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.
Select the best synonym for the word “rival”:
A — competitor. “rival” means n. a person, group, or organization that you compete with. Study “rival” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “done”:
C — finished. “done” means adj. completed or finished. Study “done” →
Select the best synonym for the word “overjoyed”:
A — elated. “overjoyed” means adj. extremely happy. Study “overjoyed” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “unchangeable”:
D — fixed. “unchangeable” means adj. not able to be changed. Study “unchangeable” →
Select the best synonym for the word “outdated”:
A — obsolete. “outdated” means adj. no longer current or in fashion. Study “outdated” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “peasant”:
A — farmhand. “peasant” means n. a farmer with a small farm. Study “peasant” →
Select the best synonym for the word “succeed”:
C — triumph. “succeed” means v. to achieve the desired aim or result. Study “succeed” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “impression”:
D — perception. “impression” means n. an idea, feeling, or opinion about something or someone. Study “impression” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “excellent”:
C — superb. “excellent” means adj. extremely good or outstanding. Study “excellent” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “supreme”:
B — paramount. “supreme” means adj. highest in rank or authority. Study “supreme” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “burst”:
A — explode. “burst” means v. to break open or apart suddenly. Study “burst” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “tie”:
D — bind. “tie” means v. to fasten things together with a string or rope. Study “tie” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “manly”:
A — virile. “manly” means adj. having qualities traditionally associated with men. Study “manly” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “strut”:
D — swagger. “strut” means v. to walk in a proud way. Study “strut” →
Select the best synonym for the word “revenge”:
A — vengeance. “revenge” means n. the act of doing something to hurt someone because they did something to hurt you. Study “revenge” →
The ______ soda fizzed and sparkled in the tall, cold glass.
D — bubbly. “bubbly” means adj. full of bubbles; lively and cheerful. Study “bubbly” →
The very dry twig will ______ easily the moment you step on it.
A — snap. “snap” means v. to break suddenly with a sharp sound. Study “snap” →
The long shared trip created a warm ______ between the two families.
D — closeness. “closeness” means n. the quality of being close in space or time. Study “closeness” →
He had to ______ down low to walk through the very tiny doorway.
A — stoop. “stoop” means v. to bend the body forward and downward. Study “stoop” →
The long, hard ______ across the wide desert took nearly two whole weeks.
D — journey. “journey” means n. the act of traveling from one place to another. Study “journey” →
A good ship captain is ______ for the safety of the whole crew.
B — responsible. “responsible” means adj. having the duty to deal with something. Study “responsible” →
The ______ metal bar had been bent completely out of its normal shape.
C — twisted. “twisted” means adj. bent or turned in a spiral shape. Study “twisted” →
The ______ wild horses galloped freely across the wide open plains.
C — untamed. “untamed” means adj. not domesticated or controlled. Study “untamed” →
It was very ______ of the stranger to help the lost child find his home.
D — kind. “kind” means adj. having a friendly, generous, and considerate nature; n. a group of people or things having similar characteristics. Study “kind” →
She proudly told stories about a brave ______ who sailed across the wild sea.
C — forebear. “forebear” means n. an ancestor. Study “forebear” →
The ______ box weighed almost nothing when she easily picked it up.
A — empty. “empty” means adj. containing nothing. Study “empty” →
The ______ metal bar would not bend no matter how hard they pushed.
C — unyielding. “unyielding” means adj. not giving way to pressure. Study “unyielding” →
There was a growing ______ between the two old friends' opinions.
B — divergence. “divergence” means n. the process or state of diverging. Study “divergence” →
It was a ______ decision to quit his job without any savings at all.
A — rash. “rash” means adj. acting too quickly without thinking carefully. Study “rash” →
The tired travelers could see green rolling hills far ______ the wide river.
C — beyond. “beyond” means prep. on the other side of something. Study “beyond” →
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.