practice Test 8 - SSAT Middle Level Verbal
20 questions. Answer them in any order, then submit to see your score and every explanation.
- Entrance is to exit as beginning is to
- Annoyed is to furious as cool is to
- Rough is to coarse as smooth is to
- CORDIAL:
- Smart is to intelligent as foolish is to
- Sofia measures the volume of water in a graduated cylinder, reading 75 milliliters carefully. What does volume mean as used here?
- COMPRESSION : EXPLOSION :: KINDNESS : ?
- Sweltering is to warm as:
- Which of the following words is a synonym for candid?
- PRUDENT:
- Microscopic is to small as:
- String is to violin as wire is to
- Bandage is to protect as medicine is to
- PICKY:
- Read this passage: On a winter morning, the sidewalk looks shiny. Because the temperature drops below freezing overnight, water on the ground turns into ice, making the sidewalk slippery. The slippery surface is an effect of freezing. Later, a neighbor lists a sequence of errands: she checks the mailbox, walks the dog, buys groceries, and returns home. These actions happen one after another, but buying groceries does not cause the mailbox to be checked. The passage contrasts cause-and-effect with sequence. Which sentence illustrates a cause-and-effect relationship?
- Choose the word that maintains the relationship: beak : bird :: trunk : __.
- A dog might be large, but an elephant is huge. A pebble can be small, and a grain of sand can be tiny. The pair large:huge shows an increase in size because huge is bigger than large. Which pair of words demonstrates a similar degree relationship as small:tiny?
- Tongs is to grasp as microscope is to
- A thermometer measures heat; complete: Thermometer is to temperature as ruler is to __.
- TEDIOUS: