Verbal Aptitude - Vocabulary and Analogies
Test your verbal reasoning skills with vocabulary fill-in-the-blanks, antonyms, and word analogies covering advanced English vocabulary.
Questions
Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.
As far as the professional ______________ is concerned, each man is out for his own personal ______________.
- pessimist, happiness
- optimist, loss
- cynic, aggrandizement
- cynic, agnosticism
Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.
When he was accused of being a ____________, he retorted he was not a __________.
- traitor, libertine
- spy, minion
- charlatan, quack
- prodigy, oaf
Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.
I can vouch for his honesty; I have always found him _____________.
- venal
- venial
- voracious
- veracious
Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.
Industrial leaders are worried lest new inventions make their plants unprofitable to operate; they therefore wish to protect themselves against possible _________.
- depreciation
- despoliation
- obsolescence
- casualties
Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.
Because he is ____________, we cannot predict what course he will follow at any moment.
- incoherent
- sedate
- capricious
- deleterious
Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.
Despit the efforts he made, the _______ was not completed on time.
- postponement
- promise
- adjustment
- task
Directions: Choose the word from the options which is opposite in meaning to the given word.
Animus
- Enemy
- Lack of cooperation
- Lack of hostility
- Close
Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.
I had to leave early _____ I had to submit the report before 10 am.
- previously
- later
- simultaneously
- as
Directions: Find the pair from the given options having the same relationship as the one in bold letters.
Aggressor : Defender
- Dictator : Foe
- Hero : Accused
- Plaintiff : Defendant
- Foe : Ally
Directions: Find the pair from the given options having the same relationship as the one in bold letters.
Ascetic : Philandering
- Continent : Wandering
- Continent : Immoral
- Sour : Dissipated
- Monkish : Noble
Directions: Find the pair from the given options having the same relationship as the one in bold letters.
Dissemble : Feign
- Separate : Gather
- Part : Meet
- Compel : Arrange
- Assemble : Gather
Directions: Find the pair from the given options having the same relationship as the one in bold letters.
Congenial : Animosity
- Friendly : Happy
- Hostile : Arrogance
- Amicable : Affability
- Brotherly : Hatred
Directions: Find the pair from the given options having the same relationship as the one in bold letters.
Hourglass : Chronometer
- Arrow : Rifle
- Bullet : Rifle
- Sand : Water
- Latin: Swiss
Directions: Find the pair from the given options having the same relationship as the one in bold letters.
Meager : Inordinate
- Facile : Glib
- Emulate : Rival
- Scarcity : Plethora
- Fascination : Love
Directions: Choose the word from the options which is opposite in meaning to the given word.
Lugubrious
- Melancholy
- Stormy
- Sloppy
- Gay
Directions: Choose the word from the options which is opposite in meaning to the given word.
Veracious
- Hungry
- Avid
- Mendacious
- Tawdry
Directions: Find the pair from the given options having the same relationship as the one in bold letters.
Entrepreneur : Profits
- Philanthropist : Charity
- Organizer : Union
- Scholar : Knowledge
- Priest : Confession
Directions: Find the pair from the given options having the same relationship as the one in bold letters.
Kitchen : Culinary
- Theater : Forensic
- Court : Histrionic
- Dance studio : Terpsichorean
- Law office : Judicial
Directions: Find the pair from the given options having the same relationship as the one in bold letters.
Group : Individual
- Mountain : Tree
- Garden : Bower
- Garden : Flower
- Archipelago : Island
Directions: Choose the word from the options which is opposite in meaning to the given word.
Sallow
- Ruddy
- Deep
- Vinegary
- Conciliatory
Directions: Choose the word from the options which is opposite in meaning to the given word.
Halcyon
- Rough
- Meager
- Notable
- Customary
Directions: Choose the word from the options which is opposite in meaning to the given word.
Urbane
- Poisonous
- Rustic
- Scholarly
- Naive
Directions: Choose the word from the options which is opposite in meaning to the given word.
Irascible
- Calm
- Vexed
- Irritable
- Unjust
Directions: Choose the word from the options which is opposite in meaning to the given word.
Spurious
- Goading
- Fantastic
- Melancholy
- Genuine
Directions: Choose the word from the options which is opposite in meaning to the given word.
Provident
- Frugal
- Prodigal
- Thankful
- Tidy