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 “remove”:
D — eliminate. “remove” means v. to take something away or off from the position occupied. Study “remove” →
Select the best synonym for the word “concoct”:
B — devise. “concoct” means v. to create or make up something by combining different things. Study “concoct” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “area”:
A — region. “area” means n. a particular part of a place, city, country, etc.. Study “area” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “lightness”:
A — weightlessness. “lightness” means n. the quality of being light in weight. Study “lightness” →
Select the best synonym for the word “deal”:
D — distribute. “deal” means v. to distribute or give out. Study “deal” →
Select the best synonym for the word “slow”:
A — sluggish. “slow” means adj. not moving quickly; taking a long time. Study “slow” →
Select the best synonym for the word “portion”:
A — share. “portion” means n. a part or share of something. Study “portion” →
Select the best synonym for the word “excuse”:
A — justification. “excuse” means n. a reason given to justify a fault or offense. Study “excuse” →
Select the best synonym for the word “intensely”:
A — fiercely. “intensely” means adv. with extreme force or strength. Study “intensely” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “blank”:
A — empty. “blank” means adj. empty or without any marks. Study “blank” →
Select the best synonym for the word “guiding”:
D — directing. “guiding” means adj. showing the way by leading or advising. Study “guiding” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “than”:
D — compared to. “than” means conj. used to compare two things. Study “than” →
Select the best synonym for the word “demolish”:
C — raze. “demolish” means v. to destroy completely. Study “demolish” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “easily”:
D — effortlessly. “easily” means adv. without difficulty. Study “easily” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “organized”:
A — systematic. “organized” means adj. arranged in a systematic way. Study “organized” →
The golden sunset over the calm ocean was absolutely ______.
B — beautiful. “beautiful” means adj. very pleasing to look at. Study “beautiful” →
He began to ______ his rude words the very moment he said them.
B — regret. “regret” means v. to feel sorry about something. Study “regret” →
The soldiers followed the general's ______ without any question at all.
C — directive. “directive” means n. an official instruction or order. Study “directive” →
The bright ______ of the lamp filled the whole dark room.
D — light. “light” means n. the natural agent that makes things visible. Study “light” →
Be very careful with that sharp knife so that you do not ______ yourself.
B — hurt. “hurt” means v. to cause pain or injury. Study “hurt” →
She felt very ______ after her very best friend forgot her birthday.
D — unhappy. “unhappy” means adj. not happy or joyful. Study “unhappy” →
Lacking any sleep, he became very ______ and snapped at everyone.
A — irritable. “irritable” means adj. easily annoyed or made angry. Study “irritable” →
She wore a very ______ gown covered in jewels to the grand royal ball.
A — fancy. “fancy” means adj. elaborate or decorative. Study “fancy” →
The brave climbers at last reached the ______ of the tall mountain.
B — apex. “apex” means n. the top or highest part of something. Study “apex” →
She had to ______ past the sleeping baby's door so she would not wake it.
B — tiptoe. “tiptoe” means v. to walk quietly on the toes. Study “tiptoe” →
After suddenly losing his job, he was left completely ______.
C — penniless. “penniless” means adj. having no money. Study “penniless” →
Do not forget to ______ the sudden change of plan to your parents.
B — mention. “mention” means v. to refer to something briefly. Study “mention” →
The art student tried to ______ the famous drawing exactly, line for line.
B — copy. “copy” means v. to make something that is exactly like another thing; n. a thing made to be similar or identical to another. Study “copy” →
The kind, generous gift ______ improved the poor family's difficult life.
D — greatly. “greatly” means adv. to a large extent or degree. Study “greatly” →
She made the very final ______ on her car loan and felt greatly relieved.
B — payment. “payment” means n. the act of paying money. Study “payment” →
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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.