All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #1811 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
APPEAL
Slice
Send
Request
Officiate
Decompose
Request
Appeal means to make a serious or urgent request.
Example Question #1812 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REVERE
Turn
Linger
Orate
Castigate
Honor
Honor
To revere someone is to have respect and awe for him or her. To honor someone is to show him or her a high degree of respect.
Example Question #1813 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COMMISERATE
Collaborate
Salute
Sympathize
Change
Market
Sympathize
Commiserate means to express pity for or sympathize with someone.
Example Question #1814 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REBUKE
Experiment
Abhor
Scold
Abscond
Misrepresent
Scold
To rebuke and to scold both mean to express disapproval.
Example Question #1815 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
UNDERSCORE
Mistake
Brighten
Emphasize
Marvel
Record
Emphasize
Underscore means to underline, or emphasize.
Example Question #1816 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BERATE
Excite
Bury
Accelerate
Brave
Scold
Scold
To berate someone is to scold him or her harshly.
Example Question #1817 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONCEDE
Hurry
Build
Agree
Consider
Surrender
Surrender
To concede is to give in, admit defeat, or surrender.
Example Question #1818 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DELUDE
Trick
Convince
Dream
Drown
Remove
Trick
To "delude" someone is to trick them, deceive them, or lie to them.
Example Question #1819 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DISPARAGE
Frighten
Scatter
Waste
Insult
Separate
Insult
To "disparage" someone or something is to speak badly of it, insult it, or put it down.
Example Question #1820 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ADMONISH
Provide
Nourish
Rebuke
Assist
Support
Rebuke
“Admonish” is a transitive verb that means to rebuke somebody mildly, but earnestly. “Support” and “assist” are antonyms.
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