Elementary SSAT vocabulary
ordinary
adjective
Common and not special or unusual.
Closest meaning
common
Examples
- We ate an ordinary breakfast before leaving for school.
- The ordinary rock looked plain beside the sparkling crystal.
- Our ordinary practice became exciting when the coach joined us.
Try a practice question
Which is closest in meaning to “ordinary”?
- A.start a journey
- B.try with difficulty
- C.sad
- D.common
Show the answer
D. common — ordinary means “Common and not special or unusual.”
Easy to mix up
Words close to ordinary in meaning or spelling.
- average
- plain
- special
- unusual
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