1 Comprehensive English verbal skills exam 1&2 questions and marking scheme direct pass graded A+ year 2025/2026!!!!! Verbal Skills Test 1 ANSWER SHEET VERBAL SKILLS TEST 1 60 questions2 Time limit: 50 minutes 1. His opinion of how to treat measles was the exact antithesis of mine. Antithesis means (A) opposite. (B) opinion. (C) same. (D) philosophy. 2. The lab test fortunately showed that the growth on her arm wascompletely benign. Benign means (A) unfamiliar. (B) foreign. (C) typical. (D) harmless. 3. Someone or something that indicates forthcoming bad news is called a (A) debacle. (B) harbinger. (C) fetish. (D) iconoclast. 4. It was clear from the way she sighed and blushed when the new internentered the room that the nurse was totally (A) dissident. (B) enamored. (C) laconic. (D) maudlin. 5. Although I am completely innocent, I was still accused of nefarious behavior. Nefarious means (A) wicked. (B) bizarre.(C) unkind. (D) sarcastic.3 6. I had been trying to placate the angry patients for several hours, but I was not very successful. Placate means (A) inform. (B) listen. (C) calm. (D) inspire. 7. Which of the following words best fits in the blank below? The ______ patron always gave generously