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 “grand”:
C — majestic. “grand” means adj. impressive and large or important. Study “grand” →
Select the best synonym for the word “forcefully”:
B — assertively. “forcefully” means adv. in a strong and assertive manner. Study “forcefully” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “absolute”:
A — total. “absolute” means adj. complete or total. Study “absolute” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “credit”:
D — recognition. “credit” means n. praise or recognition for something done. Study “credit” →
Select the best synonym for the word “wish”:
C — desire. “wish” means v. to want something to happen or be true. Study “wish” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “allure”:
C — charm. “allure” means n. the quality of being attractive or fascinating. Study “allure” →
Select the best synonym for the word “thankful”:
A — grateful. “thankful” means adj. feeling grateful. Study “thankful” →
Select the best synonym for the word “example”:
A — illustration. “example” means n. something that is used to show what other similar things are like. Study “example” →
Select the best synonym for the word “unqualified”:
A — untrained. “unqualified” means adj. not having the necessary skills or qualifications. Study “unqualified” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “include”:
A — incorporate. “include” means v. to have something as a part of a whole. Study “include” →
Select the best synonym for the word “piece”:
A — fragment. “piece” means n. a part of something. Study “piece” →
Select the best synonym for the word “juicy”:
B — succulent. “juicy” means adj. full of juice; interesting or exciting. Study “juicy” →
Select the best synonym for the word “mention”:
A — cite. “mention” means v. to refer to something briefly. Study “mention” →
Select the best synonym for the word “lovely”:
A — charming. “lovely” means adj. very beautiful or attractive. Study “lovely” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “advice”:
C — guidance. “advice” means n. guidance or recommendations offered with regard to prudent action. Study “advice” →
Make quite sure the wild forest berries are ______ before you taste them.
A — eatable. “eatable” means adj. safe to eat. Study “eatable” →
The ______ dragon in the story could breathe fire and fly through the air.
A — mythical. “mythical” means adj. existing only in myths; not real. Study “mythical” →
Seeing the dark storm coming, they had to ______ home before the rain.
B — hasten. “hasten” means v. to move or act quickly. Study “hasten” →
A sudden cold wave of fear seemed to ______ him right where he stood.
B — paralyze. “paralyze” means v. to make unable to move or act. Study “paralyze” →
Every morning, she likes to sit quietly and ______ for about ten minutes.
D — meditate. “meditate” means v. to focus the mind for relaxation or spiritual purposes. Study “meditate” →
She drew one straight ______ across the page with her wooden ruler.
B — line. “line” means n. a long, narrow mark or band. Study “line” →
No one should ever have to ______ in silence when good help is nearby.
D — suffer. “suffer” means v. to experience pain or hardship. Study “suffer” →
She leaned over to ______ a little secret gently into his ear.
C — murmur. “murmur” means v. to say something in a soft, quiet voice. Study “murmur” →
After a short rest, the tired runner began to ______ her lost strength.
C — regain. “regain” means v. to get something back. Study “regain” →
There is no good reason at all to ______ her honest, truthful word.
A — doubt. “doubt” means v. to feel uncertain about something. Study “doubt” →
The soft, ______ music helped the frightened patient slowly relax.
B — calming. “calming” means adj. making someone feel less upset or excited. Study “calming” →
After years of hard study, she finally reached a very ______ level in French.
D — advanced. “advanced” means adj. far on in progress or development. Study “advanced” →
The gentle rocking ______ of the boat slowly lulled the baby to sleep.
C — motion. “motion” means n. the act or process of moving. Study “motion” →
She carefully saved all of her ______ to buy a brand-new bicycle.
D — money. “money” means n. a medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes. Study “money” →
She began to ______ the very difficult test that was now only a day away.
C — dread. “dread” means v. to fear something that may happen. Study “dread” →
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.