SSAT Verbal Section Sample Test 10

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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="FESTER: " answers="Carry#Cook#*Rot#Jiggle#Annoy "]

[question text="CHORTLE: " answers="Burn#Cough#*Laugh#Stir#Fabricate "]

[question text="PARADIGM: " answers="Insinuation#Gesture#Design#*Ideal#Polygon "]

[question text="MERRY: " answers="Engaged#Fanatic#*Jolly#Spiritual#Obese "]

[question text="TYRANNICAL: " answers="Exhaustive#Inquisitive#Blatant#Angry#*Despotic "]

[question text="DISCRETE: " answers="Malignant#Serious#Imaginative#Flowery#*Separate "]

[question text="KITSCHY: " answers="*Gaudy#Unconventional#Adorable#Chipper#Old-fashioned "]

[question text="BARRICADE: " answers="Injure#Destroy#March#*Obstruct#Announce "]

[question text="AFFLUENT: " answers="Squishy#Torpid#*Wealthy#Forgotten#Grandiose "]

[question text="COLLUSION: " answers="Festival#Disaster#Evolution#*Conspiracy#Crash "]

[question text="FERAL: " answers="Barbarous#Artificial#Clean#Painful#*Wild "]

[question text="GREGARIOUS: " answers="*Sociable#Intelligent#Meaningful#Pungent#Grimy "]

[question text="IMPERVIOUS: " answers="Independent#Flawless#Insignificant#Stained#*Unaffected "]

[question text="IRASCIBLE: " answers="Tangential#Unattainable#Pretty#Unwanted#*Irritable "]

[question text="LEWD: " answers="Limber#Untied#*Vulgar#Particular#Shining "]

[question text="MEAGER: " answers="Valuable#Surprising#Enthusiastic#*Inadequate#Selfish "]

[question text="MOROSE: " answers="Apathetic#Excessive#Wise#*Sullen#Jocular "]

[question text="PERVASIVE: " answers="*Extensive#Underground#Threatening#Hand-crafted#Wealthy "]

[question text="POISE: " answers="Anger#Legality#Intelligence#Indifference#*Grace "]

[question text="PROFANE: " answers="Furious#Difficult#Rebellious#Unwieldy#*Indecent "]

[question text="RADIANT: " answers="Enthused#Poisonous#Paltry#Scientific#*Beaming "]

[question text="REDACT: " answers="Invigorate#Starve#*Edit#Pulse#Churn "]

[question text="RELISH: " answers="*Delight#Indifference#Overabundance#Indecision#Despair "]

[question text="RUSE: " answers="*Trick#Politics#Extinction#Art#Mammal "]

[question text="SEMINAL: " answers="Bothersome#Detailed#*Influential#Insignificant#Regular "]

[question text="STRIFE: " answers="Contentment#Weapon#Desert#Construction#*Conflict "]

[question text="TERSE: " answers="Lengthy#Previous#*Abrupt#Itinerant#Challenging "]

[question text="UMBRAGE: " answers="Effort#Trickery#Courage#Candor#*Offense "]

[question text="JEER: " answers="Calm#Portray#Pass#*Taunt#Fasten "]

[question text="APATHETIC: " answers="Corresponding#Challenging#Snobbish#Peaceful#*Uninterested "]

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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="Hard of hearing is to aural as myopic is to " answers="*visual#smell#sight#tactile#sleep "]

[question text="Launch pad is to shuttle as " answers="car is to gas#*dock is to boat#moon is to orbit#flame is to hot air balloon#bus is to highway "]

[question text="Cajole is to wheedle as " answers="sit is to stand#*transpire is to occur#flatter is to intrigue#obtain is to misplace#armor is to shield "]

[question text="Stomach is to digestion as lung is to " answers="nutrition#cognition#childbirth#locomotion#*respiration "]

[question text="Wood is to carpenter as stone is to " answers="cobbler#*mason#brick#tile#mortar "]

[question text="Raze is to raise as level is to " answers="evil#veal#*build#destroy#slant "]

[question text="Grain is to wood as " answers="*motif is to wallpaper#capitulate is to surrender#breed is to dog#mammal is to mouse#contest is to prize "]

[question text="Vintner is to wine as " answers="baker is to meat#librarian is to books#*cooper is to barrels#butcher is to candles#carpenter is to bread "]

[question text="Dislike is to abhor as " answers="shout is to yell#*respect is to revere#storm is to drizzle#snow is to blizzard#like is to loathe "]

[question text="Accept is to spurn as hamper is to " answers="storage#dissuade#*aid#garbage#prevent "]

[question text="Unintelligible is to comprehensible as jocund is to " answers="*humorless#ridiculous#angry#laughable#trivial "]

[question text="Manuscript is to text as apartment is to " answers="loft#miniscule#housing#rent#efficient "]

[question text="Coin is to money as letter is to " answers="*document#bill#e-mail#paper#calligrapher "]

[question text="Orangutan is to primate as pediatrician is to " answers="medical#*doctor#children#patients#treatment "]

[question text="Pedestrian is to walking as mariner is to " answers="circumnavigate#sails#seafarer#*sailing#motor "]

[question text="Stopwatch is to time as yardstick is to " answers="yards#*distance#border#construction#inches "]

[question text="Generous is to donation as ancillary is to " answers="audacious#amiable#*aid#servile#amenable "]

[question text="Trustworthy is to credence as malicious is to " answers="preponderant#wicked#sinful#*fear#evil "]

[question text="Deciduous is to arboreal as bodily is to " answers="vituperative#corpulent#volume#*corporeal#vivacious "]

[question text="Dessert is to course as calmness is to " answers="*trait#relaxation#tranquility#perturbation#sloth "]

[question text="Citizen is to nation as branch is to " answers="external#unfurl#offshoot#photosynthesis#*tree "]

[question text="Atom is to molecule as minute is to " answers="century#tiny#*hour#clock#stopwatch "]

[question text="Painter is to portrait as composer is to " answers="euphonious#instrument#*symphony#trumpets#musician "]

[question text="Blindness is to sight as mute is to " answers="waves#hearing#mouth#*speaking#ear "]

[question text="Immaculate is to dirt as innocent is to " answers="*guilt#unalloyed#fulfilled#purity#uncontaminated "]

[question text="Carnivore is to meat as herbivore is to " answers="rocks#*plants#water#omnivore#herbs "]

[question text="Ascetic is to hedonistic as antiquated is to " answers="*innovative#discovery#archaeologist#unseemly#ancient "]

[question text="Analyze is to information as " answers="*streamline is to system#dog is to fetch#petition is to signature#mess is to organize#fury is to anger "]

[question text="Faux is to bona fide as " answers="book is to tome#vault is to spring#faux pas is to mistake#fraudulent is to dishonest#*gregarious is to unsociable "]

[question text="After is to guilt as before is to " answers="remorse#pride#confounded#complicit#*misgivings "]

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