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 “outraged”:
A — incensed. “outraged” means adj. very angry or shocked. Study “outraged” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “ease”:
B — comfort. “ease” means n. freedom from difficulty or hardship. Study “ease” →
Select the best synonym for the word “describe”:
C — depict. “describe” means v. to give an account of something in words. Study “describe” →
Select the best synonym for the word “longer”:
C — lengthier. “longer” means adj. comparative of long; more long. Study “longer” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “gone”:
B — departed. “gone” means adj. no longer present; departed. Study “gone” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “false”:
D — untrue. “false” means adj. not true or correct; incorrect. Study “false” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “communicate”:
C — convey. “communicate” means v. to share information. Study “communicate” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “prove”:
C — demonstrate. “prove” means v. to show something is true. Study “prove” →
Select the best synonym for the word “short”:
C — brief. “short” means adj. not long in distance or time. Study “short” →
Select the best synonym for the word “overblown”:
A — exaggerated. “overblown” means adj. exaggerated or too elaborate. Study “overblown” →
Select the best synonym for the word “downward”:
C — descending. “downward” means adj. moving or going down. Study “downward” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “swap”:
B — exchange. “swap” means v. to exchange one thing for another. Study “swap” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “hope”:
C — optimism. “hope” means n. a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. Study “hope” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “dirty”:
D — filthy. “dirty” means adj. not clean. Study “dirty” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “consider”:
D — contemplate. “consider” means v. to think about carefully. Study “consider” →
The ______ holiday package covered flights, hotels, and every single meal.
A — all-inclusive. “all-inclusive” means adj. including everything. Study “all-inclusive” →
It is deeply unfair to ______ someone without any real proof.
C — accuse. “accuse” means v. to say that someone has done something wrong. Study “accuse” →
By ______ all the facts plainly, she quickly ended the confusion.
C — stating. “stating” means v. expressing something clearly in words. Study “stating” →
It is deeply wrong to ______ your power to hurt weaker, helpless people.
D — misuse. “misuse” means v. to use something in the wrong way or for the wrong purpose. Study “misuse” →
The heavy iron ______ held the small boat firmly to the wooden dock.
D — chain. “chain” means n. a series of connected links or rings. Study “chain” →
The festival happily celebrated the special ______ foods of the northern coast.
A — regional. “regional” means adj. relating to a specific area or region. Study “regional” →
She stood carefully right at the ______ of the tall cliff and looked down.
A — edge. “edge” means n. the boundary or border of something. Study “edge” →
A very poor diet increases your ______ to many common winter illnesses.
B — susceptibility. “susceptibility” means n. the state of being easily affected or influenced. Study “susceptibility” →
The ______ reason for the long trip was to visit her ill grandmother.
A — chief. “chief” means adj. most important; n. a leader or ruler of a people or clan. Study “chief” →
He hung his head in ______ after telling the hurtful, needless lie.
D — shame. “shame” means n. a feeling of guilt or embarrassment. Study “shame” →
The ______ president took office in this country just two years ago.
B — current. “current” means adj. happening or existing now. Study “current” →
It was quite cruel of her to ______ her old friend at the crowded party.
D — snub. “snub” means v. to ignore or reject someone in a cold manner. Study “snub” →
She arrived much ______ than usual to get a really good seat.
B — earlier. “earlier” means adj./adv. before the usual or expected time. Study “earlier” →
A deep ______ came over the tired campers in the hot afternoon sun.
D — lethargy. “lethargy” means n. a state of sluggishness or inactivity. Study “lethargy” →
The clear cold spring provided fresh, ______ water to the whole village.
A — natural. “natural” means adj. existing in or caused by nature; not made or caused by humankind. Study “natural” →
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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.