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 “rob”:
C — steal. “rob” means v. to steal from someone or somewhere. Study “rob” →
Select the best synonym for the word “comparison”:
D — contrast. “comparison” means n. the act of comparing. Study “comparison” →
Select the best synonym for the word “fierce”:
C — ferocious. “fierce” means adj. very strong or violent. Study “fierce” →
Select the best synonym for the word “grow”:
C — expand. “grow” means v. to increase in size or amount. Study “grow” →
Select the best synonym for the word “action”:
D — deed. “action” means n. the process of doing something to achieve an aim. Study “action” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “price”:
D — cost. “price” means n. the amount of money expected or required in payment for something. Study “price” →
Select the best synonym for the word “clearness”:
D — clarity. “clearness” means n. the quality of being easy to see or understand. Study “clearness” →
Select the best synonym for the word “dodge”:
C — evade. “dodge” means v. to move quickly to avoid something. Study “dodge” →
Select the best synonym for the word “pollute”:
C — contaminate. “pollute” means v. to make something dirty or harmful to the environment. Study “pollute” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “success”:
D — accomplishment. “success” means n. the achievement of a goal or purpose. Study “success” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “lazy”:
C — idle. “lazy” means adj. not willing to work or use effort. Study “lazy” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “mine”:
A — quarry. “mine” means n. a type of excavation in the earth for extracting coal or other minerals. Study “mine” →
Select the best synonym for the word “surge”:
A — spike. “surge” means n. a sudden and great increase. Study “surge” →
Select the best synonym for the word “keep”:
A — retain. “keep” means v. to have or retain possession of something. Study “keep” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “run-down”:
B — dilapidated. “run-down” means adj. in poor condition or neglected. Study “run-down” →
His ______ directions left us confused and hopelessly lost in the city.
D — imprecise. “imprecise” means adj. not exact or accurate. Study “imprecise” →
The ______ speech brought many people in the huge crowd to tears.
B — emotional. “emotional” means adj. related to feelings. Study “emotional” →
She simply could not remember the ______ of the movie they had just watched.
B — title. “title” means n. the name of a book, movie, or other work. Study “title” →
The ______ horse limped slowly along and could not run at all.
A — lame. “lame” means adj. unable to walk properly because of an injury or illness. Study “lame” →
With such a weak, tired team, the crushing loss was sadly ______.
C — unavoidable. “unavoidable” means adj. not able to be prevented. Study “unavoidable” →
The ______ old phrase had slowly lost all of its original meaning.
A — overused. “overused” means adj. used too often. Study “overused” →
The tired cat curled up ______ in the warm little basket.
A — comfortably. “comfortably” means adv. in a way that provides comfort. Study “comfortably” →
The cold night air made the lost child ______ under her thin, worn coat.
D — shiver. “shiver” means v. to shake slightly because of cold or fear. Study “shiver” →
They could just barely see the ______ mountains on the far horizon.
D — distant. “distant” means adj. far away in space or time. Study “distant” →
Every autumn, the busy squirrels ______ nuts to store for the long winter.
B — collect. “collect” means v. to gather together. Study “collect” →
The nurse gave the injured man ______ care the very moment he arrived.
A — immediate. “immediate” means adj. happening or done without delay. Study “immediate” →
The clever spy kept his true ______ a careful secret from everyone.
B — identity. “identity” means n. who someone is; the qualities of a person or group. Study “identity” →
There was just a ______ red apple left in the nearly empty fruit bowl.
C — single. “single” means adj. one only; not married. Study “single” →
She showed good ______ by leaving the party before the trouble began.
B — judgement. “judgement” means n. the ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions. Study “judgement” →
In a real emergency, saving lives takes ______ over everything else.
A — precedence. “precedence” means n. the condition of being more important than something else. Study “precedence” →
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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.