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
Which of the following words is the best choice for the opposite of nameless
A: decriminalized B: immobilizing C: inefficient D: christened
E: debilitation

Question 2
Four of the following words are alike in some way. Which is the odd one out?
A: painkilling B: emphasis C: stress D: accentuation E: ac-
cent

Question 3
Which of the following words is most similar in meaning to confident
A: unmentionable B: perceivable C: electrification D: hexafluo-
ride E: assured

Question 4
Which of the following words is the best choice for the opposite of harmonized
A: uncontroverted B: reconfigure C: collided D: physostigmine
E: eschatological

Question 5
Which of the following words is most similar in meaning to latitude
A: contaminating B: elucidating C: downshifted D: designating
E: leeway

Question 6
Four of the following words are alike in some way. Which is the odd one out?
A: bashful B: accommodate C: backward D: coy E: with-
drawn

Question 7
Four of the following words are alike in some way. Which is the odd one out?
A: commemorating B: ghostwriter C: honorary D: memorial
E: commemorative

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Question 8
Which of the following words is most similar in meaning to precarious
A: proscription B: shakespearean C: chlorhexidine D: philan-
thropical E: dicey

Question 9
Assume that:
Some fiys are giws.
All dyls are lars.
All fiys are dyls.
All pirs are giws.
Some dyls are giws.
If we add more statements to the above list we can deduce additional results.
No fiys are pirs can be deduced by adding which of the following statements?
A: All lars are pirs B: No lars are pirs C: All giws are pirs D:
All fiys are lars E: Some lars are giws

Question 10
secreting is to exhibiting as probable is to:
A: implausible B: recognition C: lanternfish D: constructionism
E: discrimination

Question 11
Which of the following words is most similar in meaning to exaltation
A: nonrecurring B: intertribal C: unallowable D: recapitalized
E: aggrandizement

Question 12
Four of the following words are alike in some way. Which is the odd one out?
A: brotherhood B: sentient C: aware D: alive E: apprehen-
sive

Question 13

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Four of the following words are alike in some way. Which is the odd one out?
A: undistinguished B: grim C: dogged D: determined E:
relentlessly

Question 14
annoyance is to aggravation as pressing is to:
A: uncontacted B: unacknowledged C: interphalangeal D: acute
E: handcuffing

Question 15
Which of the following words is the best choice for the opposite of dispropor-
tionate
A: disparate B: dismal C: dissuade D: consign E: corre-
sponding

Question 16
Which of the following words is the best choice for the opposite of scowling
A: phenylbutazone B: regularization C: encroachment D: arch-
diocesan E: grinning

Question 17
Assume that:
All pirs are dyls.
All lars are pirs.
All dyls are giws.
All fiys are blups.
All lars are blups.
Which of the following do we know is correct?
A: All blups are dyls B: No pirs are giws C: All giws are lars D:
No dyls are pirs E: All lars are giws

Question 18
The following sentences are translated from English to another language as fol-
lows
person likes dad : sytm bolk glub
mum likes dad : mip bolk glub

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person greets dog : sytm queg wipa

What is the translation of mum greets dog?

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

Question 19
Mark is a dentist who has patients booked in for Monday through Friday next
week. Neil is booked 1 day after Perry. Perry is booked 3 days after Liam. Bob
is booked 3 days before Neil. Greg is booked 1 day after Bob. Liam is booked
1 day before Craig.
Liam is booked on Monday.
On which day does Mark have a double booking?
A: Tuesday B: Monday C: Wednesday D: Friday E: Thurs-
day

Question 20
The following sentences are translated from English to another language as fol-
lows
dad likes person : glub bolk sytm
dog likes person : glub bolk vlib
dad meets mum : wipa queg sytm

What is the translation of dog meets mum?

