Pax Verbal Ability Test Questions and
Answers. Updated 2024/2025
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) explicit
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
Answers. Updated 2024/2025
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) explicit
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
