SSAT Middle Level Verbal : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Personality Traits

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Example Question #1 :Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Personality Traits

Synonyms

Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.

RECLUSIVE

Possible Answers:

avoiding the company of others

wise

suspicious

extroverted

coiled

Correct answer:

avoiding the company of others

Explanation:

Reclusive means to avoid the company of others.

Example Question #2 :Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Personality Traits

Synonyms

Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.

PASSIVE

Possible Answers:

insightful

filled with holes

submissive

vocal

dominant

Correct answer:

submissive

Explanation:

Passive means submissive.

Example Question #3 :Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Personality Traits

Synonyms

Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.

一个LOOF

Possible Answers:

invisible

vocal

quick

reserved

light

Correct answer:

reserved

Explanation:

一个loof means someone is reserved.

Example Question #4 :Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Personality Traits

一个synonym of “dour” is __________.

Possible Answers:

persuasive

grim

的班次ticed

好战的

cheerful

Correct answer:

grim

Explanation:

“Dour” is an adjective that means “relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance.” So, we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like “severe,” “stern,” or “gloomy.” That means that “cheerful” cannot be the correct answer, because “cheerful” is an adjective that can mean either “noticeably happy and optimistic” or “causing happiness by its nature or appearance,” making it an antonym, not a synonym, of “dour.” “Grim,” however, is an adjective that can mean “ unrelentingly harsh; merciless or severe,” and because “grim” is the answer choice closest in meaning to “dour,” “grim” is the correct answer.

Example Question #3 :Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Personality Traits

一个synonym of “haughty” is __________.

Possible Answers:

proud

plaintive

neurotic

humble

serendipitous

Correct answer:

proud

Explanation:

“Haughty” is an adjective that means “arrogantly superior and disdainful.” So, we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like “disdainful.” That means that “humble” cannot be the correct answer, because “humble” is an adjective that means “having or showing a modest or low estimate of one’s own importance,” making it an antonym, not a synonym, of “haughty.” “Proud,” however, is an adjective that can mean “having or showing a high or excessively high opinion of oneself or one’s importance,” and because “proud” is the answer choice closest in meaning to “haughty,” “proud” is the correct answer.

Example Question #6 :Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Personality Traits

Synonyms: Select the words that are most similar in meaning.

Furtive

Possible Answers:

Receding

Refurbished

圣ealthy

Symbolic

Memorable

Correct answer:

圣ealthy

Explanation:

"Furtive" meansstealthy, sly, or shifty.

Example Question #7 :Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Personality Traits

Synonyms: choose the word with a meaning most similar to the word in question.

一个ltruistic

Possible Answers:

Oblong

Changing

Twisted

Selfless

Traditional

Correct answer:

Selfless

Explanation:

"Altruistic" means beingunselfishly concerned with the well-being of others.

Example Question #1 :Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Personality Traits

Synonyms: pick the word that is most similar in meaning to the word in question.

Industrious

Possible Answers:

一个ffected

Depraved

Ulterior

Pressing

Hard-working

Correct answer:

Hard-working

Explanation:

"Industrious" meanshard-working.

Example Question #9 :Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Personality Traits

Synonyms: choose the answer with the meaning closest to the word in question.

Moody

Possible Answers:

Dark

Friendly

Desperate

Generous

Emotional

Correct answer:

Emotional

Explanation:

"Moody" meansemotionally variable.

Example Question #10 :Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Personality Traits

Synonyms: choose the word closest in meaning to the word in question.

FRUGAL

Possible Answers:

Thrifty

Rich

Gentle

Money

Wasteful

Correct answer:

Thrifty

Explanation:

"Frugal" meansthrifty. A person who is frugal is careful with how they spend their money.

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