Verbal Section 1 Practice Test 1

Question 1

vitiated by

Answer 1

ruined in character or quality

Question 2

missing the larger point

Answer 2

Not present or not found; absent: gone

Question 3

fastidious

Answer 3

adjective: giving careful attention to detail

Question 4

querulous

Answer 4

adjective: habitually complaining

Question 5

petulant

Answer 5

adjective: easily irritated or annoyed

Question 6

primacy

Answer 6

noun: the state of being first in importance

Question 7

inclusion

Answer 7

noun – The contents of vesicles, of all sizes, in protoplasm as an emulsion, enveloped by pellicles of the continuous substance or plasma; the discontinuous portions of protoplasm.

Question 8

ascendancy

Answer 8

noun: the state that exists when one person or group has power over another

Question 9

differentiate

Answer 9

be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait (sometimes in positive sense)

Question 10

discriminate

Answer 10

verb: recognize or perceive the difference

Question 11

delineate

Answer 11

verb: describe in detail

Question 12

“Couched in a scrupulously…”

Answer 12

indicates that the (blank) were bland and formal