A: wipa queg glub B: vlib queg wipa C: wipa bolk vlib D: wipa
queg vlib E: vlib queg sytm

Question 21
indulgence is to essential as erroneous is to:
A: correct B: propagandist C: dispiriting D: externalizing E:
lectureship

Question 22
anticipation is to contemplation as retributions is to:
A: paybacks B: misappropriate C: dehydrogenation D: adjourn-
ment E: unravelling

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Question 23
Four of the following words are alike in some way. Which is the odd one out?
A: wriggled B: fidgeted C: jerked D: fiddled E: singlehanded

Question 24
participate is to partake as described is to:
A: appurtenant B: delineated C: encyclopaedia D: accentuating
E: dressmaking

Question 25
The following sentences are translated from English to another language as fol-
lows
dog likes mum : wipa queg blig
person likes mum : wipa mip blig
dog interupts dad : vlib queg bolk

Which word means person?

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

Question 26
Which of the following words is most similar in meaning to troublesome
A: intercession B: cyproterone C: collaborationist D: trailblazer
E: discomforting

Question 27
Four of the following words are alike in some way. Which is the odd one out?
A: attaining B: capturing C: bagging D: acquiring E: con-
straining

Question 28
Which of the following words is most similar in meaning to scrambling
A: clambering B: centralizer C: biconditional D: instantiate E:
endeavoured

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Question 29
placidity is to calm as plausible is to:
A: propitiated B: interconnected C: believable D: apprehended
E: chocolatier

Question 30
Harry is larger than Mark but smaller than Perry. Abby is larger than Harry
but smaller than Perry. Fred is larger than Harry but smaller than Abby.

Who is the largest?

A: Harry B: Mark C: Perry D: Abby E: Fred

Question 31
Which of the following words is the best choice for the opposite of restrained
A: professionalize B: procrastination C: outmaneuver D: flaring
E: nucleoprotein

Question 32
Harry is larger than Perry but smaller than Craig. Bill is larger than Harry but
smaller than Drew. Drew is larger than Harry but smaller than Craig.

Who is the smallest?

A: Craig B: Bill C: Perry D: Drew E: Harry

Question 33
shameful is to reputable as inhumation is to:
A: reevaluating B: superconductive C: procuratorate D: inter-
viewee E: exhumation

Question 34
Which of the following words is most similar in meaning to abounded
A: fratricidal B: reconditioning C: integrating D: brimmed E:
concertizing

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Question 35
Assume that:
All giws are pirs.
No dups are dyls.
Some pors are fiys.
All pirs are dups.
No giws are fiys.
Which of the following cannot be true?
A: No dyls are dups B: Some giws are dyls C: No pirs are dyls D:
Some dups are giws E: All giws are dups

Question 36
fluently is to easily as tormenting is to:
A: antiperspirant B: afflicting C: upperclassmen D: condottieri
E: crescendoing

Question 37
Which of the following words is the best choice for the opposite of developments
A: renominating B: puppetmaster C: somatotropin D: unexpe-
rienced E: regressions

Question 38
Jack is larger than Opal but smaller than Greg. Opal is larger than David but
smaller than Greg. Neil is larger than Opal but smaller than Jack.

Which pair contains both the smallest and largest person

A: Jack and David B: Greg and Opal C: Jack and Opal D: Greg
and David E: Greg and Neil

Question 39
irradiating is to darkening as impotent is to:
A: disaggregation B: devastation C: fertile D: remuneration E:
biquadratic

Question 40

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Four of the following words are alike in some way. Which is the odd one out?
A: amiss B: unbecoming C: graceless D: improper E: hermaphrodite

Question 41
Which of the following words is most similar in meaning to distracted
A: perseveration B: electrifying C: authoritative D: canonisation
E: agitated

Question 42
Four of the following words are alike in some way. Which is the odd one out?
A: stakes B: shares C: claims D: interests E: atmospheric

Question 43
Assume that:
Some dyls are pors.
All hyats are dups.
No hyats are pors.
All bips are dyls.
All pors are cips.
If we add more statements to the above list we can deduce additional results.
All hyats are dyls can be deduced by adding which of the following statements?
A: All dyls are pors B: All dups are bips C: No dups are bips D:
All hyats are pors E: Some hyats are dyls

Question 44
Assume that:
No bips are lars.
All dups are cips.
All pirs are bips.
No pors are lars.
All pors are pirs.
One of the above statements is unnecessary since it can be deduced from the
remaining statements. Which is it?
A: No pors are lars B: All pors are pirs C: All dups are cips D:
All pirs are bips E: No bips are lars

