Elementary SSAT vocabulary

essential

adjective

Needed and too important to leave out.

Closest meaning

necessary

Examples

  • Water is essential for staying healthy during soccer practice.
  • A pencil is essential for completing today's written math test.
  • Flour is essential when Mia bakes bread with her dad.

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Which is closest in meaning to “essential”?

  1. A.change direction
  2. B.give confidence
  3. C.necessary
  4. D.manner
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C. necessary — essential means “Needed and too important to leave out.”

Easy to mix up

Words close to essential in meaning or spelling.

  • basic
  • sufficient

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