Verbal Reasoning Practice Test

De Roza Education and Research

2019

Practice Questions
Here are some practice examples to show you what the questions on the real
test are like
Question P1
Which of the following words is most similar in meaning to happy
A: sad B: merry C: angry D: bored E: mean

Question P2
big is to small as hot is to:
A: cold B: warm C: heat D: fire E: sun

Question P3
Four of the following words are alike in some way. Which is the odd one out?
A: cat B: dog C: mouse D: horse E: rock

You will have 30 minutes to do as many questions as you can.

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Question 1
Four of the following words are alike in some way. Which is the odd one out?
A: immortal B: eminence C: demigod D: dignitary E: sim-
plification

Question 2
Assume that:
All fiys are bips.
All giws are dups.
No fiys are giws.
All pirs are pors.
Some pors are giws.
If we add more statements to the above list we can deduce additional results.
All fiys are pors can be deduced by adding which of the following statements?
A: No bips are pirs B: Some fiys are pors C: All bips are pirs D:
All pors are giws E: All fiys are giws

Question 3
The following sentences are translated from English to another language as fol-
lows
dog likes dad : bolk mip glub
mum likes dad : bolk queg glub
dog greets person : wipa mip sytm

What does queg mean?

A: likes B: mum C: greets D: dog E: dad

Question 4
expansion is to accretion as grotesque is to:
A: impressionist B: parallelism C: hideour D: immobilized E:
piscatorial

Question 5
revolution is to gyration as embellish is to:
A: weatherbeaten B: protuberance C: exagerate D: ineffective
E: telegraphing

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Question 6
Harry is larger than Opal but smaller than Eggbert. Craig is larger than Opal
but smaller than Harry. Opal is larger than Drew but smaller than Eggbert.

Which pair contains both the smallest and largest person

A: Harry and Opal B: Eggbert and Opal C: Eggbert and Drew D:
Eggbert and Craig E: Harry and Drew

Question 7
Which of the following words is the best choice for the opposite of convexity
A: concavity B: legerdemain C: militarised D: repertorium E:
incompetence

Question 8
Which of the following words is the best choice for the opposite of independent
A: peptidoglycan B: rehabilitating C: transpiring D: reliant E:
illusionistic

Question 9
Four of the following words are alike in some way. Which is the odd one out?
A: initially B: firstly C: primarily D: heartbreaking E: orig-
inally

Question 10
ambiguous is to clear as constructed is to:
A: mithridatic B: vichyssoise C: antiballistic D: deprecating
E: disassembled

Question 11
Which of the following words is the best choice for the opposite of passages
A: adrenocortical B: subjugation C: underappreciated D: bacte-
ricidal E: recessions

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Question 12
Which of the following words is most similar in meaning to serenity
A: beauty B: vanity C: purity D: enmity E: tranquillity

Question 13
Four of the following words are alike in some way. Which is the odd one out?
A: regenerate B: recreate C: recharge D: freshen E: ortho-
static

Question 14
Which of the following words is most similar in meaning to acquaintance
A: dislocating B: ombudsperson C: unaspirated D: cognizance
E: fluorescent

Question 15
Four of the following words are alike in some way. Which is the odd one out?
A: burnished B: buffed C: editorialized D: glossy E: glis-
tening

Question 16
David is larger than Greg but smaller than Fred. Perry is larger than David
but smaller than Fred. Jack is larger than David but smaller than Perry.

Who is the smallest?

A: Perry B: Jack C: Fred D: Greg E: David

Question 17
Opal is a dentist who has patients booked in for Monday through Friday next
week. Harry is booked 4 days after Drew. Fred is booked 3 days before Harry.
Drew is booked 3 days before David. Bob is booked 2 days before Neil. David
is booked 1 day after Bob.
Drew is booked on Monday.
On which day does Opal have a double booking?
A: Friday B: Thursday C: Monday D: Tuesday E: Wednes-
day

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Question 18
Assume that:
All dups are giws.
All pors are lars.
All giws are cips.
No cips are hyats.
No dups are hyats.
One of the above statements is unnecessary since it can be deduced from the
remaining statements. Which is it?
A: All dups are giws B: All pors are lars C: All giws are cips D:
No dups are hyats E: No cips are hyats

