Practice Test 9 - SSAT Middle Level Verbal
20 questions. Answer them in any order, then submit to see your score and every explanation.
- PROSPERITY is to ADVERSITY as
- Miguel's new school had bright windows and a busy front office. He felt anxious when he could not find his classroom at first. Then he grew eager after spotting the music room, where he hoped to play. When a teacher welcomed him by name, he became excited and laughed. The day felt organized, and Miguel walked faster with confidence. Which word best captures the connotation of eager in the passage?
- RESILIENT most nearly means
- Synonym pairs, like calm and peaceful, help you understand reading and writing. For example, "The peaceful lake looked calm." SSAT synonym analogies check if you can match meanings. Which word completes: calm is to peaceful as loud is to ___?
- WARY:
- Tooth is to gear as cell is to
- Which pair demonstrates causation rather than sequence?
- Cold is to frigid as hot is to
- The teacher's _______ on the importance of reading inspired many students to visit the library more often.
- Mr. Lee replied, "Thanks for the compliment about my tie!" What does compliment mean?
- Brilliant is to bright as:
- Visible is to invisible as solid is to
- 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/intensity relationship as large:huge?
- NIMBLE most nearly means
- Happy is to joyful as angry is to
- Virus is to illness as:
- LIGHTNING : THUNDER :: ONION : ?
- Synonym analogies use pairs with similar meanings, like big and large. You can see synonyms in sentences such as, "The large dog was big." These analogies help show vocabulary understanding on tests. Choose the correct word to complete: big is to large as small is to ___.
- Jealousy is to conflict as:
- The campfire starts as a warm glow and becomes a blaze that crackles loudly. Which analogy pair reflects a lesser degree of intensity change compared to glow:blaze?