一个ll SSAT Middle Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
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
avoiding the company of others
wise
suspicious
extroverted
coiled
avoiding the company of others
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
insightful
filled with holes
submissive
vocal
dominant
submissive
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
invisible
vocal
quick
reserved
light
reserved
一个loof means someone is reserved.
Example Question #4 :Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Personality Traits
一个synonym of “dour” is __________.
persuasive
grim
的班次ticed
好战的
cheerful
grim
“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 __________.
proud
plaintive
neurotic
humble
serendipitous
proud
“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
Receding
Refurbished
圣ealthy
Symbolic
Memorable
圣ealthy
"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
Oblong
Changing
Twisted
Selfless
Traditional
Selfless
"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
一个ffected
Depraved
Ulterior
Pressing
Hard-working
Hard-working
"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
Dark
Friendly
Desperate
Generous
Emotional
Emotional
"Moody" meansemotionally variable.
Example Question #10 :Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Personality Traits
Synonyms: choose the word closest in meaning to the word in question.
FRUGAL
Thrifty
Rich
Gentle
Money
Wasteful
Thrifty
"Frugal" meansthrifty. A person who is frugal is careful with how they spend their money.