Synonym: Italicize
languish in pain
A. becomes weak
B. flourish
C. faint
D. vulnerable
Synonym: Italicize
busilak na puso
A. mapula
B. madugo
C. malinis
D. maramdamin
Synonym: Italicize
Fabio never liked the
ancient necropolis
a. A large and old
cemetery
b. A city on a hill
c. An elevated villa
d. A dark city
Synonym: Italicize
The Apotheosis of
Washington is a unique
work of art that can
be found in the U.S.
Capitol.
a. Glorification
b. Deification
c. Inauguration
d. Archetype
Synonym: Italicize
Continue a cavalier
attitude despite all
the injustices.
a. attentive
b. indifferent
c. emphatic
d. sympathetic
Synonym: Italicize
His face wore a calm
look of piety and
resignation to the
will of God.
A. Feeling of
uneasiness
B. Mark of shame
C. Devoutness
D. Claim
Synonym: Italicize
As a teacher, Mrs.
Anna should be an
erudite person
A. Diligent
B. shy
C. stubborn
D. Bookish
Synonym: Italicize
Masarap ang paliya na
ginisa niya
a. itlog
b. talong
c. ampalaya
d. mani
Synonym: Italicize
Galileo’s supposition
is proven true
A. Theory
B. Ratify
C. Postulate
D. Rule
A
C
A
C
C
C
D
C
A
Synonym: Italicize
alab ng puso
A. pighati
B. sakit
C. damdamin
D. poot
Synonym: Italicize
arduous task of
rehabilitation
A. challenging
B. difficult
C. straightforward
D. exigent
Synonym: Italicize
In medieval England,
papists, or Catholics,
could be obtruncated if
caught.
a. Deported
b. Beheaded
c. Tortured
d. Imprisoned
Synonym: Italicize
The nomadic Mongols
lived in yurts since
the days of Genghis
Khan
a. Tents
b. Houses
c. Caravans
d. Wagons
Synonym: Italicize
Constantly emerging
from eclectic knowledge
of the universe
a. homogenous
b. diverse
c. consistent
d. different
Synonym: Italicize
Nakakatakot ang mga
pulis ngayon
hahalughugin nila
talaga ang gamit mo.
A. Kukuhanin
B. Hahanapin
C. Guguluhin
D. Sasaliksikin
Synonym: Italicize
Mario is audacious when
his crush is beside him
a. Daring
b. Strenuous
c. Expressing bad will
d. Hostile
Synonym: Italicize
Mayroon ka bang
talahulugan?
a. diksyunaryo
b. thesaurus
c. atlas
d. glosaryo
Synonym: Italicize
Siya ay pasuray-suray
kung maglakad
a. lumakad nang diretso
b. lumakad na parang
tutumba
c. lumakad nang mabilis
d. lumakad nang
C
B
B
D
B
B
A
A
B
Synonym: Italicize
deleterious effect on
the environment
A. beneficial
B. devastating
C. developmental
D. harmful
Synonym: Italicize
devoid of tactical
planning
A. critical
B. present
C. lacking
D. comprehensive
Synonym: Italicize
The rapid staccato of
raindrops on the roof
kept everyone from
sleeping early.
a. Sharp, rapid sounds
b. Heavy banging
c. Incessant tapping
d. Flowing
Synonym: Italicize
rapport of his team is
always maintained so
that they can achieve
unity and coordination
a. harmony
b. cheerfulness
c. familiarity
d. communication
Synonym: Italicize
Scrutinize every
painting in the
exhibit
a. Purchase
b. Examine
c. Copy
d. Relinquish
Synonym: Italicize
Mario visited the
recent festival of
arts as a connoisseur
a. a lover of art
b. illustrator
c. critic
d. Critique
Synonym: Italicize
Intransigence leads to
destruction of
friendships
a. composure
b. forerunner
c. stubbornness
d. incorruptibility
Synonym: Italicize
The waves converge in
the middle
a. retort
b. come together
c. burst inward
d. combine; unite
Synonym: Italicize
Nasambit niya ang
sikreto
a. itinago
b. isiniwalat
c. inanunsyo
d. nabigkas
D
C
A
A
B
A
C
B
D
Synonym: Italicize
Ang haba ng pisi niya.
a. pasensya
b. tali
c. pako
d. pagtitimpi
B
Synonym: Italicize
Malawak ang yungib na
pinasok niya
a. kubeta
b. silid
c. kuweba
d. taguan
C
Synonym: Italicize
Terrie kept fumbling
the materials,
gathering a few and
shuffling them as if
they were cards.
