ISEE/SSAT Lower Week 5

Question 1

integrate

Answer 1

to combine two things so that they become a whole

Question 2

inquiry

Answer 2

asking for information

Question 3

integrity

Answer 3

honesty / moral uprightness

Question 4

jest

Answer 4

a joke

Question 5

legend

Answer 5

story believed to be true but can’t be proven

Question 6

liberate

Answer 6

to free from a situation

Question 7

merge

Answer 7

combine to form a single thing

Question 8

mirage

Answer 8

an optical illusion / something that appears real but isn’t

Question 9

misery

Answer 9

great distress or discomfort

Question 10

moral

Answer 10

concerned with right and wrong

Question 11

muddled

Answer 11

to feel confused

Question 12

myth

Answer 12

an old story that is often believed but not true

Question 13

nag

Answer 13

annoy someone by constant fault-finding

Question 14

neglect

Answer 14

fail to care for properly

Question 15

novel

Answer 15

new or unusual in an interesting way

Question 16

obstacle

Answer 16

a thing that block’s one’s way

Question 17

occupy

Answer 17

to fill / to live in a place

Question 18

pact

Answer 18

a formal agreement

Question 19

paltry

Answer 19

small or meager amount

Question 20

parody

Answer 20

an imitation of someone or something for comic effect