SSAT Verbal Section Sample Test 9
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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="INCHOATE: " answers="Indebted#Parallel#*Rudimentary#Beleaguered#Detrimental "]
[question text="ASSIMILATE: " answers="*Subsume#Recover#Assist#Learn#Portray "]
[question text="CONVERGE: " answers="Divulge#Protest#Inoculate#*Meet#Scatter "]
[question text="TARNISH: " answers="Extinguish#Berate#Attempt#Prepare#*Sully "]
[question text="ERECT: " answers="Ignore#Rattle#Straighten#*Construct#Marginalize "]
[question text="RUSTIC: " answers="*Rural#Ordinary#Oxidized#Petite#Shabby "]
[question text="CHAGRIN: " answers="Bewilderment#Intelligence#Sustinence#*Distress#Tantrum "]
[question text="ASSUAGE: " answers="Indicate#Decide#Reward#*Allay#Measure "]
[question text="ABHOR: " answers="Commend#Improve#Forgive#Ignore#*Detest "]
[question text="DEMURE: " answers="Arrogant#Implacable#Brave#Bold#*Modest "]
[question text="STREWN: " answers="Used#Improved#Abused#Coalesced#*Scattered "]
[question text="ENERVATE: " answers="Improve#*Weaken#Energize#Moderate#Strengthen "]
[question text="CONDUIT: " answers="Open#*Medium#Expression#System#Closed "]
[question text="AMALGAMATE: " answers="Bloom#Hallow#*Meld#Pinpoint#Dissociate "]
[question text="PERNICIOUS: " answers="Private#Ominous#*Detrimental#Public#Beneficial "]
[question text="FAR-FETCHED: " answers="Operational#Proportionate#*Improbable#Languishing#Expected "]
[question text="TRUCULENT: " answers="Methodical#Amenable#Whimsical#Sharp#*Belligerent "]
[question text="CANTANKEROUS: " answers="Brave#Intelligent #*Grouchy#Dank#Wild "]
[question text="CONFOUNDING: " answers="Ponderous#Considerate#*Puzzling#Benevolent#Noteworthy "]
[question text="FECUND: " answers="Corpulent#Intelligent#Baleful#*Fertile#Spherical "]
[question text="LITHE: " answers="Dull#*Graceful#Cantankerous#Noble#Portly "]
[question text="PIQUE: " answers="Possess#Explain#Embroider#*Provoke#Pacify "]
[question text="REPOSE: " answers="Energy#Retort#Posture#Invoke#*Rest "]
[question text="DAFT: " answers="Wise#Forceful#*Foolish#Ecstatic#Miserable "]
[question text="INCLINATION: " answers="*Propensity#Integrate#Consecration#Ramp#Fanciful "]
[question text="AGHAST: " answers="*Horrified#Ghostly#Jubilant#Scornful#Cerebral "]
[question text="PROSAIC: " answers="Diction#*Commonplace#Rhetorical#Legendary#Chaotic "]
[question text="CORDIAL: " answers="Redundant#*Amiable#Effervescent#Implacable#Meaningless "]
[question text="TORPID: " answers="Effortless#Winsome#Speedy#Forbidden#*Lethargic "]
[question text="CONVERSE: " answers="*Talk#Rehearse#Force#Weaken#Manipulate "]
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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="Scurry is to hasten as " answers="slow is to quick#embark is to return#glass is to mosaic#*dig is to excavate#very is to barely "]
[question text="Stool is to furniture as hammer is to " answers="sledge#pounding#handyman#*tool#nails "]
[question text="Oration is to spoken as transcript is to " answers="connected#rendition#*written#conversion#observation "]
[question text="Pedant is to tedious as transgressor is to " answers="unforgiving#sentenced#forgiveness#*guilty#judged "]
[question text="Dune is to sand as drift is to " answers="pathway#water#marble#air#*snow "]
[question text="Walk is to ambulatory as " answers="arrange is to scatter#*feel is to sentient#fingernail is to finger#see is to blind#protect is to defensible "]
[question text="Premeditated is to spontaneous as parsimonious is to " answers="worried#powerful#stingy#relaxed#*generous "]
[question text="Icing is to cake as froth is to " answers="anger#irritation#*liquid#suds#lather "]
[question text="Ingredient is to recipe as bristle is to " answers="anger#offended#fear#shag#*brush "]
[question text="District is to city as hour is to " answers="measure#*day#time#portion#moment "]
[question text="Ebullient is to miserable as forgiving is to " answers="*vengeful#demanding#taciturn#grateful#merciful "]
[question text="Gauche is to grace as corrupt is to " answers="*honesty#illicit#distasteful#imprisoned#immoral "]
[question text="Pulmonary is to lungs as cardiac is to " answers="*heart#pump#circulation#tongue#kidney "]
[question text="Laud is to condemn as disparage is to " answers="criticize#reward#*praise#review#explain "]
[question text="Vacuum is to matter as unintelligible is to " answers="idiotic#*meaning#confusing#unknown#terse "]
[question text="Water is to ice as magma is to " answers="*stone#crust#subterranean#molten#circulating "]
[question text="Sector is to circle as segment is to " answers="metrical#extemporaneous#geometry#following#*line "]
[question text="Drowsy is to sedative as energetic is to " answers="soporific#*stimulant#lethargic#tranquilizer#medicine "]
[question text="Cautious is to chary as fleeting is to " answers="permanent#*ephemeral#intelligent#fixated#lasting "]
[question text="Justice is to scales as " answers="*peace is to dove#war is to gunfire#sunglasses are to sun#power is to socks#crown is to royalty "]
[question text="Yolk is to egg as " answers="finger is to hand#*page is to book#ball is to sport#boil is to steam#tree is to soil "]
[question text="Bird is to avian as " answers="bear is to mammalian#person is to humane#lizard is to reptilian#*horse is to equine#moth is to nocturnal "]
[question text="Metropolis is to village as ocean is to " answers="storm#whale#sailboat#nautical#*puddle "]
[question text="Future is to prognosticate as past is to " answers="symbolize#forget#prepare#*remember#delegate "]
[question text="Seamstress is to clothes as " answers="book is to author#architect is to building#*legislator is to laws#towel is to dry#cushion is to couch "]
[question text="Pin is to pincushion as " answers="waist is to waste#hood is to torso#shoe is to shoelace#offense is to insult#*sword is to scabbard "]
[question text="Mourn is to deceased as " answers="*congratulate is to winner#leaf is to tree#dance is to ballerina#concrete is to sidewalk#dust is to duster "]
[question text="Ink is to pen as water is to " answers="oxygen#*fish tank#rain#damp#boil "]
[question text="Edible is to food as legible is to " answers="write#newsprint#pencil#*text#speech "]
[question text="Neglectful is to care as adulterated is to" answers="unfaithful#*purity#negligent#faith#fabricate "]
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