A. playing with
B. juggling
C. groping for
D. moving clumsily
Synonym: Italicize
After he forgot
their anniversary,
Martin could only
beg Maria for
clemency.
a.
b.
c.
d.
mercy
chance
cruelty
quaint
Synonym: Italicize
Marc is far too
sensible to have done
a fatuous thing like
that.
A. dangerous
B. risky
C. inate
D. foolish
D
A
D
D
D
heal
rapport
swell out
relish
Synonym: Italicize
Our workplace wore
a macabre look on
Monday after the
company downsized its
staff strength.
A. gameface
B. serious
C. tropical
D. lugubrious
Synonym: Italicize
I coveted Moses’s
house, wife, and car
a. have
D
D
D
The laws of physics
are immutable and
constant.
a. inconsistent
b. fundamental
C
The top layer of the
pudding had
coagulated into a
thick skin
a. blocked
b. transform
c. thickened
d. attaches
Synonym: Italicize
Gusto mo bang bawasan
natin dahil tigmak na
ang bayong mo
A. Sira
B. Walang laman
C. Punong-puno
D. Kaunti ang laman
Synonym: Italicize
Napakislot siya nung
dumating ang guro.
a. nabigla; gumalaw
nang pabigla
b. gulat na paggalaw
c. Napatakbo
d. Napasigaw
Synonym: Italicize
The interviewer, dark,
young and serious,
turned his attention
to us with a cramped
sort of face.
A. paralyzed
B. cheerful
C. bothered
D. expressionless
Synonym: Italicize
I thought they were
likely to bundle him
into a car but the
policeman simply led
him back to the road
and pointed him
towards the town
center.
A. wrap
B. hustle
C. a lot of things
D. grouped together
Synonym: Italicize
The army finally
capitulated after
fighting a long costly
battle
a. loses
b. loss
c. surrendered
d. settled
C
A
C
B
C
Synonym: Italicize
The golden palace
was effulgent.
B
C
c. unchangeable
d. vigorous
Synonym: Italicize
Years of drinking
beer caused his
stomach to distend.
to
to
to
to
D
b. desire enviously
c. control
d. desire with no envy
Synonym: Italicize
d. rejoices
Synonym: Italicize
a.
b.
c.
d.
To expiate my
selfishness, I gave
all my profits to
charity
a. aggravate
b. quell
c. express
d. atone
Synonym: Italicize
Two police
officers sprawled over
a couch in Johanna’s
living room, as if they
were in their own
homes.
A. creep awkwardly
B. lay down
C. jumped into
D. sit with arms and
legs spread out
The dog was fettered
to the parking meter
We caroused all
night after getting
married
a. are conscious
b. snooze
c. slumber
Synonym: Italicize
Masama iyang
pagtutungyayaw mo.
a. pang-aaway
b. pang-aalipusta
c. pangbubuska
d. pagmumura
B
Synonym: Italicize
Synonym: Italicize
a. defecated
b. perusal
c. placate
d. constrained
Synonym: Italicize
Synonym: Italicize
Kanina pa siya
humihikbi nang malakas.
a. tumatawa
b. umiiyak
c. sumisigaw
d. nanununtok
a. splendorous
b. dull
c. enormous
d. minute
Synonym: Italicize
Harold lumbered at him
and clouted him across
the head.