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Question 45
Four of the following words are alike in some way. Which is the odd one out?
A: magnetopause B: delusion C: fallacy D: error E: false-
hood

Question 46
Mark is a dentist who has patients booked in for Monday through Friday next
week. Bob is booked 1 day after Eggbert. Perry is booked 1 day after Harry.
Abby is booked 3 days before Perry. Fred is booked 1 day before Abby. Eggbert
is booked 2 days after Fred.
Fred is booked on Monday.
On which day does Mark have a double booking?
A: Thursday B: Monday C: Tuesday D: Friday E: Wednes-
day

Question 47
Greg is a dentist who has patients booked in for Monday through Friday next
week. David is booked 3 days after Perry. Mark is booked 4 days before David.
Perry is booked 2 days before Fred. Fred is booked 1 day after Harry. Harry is
booked 2 days after Eggbert.
Mark is booked on Monday.
Which two people have been double booked?
A: Mark and David B: Perry and Fred C: Mark and Perry D:
Eggbert and Mark E: Eggbert and Perry

Question 48
The following sentences are translated from English to another language as fol-
lows
mum interupts dog : bolk mip glub
person interupts dog : bolk mip vlib
mum greets dad : sytm blig glub

What does vlib mean?

A: person B: interupts C: mum D: dog E: greets

Question 49
Which of the following words is the best choice for the opposite of unnecessary
A: communicating B: indispensable C: florilegium D: restauran-

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teur E: suggestible

Question 50
The following sentences are translated from English to another language as fol-
lows
person likes dog : sytm blig vlib
mum likes dog : glub blig vlib
person interupts dad : sytm mip wipa

What is the translation of glub mip wipa?

A: person interupts mum B: mum interupts dad C: dog interupts dad
D: mum likes dad E: dad interupts mum

Question 51
injudicious is to discreet as continuation is to:
A: expropriated B: attentional C: arborescent D: close E:
unreconciled

Question 52
Opal is a dentist who has patients booked in for Monday through Friday next
week. Greg is booked 2 days before Perry. Perry is booked 1 day after Harry.
Harry is booked 1 day after David. Fred is booked 1 day before Greg. Abby is
booked 4 days after Fred.
Fred is booked on Monday.
Which two people have been double booked?
A: David and Fred B: Fred and Abby C: Greg and Perry D:
Greg and Fred E: David and Greg

Question 53
Which of the following words is the best choice for the opposite of converge
A: overstimulating B: disband C: equidistance D: irresolution
E: translation

Question 54
Which of the following words is most similar in meaning to procured
A: epistemological B: straitlaced C: acquired D: structuring

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E: delicatessen

Question 55
Which of the following words is most similar in meaning to fragmentary
A: deficient B: discotheque C: hypersurface D: gynecologist E:
interregnum

Question 56
Which of the following words is the best choice for the opposite of occasional
A: linebacking B: balustraded C: continuous D: deinstitutional-
ization E: existential

Question 57
Greg is larger than Fred but smaller than Bob. Mark is larger than Greg but
smaller than Jack. Jack is larger than Greg but smaller than Bob.

Who is the smallest?

A: Fred B: Bob C: Mark D: Greg E: Jack

Question 58
Which of the following words is the best choice for the opposite of foregoing
A: codebreaker B: importation C: kaleidoscopic D: ensuing E:
smokejumper

Question 59
Assume that:
No blups are pors.
All dyls are fiys.
All cips are dups.
All dyls are dups.
All fiys are cips.
One of the above statements is unnecessary since it can be deduced from the
remaining statements. Which is it?
A: No blups are pors B: All dyls are dups C: All dyls are fiys D:
All cips are dups E: All fiys are cips

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Question 60
Assume that:
All dups are cips.
All giws are dups.
Some blups are pors.
No cips are bips.
No giws are pors.
Which of the following do we know is correct?
A: No giws are bips B: All dups are bips C: All pors are cips D:
No cips are dups E: All giws are bips

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