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Bexley Verbal Ability Skills Paper 3
Meaning, qualification and reasoning across alternative possibilities
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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: continuing despite difficultySynonyms: a thin distributionSynonyms: no longer in current useSynonyms: strong colourPaired synonyms: frequent talkingPaired synonyms: sadness in a soundSynonyms: recommending a course of actionPaired synonyms: useful resultsAntonyms: a cutting edgeAntonyms: a change in widthAntonyms: reducing or provoking conflictPaired antonyms: enforcement of rulesAntonyms: an inflated opinion of oneselfPaired antonyms: connected and understandable expressionAntonyms: hindering progressPaired antonyms: preparation in advanceAnalogy: an early form and its adult animalAnalogy: the direction implied by a shapeAnalogy: a covering and the body part it fitsAnalogy: an introduction to a workAnalogy: removing an outer coveringAnalogy: a device and its outputAnalogy: reversing the direction of a processAnalogy: a representation and what it representsClassification: a worker among toolsClassification: abstract qualitiesClassification: separation rather than joiningClassification: a prefix which reverses an actionClassification: processes rather than materialsPaired classification: changing written workCloze: absence of coveringMissing letters: action without delayMissing letters: continued effortCloze: willingness to listen versus being convincedMissing letters: a sense of right and wrongCloze: achieving a goal and following the rulesCloze: understanding causes without defending conductCloze: a settled decision and its qualityCloze: absence of changeCloze: a possibility versus proofDeduction: at least one and exactly oneDeduction: the speaker’s first-person referenceDeduction: linked exclusive choicesDeduction: an equivalent complete permission ruleDeduction: an exception within a complete listDeduction: withdrawn choices and a tie ruleDeduction: the date of a relative time referenceDeduction: a fixed fact across several truth modelsDeduction: a rule cannot simply be reversedDeduction: a negated neither statement and a rule
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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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