Verbal ability includes the capacity to reason using language, and to use words appropriately and in context. This test measures some of these abilities.
1. Which word that starts with C most nearly means to ponder something deeply?
2. Which word that ends in Y most closely means anxiety?
3. Which word that includes “person” most nearly means “what makes us who we are”?
4. Which word that rhymes with “pacifist” most nearly describes someone who desires admiration and attention?
5. Which word, or words, changes this sentence to imply culpability? “He ______ avoided swiping the item at the self checkout.”
6. Which sentence most strongly implies that the speaker is dissatisfied?
7. What does the word “just” imply in this sentence: “I just want a moment of peace and quiet, please.”
8. Which of these sentences contains ambiguity?
9. Which of the following most closely represents the relationship between a seed and a plant:
10. If all Sabas are Clavos and some Clavos are Narbees, which of the following must be true?
11. What do these words have in common?: Wedding ring, map, flag, equation.
12. Why doesn’t defining a concept generate new knowledge?