All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #153 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SENSATIONAL
Shocking
Garrulous
Tactile
Thought-provoking
Muted
Shocking
Sensational means causing great public excitement, or shocking.
Example Question #154 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VOLATILE
Stoic
Mercurial
Seasoned
Charismatic
Bothersome
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 #155 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PENSIVE
Hurried
Uplifting
Verifiable
Sociable
Thoughtful
Thoughtful
"Pensive" means thoughtful or reflective. The root wood, "pensare," means to consider.
Example Question #156 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VEHEMENT
Plausible
Passionate
Dominant
Rebellious
Malignant
Passionate
"Vehement" means passionate or angry.
Example Question #157 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ABJECT
Unforgettable
Erroneous
Miserable
Heavy
Scared
Miserable
"Abject" means utterly hopeless or miserable.
Example Question #158 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PETULANT
Irritable
Gifted
Unsound
Delicious
Logical
Irritable
"Petulant" means irritable or impatient.
Example Question #159 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
APATHETIC
Ignorant
Aggressive
Motivated
Lawless
Uninterested
Uninterested
"Apathetic" means uninterested or indifferent.
Example Question #160 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ELATED
Delicious
Tedious
Saddened
Joyful
Immediate
Joyful
"Elated" means very happy or overjoyed.
Example Question #41 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
JUBILANT
Morose
Juvenile
Lavish
Joyful
Stalwart
Joyful
"Jubilant" means joyful.
Example Question #42 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
HISTRIONIC
Tedious
Ancient
Historical
Dull
Dramatic
Dramatic
"Histrionic" means extremely dramatic.
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