WONDERLIC SLE TEST STUDY GUIDE
-CREDIT
-CREDENCE - Answers -have similar meanings
-can refer to a belief in the truth of something
-VINTAGE
-NOVELTY - Answers -Have opposite meanings.
Vintage: to something old,
novelty: refers to something new.
ASPIRE SPIRE - Answers -Have neither the same nor different meanings. To aspire to
something is to set it as a goal, while a spire is the pointed top of a building, especially a
church.
PRODUCE REDUCE - Answers -Have opposite meanings. To abstain from something
is to refuse it, while to retain something is to keep it with oneself.
ABSTAIN RETAIN - Answers -have opposite meanings. Abstain: Restrain from doing
something
Retain:continue to have keep possession of.
CONVERT INVERT - Answers -Have similar meanings. Both of these words can mean
to change the purpose or direction of something.
RESUME ASSUME - Answers -Have neither similar nor opposite meanings.
SIEGE BESIEGE - Answers -Have similar meanings. Both of these words can mean to
attack or crowd around.
PUNISH SKIRMISH - Answers -Have neither similar nor opposite meanings.
To punish is to penalize, while a skirmish is a small fight.
CANDOR CONDOR - Answers -Have neither similar nor opposite meanings.
Candor is fairness and openness in expression, while a
condor is a kind of bird.
HYPOCRITE
HYSTERICAL - Answers -NEITHER SAME NOR OPPOSITE
ABSURD
ACCEDE - Answers -Neither same nor opposite.
, Absurd:wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate.
Accede:assent or agree to a demand, request, or treaty.
ABSECOND
ABSENCE - Answers -SIMILAR MEANING
abscond:leave hurriedly and secretly
Absence: the state of being away from a place or person.
RETREATE
RETREIVE - Answers -have contradictory meanings
which is similar? - Answers -AGILE:THE ABILITY TO MOVE QUICKLY
ATHLETIC
FLEET
CONFLICTING
INCONSISTENT - Answers -SIMILAR
Conflicting:Incompatible (contradictory)
Inconstent:not staying the same throughout
Mollify
Exacerbate - Answers -CONTRA
mollify:to soften ones temper
exacerbate
:make situation worse
AMBIGOUS
OBSCURE - Answers -SIMILAR
ambigous:have several possible meanings
Obscure:unclear
ABOMINABLE
LOATHSOME - Answers -SIMILAR
abominable:dislike detestable, repugnant (distasteful, unexceptable)
Loathsome:revolting, repulsive
opposite of SKEPTICAL
-CREDIT
-CREDENCE - Answers -have similar meanings
-can refer to a belief in the truth of something
-VINTAGE
-NOVELTY - Answers -Have opposite meanings.
Vintage: to something old,
novelty: refers to something new.
ASPIRE SPIRE - Answers -Have neither the same nor different meanings. To aspire to
something is to set it as a goal, while a spire is the pointed top of a building, especially a
church.
PRODUCE REDUCE - Answers -Have opposite meanings. To abstain from something
is to refuse it, while to retain something is to keep it with oneself.
ABSTAIN RETAIN - Answers -have opposite meanings. Abstain: Restrain from doing
something
Retain:continue to have keep possession of.
CONVERT INVERT - Answers -Have similar meanings. Both of these words can mean
to change the purpose or direction of something.
RESUME ASSUME - Answers -Have neither similar nor opposite meanings.
SIEGE BESIEGE - Answers -Have similar meanings. Both of these words can mean to
attack or crowd around.
PUNISH SKIRMISH - Answers -Have neither similar nor opposite meanings.
To punish is to penalize, while a skirmish is a small fight.
CANDOR CONDOR - Answers -Have neither similar nor opposite meanings.
Candor is fairness and openness in expression, while a
condor is a kind of bird.
HYPOCRITE
HYSTERICAL - Answers -NEITHER SAME NOR OPPOSITE
ABSURD
ACCEDE - Answers -Neither same nor opposite.
, Absurd:wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate.
Accede:assent or agree to a demand, request, or treaty.
ABSECOND
ABSENCE - Answers -SIMILAR MEANING
abscond:leave hurriedly and secretly
Absence: the state of being away from a place or person.
RETREATE
RETREIVE - Answers -have contradictory meanings
which is similar? - Answers -AGILE:THE ABILITY TO MOVE QUICKLY
ATHLETIC
FLEET
CONFLICTING
INCONSISTENT - Answers -SIMILAR
Conflicting:Incompatible (contradictory)
Inconstent:not staying the same throughout
Mollify
Exacerbate - Answers -CONTRA
mollify:to soften ones temper
exacerbate
:make situation worse
AMBIGOUS
OBSCURE - Answers -SIMILAR
ambigous:have several possible meanings
Obscure:unclear
ABOMINABLE
LOATHSOME - Answers -SIMILAR
abominable:dislike detestable, repugnant (distasteful, unexceptable)
Loathsome:revolting, repulsive
opposite of SKEPTICAL
