Verbal Reasoning Practice Set 1 (One)

Question 0

Decry

Answer 0

To express strong disapproval

Question 1

Aspersion

Answer 1

An abusive attack on a persons character

Question 2

Deride

Answer 2

To treat or speak with contempt

Question 3

Diatribe

Answer 3

A thunderous verbal attack

Question 4

Excoriate

Answer 4

Censure or criticize severely

Question 5

Censure

Answer 5

Express severe disapproval of

Question 6

Impugn

Answer 6

To dispute the validity or honesty of a statement

Question 7

Inveigh

Answer 7

To speak or write about something with great hostility

Question 8

Objurgate

Answer 8

To rebuke or scold severely

Question 9

Obloquy

Answer 9

A strong public criticism or verbal abuse

Question 10

Opprobrium

Answer 10

Harsh criticism or censure

Question 11

Pillory

Answer 11

To attack or reticule publicly

Question 12

Remonstrate

Answer 12

To make a forcefully reproachful protest

Question 13

Reproachful

Answer 13

Expressing disapproval or disappointment

Question 14

Reprove

Answer 14

To reprimand or censure somebody

Question 15

Revile

Answer 15

To criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner

Question 16

Vituperate

Answer 16

To blame or insult someone with strong language

Question 17

Vouchsafed

Answer 17

To give or grant someone something in a gracious manner

Question 18

Lauded

Answer 18

To praise highly in a public context

Question 19

Canard

Answer 19

An unfounded rumor or story

Question 20

Chicanery

Answer 20

The use of trickery to gain a legal, financial, or political purpose

Question 21

Equivocate

Answer 21

Using ambiguous language to conceal the truth

Question 22

Ersatz

Answer 22

Not real or genuine

Question 23

Feigned

Answer 23

Insincere

Question 24

Mendacious

Answer 24

Lying, not telling the truth

Question 25

Perfidy

Answer 25

Untrustworthiness

Question 26

Specious

Answer 26

Superficially possible, but actually wrong

Question 27

Spurious

Answer 27

False or fake, not being what it purports to be

Question 28

Purports

Answer 28

To appear or claim to be something

Question 29

Mendacity

Answer 29

Untruthfullness

Question 30

Levity

Answer 30

Humor or frivolity

Question 31

Histrionics

Answer 31

Over-theatrical or melodramatic

Question 32

Peruse

Answer 32

Reading something in a typically thorough manner

Question 33

Intuit

Answer 33

Understand or work out by instinct

Question 34

PLAC (root)

Answer 34

To please

Question 35

Placebo

Answer 35

A measure designed to calm or please someone

Question 36

CIRCUM (root)

Answer 36

Around

Question 37

Circuitous

Answer 37

Longer than the most direct way

Question 38

Panoptic

Answer 38

Showing or seeing the whole at one view

Question 39

PAN (root)

Answer 39

All

Question 40

OPTIC (root)

Answer 40

To see or observe

Question 41

Parsing

Answer 41

Analyze a sentence into its parts

Question 42

Panacea

Answer 42

A solution or remedy for all difficulties

Question 43

Affinity

Answer 43

An attractive force

Question 44

FIN (root)

Answer 44

End

Question 45

DEM (root)

Answer 45

People

Question 46

VEN/VENT (root)

Answer 46

To come/to move toward

Question 47

Venal

Answer 47

Motivated by susceptibility to bribery

Question 48

VENAL (root)

Answer 48

Corrupt

Question 49

Advent

Answer 49

The arrival of a notable person

Question 50

Aberrations

Answer 50

A departure from what is normal

Question 51

Equivocal

Answer 51

Open to more than one interpretation

Question 52

Erudite

Answer 52

Having great knowledge

Question 53

Prodigal

Answer 53

Spending money or resources freely and recklessly

Question 54

Desiccate

Answer 54

To remove moisture from something usually to preserve it

Question 55

Pedant

Answer 55

A person who is excessively worried about minor rules or details

Question 56

Capricious

Answer 56

Given to sudden or unaccountable changes of mood or behavior

Question 57

Loquacious

Answer 57

Tending to talk a great deal

Question 58

Volatile

Answer 58

Liable to change rapidly

Question 59

Corroborate

Answer 59

To confirm or give support to a finding

Question 60

Antiquated

Answer 60

Old fashion or outdated

Question 61

Quixotic

Answer 61

Foolishly idealistic

Question 62

Calumny

Answer 62

The making of false claims to hurt someone's reputation

Question 63

Commendation

Answer 63

Praise

Question 64

Salubrious

Answer 64

Health giving, healthy

Question 65

Opprobrious

Answer 65

Expressing offense or reproach