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Example Question #1983 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Synonyms: Choose the answer that most closely matches the word in capital letters.
CONTORT
Conversate
Increase
Befriend
Construct
Twist
Twist
"Twist" is the best answer choice. "Contort" means to twist, bend, or draw out of shape.
Example Question #1193 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INFUSE
Insult
Release
Inject
Merge
Accelerate
Inject
"Infuse" means to inject, so "inject" is the correct answer. You may have been able to associate the two words based on their shared "in-" prefix, which in each does not function as a negative prefix but instead means inward.
Example Question #1194 : Synonyms
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
POSTERITY
Possibility
Future generations
Ancestors
Acumen
Fables
Future generations
Something that is preserved for "posterity" is preserved for future generations to enjoy, so "future generations" is the correct answer. For clarification, "ancestors" are forefathers or, more generally, the people who came before us, and "acumen" means insight or shrewdness.
Example Question #1195 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INCOMPETENT
Formulaic
Appropriate
Inept
Useful
Inappropriate
Inept
"Incompetent" means incapable of doing something, so "inept," a word which means unskilled, is the correct answer. For clarification, "formulaic" means trite or following a standard format, "useful" means practical, "appropriate" means suitable, and "inappropriate" means improper.
Example Question #31 : Synonyms: Prefixes From Latin
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONSENSUS
Accord
Adept
Adversity
Candor
Control
Accord
"Consensus" means a unanimous agreement or an accord, so "accord" is the correct answer. For clarification, "unanimous" means concordant and specifically refers to a situation in which all parties agree to something; "adversity" means hardships or difficulties that need to be overcome, "adept" means skilled, "candor" means honesty or frankness, and "control" means dominance.
Example Question #32 : Synonyms: Prefixes From Latin
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
DISTASTEFUL
Unpleasant
Praiseworthy
Agreeable
Well-mannered
Excessive
Unpleasant
"Distasteful" means unpleasant. "Agreeable" means pleasant, so it is an antonym, not a synonym, of "civil," and cannot be the correct answer. None of the other answers are close in meaning to "distasteful": "praiseworthy" means of high quality or worthy of praise or worrisome, "well-mannered" means having good manners or polite, and "excessive" means more than is necessary or too much.
Example Question #33 : Synonyms: Prefixes From Latin
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
DISSATISFIED
Grateful
Pleased
Unhappy
Respectable
Joyful
Unhappy
One can infer that "dissatisfied" means not satisfied because it is a combination of the negative prefix "dis-", which means not, and the word "satisfied." "Unhappy" is the answer choice that is closest in meaning to "dissatisfied," so "unhappy" is the correct answer.
Example Question #37 : Using Prefixes, Suffixes, And Roots To Identify Synonyms
Synonyms: choose the answer with the meaning closest to the word in question.
Recall
to remember
to begin
to disturb
to direct
to research
to remember
"Recall" means to remember.
Example Question #34 : Synonyms: Prefixes From Latin
Synonyms: Choose the word or phrase that most closely matches the word in capital letters.
INTERPOSE
Interrupt
Commodious
Douse
Abduct
Cliché
Interrupt
The prefix inter- means between, and the word “interpose” means to put between, to interject into a conversation. This is closest in meaning to “interrupt,” which you will notice has the same prefix. To provide further help, “abduct” means kidnap, take; a “cliché” is something likely true, but well-established and unoriginal; “douse” means cover in water; “commodious” means roomy, spacious.
Example Question #35 : Synonyms: Prefixes From Latin
Synonyms: Choose the answer that most closely matches the word in capital letters.
EXTRAJUDICIAL
Outside the country
Dismissal from the court
Outside conventional science
Outside the law
Changes to the Constitution
Outside the law
“Judicial” means related to law or legal matters, and the prefix extra- means beyond, outside of, so “extrajudicial” means beyond the law, or outside the law. To provide further help, “conventional” means ordinary; the “constitution” is the written down set of founding laws and principles for a country; “dismissal” means removal.
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