Part 13 of our Verbal Ability reviewer has 20 practice questions in the style of the Civil Service Exam. Answer them in order, read the explanation after each one, and check your score against the 80% passing mark at the end. Questions and choices are reshuffled every time you retake the part.
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Here are a few questions from this part. Take the full test to answer all 20 and get your score.
Sample question 1
The leader’s profligate behavior was mirrored in the character of his administration. ---Profligate means
- Immoral
- Generous
- Productive
- Excessive
character.
Sample question 2
The executive has charged his staff with expediting this matter. --- Expediting means
- Getting rid of
- Speeding up
- Relieving of
- Making easier
Latin word meaning to disengage or set the feet free.
Sample question 3
The beautifully dressed woman at the ball was extremely querulous. --- Querulous means
- Fashionable
- Questioning
- Complaining
- Flirtatious
means to complain.
Sample question 4
She acquiesced to the entire process. ---Acquiesced to means
- Objected to
- Enthused over
- Commented on
- Submitted to
with, or consent to something silently. The Latin root means to find rest in something.
Sample question 5
The settlers found the new territory to be fecund. --- Fecund means
- Filthy
- Rotten
- Fertile
- Pretty
ideas. Its roots are related to fetus, suckle, produce/yield, and nourishing.