Verbal Reasoning

Select the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word below.

CHAGRIN:

• courtesy

• distress

• geniality

• temperance

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Select the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as one of the words below.

PARSIMONIOUS

• artificial

• disorganized

• frugal

• voracious

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Select the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as one of the words below.

SIMULATE

• feign

• integrate

• oversimplify

• rouse

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Select the word or pair of words that most correctly completes that sentence.

Always __________, the journalist actively questioned the relevant viewpoints on both sides of the issue.

• enigmatic

• ignoble

• impartial

• partisan

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Select the word or pair of words that most correctly completes that sentence.

Because the Jackson House Inn on Martha's Vineyard maintains _____________ accommodations, guests routinely contribute ______________ comments on the inn's Web site.

• arbitrary...amiable

• immaculate...laudatory

• reprehensible...cordial

• utilitarian...inconsiderate

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Select the word or pair of words that most correctly completes that sentence.

In recent years, poultry producers have been working to __________ the widespread __________ that eggs cannot be part of a healthy diet.

• ameliorate...credentials

• dispel...fallacy

• disperse...franchise

• invoke...reprimand

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Select the word or pair of words that most correctly completes that sentence.

Poet-novelist Rita Dove, a former United States Poet Laureate, was the _______ of the 1966 Heinz Award in the category of arts and humanities.

• contractor

• hero

• mentor

• recipient

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Select the word or pair of words that most correctly completes that sentence.

Alfred Jarry’s first play, Ubu Roi, is considered the first work of the theater of the absurd; although it caused a scandal when it opened in 1896, today it is ____________ for its innovative plot.

• acclaimed

• inspected

• rejected

• suspected

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Select the word or pair of words that most correctly completes that sentence.

Many people raise their voices in an argument, as though higher volume __________ a greater ability to persuade.

• balances

• necessitates

• provides

• recognizes

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Select the word or pair of words that most correctly completes that sentence.

Each afternoon the shepherd would drive his flock along the narrow road, effectively __________ the way for an hour.

• obstructing

• plundering

• renouncing

• transplanting

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E