A. cover with a clout
B. hit forcefully
C. stroke gently
D. kissed
A
B
Synonym: Italicize
C
George hates the
color green so much
that he eschews all
green food.
a.
b.
c.
d.
accepts
confronts
shuns
respites
C
Synonym: Italicize
Synonym: Italicize
I would rather
donate money to help
the indigent
population than to
the park sculpture
fund.
Because of his great
guile, the politician
was able to survive
scandal after
scandal.
B
a.
b.
c.
d.
a. indigenous
b. impoverished
c. indignation
d. indolent
Synonym: Italicize
“Your iniquity,”
said the priest to
the practical
jokester, “will be
forgiven.”
a. betrayal
b. sins
C
Synonym: Italicize
Synonym: Italicize
The crowd was
jubilant when the
firefighter carried
the woman from the
flaming building.
Although I had
already broken most
of her dishes,
Jacqueline was
magnanimous enough
to continue letting
me use them.
c. wickedness
d. resilience
a.
b.
c.
d.
Synonym: Italicize
Synonym: Italicize
My meager portion of
food did nothing to
satisfy my appetite.
a. sufficient
b. insufficient
Jason’s morose nature
made him very
unpleasant to talk to
a. ruse
b. salient
c. soothing
d. sullen
B
c. better
d. ribald
Antonym: Italicize
Inilatag niya ang
banig
a. ibinaba
b. itinaas
c. iniwagayway
d. binuhaghag
Antonym: Italicize
Van Gogh certainly
wasn’t a proponent of
achromatic painting.
a. Colorful
b. Abstract
c. Matte
d. Multifaceted
Antonym: Italicize
Maliit ang sisidlan ni
Mhon kaya iniiwasan
siyang biruin
a. walang malay
b. magagalitin
c. pasensyoso
d. magalang
Antonym: Italicize
Di-maliparan ng uwak
ang lupain ng mga
Aquino sa Tarlac.
a. napakaliit
b. napakalawak
c. napakadami
d. napakasikip
B
C
C
D
B
truthful
deceitful
apology
plan
Synonym: Italicize
The dog ambled to the
door, which was
slightly ajar, and
slowly squeezed out
into the passage.
A. crept
B. ran
C. walked
D. jumped
ecstatic
gloomy
chaotic
enigmatic
Antonym: Italicize
Nag-alsa balutan ang
katulong sa bahay dahil
sa kalupitan ng kanya
amo.
a. nagtampo
b. lumayas
c. pumasok
d. nanatili
Antonym: Italicize
Di-mahapayang gatang
ang pagpapalitan ng
kuro-kuro ng mga
mambabatas.
a. masaya
b. maawat
c. maumpisahan
d. magulo
Antonym: Italicize
Tiklop-tuhod ang
akusado na siya ay
patawarin ng biktima
a. nagkukunwari
b. hindi nanakot
c. hindi nagmamakaaawa
d. malakas
Antonym: Italicize
Nilubugan ng araw ang
mga taong nasalanta ng
bagyo ang mga tirahan
a. nabuhayan ng pag-asa
b. lumiwanag ang
palagid
c. yumaman
d. luamakas
A
C
A
a. noble
b. nice
c. generous
d. kind
Synonym: Italicize
D
D
B
C
A
Brad was perplexed
by his girlfriend’s
suddenly distant
manner
a. called
b. aware
c. confused
d. serene
Antonym: Italicize
Dahil sa paulit-ulit
na pagsisinungaling,
basa ang papel niya sa
karamhian
a. nakakapagduda
b. pinagtitiwalaan
c. kinakatakutan
d. kinakaibgan
Antonym: Italicize
Mabulaklak ang landas
ng taong masikap
a. Malabo ang
kinabukasan
b. makulay ang
kinabukasan
c. magulo ang
kinabukasan
d. maganda ang
kinabukasan
Antonym: Italicize
Dapat tularan ang mga
taong may kusang-palo
a. walang kusang-loob
b. walang bait sa
sarili
c. walang nalalaman
d. walang direksiyon
Antonym: Italicize
Palagi mo matatagpuan
sa kanilang bahay si
Cecile, palibhasa ay
walang puyo sa
talampakan.
