Free CMAT Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Questions and Answers

Question 1

Each question has a word followed by four choices. From the choices, identify the one that is opposite in meaning (Antonym) to the main word:
AGGRAVATE

Accepted Answer

Ameliorate

Answer

Explanation:
AGGRAVATE means: Make (a problem, injury, or offense) worse or more serious.

Ameliorate means: Make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.

Question 2

From the choices, select the most suitable synonym (a word that means the same) for the main word:
ABSTRACT

Accepted Answer

Summary

Answer

Explanation:
ABSTRACT means: Existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.

Question 3

For the word given below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word from the alternatives that are most appropriate in the given context.

PUGNACIOUSLY: Roosevelt had said pugnaciously that it would count in the end not who fired the first shot but who fired the last.

Accepted Answer

Aggressively

Answer

Explanation:
PUGNACIOUSLY means: Combative in nature.

Question 4

From the choices, select the most suitable synonym (a word that means the same) for the main word:
COMPLACENT

Accepted Answer

Satisfied

Answer

Explanation:
COMPLACENT means: marked by self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies.

Question 5

From the choices, identify the one that is opposite in meaning (Antonym) to the main word:
CONSIDERATE

Accepted Answer

Indifferent

Answer

Explanation:
CONSIDERATE means: showing kind awareness or regard for other's feelings, circumstances, etc.

Indifferent means: without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic
Example sentence: The king remained indifferent to the sufferings of his people.

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Free CMAT Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Questions and Answers