Verbal Skills Flashcards
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Which word means the OPPOSITE of 'benevolent'?
Answer: Malevolent
Benevolent means well-meaning and kindly, while malevolent means having ill will or wishing harm to others — they are direct antonyms.
Choose the word that best completes the analogy: Book is to Library as Painting is to ___.
Answer: Museum
A book is housed in a library, just as a painting is housed in a museum. Both represent the relationship between an item and its collection location.
Which sentence contains a grammatical error?
Answer: Each of the students have completed the assignment.
'Each' is singular and requires a singular verb. The correct form is 'Each of the students has completed the assignment.'
What does the word 'ubiquitous' mean?
Answer: Present everywhere at the same time
Ubiquitous means existing or being everywhere at the same time; omnipresent. Smartphones are a commonly cited example of something ubiquitous.
In the sequence 'Dog, Cat, Bird, Fish,' which word does NOT belong?
Answer: All belong
All four are animals, so they all logically belong to the same category. There is no clear outlier based on the given information.
Which pair of words are SYNONYMS?
Answer: Happy and Elated
Happy and elated both mean feeling great pleasure or joy. Elated is a more intense form of happiness, but they share the same core meaning.