HSPT Practice Test Verbal Skills 4

Question 1

Antonyms: Choose the word that means the OPPOSITE of VICTORY.

Accepted Answer

Defeat

Answer

Defeat is a loss, the opposite of victory.

Question 2

Synonyms: Choose the word that means most nearly the same as ENORMOUS.

Accepted Answer

Huge

Answer

Enormous means very large, the same as huge.

Question 3

Analogies: Pen is to Write as Scissors is to ___.

Accepted Answer

Cut

Answer

A pen is used to write, just as scissors are used to cut.

Question 4

Verbal Classification: Which word does NOT belong with the others?

Accepted Answer

Gloomy

Answer

Gloomy means sad, while the others all mean glad.

Question 5

Logic: All squares have four sides. This shape has three sides. Therefore the shape is ___.

Accepted Answer

Not a square

Answer

Since squares need four sides and this shape has three, it cannot be a square.