A Test of Verbal Responsiveness
Hi!! Today I want to ask you all a very profound question.
How many of us really exercise our brains?
Fortunately or unfortunately physical workout any day has edge over mental workout. Most of us hardly ever consider the fact that the brain which functions perennially (just like the heart) has to be exercised too…for better performance. Isn’t it pathetic? Research studies prove that mental exercises will make an average performer an extraordinary achiever. Brain teasers, crossword puzzles, sudoku and many other mind-chiseling equipment certainly refine your thinking and comprehension abilities.
As a deviation from norm, I would like you all to participate in a simple yet interesting game which will sharpen your reasoning skills. I present for you all a simple aerobic exercise for your brain!! All you need is a pen/pencil and a scribbling pad. Just note down these 25 words that follow and give me the equivalent (synonym) of the word starting with P. Exciting isn’t it!!…I now look forward to your responses…
I will give the equivalents of the first three words starting with P.I guess this will make your understanding better.
1. bucket…Ans) pail
2. faultless…Ans) perfect
3. maybe….Ans) perhaps
4. forgive
5. mollycoddle
6. steal
7. annoy
8. good-looking
9. picture
10. choose
11. ugly
12. go
13. revolt
14. treachery
15. stone
16. inactive
17. fussy
18. suffering
19. light-colored
20. gasp
21. fear
22. eulogize
23. artist
24. sheet
25. collection
26. chastise
27. skin
28. tap
You can now start working.
Thinking is a quintessential skill. We all are born with congenital thinking ability. But only a few of us develop that ability into a skill. These gifted people are the successful lot.
I am sure with a little amount of thinking you can find the equivalents beginning with P for all these words. I don’t say you should know the answers intuitively. You can pretty well depend on your Vocabulary learning resources- dictionaries, word lists, thesauri etc. But work!! I mean both mentally and physically.
Dear students please do not wait for ready made answers. Such answers just cheat you. They stay in your short-term memory for a while and evaporate forever. In other words they fool you. But if you really put in a diligent effort to know the equivalents of these words, all these words, their meanings and synonyms will be with you for a lifetime boosting your confidence whenever you feel a paucity of it.
So pull up your socks for a great mental (a little physical too) exercise. I promise this is going to be a great learning experience.
And remember: There is no shortcut to success!!
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112 Responses to “A Test of Verbal Responsiveness”





i want to get more about English language knoweledge
aneed of more english language usage
information about the english language
How do i get corrections?
Can u create space for answers?
This site is a great help for me . I am very thankful to you for providing me with very useful guidance.
this site is of great help to me. please keek sending me the latest newsletters.
I have really aggrandized my vocabulary database. This all for the painsataking effort of your site,and also, this blog.Will always be grateful for your sefless effort.Your team are as dediated as the devil, and me and manymore will always be thankful.
Thanks Shobha, pls try answering the questions too..
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Oh Sure Suny, we will do that for sure..do try answering these questions too..
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Oh thanks Idris for the compliment..we also request you to try answering these questions..
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Hi,
It is good gesture but you can do better if you could highlight a number of questions with blanks for candidates to figure them out.
Thanks.
Sindani
Yes good idea Sindani, we will do like that this time around. But I request you to answer this, at least a few words.
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i wat to somthing about english pronouncation
I want to learn the basic English grammer .Please keep in
contact and urgently send me all the necessary to my futer
success.
Hi Safiullah, have you run through our word lists? We shall certainly come up with the pronunciation of English words shortly. Do stay tuned to our site.
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Dear chalachew yirga, have you gone through all the word lists of our site? We shall certainly help u in matters pertaining to grammar. Until then u can keep posting your queries and we shall reply..:-)
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forgive .. pardon
mollycoddle .. pamper
steal..pinch
annoy..peeve
good-looking..pleasing / picturesque
choose ..pick
to get under ones “Skin ” = provoke..skin itself has no other meaning with “p”
chastise..punish
collection…publication
eulogize..praise
suffering..pain
inactive..passive
go..proceed
treachery..perfidy
hope the above answers i gave were correct…
can the answers for those which i haven’t answered be given ??
WOW Akhila, they all are right…congratulations!! Akhila are u appearing for GRE? Pls do keep us informed on ur future plans..and stay connected…
Wishing you success!!
