All SSAT Elementary Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #1 :Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Synonyms: select the word that most closely matches.
Laud
Praise
Win
Help
Cooperate
Dislike
Praise
Laud and Praise both mean to give acclaim to.
Example Question #1 :Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
A synonym of "bewilder" is . . .
avid
colossal
confusion
collapse
perplex
perplex
Since "bewilder" is a verb that means "confuse," we need to find another verb that also means "confuse." While "confusion" may look like a great answer choice, it is a noun, not a verb (it doesn't represent an action) so it can't be the right answer. However, because "perplex" means "confuse," it is the correct answer.
Example Question #172 :Synonyms
Which is a synonym forpardon?
Penalty
Hold
None of the other answer choices.
Forgive
Blame
Forgive
"Pardon" and "forgive" both mean to excuse from blame.
Example Question #3 :Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
A synonym of "clarify" is . . .
weaken
explain
jump
clean
fortify
explain
"Clarify" is a verb that means "make a statement or situation less confused and more clearly comprehensible," so we need to pick out another verb that means something like "make something more clearly understandable." While "clean" might look like a potentially correct answer, "clean" means " free from dirt, marks, or stains." Because "clean" does not have the same meaning as "clarify," "clean" cannot be the correct answer. "Explain," however, is a verb that means "make an idea, situation, or problem clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts or ideas." Because "explain" is the answer choice closest in meaning to "clarify," "explain" is the correct answer.
Example Question #2 :Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Which word could have a similar meaning to the underlined word?
The boydecievedhis classmates by pretending the faint.
hid
misled
None of the above
left
rose
misled
“误导”,制作h is the past tense of "mislead," can be substitued into the sentence to maintain the meaning.
Example Question #3 :Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Which word could have a similar meaning to the underlined word?
As she looked into her crystal ball, sheforesawthe future.
confused
None of the above
forgot
dialed
predicted
predicted
"Predicted" could replace "foresaw" to maintain a similar meaning.
Example Question #4 :Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Which word could have a similar meaning to the underlined word?
She couldcomprehendalmost anything that she read.
None of the above
waste
understand
find
forget
understand
"Comprehend" could be replaced by "understand" to maintain a similar meaning for the sentence.
Example Question #1 :Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Synonyms: choose the answer that is closest in meaning to the word in question.
Analyze
to attend
to study
to exercise
to travel
to propose
to study
"Analyze" meansto study or examine.
Example Question #2 :Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Synonyms: choose the answer with the meaning closest to the word in question.
Educate
to find out
to fire
to teach
to practice
to scold
to teach
"Educate" meansto teach.
Example Question #5 :Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
SOLVE
Shoot
Act
Talk
Figure out
Wrap
Figure out
这意味着“解决”是一个动词figure out, so "figure out" is the correct answer.