SSAT Verbal Section Sample Test 6
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This section consists of two different types of questions: synonyms and analogies. There are directions and a sample question for each type.
Synonyms
Each of the following questions consists of one word followed by five words or phrases. You are to select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
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[question text="CONTORT: " answers="*bend#deform#color#amuse#occupy "]
[question text="GRIM: " answers="clean#relaxing#frown#*harsh#irresponsible "]
[question text="PROHIBIT: " answers="attempt#recount#diminish#conserve#*forbid "]
[question text="VACANT: " answers="*stark#varied#dreary#rented#huge "]
[question text="AUSTERE: " answers="plentiful#ornate#miserly#*severe#empty "]
[question text="QUELL: " answers="*stifle#dissemble#articulate#praise highly#rock gently "]
[question text="FORTIFY: " answers="emphasize#*strengthen#revere#diffuse#surround "]
[question text="PROCLIVITY: " answers="efficiency#accuracy#authenticity#*propensity#proprietary "]
[question text="FORMIDABLE: " answers="malleable#*powerful#talented#fearful#trainable "]
[question text="STYMIE: " answers="constuct#swindle#depress#*frustrate#reason "]
[question text="CONCILIATE: " answers="*pacify#replace#inform#expose#surpass "]
[question text="REFRACTORY: " answers="*stubborn#excessive#ironic#inhumane#improper "]
[question text="TRUNCATE: " answers="pack#*shorten#grow#remind#reproach "]
[question text="MEAGER: " answers="gullible#novel#vulnerable#*sparse#providential "]
[question text="CREDIBLE: " answers="obsolete#*plausible#fabulous#mundane#superficial "]
[question text="CULPABLE: " answers="elusive#unheralded#esoteric#*worthy of blame#sanctioned "]
[question text="DEPLORE: " answers="rejoice#mitigate#*lament#imply#prevent "]
[question text="ACCLAIM: " answers="*compliment#feast#assert#blame#compose "]
[question text="GUILE: " answers="vengeance#fear#trust#loathing#*cunning "]
[question text="FALLOW: " answers="prompt#*unused#deep#secondary#recessive "]
[question text="CHAMPION: " answers="deter#force#fight#*side with#change "]
[question text="IMBUE: " answers="renew#*suffuse#dawdle#compete#impress "]
[question text="POSTHUMOUS: " answers="in the future#post war#*after death#during the age of#promptly "]
[question text="INAUSPICIOUS: " answers="colorless#prudent#misplaced#*unfortunate#raising intelligent questions "]
[question text="RENAISSANCE: " answers="carnival#fortune#burial#*revival#earlier time "]
[question text="DECOMPOSITION: " answers="combustion#infiltraion#perturbation#equalization#*disintegration "]
[question text="AGGRANDIZEMENT: " answers="assessment#leniency#restitution#annulment#*glorification "]
[question text="GULLIBLE: " answers="stranded#*easily deceived#distant#assailable#scheduled "]
[question text="REFUTATION: " answers="attraction#*rebuttal#legal activity#confirmation#enthusiastic response "]
[question text="ERRATIC: " answers="constant#amiable#innate#*inconsistent#caustic "]
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Analogies
The following questions ask you to find relationships between words. For each question, select the answer choice that best completes the meaning of the sentence.
