Pax Verbal Ability Test Questions with Complete
Answers.
The chairman of the committee said that all of their complaints were petty. Petty means...
A) significant
B) restrained
C) unimportant
D) persistent - Correct Answer Unimportant.
The nursing student was absent for nine days in a row. She had missed the entire
instructional unit because her absences were...
A) collective
B) consecutive
C) obsolete
D) deleted - Correct Answer consecutive
The surgeons instructions were very clearly stated. In other words, they were...
A) callous
B) implied
C) explict
D) legible - Correct Answer implied
The senator strongly supported one side of the issue. He was...
A) partisan
B) arrogant
C) impertinent
D) ambitious - Correct Answer partisan
The patient was going through a long period during which the symptoms of his disease
disappeared. He disease was in a state of...
A) inertia
, B) remission
C) limbo
D) suspense - Correct Answer remission
An employee who pretends to be ill in order to avoid work is guilty of...
A) fantasizing
B) abducting
C) succumbing
D) malingering - Correct Answer malingering
There was great ill will between the two physicians. It was hard to ignore their...
A) avarice
B) animosity
C) admonition
D) veneration - Correct Answer animosity
The aide was given work regarded as low or degrading. These tasks could be
considered...
A) menial
B) obscure
C) contemptible
D) nominal - Correct Answer menial
The mayors comments were always honest and open. For this reason, reporters felt that
his interviews were...
A) cynical
B) eloquent
C) candid
D) casual - Correct Answer candid
Answers.
The chairman of the committee said that all of their complaints were petty. Petty means...
A) significant
B) restrained
C) unimportant
D) persistent - Correct Answer Unimportant.
The nursing student was absent for nine days in a row. She had missed the entire
instructional unit because her absences were...
A) collective
B) consecutive
C) obsolete
D) deleted - Correct Answer consecutive
The surgeons instructions were very clearly stated. In other words, they were...
A) callous
B) implied
C) explict
D) legible - Correct Answer implied
The senator strongly supported one side of the issue. He was...
A) partisan
B) arrogant
C) impertinent
D) ambitious - Correct Answer partisan
The patient was going through a long period during which the symptoms of his disease
disappeared. He disease was in a state of...
A) inertia
, B) remission
C) limbo
D) suspense - Correct Answer remission
An employee who pretends to be ill in order to avoid work is guilty of...
A) fantasizing
B) abducting
C) succumbing
D) malingering - Correct Answer malingering
There was great ill will between the two physicians. It was hard to ignore their...
A) avarice
B) animosity
C) admonition
D) veneration - Correct Answer animosity
The aide was given work regarded as low or degrading. These tasks could be
considered...
A) menial
B) obscure
C) contemptible
D) nominal - Correct Answer menial
The mayors comments were always honest and open. For this reason, reporters felt that
his interviews were...
A) cynical
B) eloquent
C) candid
D) casual - Correct Answer candid
