VERBAL REASONING Q&A

Choose the correct Word having same meaning
*RAPT
a. lively
b. concealed
c. engrossed
d. prototype
e. None of these
Ans:-B

*PIOUS
a. historic
b. devout
c. multiple
d. fortunate
e. authoritative
Ans:-B


* LETHARGY
a. reminiscence
b. category
c. fallacy
d. unanimity
e. stupor
Ans:-E



*CARGO
a. cabbage
b. camel
c. lance
d. freight
e. flax

Ans:-D

* OVATION
a. oration
b. gesture
c. emulation
d. applause
e. nourish



*ORDAIN
a. arrange
b. command
c. contribute
d. establish
e. control
Ans:-B

* FLORID
a. ornate
b. thriving
c. artistic
d. elegant
e. None of these


* INCENTIVE
a. reflex
b. amplitude
c. inflection
d. provocation
e. escutcheon
Ans:-D


*LATITUDE
a. scope
b. segment
c. globule
d. legislature
e. lamentation

Ans:-A



*MORTIFY
a. make a cavity
b. displease
c. humiliate
d. relapse
e. murder
Ans:- C

*ADAGE
a. advice
b. proverb
c. enlargement
d. advantage
e. usage
Ans:-B


*TO DISPEL
a. to dissipate
b. to dissent
c. to distort
d. to disfigure
e. to dissect

Ans:- A



*ERRATIC
a. unromantic
b. free
c. popular
d. steady
e. unknown
Ans:-E


TO MERIT
a. to embrace
b. to devote
c. to deserve
d. to combine
e. to display

Ans:-C

PENITENCE
a. liking
b. insightful
c. attractive

d. penetrable
e. compunction
Ans:-E


WHET
a. stimulate
b. humorous
c. inculate
d. dampen
e. None of these
Ans:-A

*ACUMEN
a. exactness
b. potential
c. shrewdness
d. bluntness
e. None of these



Ans:-C

*BEHEST
a. behavior
b. hold down
c. hold up
d. relieve
e. condemn

Ans:-B

Now let's go through some common words that appear in Test papers

* Intermittent : externally stopping and then starting
* Reciprocal: reverse or opposite
* Agrarian : related to agriculture
* Vacillate : undecided or dilemma
* Expedient : fitting proper, desirable
* Simulate : produce artificially resembling an existing one.
*Cognizance : knowledge
*Retrospective : review
* Naive : innocent, rustic
* Equivocate : tallying on both sides, lie, mislead
* Access : to approach
* Compensation: salary
* Truncate : shorten by cutting
* Adherence : stick
* Heterogeneous: non similar things
* Surplus : excessive
* Assess : determine the amount or value
* Postulate : frame a theory
* Latent : dormant, secret
Some more examples from Test papers
* Erudite : scholar :: illiterate : ignorant
* Fire : Ashes :: explosion : debris
* mason : wall :: Author : Book
* Depreciation: deflation, depression, devaluation, fall, slump
* Deprecate : feel and express disapproval,
* Incentive : thing one encourages one to do (stimulus)
* Echelon : level of authority or responsibility
* innovation : make changes or introduce new things
* Fire : Ashes :: Event : memories
* fluctuation : wavering,
* Eliminate : to reduce
* affinity : strong liking
* Expedite : hasten
* Console : to show sympathy
* Adversary : opposition
* Affable : lovable or approachable
* Conglomeration: group, collection
*Apparatus : appliances
*Ignorance : blindness, in experience
* Aberration: deviation
* Augury : prediction
* Creditability : ability to common belief, quality of being credible
* Vance : quality of being relevant
* Depreciation: deflation, depression, devaluation, fall, slump
* Deprecate : feel and express disapproval,
* Incentive : thing one encourages one to do (stimulus)
* epaulette : shoulder :: tiara : head
* guttural : throat :: gastric : stomach
* Echelon : level of authority or responsibility
* Innovation : make changes or introduce new things
* inept : clever :: languid : active

* Erudite : scholar :: illiterate : ignorant
* Obsession: complex enthusiasm
* precipitate : speed, active
* Coincident: incidentally
* Constituent : accompanying
* Differential : having or showing or making use of
* Litigation : engaging in a law suit
* Moratorium: legally or officially determined period of delay beforefulfillment of the agreement of paying of debts.
* Negotiate : discuss or bargain
* Detrimental: harmful
* Conciliation : make less angry or more friendly
* Orthodox: conventional or traditional, superstitious
* Depreciation: deflation, depression, devaluation, fall, slump
* Deprecate : feel and express disapproval,
* Incentive : thing one encourages one to do (stimulus)
* Echelon : level of authority or responsibility