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Example Question #1701 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VOLATILE
Bothersome
Charismatic
Mercurial
Stoic
Seasoned
Mercurial
“Volatile” is an adjective that can mean “easily evaporated” when referring to a substance, “liable to change rapidly and unpredictably,” or when describing a person, “displaying rapid changes of emotion.” So, we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like “easily evaporated,” “changing rapidly,” or “rapid change of emotion.” That means that “stoic” cannot be the correct answer, because “stoic” means “enduring hardship without showing one’s feelings,” a meaning very distant from that of “volatile.” “Mercurial,” however, is an adjective that can mean “subject to unpredictable changes of mood or mind” when describing a person, and because “mercurial” is the answer choice closest in meaning to “volatile,” “mercurial” is the correct answer.
Example Question #1702 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PENSIVE
Thoughtful
Verifiable
Sociable
Uplifting
Hurried
Thoughtful
"Pensive" means thoughtful or reflective. The root wood, "pensare," means to consider.
Example Question #1703 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VEHEMENT
Plausible
Dominant
Rebellious
Malignant
Passionate
Passionate
"Vehement" means passionate or angry.
Example Question #1704 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ABJECT
Heavy
Scared
Miserable
Unforgettable
Erroneous
Miserable
"Abject" means utterly hopeless or miserable.
Example Question #1705 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PETULANT
Delicious
Irritable
Logical
Gifted
Unsound
Irritable
"Petulant" means irritable or impatient.
Example Question #1706 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
APATHETIC
Uninterested
Aggressive
Ignorant
Motivated
Lawless
Uninterested
"Apathetic" means uninterested or indifferent.
Example Question #1707 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ELATED
Saddened
Delicious
Immediate
Tedious
Joyful
Joyful
"Elated" means very happy or overjoyed.
Example Question #1708 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
JUBILANT
Morose
Juvenile
Lavish
Stalwart
Joyful
Joyful
"Jubilant" means joyful.
Example Question #1709 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
HISTRIONIC
Historical
Ancient
Tedious
Dramatic
Dull
Dramatic
"Histrionic" means extremely dramatic.
Example Question #1710 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ENVIOUS
Erroneous
Sociable
Jealous
Excessive
Incessant
Jealous
"Envious" means jealous; Erroneous means mistaken; Excessive means too much; Sociable means outgoing; and Incessant means continual.
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