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Sure Akhila, we will display all the answers..once again…good work!!..:-)
Yeah i am writing the GRE this year ..And thanks
forgive : pardon/ pass over/ purge
Mollycodddle : Pamper
steal : pirate/ peculate
annoy : peeve/ persecute
good-looking : pleasing
picture : photograh
choose : prefer/ pick
ugly : plain/ perverse
revolt : protest/ putsch
treachery : perfidy
stone : ?
inactive : phlegmatic/ passive/placid
fussy : picayune
suffering : pang/ passion
light-colored : ?
gasp : pant/ puff
fear : panic/ phobia
eulogize : praise/ panegyrize
artist : performer/ player
sheet : paper/ plate/ ply
collection : pile
chastise : punish/ penalize
skin : ?
tap : pat/ palpate
That was a wonderful attempt thaaku..keep it up!! Most of ur answers are right ones..we will display the answers list shortly..
Regards,
Thaaku
Good work..
Hi all, here goes the key for the interesting test you all took last week.
4. pardon
5. pamper
6. pilfer
7. pester
8. pretty
9. photograph
10. pick
11. ponderous
12. proceed
13. protest
14. perfidy
15. pebble
16. passive
17. particular
18. pain
19. pale
20. pant
21. panic
22. praise
23. painter
24. page
25. pack
26. punish
27. pare
28. pat
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Thank u all… Really helpful..
I like your work, but how about pronunciations?
Dear George, thanks a ton. Yes, we shall certainly include a few posts on Phonetics…pls do stay tuned to our site. We also appreciate your participation.
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thanx…it was helpful
I personally very appreciate this Web.
What I need is only how we will answer the questions, and I am suggesting that the answer should be in front of the question
Dear Abdul, u can answer in a sequence..u need not type the questions…just type the answers…
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I really like the concept of the mind-drill and believe it is very much salutary to our minds. Keep adding more of these conundrums.
Oh yeah Varun, sure..you can run through the latest blogs on GRE..
i want to know more about English Language.
I enjoyed this exercise and I appreciate all the tools on this website. Keep up the good work
Thanks Beverly, do read all the other blogs…
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1. bucket…Ans) pail
2. faultless…Ans) perfect
3. maybe….Ans) perhaps
4. forgive…. pardon
5. mollycoddle…. pamper
6. steal…..pirate
7. annoy….envy
8. good-looking……..pleasing/ nice
9. picture…….. photograph
10. choose…….pick
11. ugly……..unattractive
12. go…….move
13. revolt……refusal
14. treachery……betray
15. stone……rock
16. inactive……dull/not working
17. fussy……elaborate
18. suffering….. pain
19. light-colored……chocolate
20. gasp…..breath
21. fear….. phobia
22. eulogize…..praise
23. artist…….performer
24. sheet……. paper
25. collection……..pile
26. chastise…….punish
27. skin……covering
28. tap…….pipe
Dear Samuel, ur replies should start with P..anyways good work and we have displayed the answer key too for ur convenience.
Regards,
Thank you very much ,I like your work.keep it up.
forgive …Ans Pardon
mollycoddle …Pamper
steal …Ans.. Pinch, Pilfer, Pocket , Purlion
annoy….Ans.. Provoke, Put out, Please (antonym)
good-looking …Ans Pretty,
picture.. Ans .Portrait, photograph, photo, print
choose…Ans. Prefer, Pick, Pick out, Point out
ugly ..Ans Potentially violent
go ..Ans…Proceed, Progress
revolt, ans.. put off
treachery loyality(Antonym)
stone . ans pebble
inactive .ans. active (Antonym)
fussy .Ans. ..Picky, Particular, persnickety
suffering ,ans.. pain
light-colored ,ans.. pale
gasp ,ans.. pant, puff
fear ,ans.. Panic, phobia
eulogize . Praise ,Praise to the skies,
artist .ans .Performer
sheet .Ans,. Piece, page, pane
collection .ans, .Pool
chastise.. Ans, ..Punish, Penalize,
skin …ans.. Pelt, peel, pare
tap .Ans.. pat
Hey Abeba, that’s a very diligent effort!! Keep it up..we have already displayed the answered key for the students. IT would be nice if you read all the other blogs too and give us your valuable feedback!
