SSAT Verbal Section Sample Test 1

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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="EMBRACE: " answers="grab#*hug#lift#push#lock "]

[question text="GENERATE: " answers="power#spin#burn#*produce#consume "]

[question text="COSMIC: " answers="unknown#obscure#bright#*celestial#elective "] 

[question text="BLAST: " answers="weight#push#*explosion#instant#drill "]

[question text="SOLID: " answers="*firm#pouty#massive#sticky#harsh "]

[question text="NULLIFY: "answers="engage#*cancel#dispute#melt#absorb "]

[question text="COMPEL: " answers="move along#*force to act#manufacture#go ahead#invite to stay "]

[question text="APEX: "answers="predator#*peak#valley#equator#incline "] 

[question text="SUPREME: " answers="fanatical#legion#*ultimate#most expensive#tallest "]

[question text="HOOKED: " answers="*captivated#complicated#surrounded#abusive#weak-willed "] 

[question text="FROCK: "answers="slipper#table#coin#power#*dress "]

[question text="SPLENDID: " answers="*magnificent#splintered#separate#healing#sweet "]

[question text="NUCLEUS: " answers="radiation#atom#*core#radius#border "]   

[question text="EXTERIOR: " answers="protected#*outside#relevant#mysterious#different "] 

[question text="CAST: " answers="announce#assemble#pour#represent#*throw "] 

[question text="BARBED: " answers="buried#collected#slight#*spiked#upright "] 

[question text="CONSTANT: " answers="annoying#intermittent#substantial#*permanent#loud "]

[question text="BREACH: " answers="coast#bark#seal#lecture#*break  "]

[question text="SCOUR: " answers="leer#*scrutinize#absorb#grimace#invigorate "] 

[question text="SWEEP: " answers="under#bury#knock#hide#*brush "] 

[question text="CORRELATION: " answers="integration#disturbance#*association#correction#election "]

[question text="SUBSIDY: " answers="credit score#*financial aid#official document#intended result#powerful company "] 

[question text="CASTIGATE: " answers="*berate#muddle#remove#perfume#align "]

[question text="GLOSS: " answers="floor#illness#egg#*luster#trip "]

[question text="SHIRK: " answers="enable#stab#*avoid#don#prop "]

[question text="ATONE: " answers="die for a cause#demand repayment#curry favor#*make amends#spread influence "] 

[question text="BEDEVIL: " answers="enchant#bore#*torment#scorn#observe "]

[question text="EVOKE: " answers="antagonize#scourge#burn#*elicit#survey "]

[question text="CONSTRUE: " answers="*interpret#misrepresent#flail#propagate#relinquish "]

[question text="PALATABLE: " answers="invigorating#consumptive#*acceptable#stacked#doubtless "] 

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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="Deer is to forest as " answers="apple is to fruit#*whale is to ocean#lion is to tiger#cage is to bird#gazelle is to Africa "]

[question text="Pianist is to hands as " answers="*ballerina is to feet#scientist is to laboratory#hospital is to doctors#artists is to face#head is to body "] 

[question text="Pound is to weight as " answers="inch is to foot#tall is to height#*mile is to distance#money is to rich#arithmetic is to school "] 

[question text="Pencil is to writing as " answers="*mop is to cleaning#sunlight is to raining#apron is to cooking#excitement is to driving#chocolate is to sweetness "]

[question text="Faucet is to water as " answers="fridge is to food#fan is to air#dust is to vacuum#broom is to bristles#*outlet is to electricity "] 

[question text="Arboretum is to garden as " answers="park is to mountain#*orchard is to farm#ranch is to wildlife#flowerbed is to daisies#gardener is to scientist "]

[question text="Solitary is to hermit as " answers="busy is to homework#*greedy is to miser#policeman is to society#school is to learning#hungry is to stomach "]

[question text="Abdicate is to monarch as " answers="*resign is to governor#impeach is to president#abduct is to hostage#elude is to outlaw#abscond is to runaway "]

[question text="Sculpture is to art as " answers="diving is to ocean#subway is to passenger#*tango is to dance#crayon is to coloring#letter is to envelope "]

[question text="Trustworthy is to friend as " answers="greedy is to money#idiotic is to stupidity#intelligent is to studying#*caring is to parent#reptilian is to horse "]

[question text="Novel is to poem as " answes="letter is to alphabet#toy is to child#elephant is to dinosaur#*marathon is to sprint#urban is to rural "]

[question text="Pious is to belief as "answers="wise is to rashness#disagreeable is to personality#gold is to color#hardship is to persistence#*athletic is to strength "]

[question text="Mammal is to human as " answers="apple is to fruit#avarice is to gluttony#philosopher is to knowledge#goat is to sheep#*relationship is to friendship "]

[question text="Wisdom is to fools as " answers="humor is to clowns#*folly is to sages#jails are to criminals#knowledge is to teachers#joy is to sorrow "]

[question text="Telephone is to communication as " answers="travel is to vacation#garage is to car#*stove is to cooking#multiplication is to division#tyrant is to assimilation "]

[question text="Physics is to science as calculus is to " answers="metaphysics#art#philosophy#*mathematics#entertainment "]

[question text="Jousting is to lance as " answers="jumping is to trampoline#hunting is to sport#*fencing is to sword#glamorizing is to celebrities#caroling is to song "]

[question text="Tallow is to fat as leather is to " answers="wood#tanning#wallet#*skin#cow "] 

[question text="Mitigate is to harm as " answers="irrigate is to farm#instigate is to violence#substantiate is to claims#*alleviate is to suffering#celebrate is to joy "]

[question text="Yawn is to sleepy as fidget is to " answers="*restless#depressed#angry#lonely#strong "]

[question text="Website is to internet as " answers="cookie is to browser#*book is to library#newspaper is to video#information is to data#telephone is to radio "]

[question text="Drought is to water as " answers="unhappiness is to solitude#diligence is to work#enemy is to friend#failure is to shame#*famine is to food "]

[question text="Persuasive is to argument as " answers="tall is to stack#long is to conversation#*compelling is to evidence#unsupported is to assertion#significant is to relevant "]

[question text="Remorseful is to unrepentant as " answers="*slender is to stout#wily is to sly#miserable is to somber#aggravated is to resentful#lithe is to flexible "]

[question text="High school is to college as " answers="kindergarten is to pre-school#maturity is to youth#teenager is to school#*apprenticeship is to job#urbanite is to city "]

[question text="Dilate is to contract as " answers="agreement is to pupa#*expand is to narrow#collate is to pages#fixate is to notarize#grow is to oscillate "]

[question text="Collusion is to cooperation as " answers="*smuggling is to importing#character is to cast#surfing is to swimming#cooking is to ordering out#enmity is to friendship "]

[question text="Plausible is to incredible as " answers="*possible is to unlikely#critical is to admonishing#ability is to power#pleasant is to amenable#potential is to factual "]

[question text="Annoyed is to furious as " answers="exasperated is to exuberant#*thin is to gaunt#pessimistic is to unfriendly#disturbed is to imagined#talkative is to insolent "]

[question text="Navigate is to destination as " answers="cheat is to success#*strive is to goal#contrive is to improvise#concede is to failure#maneuver is to departure "]

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