Psychometric Verbal Reasoning; Word Meaning Test #4

*Select the word that has the closest meaning to the underlined word in each sentence.

Sentence 1:

The child's concentration began to wane .

• Increase

• Grow

• Wander

• Diminish

• Falter

She was a respected adversary .

• Minister

• Rival

• Ally

• Friend

• Supporter

The two programmes ran concurrently

• Concert

• Now

• Separately

• Simultaneously

• Long

They had envisaged a larger cake.

• Made

• Ordered

• Imagined

• Developed

• Found

The idea denounced at the forum.

• Criticised

• Annonunced

• Mentioned

• Repeated

• Said

They voted to abolish the health requirements.

• Introduce

• Begin

• Abominate

• Support

• Eliminate

She behaved in an unscrupulous manner.

• Distinguished

• Unrivaled

• Immoral

• Moral

• Friendly

There was healthy rivalry between the teams.

• Lordly

• Aloof

• Contention

• Callous

• Co-operation

They were very coercive in their argument.

• Harsh

• Hurtful

• Hopeful

• Forcible

• Peaceful

He was deceived by his family.

• Perceived

• Denounced

• Mislead

• Accused

• Elected