Verbal Reasoning Practice

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VERBAL REASONING: PRACTICE QUESTIONS

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Choose from the following, the answer that is opposite in meaning to the main word (Written in Capital letters).

6. FOE
(A) friend
(B) enemy
(C) kind
(D) genuine

7. CHARLATAN
(A) fraud
(B) shrink
(C) genuine
(D) central

8. PERIPHERAL
(A) habit
(B) enemy
(C) kind
(D) central

9. DIFFIDENT
(A) shy
(B) confident
(C) deprived
(D) stupid

10. FOMENT
(A) greed
(B) silent
(C) quash
(D) uneasy

ANSWERS: VERBAL REASONING PRACTICE
6(A) 7(C) 8(D) 9(B) 10(C)

EXPLANATION

6. (A) Foe means enemy. Hence, friend is the opposite.
7. (C) Charlatan means fraud. Hence, genuine is the opposite.
8. (D) Peripheral means something not central (for example, side-business). Hence, central (main) is the opposite.
9. (B) Diffident means shyness (or shy). Hence, confident is the opposite.
10. (C) Foment means to incite. Hence, quash (to suppress or to put down) is the opposite.