ISEE Lower Level Verbal Reasoning › Synonyms: Verbs
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
OUTPERFORM
Do better than
Do worse than
Overwhelm
Underwhelm
Intrinsic
The prefix "out-"generally means surpassing or exceeding, so if you “outperform” someone, you perform better than they do. So, "do better than" is the correct answer. To provide further help, “overwhelm” means overpower emotionally and “underwhelm” means disappoint, and “intrinsic” means basic, natural, or inherent.
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PARDON
Forgive
Reward
Punish
Remedy
Quake
To "pardon" someone means to forgive them, to excuse behavior. To provide further help, "remedy" means fix, solution, solve; "quake" means tremor, shake.
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PARDON
Forgive
Reward
Punish
Remedy
Quake
To "pardon" someone means to forgive them, to excuse behavior. To provide further help, "remedy" means fix, solution, solve; "quake" means tremor, shake.
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ADAPT
Change
Differ
Contrast
Compare
Advance
To "adapt" is to "change" as circumstances change. "Advance" is to move forward; "compare" is to look at similarities; and "contrast" is to look at differences.
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ADAPT
Change
Differ
Contrast
Compare
Advance
To "adapt" is to "change" as circumstances change. "Advance" is to move forward; "compare" is to look at similarities; and "contrast" is to look at differences.
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
OUTPERFORM
Do better than
Do worse than
Overwhelm
Underwhelm
Intrinsic
The prefix "out-"generally means surpassing or exceeding, so if you “outperform” someone, you perform better than they do. So, "do better than" is the correct answer. To provide further help, “overwhelm” means overpower emotionally and “underwhelm” means disappoint, and “intrinsic” means basic, natural, or inherent.
Synonyms: Select the word whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
PARTAKE
Participate
Grant
Transfer
Convey
If people "partake" of something such as cake at a birthday party, it means they consume it or share in it ; if they partake in some activity, they participate in it or take part in it; so, "participate" is the correct answer. None of the other answer choices are close in meaning to "partake": "grant" means allow when used as a verb; "convey"means transport when referring to physical objects or people and suggest when referring to ideas; and "transfer" means convey from one location to another or convey from the ownership of one person or group to the ownership of another person or group.
Synonyms: Select the word whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
PARTAKE
Participate
Grant
Transfer
Convey
If people "partake" of something such as cake at a birthday party, it means they consume it or share in it ; if they partake in some activity, they participate in it or take part in it; so, "participate" is the correct answer. None of the other answer choices are close in meaning to "partake": "grant" means allow when used as a verb; "convey"means transport when referring to physical objects or people and suggest when referring to ideas; and "transfer" means convey from one location to another or convey from the ownership of one person or group to the ownership of another person or group.
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PRESERVE
Save
Demand
Evade
Escalate
Portray
"Preserve" means to save or to keep safe. To further help you, "evade" means to get out of the way of; "escalate" means make worse or make more severe; "portray" means show.
A synonym of "exact" is __________.
extract
donate
mix up
wander
cry out
"Exact" is a word that can be used as an adjective or a verb, but because all of the possible answer choices are verbs, we will need to consider "exact" as a verb. As a verb, "exact" means either "demand and obtain (something, especially a payment) from someone" or "inflict (revenge) on someone." So, we need to pick out a verb that means something like "demand and obtain" or "inflict revenge on." So, "donate" cannot be the correct answer, because "donate" is an antonym, not a synonym, of "demand and obtain." "Extract," however, is a verb that means "obtain (something such as money or an admission) from someone in the face of initial unwillingness," and because "extract" is the answer choice closest in meaning to "exact," "extract" is the correct answer.