Verbal Reasoning Questions Flashcards
Corporate leaders often try to ___ their intentions, as disclosing the motives that drive decisions may put the company’s strategic advantage at risk.
a. occlude
b. stipulate
c. obfuscate
d. preclude
e. abjure
C - OBFUSCATE
a. occlude - blocking access off to something
b. stipulate - to demand something specific
c. obfuscate - to conceal
d. preclude - to prevent, prohibit
e. abjure - to avoid, reject
Refusing to consider criticism, however valid, may lead an individual in a position of power to suffer from one’s own _____, leading to decisions that ultimately produce catastrophic results.
a. miscalculations
b. ambivalence
c. perfidy
d. ineptitude
e. hubris
E - HUBRIS
a. miscalculations -
b. ambivalence
c. perfidy - treachery, betrayal of a trust
d. ineptitude
e. hubris - excessive pride, overconfidence - it was a breeze
Many observers of the trial believed the judge’s ___ of the prosecutor for misconduct, after which the prosecutor appeared despondent, ultimately led to the defendant’s ________.
a. adjudication
b. excoriation
c. exoneration
d. conviction
e. deposition
f. exoneration
B - EXCORIATION
F - EXONERATION
a. adjudication
b. excoriation - to censure severely
c. exoneration - acquittal
d. conviction
e. deposition - pre-trial interrogation of a witness
f. exoneration - acquittal
despondent - without, or almost without hope
The report, ____ from the company’s internal documents, revealed that its network was in fact not ______.
a. coerced
b. gleaned
c. redacted
d. vulnerable
e. implacable
f. impregnable
B - GLEANED & F - IMPREGNABLE
a. coerced - gotten by force
b. gleaned - gathered
c. redacted - put into suitable literary form
d. vulnerable
e. implacable - unable to be satisfied or appealed
f. impregnable - able to withstand attack
a curved mirror produces an optical _____ - a _____ in the appearance of the object it reflects. While looking in such mirror may amuse some, others may find it ______.
a. vacillation
b. aberration
c. translucence
d. distortion
e. divergence
f. detraction
g. debilitating
h. humorous
i. discomfiting
B - ABERRATION, D - DISTORTION, I - DISCOMFITING
a. vacillation - wavering
b. aberration - abnormality
c. translucence - semi-transparency
d. distortion - misrepresentation
e. divergence - deviation, departure
f. detraction - disparagement, denigration, discrediting someone’s reputation
g. debilitating - incapacitating
h. humorous
i. discomfiting - unsettling
In the US, there are laws that prohibit the broadcasting of certain images/languages during certain hours, but it has had no success in restricting content that glorifies ______.
a. truculence
b. turpitude
c. asperity
d. infidelity
e. depravity
f. impertinence
B - TURPITUDE, E - DEPRAVITY
a. truculence - disrespectful behaviour
b. turpitude - immorality
c. asperity - harshness, sternness
d. infidelity
e. depravity - immorality
f. impertinence - disrespectful behaviour
the keynote speaker was incredibly _____, exceeding her allocated time by more than 45 minutes.
a. eloquent
b. loquacious
c. voluble
d. vivacious
e. voluminous
f. articulate
B - LOQUACIOUS, C - VOLUBLE
a. eloquent
b. loquacious - long-winded
c. voluble - long-winded
d. vivacious - energetic
e. voluminous
f. articulate