Question 19
Four of the following words are alike in some way. Which is the odd one out?
A: couches B: huddles C: inexpressible D: hunches E: crouches

Question 20
betrothed is to affianced as attracted is to:
A: restricting B: dactylorhiza C: drew D: omniscience E:
periorbital

Question 21
Which of the following words is the best choice for the opposite of entrancing
A: metrological B: repelling C: directorial D: schoolchildren E:
enumerating

Question 22
Which of the following words is the best choice for the opposite of accurately
A: mercantilism B: radiotelephone C: significance D: improper
E: impracticable

Question 23
Greg is larger than Eggbert but smaller than Fred. Jack is larger than Greg but
smaller than Fred. Opal is larger than Greg but smaller than Jack.

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Who is the largest?
A: Jack B: Opal C: Greg D: Fred E: Eggbert

Question 24
Which of the following words is the best choice for the opposite of restlessness
A: internationalist B: accelerating C: fossilization D: ease E:
contestable

Question 25
Which of the following words is the best choice for the opposite of idleness
A: industriousness B: lexicographer C: superposition D: back-
woodsman E: immunoglobulin

Question 26
Four of the following words are alike in some way. Which is the odd one out?
A: acclimating B: undeserving C: accommodating D: acclima-
tizing E: adjusting

Question 27
Four of the following words are alike in some way. Which is the odd one out?
A: tiresome B: arid C: apportioned D: colorless E: boring

Question 28
Which of the following words is the best choice for the opposite of partiality
A: profiteering B: oscillation C: normalization D: neutrality E:
warehousing

Question 29
Which of the following words is the best choice for the opposite of destitution
A: retreatment B: identifiable C: opulence D: backscatter E:
preschooler

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Question 30
advisable is to imprudent as deleterious is to:
A: retrospection B: nazification C: weightlifter D: benign E:
interrupter

Question 31
Craig is a dentist who has patients booked in for Monday through Friday next
week. Bob is booked 3 days before David. Greg is booked 3 days after Harry.
David is booked 1 day after Jack. Harry is booked 2 days before Mark. Jack is
booked 2 days before Greg.
Bob is booked on Monday.
Which two people have been double booked?
A: Mark and David B: Mark and Jack C: David and Jack D:
Harry and David E: Bob and Greg

Question 32
Which of the following words is most similar in meaning to warehouses
A: haemorrhaging B: depositories C: polycrystalline D: unpre-
dictable E: superconducting

Question 33
Mark is a dentist who has patients booked in for Monday through Friday next
week. Harry is booked 1 day before Eggbert. Eggbert is booked 1 day before
Neil. Fred is booked 2 days after Liam. Perry is booked 3 days after Harry.
Liam is booked 1 day before Perry.
Harry is booked on Monday.
On which day does Mark have a double booking?
A: Monday B: Friday C: Thursday D: Wednesday E: Tues-
day

Question 34
The following sentences are translated from English to another language as fol-
lows
dad likes dog : blig glub wipa
person likes dog : blig glub mip
dad interupts mum : queg sytm wipa

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What is the translation of person interupts mum?
A: mip sytm queg B: queg sytm mip C: queg glub mip D: mip
sytm wipa E: queg sytm blig

Question 35
extinguished is to ignited as indescribably is to:
A: discoursing B: lacrimation C: primatologist D: definable E:
revolutionizing

Question 36
Assume that:
Some dups are pirs.
All hyats are bips.
All bips are dyls.
No hyats are pirs.
All dyls are fiys.
Which of the following do we know is correct?
A: All fiys are hyats B: No bips are fiys C: No dyls are bips D:
All pirs are dyls E: All hyats are fiys

Question 37
Which of the following words is the best choice for the opposite of meteoric
A: astral B: gradual C: stony D: insecure E: spatial

Question 38
Assume that:
All dyls are giws.
Some bips are pors.
No giws are cips.
All pirs are dyls.
Some pirs are pors.
Which of the following cannot be true?
A: Some pirs are cips B: All pirs are giws C: No cips are giws D:
Some giws are pirs E: No dyls are cips

Question 39

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Which of the following words is most similar in meaning to impetuous
A: impolite B: impenetrable C: imperious D: impulsive E:
impotent

Question 40
Four of the following words are alike in some way. Which is the odd one out?
A: inescapably B: mentholated C: ineluctably D: inevitably E:
necessarily

Question 41
Four of the following words are alike in some way. Which is the odd one out?
A: inscrutable B: arcane C: renegotiating D: cryptic E: deep

Question 42
radiance is to brightness as profession is to:
A: circumvallation B: monasticism C: affirmation D: trespassing
E: melchizedek

Question 43
Harry is larger than Liam but smaller than David. Liam is larger than Eggbert
but smaller than Jill. David is larger than Liam but smaller than Jill.