a. mahilig matulog
b. mahilig mamasyal
c. mahilig tumakbo
d. mahilig mag-aral
C
B
C
A
Antonym: Italicize
Ang pag-iibigan nina
Florante at Laura ay
matimyas.
a. di-magmamaliw
b. di totoo
c. dalisay
d. wagas
Antonym: Italicize
Patuloy na magdarahop
ang taong tamad.
a. aasenso
b. maghihikahos
c. magiging salat
d. maghihirap
Antonym: Italicize
Tunay na mabalasik ang
leon at ang tigre
a. maamo
b. matapang
c. masungit
d. maliit
Antonym: Italicize
Hung mong pukawin ang
batang nahihimlay.
a. libangin
b. palayain
c. patulugin
d. kulungin
Antonym: Italicize
The reporter’s candid
remarks caught the
mayoralty candidate
off-guard
a. secret
b. flank
c. well-thought
d. reserved
Antonym: Italicize
Never operate a
machine once you are
inebriated
a. sober
b. drunk
c. sleepy
d. active
Antonym: Italicize
The MSA Reviewer Books
are noteworthy
materials.
a. remarkable
b. substantial
c. trivial
d. significant
Antonym: Italicize
The heathens used to
practice cannibalism
a. uncivilized people
b. barbaric people
c. old people
d. cultured people
Antonym: Italicize
CJ de Silva’s painting
abilities are uncanny
a. remarkable
b. ordinary
c. astonishing
d. unbelievable
B
A
A
C
C
A
C
D
B
Antonym: Italicize
Hinintay naming ang
pagdaong ng Superferry
upang salubungin si ate
a. pag-alis
b. paglapag
c. paghimpil
d. pagtigil
Antonym: Italicize
Mahirap pakinggan ang
sinasabi ng taong garil
a. utal
b. bulol
c. matalino
d. matatas
Antonym: Italicize
Maantak ang sugat kapag
napatakan ng kalamansi
a. malaki
b. maliit
c. manhid
d. mahapdi
Antonym: Italicize
Hindi ka dapat
magmaktol kung ika’y
napagsabihan.
a. huwag umiyak
b. huwag magtampo
c. huwag magdabog
d. huwag lumayas
Antonym: Italicize
She had the quixotic
idea that she was a
reincarnation of a
British Princess.
a. wild
b. fantastic
c. realistic
d. dreamy
Antonym: Italicize
The people inveighed
against the sharp
increase in oil prices.
a. admitted
b. amended
c. accepted
d. deliberated
Antonym: Italicize
I admire people who are
modest despite their
opulence
a. great wealth
b. poverty
c. affluence
d. lavishness
Antonym: Italicize
That yonder youth is
more studious than the
nearer one
a. lonesome
b. farther
c. closer
d. thither
Antonym: Italicize
The ramshackle building
collapsed easily
a. new
b. old
c. outdated
d. shabby
A
D
C
B
C
C
D
C
A
Antonym: Italicize
Kumain ka ng
masustansiyang pagkain
nang hind imaging
hawas
a. payat
b. matipuno
c. manipis
d. sakitin
Antonym: Italicize
Palasak na ang
paggamit ng kompyuter.
a. pambihira
b. pangkaraniwan
c. laganap
d. matipid
Antonym: Italicize
Ang mga bulaklak ng
orkidiya ay naluoy sa
tindi ng init
a. nabulok
b. natuyo
c. namumukadkad
d. nalaglag
Antonym: Italicize
Dapat kang magkamal ng
salapi sa mabuting
paraan lamang
a. magwaldas
b. mag-ipon
c. magbigay
d. magdamot
Antonym: Italicize
Keep on believing that
physical disability is
not a hindrance to
success.
a. block
b. stepping stone
c. opportunity
d. difficulty
Antonym: Italicize
The players were
confused when the
kibitzers suddenly
butted-in during the
team’s huddle.
