All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
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Example Question #1391 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONDUCIVE
Tepid
Correct
Helpful
Outgoing
Angular
Helpful
"Conducive" means helpful or tending to produce.
Example Question #1392 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SANGUINE
Bloody
Determined
Civilized
Credible
Hissing
Bloody
"Sanguine" means bloody or cheerful. The Latin root word, "sanguis," means blood.
Example Question #1393 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
AMENABLE
Pious
Unpleasant
Agreeable
Mean
Handy
Agreeable
Someone who is "amenable" is agreeable, pleasant, or easy to get along with; someone who is not stubborn or pig-headed is amenable.
Example Question #1394 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MERCENARY
Perplexing
Normal
Greedy
Amusing
Verbose
Greedy
The adjective, "mercenary," means greedy. The Latin root word, "merces," means wages.
Example Question #1395 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INSIDIOUS
Perfect
Imaginative
Squalid
Sparse
Harmful
Harmful
"Insidious" means harmful in a stealthy way.
Example Question #1396 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MACABRE
Soaked
Ingenious
Flowing
Gruesome
Moral
Gruesome
"Macabre" means gruesome or ghastly. It also means pertaining to death.
Example Question #1397 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FRUITFUL
Misleading
Foolish
Wild
Fertile
Arid
Fertile
"Fruitful" means fertile.
Example Question #1398 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COMATOSE
Disturbed
Alert
Unconscious
Eager
Memorable
Unconscious
"Comatose" means unconscious.
Example Question #1399 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
AVOWED
Attuned
Proximal
Self-confessed
Married
Contemptuous
Self-confessed
"Avowed" means admitted publicly, or self-declared.
Example Question #1400 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FERAL
Sluggish
Savage
Spacious
Destitute
Euphoric
Savage
"Feral" means wild or savage; Destitute means poor; Spacious means roomy; Euphoric means extremely happy; and Sluggish means slow moving.
All SSAT Upper Level Verbal Resources
