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Bexley Verbal Ability Skills Paper 2
Vocabulary in context, semantic contrasts and linked decisions
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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.
Choose exactly 2 answers. All must be correct for the mark.
- 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: a desire to find things outSynonyms: the amount of praiseSynonyms: becoming fewerSynonyms: a source of harmPaired synonyms: difficult to understandPaired synonyms: an appropriate momentSynonyms: capacity to contain peoplePaired synonyms: acting without enough thoughtAntonyms: the condition of foodAntonyms: direction of movementAntonyms: the amount of supporting materialPaired antonyms: ability to support growthAntonyms: the intention behind an actionPaired antonyms: readiness to obeyAntonyms: intention rather than pacePaired antonyms: physical touchAnalogy: a body part and its usual animalAnalogy: opposite roles in the same transactionAnalogy: a work and its creatorAnalogy: a system and its constituent unitsAnalogy: a worker and a usual place of workAnalogy: a small origin and what may developAnalogy: increasing emotional intensityAnalogy: a protective device and what it excludesClassification: containers and contentsClassification: plurals without an added endingClassification: both words express uncertaintyClassification: reduction rather than physical motionClassification: the grammatical role of roundPaired classification: a solemn promiseCloze: excluding airMissing letters: extreme tirednessMissing letters: working jointlyCloze: believable fiction and factual truthMissing letters: being next to somethingCloze: questioning a method without personal hostilityCloze: detail within a limited rangeCloze: withholding a verdict without rejecting a claimCloze: material not borrowed from an earlier workCloze: the inspected part and the unknown wholeDeduction: ordering events in a sentenceDeduction: applying the first matching instructionDeduction: linked category definitionsDeduction: consequences through a chain of rulesDeduction: possession and ownership after loansDeduction: conditions for two different stagesDeduction: the limits of a restricted observationDeduction: repairing a form with the fewest changesDeduction: an incompatible extra claimDeduction: overlap is not a transitive relationship
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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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