a. advisers
b. spectators
c. onlookers
d. crowd
Antonym: Italicize
Tragic stories had so
much pathos that it
left me feeling down
a. anguish
b. woe
c. intrigue
d. humor
Antonym: Italicize
Don’t let trivial
things upset you
a. important
b. trifling
c. ordinary
d. inconsequential
Antonym: Italicize
Do you always try tobe
a paragon of virtue?
a. model
b. example
c. yardstick
d. anomaly
D
A
C
A
B
A
D
C
D
Antonym: Italicize
Because he always
wound up kicking
himself in the head
when he tried to play
soccer, Oswald began
to abhor the sport.
a. to hate
b. to love
c. to ignore
d. to commend
Antonym: Italicize
He called me a lilylivered coward, and I
took umbrage at the
insult.
a. defense
b. appraisal
c. contentment
d. resentment
The volume of the gas
is 204 mL at 840 mm
pressure. Calculate
the volume of the same
gas at 765 mm if the
temperature is held
constant.
A. 112 mL
B. 224 mL
C. 288 mL
D. 336 mL
As the drops of water
that
leak
from
a
dripping faucet fall,
they
A. get closer
together.
B. get farther apart.
C. the pattern of
their motion can’t be
determined.
D. remain at a
relatively fixed
distance from one
another.
Why does semen have
alkaline bases as part
of its composition?
A. To maintain a
neutral environment
for the sperm to
“swim” in.
B. To protect the
sperm from the acidic
environment in the
vagina.
C. To speed up the
transport of the sperm
to the fallopian tube.
D. To destroy any
rival sperm cells
inside the vagina.
A
C
B
B
Antonym: Italicize
The dogs were too slow
to catch the agile
rabbit.
a. nimble
b. quick
c. sluggish
d. aloof
Antonym: Italicize
Tom and Huck entered
the scary cave armed
with nothing but their
own temerity.
a. recklessness
b. bashfulness
c. audacity
d. rashness
The magnetic needle of
a compass always points
to the north because
A. the needle touches
the north pole.
B. the earth has a
magnetic north pole.
C. compasses are used
for finding direction.
D. the earth’s magnetic
field is strongest at
the south pole.
If she is standing 4
feet in front of the
wall-mirror
and
she
holds the hand-mirror 1
foot behind her head,
she will see the back of
her head how far behind
the wall-mirror?
A.
B.
C.
D.
6
5
4
3
C
B
B
A
feet
feet
feet
feet
An astronaut orbits the
earth in a space capsule
whose height above the
earth is equal to the
earth’s radius. How does
the
weight
of
the
astronaut in the capsule
compare to her weight on
the earth?
B
A. Her weight is equal
to her weight on earth.
B. Her weight is equal
to one-fourth her
weight on earth.
C. Her weight is equal
to one-half of her
weight on earth.
D. Her weight is equal
to one-third of her
weight on earth.
Antonym: Italicize
We yoked together the
logs by tying a string
around them.
a. detach
b. nexus
c. adhere
d. destroy
A
Antonym: Italicize
The surreptitious CIA
agents were able to
get in and out of the
house without anyone
noticing.
a. blatant
b. stealthy
c. sneaky
d. clandestine
Which one of these
is not true?
A. All planets revolve
in the same direction.
B. All planets rotate
in the same direction.
C. The orbits of the
planets are all
ellipses.
D. The orbits of the
planets are nearly in
the same plane.
A
forensic
anthropologist
would
most likely use which
bone to determine the
height of a corpse?
A.
B.
C.
D.
phalanges
femur
occipital
patella
A
B
B
Professor Geller wanted
to demonstrate the role
of osmosis in plant
cells. He placed the
cells in a solution
that is hypertonic to
the cells. Which of the
following could be a
possible
result
of
Professor
Geller’s
demonstration?
B
A. Plant cells decrease
in size (flaccid), and
the solution will have
a lighter color.
B. Plant cells increase
in size (turgid), and
the
solution
will
remain the same color.
C. Plant cells maintain
their size, and the
solution
will
become
darker.
D. Plant cells will
burst,
causing
the
solution to reduce its
color
A