SSAT Verbal Section Sample Test 8

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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="TIGHTFISTED: " answers="Nebulous#Impecunious#Overt#*Thrifty#Prodigal "]

[question text="EVENHANDED: " answers="Unfair#Partial#Biased#*Unbiased#Truthful "]

[question text="DIAPHANOUS: " answers="Ominous#Frangible#Sturdy#Webbed#*Gauzy "]

[question text="CUPIDITY: " answers="Confidence#Lust#Shame#*Avarice#Love "]

[question text="BLATANT: " answers="Subtle#Blaring#*Patent#Expected#Terrible "]

[question text="PLACID: " answers="Placated#*Tranquil#Dull#Candid#Gregarious "]

[question text="GERMANE: " answers="*Pertinent#Irrelevant#Important#Considerable#Unimportant "]

[question text="ODYSSEY: " answers="Errand#Vacation#*Trek#Jaunt#History "]

[question text="ADHERE: " answers="Sticky#Insult#*Obey#Prize#Develop "]

[question text="BANAL: " answers="Shallow#Determined#*Unoriginal#Unseemly#Notorious "]

[question text="GOAD: " answers="Garrison#*Provoke#Recount#Understand#Imply "]

[question text="NONPLUSSED: " answers="Controlled#Apathetic#*Surprised#Untrustworthy#Genial "]

[question text="QUAGMIRE: " answers="*Predicament #Quintessential#Malaise#Spurious#Replete "]

[question text="AMBIGUOUS: " answers="Ambidextrous#Pristine#Indubitable#Undeniable#*Unclear "]

[question text="OPINE: " answers="Know#Mingle#Inter#Contest#*Contend "]

[question text="CURSORY: " answers="Deft#*Hasty#Comprehensive#Inadequate#Depressed "]

[question text="MISANTHROPIC: " answers="Prospective#Preventable#Apparent#Educated#*Hateful "]

[question text="SOLILOQUY: " answers="Destiny#Permission#Stagnation#*Monologue#Sphere "]

[question text="PEDAGOGY: " answers="Vibration#Repellent#Empire#*Teaching#Prodigy "]

[question text="HYPERBOLE: " answers="Vignette#Evasion#Tribune#Supremacy#*Exaggeration "]

[question text="SAVANT: " answers="Irony#Accumulation#*Scholar#Epicure#Mirage "]

[question text="VERBOSE: " answers="Literary#*Wordy#Soft-spoken#Literal#Conjugated "]

[question text="ACQUIT: " answers="Sentence#*Exonerate#Ignore#Judge#Imprision "]

[question text="PRETENTIOUS: " answers="Fictitious#*Ostentatious#Illusory#Ephemeral#Unreal "]

[question text="EXHUME: " answers="*Unearth#Bury#Sepulcher#Enliven#Replace "]

[question text="TRANSITION: " answers="Termination#*Alteration#Dismissal#Oversight#Regress "]

[question text="INGRESS: " answers="Interior#Private#*Entryway#Insult#Discredit "]

[question text="INVULNERABLE: " answers="*Invincible#Victorious#Rugged#Presumptuous#Enervated "]

[question text="EXCLAIM: " answers="Berate#Swear#*Shout#Opine#Interrupt "]

[question text="COALESCE: " answers="Fossilize#Heal#Uncover#*Unite#Recover "]

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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="Ceiling is to room as " answers="leaves are to trees#plant is to harvest#cave is to stalactite#*canopy is to forest#floor is to carpet "]

[question text="Deter is to encourage as " answers="detriment is to damage #offend is to apologize#*cease is to start#condone is to allow#likely is to probable "]

[question text="Censor is to obscene as " answers="hardware is to software#raze is to build#*retract is to incorrect#book is to text#type is to mendacious "]

[question text="Blue is to azure as " answers="yellow is to cerulean#brown is to verdant#pink is to vermillion#green is to crimson#*red is to ruddy "]

[question text="Accolade is to proud as  " answers="dinner is to hungry#car is to automotive#limber is to stretch#melody is to song#*threat is to afraid "]

[question text="Verify is to true as " answers="encourage is to hearten#skeleton is to musculature#*suspect is to false#aspire is to subpar#forget is to information "]

[question text="Pragmatic is to idealistic as " answers="lacking is to insufficient#likely is to probable#*dolorous is to ecstatic#serene is to calm#symptom is to disease "]

[question text="Preceding is to following as " answers="last is to first#interim is to interlude#*introductory is to subsequent#final is to initial#concluding is to expository "]

[question text="Clock is to time as  " answers="volume is to gram#length is to ruler#*odometer is to distance#degree is to temperature#meter is to yard "]

[question text="Affix is to post as " answers="explanation is to demand#grow is to wilt#*verify is to substantiate#cheese is to cheddar#car is to drive "]

[question text="Tote is to lug as  " answers="despondency is to determination#scale is to heaviness#*nag is to pester#rat is to flea#proportionate is to size "]

[question text="Sleepwalk is to asleep as " answers="eat is to thirsty#*rest is to exhausted#fly is to wings#give up is to optimistic#clumsy is to stumble "]

[question text="Flammable is to burnt as frangible is to " answers="delicious#justified#shards#vase#*shattered"]

[question text="Saccharine is to sweet as nosy is to " answers="attention#*interested#willful#prying#neighbor "]

[question text="Dog is to dalmatian as " answers="*cheese is to cheddar#melt is to candle#fork is to spoon#vegetarian is to meat#melt is to candle "]

[question text="Grotto is to cavern as gorge is to " answers="mountain#hill#*canyon#ocean#clod "]

[question text="Hair is to bald as money is to " answers="tightfisted#lavish#investment#investment#*destitute "]

[question text="Cow is to beef as deer is to " answers="stag#mare#*venison#pork#veal "]

[question text="Look-alike is to sight as homophone is to " answers="spelling#*sound#taste#smell#charm "]

[question text="Bee is to hive as rabbit is to  " answers="*warren#fur#apiary#cocoon#nest "]

[question text="Inflame is to angry as mortify is to " answers="tired#calm#*embarassed#happy#sad "]

[question text="Candy is to wrapper as orange is to " answers="restraint#*rind#seeds#fruit#citrus "]

[question text="Bandage is to scrape as suture is to " answers="sprain#headache#bruise#beauty#*cut "]

[question text="Pendulum is to oscillate as satellite is to  " answers="*orbit#break#technology#space#communicate "]

[question text="Cartographer is to map as vintner is to " answers="hats#coffee#shoes #soda#*wine "]

[question text="Positive is to utopia as negative is to " answers="myriad#*dystopia#postmodern#ephemeral#divine "]

[question text="Man is to biped as dog is to " answers="*quadruped#triped#pentode#tripod #quadriceps "]

[question text="Aquaphobia is to water as chronophobia is to " answers="love#insects#*time#loneliness#poverty "]

[question text="Calligraphy is to handwriting as cuisine is to  " answers="restaurant#drink#*food#culture#charm "]

[question text="Warm is to hot as amusing is to " answers="parsimonious#derivative#eloquent#despondent#*uproarious "]

[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 "]

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