All SSAT Middle Level Verbal Resources
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Example Question #33 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
RUMMAGE
Dive under
Exercise
Search through
Cross
Leap over
Search through
"Rummage" means to search through. "Dive under" means to go below something, usually below water. "Leap over" means to jump over something. "Cross" means to move to the other side of. "Exercise" means to engage in physical activity or to make use of something, usually something abstract.
Example Question #34 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
FADE
Appear
Vanish
Distribute
Rise
Watch
Vanish
"Fade" means to vanish gradually. "Appear" is an antonym of "vanish"; it means to show up. "Watch" means to look or observe. "Rise" means to get up or to move upwards. "Distribute" means to give out.
Example Question #35 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
JUMBLE
Solve
Celebrate
Identify
Separate
Mix up
Mix up
"Jumble" means mix up. "Separate" means split or pull apart. "Identify" means single out or pick out. "Solve" means fix or answer. "Celebrate" means commemorate an event through enjoyable activities.
Example Question #941 : Identifying Synonyms
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
JUXTAPOSE
Equivocate
Contrition
Advocate
Contrast
Empathize
Contrast
Juxtapose means to put two differing things together. For clarification, "equivocate" means to be deliberately unclear, "empathize" means to understand another’s feelings, "advocate" means support, and "contrition" is a feeling of genuine remorse and guilt.
Example Question #37 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
INTEGRATE
Transcend
Prohibit
Split apart
Resilient
Bring together
Bring together
"Integrate" means to bring together or to put together. For clarification, "resilient" means able to recover quickly from setbacks, "transcend" means to go beyond or to be apart from the world, and "prohibit" means forbid.
Example Question #38 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
DISTORT
Suspend
Twist
Defy
Genial
Commend
Twist
"Distort" means to twist something out of shape or to manipulate. For clarification, "commend" means to praise, "genial" means friendly and affable, and "deify" means worship. The prefix "dei-" usually suggests that the word will mean of or pertaining to God or religion in some way.
Example Question #39 : Synonyms: Verbs About Physical Changes, Movement, Or Location
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
ERADICATE
Edify
Destroy
Instruct
Educate
Teach
Destroy
"Eradicate" means get rid of or destroy. For clarification, the other four answer choices are all synonyms of one another, and mean help someone to gain knowledge about something.
Example Question #942 : Identifying Synonyms
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
BLOCKADE
Decide
Clarify
Inform
Barricade
Disclose
Barricade
"Blockade" means seal off or block off an area's points of entry and exit, so "barricade," which also means block off an area's points of entry and exit, is the closest synonym of "blockade" and the correct answer. "Disclose" means reveal or open. "Inform" means tell some information to another. "Decide" means make a choice. "Clarify" means make clear or make something easier to understand.
Example Question #1751 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
HURTLE
Sprint
Drench
Shrink
Compare
Distinguish
Sprint
"Hurtle" means run or move at a great speed and usually in an uncontrolled manner, so "sprint," which means run very quickly, is the correct answer. "Compare" means identify similar and dissimilar qualities of two or more things. "Shrink" means make smaller. "Drench" means wet or soak. "Distinguish" means tell apart two or more people or things.
Example Question #1752 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
ANNIHILATE
to swell
Deny
Build
Destroy
Continue
Destroy
"Annihilate" means obliterate or completely destroy, so "destroy" is the correct answer. "Build" is an antonym of "annihilate" and "destroy"; it is a verb that means construct. "Deny" means refuse or reject. "Swell" means expand or become larger. "Continue" means keep going.
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