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Verbal reasoning · Verbal ability: paired synonyms

Group 1 (A–C): VIGILANT, FRUGAL, TIMID. Group 2 (D–F): WASTEFUL, WATCHFUL, RECKLESS. Select TWO words, one from each group, that are closest in meaning.

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AVIGILANT
BFRUGAL
CTIMID
DWASTEFUL
EWATCHFUL
FRECKLESS

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A: VIGILANT · E: WATCHFUL

Vigilant and watchful both mean alert and paying close attention to possible danger or difficulty. Frugal means careful with resources, which contrasts with wasteful. Timid means shy or lacking confidence; reckless means acting without enough thought for danger, not timid.

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Synonyms: frankness in an accountSynonyms: sustained effortSynonyms: giving something upSynonyms: great happinessPaired synonyms: modest behaviourPaired synonyms: firmness of purposeSynonyms: reducing the force of criticismPaired synonyms: ease of bendingAntonyms: textureAntonyms: durationAntonyms: strength of approvalPaired antonyms: response to human handlingAntonyms: availabilityPaired antonyms: a settled decisionAntonyms: relevance to a topicPaired antonyms: fairness of judgementAnalogy: a stimulus and a sense organAnalogy: a response to a problemAnalogy: a collection and its contentsAnalogy: a starting form and emergenceAnalogy: a specific action within a wider actionAnalogy: an instrument and the information it givesAnalogy: a remaining trace and its causeAnalogy: a practice event and the intended eventClassification: collective nounsClassification: capacity to changeClassification: both an action and a fastenerClassification: willingness to actClassification: product before materialClassification: a productive prefixCloze: a surface and its effectMissing letters: a blocked routeCloze: inability to settle on a choiceCloze: coverage and accessibilityMissing letters: examining every partCloze: agreement without exact identityCloze: conflicting evidence and an early judgementCloze: absence of detail versus errorMissing letters: making accounts compatibleCloze: permission versus public praiseDeduction: a cycle of non-strict comparisonsDeduction: nested locationsDeduction: agreement and contradiction between reportsDeduction: disproving a claim about every groupDeduction: an exclusive choice with a consequenceDeduction: a restriction on entering two categoriesDeduction: linked one-to-one assignmentsDeduction: challenging an assumed reasonDeduction: separating two possible causesDeduction: possibility does not guarantee an outcome

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INDEPENDENT BEXLEY-RELATED VERBAL ABILITY COMPONENT PRACTICE. This original Exam Quay paper has 50 MCQs in 40 minutes, including reading instructions and examples. Our question count, timer and suggested section allocations are practice choices, not verified live Bexley component limits. Current Quest guidance describes a combined verbal-ability and English-comprehension booklet, and a separate numerical and non-verbal booklet. This extended, freely navigable subject paper does not reproduce those two combined, section-timed booklets. NVR is not included. Choose exactly ONE answer unless the prompt explicitly requests TWO. Questions have five or six choices; six-choice paired tasks preserve Group 1 in A–C and Group 2 in D–F. The complete correct set earns one mark; all other sets earn zero, with no partial or negative marks. This is Exam Quay’s scoring rule, not a claim about an undisclosed official scoring algorithm. Exam Quay is independent of Bexley Council and Quest Assessments.

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