All SSAT Middle Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #117 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FABRICATE
Fight
Allow
Fake
Enjoy
Scare
Fake
The verb "fabricate" means to fake, to concoct, to invent a fake version of something, to 'make something up'.
Example Question #118 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REIMBURSE
Repay
Replete
Respire
Repeat
Replay
Repay
The verb "reimburse" means to pay someone back who has lost money or given money to you. This is, of course, closest in meaning to "repay." Additionally, "respire" means breathe; "replete" means filled with.
Example Question #119 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONSTRUE
Splice
Interpret
Pilfer
Shun
Cleave
Interpret
The verb "construe" means to understand something in one's own individual way, to interpret something. Additionally, "pilfer" means steal from, plunder; "cleave" means split, sever, hack up; "splice" means join together, attach to; "shun" means ignore.
Example Question #120 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MOCK
Promote
Encourage
Cheer
Tease
Scold
Tease
The correct answer is "tease."
To "mock" (verb) means to tease or laugh at in a scornful way, making "tease" a synonym of the term "mock."
Example Question #121 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SNUB
Chastise
Elevate
Ignore
Pretend
Embrace
Ignore
The correct answer is "ignore."
"Snub" is a verb that means to rebuff, ignore or spurn disdainfully, making "ignore" a synonym of "snub."
Example Question #122 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REFUTE
Disprove
Agree
Giggle
Support
Research
Disprove
The correct answer is "disprove."
"Refute" is a verb that means to prove wrong.
Example Question #123 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OMIT
Sanction
Exclude
Include
Mislead
Regard
Exclude
"Omit" means to exclude, to leave something out, to edit something out or eliminate it.
"Sanction" means to allow, to permit, to approve.
"Regard" means to look at something, or it can mean to judge something or to consider something.
"Mislead" means to give somebody incorrect information, to lie, to dupe.
"Conclude" means to finish or come to an end; it can also mean to decide.
Example Question #124 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
ALIGN
illuminate
disrupt
arrange in a line
lecture
lie
arrange in a line
Align means to arrange in a line.
Example Question #911 : Identifying Synonyms
Synonyms
Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
FORAGE
deflect
scavenge
abide
emerge
leap
scavenge
Forage means to scavenge.
Example Question #2 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
A synonym of "fumble" is __________.
talk aimlessly
look quickly
walk gracefully
wander around
search blindly
search blindly
One meaning of "fumble" is "to search for something by reaching or touching with your fingers in an awkward or clumsy way," we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like "search for." While both "search blindly" and "look quickly" could mean "search for," "search blindly" is the better answer because "blindly" conveys the "awkward or clumsy way" of searching that "fumble" conveys.
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