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Verbal Ability Quiz 19
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Question 1
Directions: For the word given at the top of each table, match the dictionary definitions on the left (A, B, C, D) with their corresponding usage on the right (E, F, G, H). Out of the four possibilities given in the boxes below the table, select the one that has all the definitions and their usages correctly matched.
Exceed
Dictionary Definition Usage
A) To extend outside of, or enlarge beyond; used chiefly in strictly physical relations
B) To be greater than or superior to
C) Be beyond the comprehension of
D) To go beyond a limit set by (as an authority or privilege)
E) The mercy of god exceeds our finite minds,
F) Their accomplishments exceeded our expectation
G) He exceeded his authority when he paid his brother’s gambling debts with money from the trust.
H) If this rain keeps up, the river will exceed its banks by morning
Dictionary Definition Usage
A) To extend outside of, or enlarge beyond; used chiefly in strictly physical relations
B) To be greater than or superior to
C) Be beyond the comprehension of
D) To go beyond a limit set by (as an authority or privilege)
E) The mercy of god exceeds our finite minds,
F) Their accomplishments exceeded our expectation
G) He exceeded his authority when he paid his brother’s gambling debts with money from the trust.
H) If this rain keeps up, the river will exceed its banks by morning
Question 2
Infer
Dictionary Definition Usage
A) To derive by reasoning or implication
B) To surmise
C) To point out
D) We see smoke and infer fire
E) Given some utterance, a listener may infer from it things which the utterer never implied
F) I waited all day to meet him, form this you can infer my zeal to see him
G) To hint
H) She did not take part in the debate except to ask a question inferring that she was not interested in the debate.
Dictionary Definition Usage
A) To derive by reasoning or implication
B) To surmise
C) To point out
D) We see smoke and infer fire
E) Given some utterance, a listener may infer from it things which the utterer never implied
F) I waited all day to meet him, form this you can infer my zeal to see him
G) To hint
H) She did not take part in the debate except to ask a question inferring that she was not interested in the debate.
Question 3
Mellow
Dictionary Definition Usage
A) Adequately and properly ages so as to be free of harshness
B) Freed from the rashness of youth
C) Of soft and loamy consistency
D) Rich and lull but free from stridency
E) He has mellowed with age
F) The tones of the old violin were mellow
G) Some wines are mellow
H) Mellow soil is found in the Gangetic plains
Dictionary Definition Usage
A) Adequately and properly ages so as to be free of harshness
B) Freed from the rashness of youth
C) Of soft and loamy consistency
D) Rich and lull but free from stridency
E) He has mellowed with age
F) The tones of the old violin were mellow
G) Some wines are mellow
H) Mellow soil is found in the Gangetic plains
Question 4
Relief
Dictionary Definition Usage
A) Removal or lightening of something distressing
B) Aid in the form of necessities for the indigent
C) Diversion
D) Release from the performance of duty
E) A ceremony follows the relief of a sentry after the morning shift
F) It was a relief to take off the tight shoes
G) The only relief I get is by playing cards
H) Disaster relief was offered to the victims
Dictionary Definition Usage
A) Removal or lightening of something distressing
B) Aid in the form of necessities for the indigent
C) Diversion
D) Release from the performance of duty
E) A ceremony follows the relief of a sentry after the morning shift
F) It was a relief to take off the tight shoes
G) The only relief I get is by playing cards
H) Disaster relief was offered to the victims
Question 5
Purge
A) Remove a stigma from the name of
B) Make clean by removing whatever is superfluous, foreign
C) Get rid of
D) To cause evacuation of
E) The opposition was purged after the coup
F) The committee heard his attempt to purge himself of a charge of heresy
G) Drugs that purge the bowels water by distillation
A) Remove a stigma from the name of
B) Make clean by removing whatever is superfluous, foreign
C) Get rid of
D) To cause evacuation of
E) The opposition was purged after the coup
F) The committee heard his attempt to purge himself of a charge of heresy
G) Drugs that purge the bowels water by distillation
Question 6
Directions: Each of the words below, a contextual usage is provided Pick the word from the alternatives given that is most inappropriate in the given context.
Disuse: Some words fall into disuse as technology makes objects obsolete.
Question 7
Facetious: When I suggested that war is a method of controlling population, my father remarked that I was being facetious.
Question 8
Specious: A specious argument is not simply a false one but one that has the ring of truth,
Question 9
Parsimonious: The evidence was constructed from very parsimonious scraps of information.
Question 10
Obviate: The new mass transit system may obviate the need for the use of personal cars:
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