NCAE Verbal Ability Flashcards
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Choose the word that best completes the sentence: 'The student demonstrated remarkable _____ by finishing the project three days before the deadline.'
Answer: diligence
Diligence means careful and persistent hard work. Finishing a project early demonstrates this quality. Procrastination means delaying, negligence means carelessness, and indifference means lack of interest.
Which word is the antonym of 'abundant'?
Answer: Scarce
Abundant means existing in large quantities. Its antonym is scarce, meaning insufficient or in short supply. Plentiful, sufficient, and ample are all synonyms of abundant.
Identify the correct sentence:
Answer: The students have finished their homework.
'Students' is a plural subject, so it requires the plural verb 'have.' The past participle 'finished' completes the present perfect tense correctly.
Choose the word that is most similar in meaning to 'benevolent':
Answer: Kind
Benevolent means well-meaning and kindly. The word comes from Latin 'bene' (well) and 'volent' (wishing). Kind is the closest synonym among the choices.
Complete the analogy: Book is to reading as fork is to _____.
Answer: Eating
A book is a tool used for reading; similarly, a fork is a tool used for eating. The relationship is between an object and its primary function.
Which sentence uses the correct form of the possessive?
Answer: The children's toys were scattered on the floor.
'Children' is already a plural noun that does not end in 's,' so the possessive is formed by adding 's: children's. This rule applies to all irregular plural nouns.