VERBAL REASONING PRACTICE FINAL
REVIEW MANUAL 2026 TESTED
QUESTIONS CORRECT ANSWERS
● The author's novel was _________ but she managed to develop
numerous _________ fully and enjoyably by its end. Answer: brief,
characters
● The rumors were _________ and she welcomed the opportunity to
_________ them. Answer: fabricated, refute
● I was sorry to see her in that _________, she looked so _________.
Answer: condition, despondent
● The disarray was _________; the office had to be closed for the day
so all the furniture could be placed where it belonged, papers could be
re-filed and a general cleaning done. Answer: severe
● He told the kids not to be so _________ when he was gone. He was
afraid they would _________ the babysitter. Answer: boisterous,
overwhelm
, ● It was an _________ house with its vaulted ceilings, obviously
expensive furniture and extravagant art covering the walls. Answer:
ostentatious
● Although ______________ by the young Prince Hal in Shakespeare's
two Henry IV plays, the jovial character Falstaff fails to put away his
youthful antics alongside the ____________ prince and faces the
consequences: in Henry V, the newly crowned king is forced to
______________ his former friend. Answer: cherished, maturing,
renounce
● Tradition always has dictated that the (i) ______________ King
Richard III was responsible for the murder of his nephews, King Edward
V, and Prince Richard, Duke of York. In her book The Daughter of Time,
however, writer Josephine Tey (ii) ______________ an alternative. She
claimed instead that the real murderer was King Richard III's successor
King Henry VII, and that the new king essentially rewrote history in his
favor and (iii) ______________ pinned the crime on his predecessor.
Answer: popularly malevolent, propounded, retrospectively
● It might be surprising to discover that Europe's first republic pre-
dated the turn of the 11th century, long before Europe would see the rise
of another such system. Around 870 AD, settlers from Norway began
arriving in Iceland, and they eventually established a government system
that gave all free men on the island a voice in legislative and judicial
affairs. In approximately 930 AD, the leaders of Iceland created the
Althing, considered the oldest parliament in the world. This system, and
Iceland's identity as a republic, remained in place until 1262, when the
REVIEW MANUAL 2026 TESTED
QUESTIONS CORRECT ANSWERS
● The author's novel was _________ but she managed to develop
numerous _________ fully and enjoyably by its end. Answer: brief,
characters
● The rumors were _________ and she welcomed the opportunity to
_________ them. Answer: fabricated, refute
● I was sorry to see her in that _________, she looked so _________.
Answer: condition, despondent
● The disarray was _________; the office had to be closed for the day
so all the furniture could be placed where it belonged, papers could be
re-filed and a general cleaning done. Answer: severe
● He told the kids not to be so _________ when he was gone. He was
afraid they would _________ the babysitter. Answer: boisterous,
overwhelm
, ● It was an _________ house with its vaulted ceilings, obviously
expensive furniture and extravagant art covering the walls. Answer:
ostentatious
● Although ______________ by the young Prince Hal in Shakespeare's
two Henry IV plays, the jovial character Falstaff fails to put away his
youthful antics alongside the ____________ prince and faces the
consequences: in Henry V, the newly crowned king is forced to
______________ his former friend. Answer: cherished, maturing,
renounce
● Tradition always has dictated that the (i) ______________ King
Richard III was responsible for the murder of his nephews, King Edward
V, and Prince Richard, Duke of York. In her book The Daughter of Time,
however, writer Josephine Tey (ii) ______________ an alternative. She
claimed instead that the real murderer was King Richard III's successor
King Henry VII, and that the new king essentially rewrote history in his
favor and (iii) ______________ pinned the crime on his predecessor.
Answer: popularly malevolent, propounded, retrospectively
● It might be surprising to discover that Europe's first republic pre-
dated the turn of the 11th century, long before Europe would see the rise
of another such system. Around 870 AD, settlers from Norway began
arriving in Iceland, and they eventually established a government system
that gave all free men on the island a voice in legislative and judicial
affairs. In approximately 930 AD, the leaders of Iceland created the
Althing, considered the oldest parliament in the world. This system, and
Iceland's identity as a republic, remained in place until 1262, when the