Wishing you success!!
will expand my vocabulary to study in harvard graduate school.
thank you for your support!
That will be a milestone achievement for us too..wishing you success Shimba!!
i want to know how often i should practice a set of words to make me conversant with them. thank you
Until you feel that the word is no longer a stranger and you know it pretty well…:-)
Please Sir, how can i get access to maths tests for GRE?
Hi Dianne, we are shortly coming up with the Quantitative segment..do stay tuned..
i want to do acca
Hi Richard and what’s that?
hi
i want to take pat in gre examination but its vocabularies are very difficult . please guide me about this and say me , if i couldnot pass gre examination what happend .could i take part in the next exam or not. and please informed me about the time of examinations.
thank
I am very intersted to improve my knoledge of english wether it is writing, reading, speaking, listening and vocabulary building.
so what your online message teaching me is a lot and thank you.
Thanks Adugna, what’s that you are pursuing at the moment?
4. Forgive – Pardon
5. Mollycoddle- Pamper
6. Steal- Pilfer
7. Annoy- Provoke
8. Good-looking – Pretty
9. Picture- Photograph
10. Choose- Pick
11. Ugly- Plain
12. Go- Proceed
13. Revolt- Protest
14. Treachery- Perfidy
15. Stone- Plaque
16. Inactive- Passive
17. Fussy- Picky
18. Suffering- Pain
19. Light-colored- Pale
20. Gasp- Pant
21. Fear- Phobia
22. Eulogize- Praise
23. Artist- Performer
24. Sheet- Paper
25. Collection- Pool
26. Chastise- Punish
27.Skin- Peel
28.tap-pat
Hi Samuel that’s commendable work indeed!! Keep it up..:-)..follow the other blogs too and yes you can post some interesting topics in the forum by registering there and inviting good students like you for discussion..
Thank you very much for this exercise.It is really helpful!! Can we have other such exercises???
Hi Marietta, there are many many exercises..I guess u haven’t surfed the site properly..do it right away..:-)
please send me the exercise
i want to know how to contact the exam
Thank you
i sent you my answer
do you get this answers?
please reply me
Hey Homeira which exercise are u talking about and what are the answers u sent..u need to type them there itself..
I want to learn about the English Language and earn the Barron Book
Hi Juan, for this u need to be an ‘active member’ both on the website n the ‘forum’..
4)for give…….pardon
5)molly coddle…….pamper
6)steal………pinch
7)annoy………peeve
8)good-looking……….pleasing
9)picture…………photograph
10)choose………….pick up
11)ugly………..plain
12)go…………process
13)revolt……….protest
14)treachery…………pearfidy
15)stone…………..pebble
16)inactive…………passive
17)fussy……….. ?
18)suffering……….pain
19)light coloured…………. ?
20)gasp………..pant
21)fear…………..phobia
22)eulogize……….praise
23)artist………….player /painter
24)sheet………….plate,paper
25)collection………….publication
26)chastise…………punish
27)skin…………… ?
28)tap………………palpate
Hey this is great..read all the other blogs too..n tell me when are u appearing for GRE?
Thank you for the bunch of words which really gave a good exercise to the brain….. I did it and got almost 20 correct ans….as i went down the lines i got the right answers as well…………thanks for this nice strategy……..please, put up some more exercises like the same…
want to learn better communication skills
Thank you for the brain test. I did it and got almost 21 right . Thanks for this nice effort
hii Gladys
we are glad to know it was beneficial for you.
shipra
hi Gladys
Thanks
shipra
hii nicholas
there are many ways of improving communication skills.you should form small groups of people who r also intrested in improving their communication.just pick up a topic and disuss that topic with group.and also try to speak with people who already having a good communication.and don’t forget to write me back.
Your site has been helping me profoundly in the learning of the English Language. Do well to send me Webster’s Dictionary for me to study the Language. Again,help me to build my verbal reasoning,numerical aptitude and mental faculty in order to think very first.
