SSAT Middle—Verbal Practice Test 6

60 Questions – 30 Minutes
Synonyms
1. NOTICE 7. PRIOR
(A) unity (A) neighbor
(B) member (B) device
(C) agriculture (C) awakening
(D) warning (D) previous
(E) stock (E) matter

2. MATURE 8. GENERALIZE
(A) overcome (A) simplify
(B) whisper (B) provoke
(C) develop (C) comfort
(D) attach (D) stump
(E) type (E) notify

3. DEVOTED 9. SHREWD
(A) loyal (A) natural
(B) intense (B) untrue
(C) airborne (C) impolite
(D) responsive (D) sterile
(E) strange (E) smart

4. FATE 10. COLLATERAL

(A) opinion (A) runway
(B) border (B) farewell
(C) relationship (C) guarantee
(D) professional (D) particle
(E) destiny (E) auction

5. ILLUSTRATE 11. TRANSACT

(A) appeal (A) surround
(B) show (B) clutter
(C) hire (C) perform
(D) bow (D) stay
(E) estimate (E) capture

6. OMINOUS 12. PERSONABLE

(A) packed (A) hyper
(B) threatening (B) friendly
(C) enthusiastic (C) endless
(D) annual (D) interfering
(E) ordinary (E) miserable

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13. ACQUAINTANCE 19. GUILE
(A) friend (A) trainee
(B) deception (B) cunning
(C) ancestor (C) memory
(D) domination (D) success
(E) courtyard (E) fault

14. JEOPARDIZE 20. VOID

(A) compile (A) cancel
(B) press (B) handle
(C) apprehend (C) limit
(D) bleach (D) suit
(E) endanger (E) deal

15. INTRIGUING 21. SPONTANEOUS

(A) sealed (A) working
(B) elegant (B) individual
(C) gradual (C) slight
(D) interesting (D) practical
(E) down (E) unplanned

16. MISCHIEF 22. EMINENCE

(A) discrimination (A) fairy
(B) goodbye (B) willpower
(C) self-control (C) potential
(D) misbehavior (D) fame
(E) consequence (E) reduction

17. WITHSTAND 23. MERIT

(A) twinge (A) hope
(B) catch (B) deserve
(C) debate (C) should
(D) love (D) expect
(E) survive (E) reply

18. BENEVOLENT 24. INEVITABLE

(A) educational (A) past
(B) moral (B) regional
(C) kind (C) unavoidable
(D) normal (D) sufficient
(E) political (E) whole

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25. ABYSS Analogies
(A) channel 31. Fable is to fiction as history is to
(B) temple (A) date
(C) standard (B) social studies
(D) gorge (C) fact
(E) ambush (D) textbook
(E) past
26. RESUSCITATE
(A) impound 32. Bread is to moldy as
(B) revive (A) rubber is to elastic
(C) trickle (B) steel is to rusty
(D) intend (C) yogurt is to sweet
(E) make (D) glass is to fragile
(E) plastic is to durable
27. AKIN
(A) related 33. Failure is to laziness as victory is to
(B) intellectual (A) reward
(C) obvious (B) opponent
(D) particular (C) fame
(E) recent (D) celebration
(E) strategy
28. TACT
(A) curiosity 34. Bee is to stinger as
(B) instability (A) man is to fist
(C) culture (B) tulip is to petal
(D) box (C) apple is to seed
(E) grace (D) spider is to web
(E) cheetah is to speed
29. NARRATE
(A) contribute 35. Calcium is to milk as protein is to
(B) suggest (A) vegetable
(C) examine (B) starch
(D) relate (C) muscle
(E) enable (D) meat
(E) mineral
30. AUDACIOUS
(A) overall 36. Recess is to play as breakfast is to
(B) willing (A) eat
(C) daring (B) work
(D) recent (C) heat
(E) positive (D) cook
(E) skip

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37. Money is to counterfeit as copyright is to 43. Perspiration is to nervousness as
(A) publishing (A) heart rate is to surprise
(B) infringement (B) cavity is to toothache
(C) documentation (C) massage is to cramp
(D) enforcement (D) shivering is to cold
(E) liability (E) illness is to fever

38. Polish is to manicurist as 44. Mist is to hail as

(A) feed is to dietician (A) sip is to gulp
(B) visit is to doctor (B) shake is to stir
(C) arrive is to paramedic (C) joke is to laugh
(D) trim is to barber (D) protect is to keep
(E) hunt is to zoologist (E) exercise is to train

39. Lawbreaker is to bail as hostage is to 45. Conductor is to orchestra as chairman is to

(A) location (A) platoon
(B) captive (B) squad
(C) demand (C) assembly
(D) police (D) band
(E) ransom (E) armada

40. Carriage is to baby as 46. Liquor is to alcoholism as

(A) office is to woman (A) house is to bankruptcy
(B) sand is to crab (B) food is to obesity
(C) automobile is to man (C) water is to pollution
(D) forest is to animal (D) land is to erosion
(E) greenhouse is to plant (E) wine is to fermentation

41. Protractor is to angles as 47. Heal is to physician as lend is to

(A) textbook is to formula (A) volunteer
(B) abacus is to bead (B) lawyer
(C) calculator is to screen (C) entertainer
(D) ruler is to addition (D) banker
(E) compass is to direction (E) landlord

42. Beginner is to expert as 48. Ship is to mutiny as

(A) passion is to disinterest (A) army is to desertion
(B) insecurity is to confidence (B) school is to enrollment
(C) cooperation is to disobedience (C) boat is to overhaul
(D) prepared is to unqualified (D) church is to evangelism
(E) quietness is to loudness (E) nation is to doctrine

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49. Many is to raindrops as much is to 55. Autobiography is to biography as
(A) storm (A) inheritance is to beneficiary
(B) wave (B) auntie is to grandmother
(C) evaporation (C) confession is to testimony
(D) lake (D) neutron is to electron
(E) water (E) government is to ceasefire

50. Water is to pipe as 56. Beg is to alms as plead is to

(A) queen is to beehive (A) understanding
(B) lenses is to glasses (B) innocence
(C) blood is to vein (C) humility
(D) alcohol is to bottle (D) charity
(E) glue is to poster (E) knees

51. Drill is to hole as blender is to 57. Feathers is to duster as bristles is to

(A) blade (A) lawnmower
(B) kitchen (B) hangar
(C) noise (C) toothbrush
(D) apparatus (D) fixture
(E) batter (E) mattress

52. Handplow is to tractor as 58. Typo is to book as

(A) stairway is to elevator (A) defect is to jewel
(B) automobile is to bus (B) causeway is to ground
(C) missile is to rocket (C) mania is to festival
(D) tomb is to pyramid (D) hobo is to neighborhood
(E) canal is to drawbridge (E) valet is to ticket

53. Monarchy is to king as democracy is to 59. Arachnid is to spider as crustacean is to

(A) government (A) hippopotamus
(B) senator (B) lobster
(C) law (C) parrot
(D) people (D) lizard
(E) United States (E) cockroach

54. Carbon dioxide is to plants as 60. Atrophy is to muscles as

(A) mythology is to heavens (A) diabetes is to sugar
(B) oxygen is to animals (B) cholesterol is to blood
(C) culture is to humans (C) tartar is to gums
(D) drift is to continents (D) coma is to consciousness
(E) ecosystem is to oceans (E) inflamed is to joint