NLN RN Pre-Entrance Exam Verbal
Content Review Questions &
Answers12
An employee who pretends to be ill in order to avoid work is guilty of
a. fantasizing
b. abducting
c. succumbing
d. malingering - ANSWERS-d. malingering
There was a great ill will between the two physicians. It was hard to ignore their
a. avarice
b. animosity
c. admonition
d. veneration - ANSWERS-b. animosity
The aide was given work regarded as low or degrading. These tasks could be considered
a. menial
b. obscure
c. contemptible
d. nominal - ANSWERS-a. menial
The mayor's comments were always honest and open. For this reason, reporters felt that his
interviews were
a. cynical
, b. eloquent
c. candid
d. casual - ANSWERS-c. candid
The medical and nursing staffs participated in the conference organized to discuss hospital
policy. They took part in a
a. continuum
b. momentum
c. symposium
d. pandemonium - ANSWERS-c. symposium
Ante- - ANSWERS-before
Antecendent - ANSWERS-preceding event or word
Ana- - ANSWERS-backward, upward
Anaplasia - ANSWERS-reversion of cells to earlier form
Anti- - ANSWERS-against
Antidote - ANSWERS-Something that acts against poison
Auto- - ANSWERS-self
Autotroph - ANSWERS-organism that produces its own food
Content Review Questions &
Answers12
An employee who pretends to be ill in order to avoid work is guilty of
a. fantasizing
b. abducting
c. succumbing
d. malingering - ANSWERS-d. malingering
There was a great ill will between the two physicians. It was hard to ignore their
a. avarice
b. animosity
c. admonition
d. veneration - ANSWERS-b. animosity
The aide was given work regarded as low or degrading. These tasks could be considered
a. menial
b. obscure
c. contemptible
d. nominal - ANSWERS-a. menial
The mayor's comments were always honest and open. For this reason, reporters felt that his
interviews were
a. cynical
, b. eloquent
c. candid
d. casual - ANSWERS-c. candid
The medical and nursing staffs participated in the conference organized to discuss hospital
policy. They took part in a
a. continuum
b. momentum
c. symposium
d. pandemonium - ANSWERS-c. symposium
Ante- - ANSWERS-before
Antecendent - ANSWERS-preceding event or word
Ana- - ANSWERS-backward, upward
Anaplasia - ANSWERS-reversion of cells to earlier form
Anti- - ANSWERS-against
Antidote - ANSWERS-Something that acts against poison
Auto- - ANSWERS-self
Autotroph - ANSWERS-organism that produces its own food
