Verbal Reasoning Quiz - Opposite Meaning 4 (Questions)

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In this series of 11-plus verbal reasoning quizzes, you have to find TWO words, one from each group, that are the most OPPOSITE in meaning. Choose the correct answer from the four choices available.

Read each option carefully as there are a few tricky ones in this quiz. If you come across a word you haven't seen before and don't know its meaning, grab your handy dictionary and look it up rather than guessing the answer.

This is the last of the quizzes in this series and if you are completing the quizzes in order, we hope you look forward to the next series which is Reading Information. An example has been done for you.

Example: choose the pair of words which are MOST opposite to each other, taking one word from each group of three. The correct answer is one of the four choices available.

(good luck today) is MOST opposite to (wish charm bad)

good wish

luck charm

today wish

good bad

Answer: The correct answer is good bad because good and bad are opposites, while the other words have no direct opposite on offer.

Choose the pair of words which are MOST opposite to each other, taking one word from each group of three. The correct answer is one of the four choices available.

(historical ancient older) is MOST opposite to (newest geographical modern)

[ ]	ancient modern
[ ]	older newest
[ ]	older modern
[ ]	historical geographical

Choose the pair of words which are MOST opposite to each other, taking one word from each group of three. The correct answer is one of the four choices available.

(perfect prefect protect) is MOST opposite to (monitor reveal faulty)

[ ]	perfect monitor
[ ]	prefect faulty
[ ]	protect reveal
[ ]	perfect faulty

Choose the pair of words which are MOST opposite to each other, taking one word from each group of three. The correct answer is one of the four choices available.

(book magazine comic) is MOST opposite to (tragic folder wallet)

[ ]	comic folder
[ ]	comic tragic
[ ]	magazine wallet
[ ]	book folder

Choose the pair of words which are MOST opposite to each other, taking one word from each group of three. The correct answer is one of the four choices available.

(permit consider wonder) is MOST opposite to (dislike forbid obey)

[ ]	consider obey
[ ]	permit obey
[ ]	permit forbid
[ ]	wonder dislike

Choose the pair of words which are MOST opposite to each other, taking one word from each group of three. The correct answer is one of the four choices available.

(plastic cheap artificial) is MOST opposite to (genuine realistic really)

[ ]	artificial genuine
[ ]	plastic genuine
[ ]	cheap realistic
[ ]	cheap genuine

Choose the pair of words which are MOST opposite to each other, taking one word from each group of three. The correct answer is one of the four choices available.

(building build builder) is MOST opposite to (dismay dispute destroy)

[ ]	building destroy
[ ]	builder destroy
[ ]	build destroy
[ ]	builder dismay

Choose the pair of words which are MOST opposite to each other, taking one word from each group of three. The correct answer is one of the four choices available.

(luck fortunate charm) is MOST opposite to (spell wish unlucky)

[ ]	luck unlucky
[ ]	fortunate unlucky
[ ]	luck wish
[ ]	charm spell

Choose the pair of words which are MOST opposite to each other, taking one word from each group of three. The correct answer is one of the four choices available.

(patience patient patent) is MOST opposite to (clear visible impatient)

[ ]	patient impatient
[ ]	patience impatient
[ ]	patent visible
[ ]	patience clear

Choose the pair of words which are MOST opposite to each other, taking one word from each group of three. The correct answer is one of the four choices available.

(compulsory helper helpful) is MOST opposite to (aide assist voluntary)

[ ]	helpful voluntary
[ ]	helper aide
[ ]	compulsory voluntary
[ ]	helpful assist

10.

Choose the pair of words which are MOST opposite to each other, taking one word from each group of three. The correct answer is one of the four choices available.

(clever smart wisdom) is MOST opposite to (bright slow folly)

[ ]	clever bright
[ ]	smart bright
[ ]	wisdom folly
[ ]	smart folly

Verbal Reasoning Quiz - Opposite Meaning 4 (Answers)

[x]	ancient modern
[ ]	older newest
[ ]	older modern
[ ]	historical geographical

This is because ancient and modern are opposites, while the other words have no direct opposite on offer. Historical and older are opposite in meaning to modern. However, ancient and modern are MOST opposite to one another because ancient means very old and modern means very new

[ ]	perfect monitor
[ ]	prefect faulty
[ ]	protect reveal
[x]	perfect faulty

This is because perfect and faulty are opposites, while the other words have no direct opposite on offer. If something is faulty it is imperfect, which is opposite in meaning to perfect

[ ]	comic folder
[x]	comic tragic
[ ]	magazine wallet
[ ]	book folder

This is because comic and tragic are opposites, while the other words have no direct opposite on offer. Comic can be used as a noun or an adjective. When used as a noun, a comic is a humorous children's magazine, but when used as an adjective it describes something which is humorous. This is opposite in meaning to tragic

[ ]	consider obey
[ ]	permit obey
[x]	permit forbid
[ ]	wonder dislike

This is because permit and forbid are opposites, while the other words have no direct opposite on offer. If you are permitted to do something then you are allowed to do it. If you are forbidden from doing something you are not allowed to do it

[x]	artificial genuine
[ ]	plastic genuine
[ ]	cheap realistic
[ ]	cheap genuine

This is because artificial and genuine are opposites, while the other words have no direct opposite on offer. Genuine means real and authentic. Artificial is opposite in meaning to this

[ ]	building destroy
[ ]	builder destroy
[x]	build destroy
[ ]	builder dismay

This is because build and destroy are opposites, while the other words have no direct opposite on offer. Answers 1 and 2 are opposite in meaning. However, answer 3 has the two words which are MOST opposite in meaning as they are both verbs

[ ]	luck unlucky
[x]	fortunate unlucky
[ ]	luck wish
[ ]	charm spell

This is because fortunate and unlucky are opposites, while the other words have no direct opposite on offer. If you are fortunate you could also be described as lucky, which is opposite to unlucky

[x]	patient impatient
[ ]	patience impatient
[ ]	patent visible
[ ]	patience clear

This is because patient and impatient are opposites, while the other words have no direct opposite on offer. 'Im' is a prefix which means without. When 'im' is placed before the word patient it provides us with a word which is opposite in meaning

[ ]	helpful voluntary
[ ]	helper aide
[x]	compulsory voluntary
[ ]	helpful assist

This is because compulsory and voluntary are opposites, while the other words have no direct opposite on offer. Compulsory also means required or obligatory. If you volunteer to do something you do it freely, it is not compulsory

10.

[ ]	clever bright
[ ]	smart bright
[x]	wisdom folly
[ ]	smart folly

This is because wisdom and folly are opposites, while the other words have no direct opposite on offer. Smart and folly seem to be opposites. However, smart is an adjective and folly is a noun. Wisdom and folly are MOST opposite in meaning because they are both nouns