Verbal Ability and Comprehension Flashcards
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Which word is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to 'benevolent'?
Answer: malicious
Benevolent means well-meaning and kind; malicious means intending harm, making it the antonym.
Choose the word that best completes the analogy: Playwright : Script :: Architect : ___
Answer: Blueprint
A playwright creates a script; an architect creates a blueprint—both are planning documents for their respective fields.
Identify the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement:
Answer: The jury has reached a verdict.
Collective nouns like 'jury' take a singular verb in American English when acting as one unit.
What does the idiom 'burn the midnight oil' mean?
Answer: To work late into the night
The idiom refers to working or studying late at night, historically by the light of an oil lamp.
Which sentence uses a dangling modifier?
Answer: Having finished the test, the papers were turned in.
In option C, 'having finished the test' implies the papers finished the test, which is illogical—the modifier dangles without a proper subject.
Select the correct meaning of the prefix 'mal-' as used in 'malfunction':
Answer: Bad or wrongly
The prefix 'mal-' comes from Latin meaning bad or poorly, as in malfunction (functioning badly).
In reading comprehension, the term 'inference' means:
Answer: A conclusion drawn from evidence not explicitly stated
An inference is a logical conclusion the reader draws based on clues in the text rather than stated facts.