A Modern Approach to Verbal Reasoning

2.' Lied ' in the place of ' up to lay ' 3.' who work for others ' in place of ' work of others '. One form of the verb pattern ...

Explanation: It is easy enough to understand that insurers don’t like to insure the property in places where natural disasters a ...

assailed : attacked bastion : fortified area honed : sharpened 3.Unlike his calmer,more easygoing colleagues ,the senator was--- ...

4.Although historians have long thought of Genghis Khan as a--- potentate ,new research has shown he was -----by many of his sub ...

abhorred : hated venerated : highly respected redundant : repetitive jocular : jolly peremptory: putting an end to debate invoke ...

Loathed : hated berated : scolded deified : made godlike lauded : celebrated derided : made fun of execrated : cursed 6.Reconstr ...

nascent : introductory or starting aberrant : abnormal 7.Nearly ------ by disease and the destruction of their habitat , Koalas ...

averted : avoided 8.Deep ideological ----and internal power struggles---the government.[E] a)disputes....facilitated b) similari ...

should also exhibit such a tremendous capacity for heroism .[C] a)unfortunate b)explicable c)paradoxical d)distressing e)appalli ...

that means the same as “ fierce “.The closest word here is choice [e] ,aggressive .[b] was exact opposite of what we wanted [c] ...

fruits and vegetables at actions who failed to live up to their expectations.[D] a)doting b) ravenous c) jingoistic d) boisterou ...

terms of their personalities “not alike” a different or same such word mustgo into thisfirst blank ,something that helps convey ...

it seems that we want a second blank word that means something like “clobbered”choices [a] ,[d] come close to that prediction. R ...

say to sure that an environment filled with rich ,arty items isa friendly environment.For some people ,such surroundings might b ...

,therefore ,that the members vote was unanimous.B] a)popular b)contentious c)concise d) exorbitant e)inconsequential Explanation ...

in the blanks must be roughly synonyms.Only choice [b] works here. There were so many in such a brief amount of time that only a ...

[B] a) hamper b)refurbish c)portend d)insinuate e)praise Explanation: a)hamper : basket used for food b)refurbish : to restore a ...

enforceable by law. d)disguise : alter in appearance or nature so as to conceal the identity of 22.The most valuable ---- of the ...

a)imposed b)moistened c)ventured d)duped e)etched Explanation: a)imposed : force something to be accepted. b)moistened : tiny dr ...

d)sardonic : mocking e)blond : having fair hair and a light complexion 25.San jay was ----- with divine vision to see the battle ...