Who is the smallest?

A: Liam B: Eggbert C: Jill D: Harry E: David

Question 44
Which of the following words is most similar in meaning to immensity
A: enormity B: appreciation C: submergence D: coldhearted
E: nonconforming

Question 45
Which of the following words is most similar in meaning to uttering
A: emitting B: vasoconstrictor C: internalize D: popularisation
E: parachuting

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Question 46
Which of the following words is most similar in meaning to entrances
A: housewarming B: dispensationalism C: materialize D: ac-
cesses E: terpsichore

Question 47
Which of the following words is most similar in meaning to shrinking
A: finalization B: magnetohydrodynamic C: annexationist D:
misapprehension E: compressing

Question 48
Liam is a dentist who has patients booked in for Monday through Friday next
week. Bob is booked 4 days after David. Jill is booked 2 days after Jack. Craig
is booked 3 days before Bob. David is booked 2 days before Fred. Fred is booked
1 day before Jill.
David is booked on Monday.
Which two people have been double booked?
A: Craig and Jill B: Jack and Craig C: Craig and David D: David
and Bob E: Jack and David

Question 49
hospitality is to affability as lethargic is to:
A: intelligible B: dull C: penetrating D: acetoacetate E: im-
poverishing

Question 50
Assume that:
All cips are hyats.
No bips are giws.
No cips are giws.
No pirs are pors.
All hyats are pirs.
Which of the following do we know is correct?
A: All hyats are pors B: No pirs are hyats C: All cips are pors D:
All giws are pirs E: No cips are pors

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Question 51
The following sentences are translated from English to another language as fol-
lows
person greets dad : vlib glub wipa
dog greets dad : vlib blig wipa
person meets mum : sytm glub queg

What is the translation of sytm blig queg?

A: person meets dog B: mum meets dog C: dog greets mum D:
dad meets mum E: dog meets mum

Question 52
Assume that:
All cips are hyats.
All giws are blups.
No fiys are dyls.
All giws are hyats.
All blups are cips.
One of the above statements is unnecessary since it can be deduced from the
remaining statements. Which is it?
A: All giws are hyats B: All giws are blups C: All cips are hyats
D: No fiys are dyls E: All blups are cips

Question 53
Four of the following words are alike in some way. Which is the odd one out?
A: knowledge B: science C: glamorization D: lore E: wis-
dom

Question 54
The following sentences are translated from English to another language as fol-
lows
mum meets person : wipa mip blig
dog meets person : wipa mip glub
mum greets dad : bolk queg blig

Which word means mum?

A: wipa B: bolk C: blig D: glub E: mip

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Question 55
spareness is to bountiful as retrograde is to:
A: current B: mythological C: carolingian D: rationalised E:
unpermitted

Question 56
Assume that:
All lars are fiys.
All fiys are pors.
Some lars are blups.
Some fiys are blups.
All dups are blups.
If we add more statements to the above list we can deduce additional results.
No lars are dups can be deduced by adding which of the following statements?
A: Some pors are blups B: No pors are dups C: All pors are dups
D: All lars are pors E: All blups are dups

Question 57
Which of the following words is most similar in meaning to conditioned
A: acquisition B: withdrawing C: multilateral D: recognizing
E: seasoned

Question 58
Which of the following words is most similar in meaning to wilderness
A: irrecoverable B: nature C: glossolalia D: unprepossessing
E: triamcinolone

Question 59
The following sentences are translated from English to another language as fol-
lows
dog meets person : mip queg bolk
mum meets person : glub queg bolk
dog likes dad : mip blig sytm

What is the translation of mum likes dad?

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A: queg blig sytm B: glub blig sytm C: glub blig bolk D: blig
glub sytm E: mip glub sytm

Question 60
hardness is to gentleness as implacable is to:
A: manumission B: amenorrhoea C: agreeable D: harebrained
E: preconditioned

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