Verbal Questions -2

Verbal Questions

 Identify the antonym of the word  

1.PERTURBATION:  

(A) impotence (B) obstruction (C) prediction  (D) equanimity (E) chivalry  

Ans:D 

2. Identify the antonym of the word  REPUDIATE:

(A) denounce (B) deceive (C) embrace (D) fib (E) generalize  

Ans:C

3. Find the exact meaning of the word  SUFFRAGE:

(A) absence of charity (B) absence of franchise  (C) absence of pain (D) absence of success (E) absence of malice

  Ans:B 

 4. Find the Secondary (Often Rare) Meanings Of Word  CHAMPION:

(A) relinquish (B) contest (C) oppress (D) modify (E) withhold

 Ans:C 

 5. Find the often rare antonym of the word  AIR: 

 (A) release (B) differ (C) expose (D) enshroud

 Ans:D

 6. Find the exact matching  ORCHESTRA : MUSICIAN ::

 (A) story : comedian   (B) band : singer   (C) garden : leaf   (D) troupe : actor

  Ans:D 

 7. Find the exact matching  CLUB : GOLF :: 

(A) type : book   (B) ball : soccer   (C) glove : baseball   (D) racket : tennis   (E) board : chess 

  Ans:D 

 8. CORROSION : IRON ::  (A) sloth : energy   (B) disease : vision   (C) atrophy : muscle   (D)None  

Ans:C 

 9. EXCERPT : NOVEL ::  (A) critique : play   (B) review : manuscript   (C) swatch : cloth   (D) foreword : preface   

 Ans:C 

 10. PERSPICACIOUS : INSIGHT :: 

 (A) ardent : quickness   (B) warm : temperature   (C) wealthy : scarcity   (D) churlish : enmity 

  Ans:D 

 11. Complete the sentence  Crestfallen by having done poorly on the GRE,

 Susan began to question her  abilities. Her self-confidence was ..........

  (A) appeased   (B) destroyed   (C) placated   (D) elevated  

 Ans:B  

12. Complete the sentence   

Although the warring parties had settled a number of disputes, past experience  made them .......... to express optimism that the talks would be a success.

  (A) rash   (B) ambivalent   (C) scornful   (D) reticent 

 Ans:D 

 13. Complete the sentence 

 Davis is an opprobrious and .......... speaker, equally caustic toward friend  or foe--a true curmudgeon.

   (A)lofty   (B) vituperative   (C) unstinting   (D) retiring 

  Ans:B 

 14 DIDACTIC : TEACH ::   (A) specious : revile   (B) cunning : steal   (C) forensic : debate   (D) troubled