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[question text="Composer is to score as " answers="conductor is to orchestra#operator is to telephone#teacher is to classroom#attorney is to trial#*author is to book "]
[question text="Stanza is to poem as " answers="sonnet is to play#drama is to theater#*paragraph is to essay#teacher is to class#preface is to book "]
[question text="Sovereign is to monarchy as " answers="*principal is to school#assistants are to administrators#project is to workers#team is to a crew#state is to town "]
[question text="Cylinder is to can as " answers="circle is to square#perimeter is to area#*cube is to dice#line is to angle#arc is to sphere "]
[question text="Laughter is to joke as " answers="read is to story#question is to answer#*wince is to pain#talk is to conversation#cramp is to swim "]
[question text="Pint is to quart as " answers="cup is to teaspoon#mile is to road#measure is to recipe#*week is to year#temperature is to thermometer "]
[question text="Massive is to weight " answers="*gargantuan is to size#acute is to hearing#tender is to feeling#simple is to thought#foolish is to idea "]
[question text="Scrawl is to writing as " answers="decipher is to code#*babble is to speaking#carve is to stone#tango is to dancing#direct is to acting "]
[question text="Stoic is to emotion as " answers="serious is to concern#soothe is to injury#*amorphous is to shape#choke is to morsel#breathe is to life "]
[question text="Frugal is to spending as " answers="fractious is to divisive#impossible is to challenging#*unruly is to obedient#warmth is to welcoming#boastful is to pride "]
[question text="Integrity is to honesty as " answers="comprehension is to instruction#fame is to happiness#*resolution is to determination#severity is to compassion#quotation is to report "]
[question text="Lily is to flower as " answers="oak is to birch#needle is to thread#forest is to deciduous#season is to winter#*pine is to wood "]
[question text="Ship is to galley as " answers="wheel is to car#fireplace is to heat#lobby is to apartment#*house is to kitchen#exhibit is to museum "]
[question text="Blooming is to rose as " answers="withered is to vine#prolific is to weed#fertile is to field#edible is to corn#*ripe is to tomato "]
[question text="Mask is to face " answers="coat is to fabric#*shoe is to foot#belt is to leather#hem is to skirt#invitation is to party "]
[question text="Agenda is to meeting as " answers="clipboard is to paper#rule is to order#map is to car#*blueprint is to building#gavel is to podium "]
[question text="Pathology is to disease " answers="*psychology is to mind#chemistry is to science#doctor is to coroner#sadness is to anguish#hospital is to nurse "]
[question text="Autobiography is to author " answers="autograph is to signature#self-sufficiency is to provision#automation is to worker#*self-portrait is to artist#autopsy is to doctor "]
[question text="Bird is to migration as " answers="parrot is to imitation#ranger is to conservation#*bear is to hibernation#lawyer is to accusation#traveler is to location "]
[question text="Border is to country as " answers="*perimeter is to area#land is to owner#road is to street#area is to volume#capital is to state "]
[question text="Patter is to rain as " answers="rainbow is to storm#call is to telephone#*clank is to chain#volume is to radio#eruption is to volcano "]
[question text="Brazen is to tact as " answers="*lethargic is to energy#agile is to strength#humongous is to size#ancient is to time#fallen is to grace "]
[question text="Taciturn is to words as " answers="*thrifty is to money#petty is to concern#silly is to extras#startled is to surprise#trusting is to care "]
[question text="Scalpel is to surgeon as " answers="*razor is to barber#soil is to gardener#chef is to skillet#patient is to doctor#bridge is to engineer "]
[question text="Storyteller is to listener as " answers="accompanist is to composer#critique is to commentator#banter is to humorist#anthologist is to editor#*pantomime is to viewer "]
[question text="Gully is to erosion as " answers="drought is to precipitation#*mine is to excavation#clot is to dispersion#forest is to cultivation#water is to inundation"]
[question text="Drip is to deluge as " answers="shine is to polish#warm is to heat#yearn is to wish#*smolder is to blaze#bend is to straight "]
[question text="Lax is to resolution as " answers="hapless is to circumstance#detrimental is to destruction#*deceitful is to sincerity#vulnerable is to wound#accessible is to rewarded "]
[question text="Hammer is to pound as " answers="vase is to flowers#briefcase is to papers#nail is to wood#screwdriver is to tool#*jack is to raise "]
[question text="Lexicon is to words as " answers="transcribing is to reading#tome is to libraries#autobiographical is to books#*anthology is to works#parchment is to pages "]
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