VERBAL REASONING: PRACTICE QUESTIONS
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Choose from the following, the answer that is opposite in meaning to the main word (Written in Capital letters).
6. FOE
(A) friend
(B) enemy
(C) kind
(D) genuine
(A) friend
(B) enemy
(C) kind
(D) genuine
7. CHARLATAN
(A) fraud
(B) shrink
(C) genuine
(D) central
(A) fraud
(B) shrink
(C) genuine
(D) central
8. PERIPHERAL
(A) habit
(B) enemy
(C) kind
(D) central
(A) habit
(B) enemy
(C) kind
(D) central
9. DIFFIDENT
(A) shy
(B) confident
(C) deprived
(D) stupid
(A) shy
(B) confident
(C) deprived
(D) stupid
10. FOMENT
(A) greed
(B) silent
(C) quash
(D) uneasy
(A) greed
(B) silent
(C) quash
(D) uneasy
ANSWERS: VERBAL REASONING PRACTICE
6(A) 7(C) 8(D) 9(B) 10(C)
6(A) 7(C) 8(D) 9(B) 10(C)
EXPLANATION
6. (A) Foe
means enemy. Hence, friend is the opposite.
7. (C) Charlatan
means fraud. Hence, genuine is the opposite.
8. (D) Peripheral
means something not central (for example, side-business). Hence, central (main) is the opposite.
9. (B) Diffident
means shyness (or shy). Hence, confident is the opposite.
10. (C) Foment
means to incite. Hence, quash
(to suppress or to put down) is the opposite.

7. (C) Charlatan

8. (D) Peripheral

9. (B) Diffident

10. (C) Foment

