30 Verbal Reasoning questions — Part 1: 15 synonym, Part 2: 15 sentence completion — in the ISEE's own four-option format. Every answer is explained, and every question links to its word's full study page.
Note: The real ISEE Primary Level (for applicants to grades 2–4) is Auditory Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Mathematics and a writing sample — it has no Verbal Reasoning section, so the real Primary-level test never asks a synonym or sentence-completion question. This practice test borrows that question style from the Lower/Middle/Upper Verbal Reasoning format purely to help younger students build vocabulary early, ahead of the level where it is actually tested that way.
Choose the best synonym for the word “execute”:
B — implement. “execute” means v. to carry out or put into effect. Study “execute” →
Select the best synonym for the word “luscious”:
B — delicious. “luscious” means adj. having a rich, sweet taste. Study “luscious” →
Select the best synonym for the word “hot”:
B — sweltering. “hot” means adj. having a high temperature. Study “hot” →
Select the best synonym for the word “alive”:
D — living. “alive” means adj. living, not dead. Study “alive” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “exposed”:
A — unprotected. “exposed” means adj. not covered or protected. Study “exposed” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “victory”:
D — triumph. “victory” means n. an act of defeating an enemy or opponent. Study “victory” →
Select the best synonym for the word “disclosure”:
D — revelation. “disclosure” means n. the act of making something known. Study “disclosure” →
Select the best synonym for the word “swallow”:
A — gulp. “swallow” means v. to cause food or drink to go from the mouth to the stomach. Study “swallow” →
Select the best synonym for the word “argue”:
B — debate. “argue” means v. to give reasons for or against something. Study “argue” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “reproduction”:
D — replica. “reproduction” means n. the process of producing babies, young animals, or plants. Study “reproduction” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “tall”:
B — lofty. “tall” means adj. having greater than average height. Study “tall” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “detestable”:
D — despicable. “detestable” means adj. deserving intense dislike. Study “detestable” →
Select the best synonym for the word “unconcerned”:
A — indifferent. “unconcerned” means adj. not worried or interested. Study “unconcerned” →
Select the best synonym for the word “weakness”:
A — frailty. “weakness” means n. lack of strength or power. Study “weakness” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “custodian”:
A — caretaker. “custodian” means n. a person who takes care of a building or property. Study “custodian” →
Eating far too fast can easily make you ______ on your food.
A — choke. “choke” means v. to have difficulty breathing because something is blocking the throat. Study “choke” →
With enough time and hard work, almost anything at all is ______.
C — possible. “possible” means adj. able to be done or achieved. Study “possible” →
His ______ heartbeat worried the doctor during the yearly checkup.
C — irregular. “irregular” means adj. not following a pattern. Study “irregular” →
In the ______, the author warmly thanked everyone who had helped her.
A — afterword. “afterword” means n. a concluding section in a book, typically by a person other than the author. Study “afterword” →
There was a big ______ in her grades after she began studying hard.
D — improvement. “improvement” means n. the act of making something better. Study “improvement” →
The clever magic trick was sure to ______ the whole delighted audience.
C — amaze. “amaze” means v. to surprise someone greatly. Study “amaze” →
The gold in the shining crown was ______, not cheap painted metal.
C — real. “real” means adj. actually existing as a thing or occurring in fact. Study “real” →
The small, light ______ tent folded up neatly into a single backpack.
D — transportable. “transportable” means adj. able to be moved or carried from one place to another. Study “transportable” →
A tiny newborn baby is completely ______ on its parents for everything.
B — reliant. “reliant” means adj. dependent on someone or something. Study “reliant” →
The small amount of food was ______ to feed the whole hungry crowd.
A — insufficient. “insufficient” means adj. not enough; inadequate. Study “insufficient” →
The nervous new employee read the ______ to learn the company's rules.
B — handbook. “handbook” means n. a small book with information or instructions. Study “handbook” →
It felt deeply ______ that only she was punished for the group's mistake.
B — unfair. “unfair” means adj. not treating people equally or justly. Study “unfair” →
It was a very ______ day, and she finished all of her work early.
C — productive. “productive” means adj. producing or able to produce large amounts of goods. Study “productive” →
Her ______ warning about the coming storm turned out to be exactly right.
C — prophetic. “prophetic” means adj. accurately predicting what will happen in the future. Study “prophetic” →
The skilled mechanic will ______ the broken car engine by tomorrow morning.
A — repair. “repair” means v. to fix something that is broken or damaged. Study “repair” →
Score:
Every question below is now marked up: the correct answer is highlighted in red, and any option you picked that was wrong is highlighted in blue.
No. These are original synonym and sentence-completion questions written from the iSEE Vocab word bank, in the ISEE's own four-option Verbal Reasoning format. No retired or copyrighted ISEE/SSAT questions appear anywhere on this site.
The real ISEE Primary Level (for applicants to grades 2–4) is Auditory Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Mathematics and a writing sample — it has no Verbal Reasoning section, so the real Primary-level test never asks a synonym or sentence-completion question. This practice test borrows that question style from the Lower/Middle/Upper Verbal Reasoning format purely to help younger students build vocabulary early, ahead of the level where it is actually tested that way.
30 — Part 1 is 15 synonym questions, Part 2 is 15 sentence-completion questions, the same roughly-even split the real ISEE Verbal Reasoning section uses.
No. Every Primary Level practice test on this site draws from a disjoint slice of the word bank, so Test 1, Test 2 and every other numbered test at this level use entirely different questions.
Yes. The ISEE gives no penalty for a wrong answer — a blank scores the same as a wrong guess, which is zero — so answer every question even when you have to guess.