Question 1Mid
ACUMEN:
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Answer: B — insight
Acumen is sharp practical judgment or insight, especially in a specialized area.
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Synonyms — SSAT Upper practice questions
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On the SSAT Upper Verbal section, Synonyms questions present a single vocabulary word in capital letters, often followed by a colon, and ask the student to pick the option closest in meaning.
Students must know precise definitions of challenging words and tell true synonyms from look-alikes, loosely related ideas, or words that share a root but not a meaning. The exam typically offers several distractors that feel associated with the stem or that play on a secondary sense.
Answer choices are usually other single words of similar difficulty, so the task is matching meaning rather than using the word in a sentence.
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Question 2Harder
HIRSUTE:
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Answer: B — hairy
Hirsute means hairy or covered with noticeable hair.
Question 3Mid
SYSTEMATIC:
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Answer: B — methodical
Systematic means methodical or carried out according to an organized plan. Detailed is the strongest near miss because a detailed process may still lack an orderly method, while random is the antonym.
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