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4. forgive pardon
5. mollycoddle pamper
6. steal pilfer, pinch
7. annoy pester, peeve, vex, make angry
8. good-looking pleasant, pretty
9. picture portrait, print, photogragh
10. choose pick up, pick out
11. ugly plain
12. go proceed
13. revolt protest rebell
14. treachery perdify, betrayal
15. stone pebble (found here=))
16. inactive passive
17. fussy particular
18. suffering pain, torment
19. light-colored pale
20. gasp pant
21. fear phobia, panic
22. eulogize panish
23. artist painter, performer
24. sheet paper
25. collection pale, pool
26. chastise punish
27. skin peel, pelt, pod, husk
28. tap pad.
Hii Dep6ec,that is Indeed a great effort .Keep visiting us.
English isessentila for daily life now, even a local and national language might be lsot , by the strengthening of English Language into Indonesian.
But for me I prefer to make English as an enricher to Indonesian Local and National Cultures. So let English widely learnt and practicing by Indonesian while we keep and maintain our local and National Characters and Cultues developes.
Hi agung, you indeed have very noble thoughts.Go ahead with your desire and kindly inform us how we can help you.
it’s really help me to improve my vocabulary in English
Thanks for your comment Setiani,do run though other blogs as well.stay in touch.
This is such a inspiring letter. thanks for the team providing us learners with this thought. i absolutely agree with you guys that there is no shortcut to success.
Thanks for your comment Lingling,keep visiting us.
this is the most appropriate way of getting comprehensive knowledge.i have learned alot from this vocublary ,verbal etc.thanks alot.for providing such a great opportunity online.
Thanks for your comment Farooq, keep visiting us.
Hi realy i am surprezed with your work.This is realy intersted, Tadesse Gebrmeskel from Ethiopia.
Thanks for your comment tadesse, kindly keep visiting us.
This is great i will like to try more of these .
4. forgive….. cancel obligation
5. mollycoddle……overprotected
6. steal…….stolen
7. annoy…..angry, irritating
8. good-looking……attractive, beautiful, handsome, lovely, pretty,.
9. picture…….movie, photograh
10. choose…….deliberate decision
11. ugly………unattractive
12. go……depart
13. revolt……..defy authority
14. treachery……..betrayal
15. stone……curling block
16. inactive…..dormant
17. fussy…….elaborate
18. suffering……pain
19. light-colored…..pale
20. gasp…….stress
21. fear……worry
22. eulogize…….praise
23. artist…….performer
24. sheet……space
25. collection…..donation
26. chastise……punish
27. skin…….flesh
28. tap…..
Thanks for your comment Rasheed, this indeed a great endeavor from your site .
1) Pail
Picturesque, pulchritudinous , pleasing, pretty,
2) Perfect
3) Perhaps
4) Pardon
5) Pamper, pet
6) Peculate, pick pocket, pilfer, pillage, pinch, pirate , plagiarize, plunder, poach, purloin
7) Peeve, pester, pique, provoke, put out, plague
9) Portray
10) Prefer, pick out, plump for
11) Plain
12) Pass on , proceed
13) Putsch
14) Perfidy
15) Pebble
16) Passive, dull, phlegmatic
17) Punctilious, pernickety, particular
18) Put up with
19) Phosphorescence
20) Pant, puff
21) Panic, phobia
22) Praise, panegyric
23) Painter, potter, photographer
24) Piece, pane, panel
25) Pile
26) Punish, penalize
27) Peel, pelt
28) pat
Thanks shohag, Good effort..
thanks for your gauidline i sugest it woud be better that the answer of questinos are said by 4 choising answer and start with easy words for bigginer individuals
hello,i want too study in europear please i need help from you please.thank.
Thanks for your comment ahmed, here wishing you all the best for further study, if you looking for scholarship then kindly visit following link: http://scholarship-positions.com/
I think Insha Allah this will help me in improving my vocabulary skills, but whether we have such exercises more?????
Thanks for your comment sulaiman ,stay tuned for more exercises like this, mean you can try taking all the test available on learnwordlist.com
Sir that’s my ansawers
forgive : please/pardon
Mollycodddle : Pamper
steal : pillage
annoy : provoke
good-looking : pretty
picture : paint
choose : prefer
ugly : pitful
revolt : protest
treachery : perfidy
stone : pebble
inactive : passive
fussy : pernickety
suffering : paining
light-colored : ?
gasp : pant
fear : phobia
eulogize : praise
artist : painter
sheet : paper
collection : plethora
chastise : punish
skin : peeling
tap : puncture
I have taken about one hour to hace these answer and I have also done research in dictionnary to combine more informations about that text.
