SSAT Middle Level Verbal › Synonyms: Verbs About Emotional Changes
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
ABHOR
Detest
Love
Absolve
Abolish
Imagine
If you "abhor" something you hate and detest it. For clarification detest is a synonym of abhor; "abolish" means get rid of; "absolve" means to remove blame from someone.
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OVERWHELMED
Overcome
Overage
Overnight
Overachieve
Underachieve
The verbs "overwhelmed" and "overcome" are the closest in meaning both meaning to be overpowered or conquered (can be used metaphorically, as in "overcome with emotion"). "Overage" is a banking term; "overnight" describes something that lasts through the night until morning; "overachieve" refers to succeeding more than is expected at a task; "underachieve" is an antonym to "overachieve."
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PETRIFY
Terrify
Encourage
Malign
Welcome
Convince
"Petrify" means to _terrify or to scare someone so badly that they can't move; "_petrify" can also mean to become inert or fossilized.
"Convince" means t_o assure or persuade someone_.
"Welcome" means to receive someone, to accost someone or approach someone with a greeting.
"Malign" means to defame, besmirch, or denigrate something.
"Encourage" means to stimulate, to boost or to buoy someone's confidence; to give someone courage.
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FRET
Worry
Appease
Scorn
Repudiate
Sanction
"Fret" means to "worry," to agonize, or to brood.
"Sanction" means to authorize, approve or certify.
"Repudiate" means to abandon something, to turn one's back on, to reject something.
"Scorn" means to feel contempt, to sneer or to disdain.
"Appease" means to satisfy, to pacify or to alleviate.
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Abhor
Hate
Jest
Notify
Collect
Revoke
To "abhor" is to hate.
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Startle
to surprise
to exercise
to devote
to consider
to fantasize
"Startle" means to surprise.
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SCORN
Disdain
Admiration
Persuasion
Demolition
Business
“Scorn” is a noun that means “contempt,” so we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like “contempt.” That means that “admiration” cannot be the correct answer, because “admiration” means “respect and warm approval,” making it an antonym, not a synonym, of “scorn.” “Disdain,” however, is a noun that means “the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one’s consideration or respect; contempt,” and because “disdain” is the answer choice closest in meaning to “scorn,” “disdain” is the correct answer.
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SATE
satisfy fully
resist
corrupt
sit
proclaim
"Sate" means to satisfy fully.
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BEWITCH
Charm
Curse
Deceive
Attract
Incense
"Bewitch" means to "charm" someone, to fascinate or to dazzle someone.
"Incense" means to make someone very angry, to enrage.
"Reject" means to say no, to refuse, to deny.
"Deceive" means to mislead someone, to lie, to be dishonest.
"Curse" means to say a bad word, or to put an evil spell on someone.
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GRATIFY
Please
Correct
Mistake
Barter
Sling
"Gratify" means please, satisfy, or gladden, so "please" is the correct answer. "Correct" means fix an error or mistake or make right. "Mistake," when used as a verb, means commit an error. "Barter" is a verb that means trade goods. "Sling," when used as a verb, means throw or fling an object.