NLN PAX VERBAL ENGLISH
PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED SOLUTIONS 2026
▶ happiness. Answer: condition of being happy
▶ biology. Answer: study of life
▶ hydrophobe. Answer: avoids water
▶ famished. Answer: hungry
▶ connotation. Answer: feeling of a word pos/negative
▶ denotation. Answer: definition
▶ animosity. Answer: hatred
▶ anachronism. Answer: out of proper place in time
▶ fat synonym with positive connotation. Answer: chubby
▶ petty. Answer: unimportant
▶ consecutive. Answer: days in a row
▶ explicit. Answer: clearly stated
▶ partisan. Answer: strong one sided support
▶ remission. Answer: period symptoms disappear
▶ malingering. Answer: feign illness skip duty
▶ animosity 2. Answer: ill will
, ▶ menial. Answer: low/ degrading work
▶ candid. Answer: honest and open
▶ symposium. Answer: conference
▶ omnivore. Answer: eat meat and plants
▶ ambiguous. Answer: interpreted several ways
▶ wavered. Answer: vacillated
▶ ascetic. Answer: self-denying
▶ adamant. Answer: unchanging
▶ saunter. Answer: leisure walk
▶ redundant. Answer: same as what was already said/did
▶ ludicrous. Answer: ridiculous
▶ taciturn. Answer: reserved, not talking
▶ culpable. Answer: deserving blame
▶ commonplace. Answer: ordinary
▶ mercenary. Answer: work solely for money
▶ scrupulous. Answer: moral or careful
▶ laudable. Answer: praise worthy
▶ squalid. Answer: unsanitary
▶ depraved. Answer: wicked
PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED SOLUTIONS 2026
▶ happiness. Answer: condition of being happy
▶ biology. Answer: study of life
▶ hydrophobe. Answer: avoids water
▶ famished. Answer: hungry
▶ connotation. Answer: feeling of a word pos/negative
▶ denotation. Answer: definition
▶ animosity. Answer: hatred
▶ anachronism. Answer: out of proper place in time
▶ fat synonym with positive connotation. Answer: chubby
▶ petty. Answer: unimportant
▶ consecutive. Answer: days in a row
▶ explicit. Answer: clearly stated
▶ partisan. Answer: strong one sided support
▶ remission. Answer: period symptoms disappear
▶ malingering. Answer: feign illness skip duty
▶ animosity 2. Answer: ill will
, ▶ menial. Answer: low/ degrading work
▶ candid. Answer: honest and open
▶ symposium. Answer: conference
▶ omnivore. Answer: eat meat and plants
▶ ambiguous. Answer: interpreted several ways
▶ wavered. Answer: vacillated
▶ ascetic. Answer: self-denying
▶ adamant. Answer: unchanging
▶ saunter. Answer: leisure walk
▶ redundant. Answer: same as what was already said/did
▶ ludicrous. Answer: ridiculous
▶ taciturn. Answer: reserved, not talking
▶ culpable. Answer: deserving blame
▶ commonplace. Answer: ordinary
▶ mercenary. Answer: work solely for money
▶ scrupulous. Answer: moral or careful
▶ laudable. Answer: praise worthy
▶ squalid. Answer: unsanitary
▶ depraved. Answer: wicked