Let me know your opinion about my level
Read more: http://learnwordlist.com/blog/a-test-of-verbal-responsiveness/2009/06/gre-word-list-test-blog-barrons-vocabulary#ixzz19z3HT9G7
Thanks Dougan, Exelllent effort.. kindly keep visiting us..
i like this exercise.thanks
Thanks nambazira, kindly keep visiting us..
here’re my answers:
forgive: pardon
mollycoddle: pamper
steal; pilfer
annoy: provoke
good-looking: pretty
picture: profile
choose: pick
ugly: poor-looking
go: proceed
revolt: protest
treachery: plot
stone: particle
inactive: passive
fussy: pressing
suffering: poor
light-colored: pale
gasp: pant
fear: phobia
eulogize: praise
artist: performer
sheet: piece
collection:package
chastise: punish
skin: peel
tap: pump
Exellent effort Chris, kindly keep visiting us..
1. bucket…Ans) pail
2. faultless…Ans) perfect
3. maybe….Ans) perhaps
4. forgive pardon
5. mollycoddle pamper
6. steal pilfer
7. annoy provoke
8. good-looking pretty
9. picture photo
10. choose pick
11. ugly plain
12. go proceed
13. revolt protest
14. treachery perfidy
15. stone pebble
16. inactive passive
17. fussy picky
18. suffering pain
19. light-colored pale
20. gasp pant
21. fear phobia
22. eulogize praise
23. artist performer
24. sheet paper
25. collection package
26. chastise punish
27. skin peel
28. tap pipe
This is ny answer
Read more: http://learnwordlist.com/blog/a-test-of-verbal-responsiveness/2009/06/gre-word-list-test-blog-barrons-vocabulary#ixzz1EO4VYsZs
Hi.
I’m mazhar ali. i done the M.A Economics from shahabdul latif khairpur in pakistan. so i want to admishion in Mphill. how can apply.
shahshoaib22@yahoo.com
Mazhar, we can help you with GRE exam however if you are looking for scholarship then visit following link : http://scholarship-positions.com/
The exercise was very enlightening and mind bogging, it got me thinking, I’ll like to take the GRE in March 2011 and would be very grateful if I can get the Barron’s GRE book to aid my preparations.
Regards.
Sure Nnamdi if you are a winner of book then we will surly send it to u..
I have found this site as a very exciting one which tends sharpen and reawaken people’s knowledge, understanding and thinkings. Thanks for the good work being given to the academia moreover free of charge. Big thanks indeed, Vincent in Uganda.
How do i get access to the logical and mathematical (numerical) aspects becuase our GMAT comprise of logic, mathematics and english am due to sit for one on 11 June 2011 for an MBA programme of Makerere University offered at Makerere University Business School.
Thanks for your comment Vincent, i wish to inform you we do not deal with maths section.
Gospel David/tsadik on 13th April 2011. 3:30pm
Forgive – Pardon
Mollcoddle – Pamper
Steal – Pilfer
Annoy – Provoke
Good-looking – Pretty
Picture – Photograph
Choose – Pick
Ugly – plain
go – proceed, passage
revolt – protest
treachery – perfidy
stone – pip
Inactive – passive
Fussy – Picky, Persnickety
Suffering – Pain
Light-colored – Pale
Gasp – Pant, Puff
Fear – Panic
Eulogise – Praise
Artist – Performer, Player, Painter
Sheet – Page, Piece, Pane
Collection – Place, Position, Put, Park
Chastise – Punish
Skin – Pelt
Tap – Pat
Forgive – Pardon
Mollycoddle – Pamper
Steal – Pilfer
Annoy – Provoke
Good-looking – Pretty
Picture – Photograph
Choose – Pick,prefer
Ugly – plain
go – proceed
revolt – protest
treachery – perfidy
stone – pebbly
Inactive – passive
Fussy – persist
Suffering – Pain
Light-colored – Pale
Gasp – Pant
Fear – Panic
Eulogize – Praise
Artist – Performer, Player, Painter
Sheet – Page, Piece, Pane
Collection – Place, Park
Chastise – Punish
Skin – Pelt
Tap – Pat
Nice effort Mulualem..