NLN RN Pre-Entrance Exam Verbal Content Review Questions & Answers

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