AFNS English Comprehension and Vocabulary Paper

1. Synonym of OPPRESS
A) Unshackle
B) Unleash
C) Liberate
D) Subjugate

2. The former wild man of rock has reinvented himself as a ________ family man.
A) Respectful
B) Retrospective
C) Inspectable
D) Respectable

3. Choose the correct spelling:
A) Glistining
B) Gleistening
C) Glestening
D) Glistening

4. His advice was always _______ and his wisdom unbounded.
A) Sensational
B) Sensitive
C) Sensible
D) Sensory

5. Choose the correct spelling:
A) Hearsay
B) Hearsaye
C) Hearrsay
D) Hearsey

6. Antonym of OBLIVION
A) Forgetfulness
B) Awareness
C) Vagueness
D) Amnesia

7. Choose the correct spelling:
A) Envoluntary
B) Involantary
C) Involuntery
D) Involuntary

8. During the driving ________, the instructor showed the boy how to parallel park.
A) Lesion
B) Lesson
C) Lessen
D) Lainson

9. Antonym of LOFTY
A) Arrogant
B) Humble
C) Supercilious
D) Haughty

10. Antonym of PROFANE
A) Blasphemous
B) Sacred
C) Wicked
D) Irreverent

11. He was apparently ________ converted from his anarchist views.
A) Quote
B) Quite
C) Quiet
D) Quit

12. Synonym of LABORIOUS
A) Painstaking
B) Informal
C) Tranquil
D) Easy

13. Synonym of MEDITATE
A) Overlook
B) Oversee
C) Deliberate
D) Supervise

14. Choose the correct spelling:
A) Haggord
B) Haggard
C) Heggard
D) Haggerd

15. Antonym of QUIRK
A) Coincidence
B) Oddity
C) Conformity
D) Oddity

16. Choose the correct spelling:
A) Juricdiction
B) Jorisdiction
C) Jurisdicstion
D) Jurisdiction

17. Antonym of PENSIVE
A) Musing
B) Frivolous
C) Meditative
D) Preoccupied

18. The Board of Supervisors passed an _________ last fall to allow the new procedure.
A) Ordnance
B) Ordinance
C) Odor
D) Ordeal

19. Synonym of NUMB
A) Animated
B) Energetic
C) Spirited
D) Emotionless

20. Synonym of PROVISIONAL
A) Permanent
B) Impermanent
C) Endless
D) Undying

Answer Key

1. D) Subjugate—Synonym of Oppress
2. D) Respectable—Reinvented as a respectable family man
3. D) Glistening—Correct spelling
4. C) Sensible—Sensible advice
5. A) Hearsay—Correct spelling
6. B) Awareness—Antonym of Oblivion
7. D) Involuntary—correct spelling
8. B) Lesson—Driving lesson
9. B) Humble—Antonym of Lofty
10. B) Sacred—Antonym of Profane
11. B) Quite—quite converted
12. A) Painstaking—Synonym of Laborious
13. C) Deliberate—Synonym of Meditate
14. B) Haggard—correct spelling
15. C) Conformity—Antonym of Quirk
16. D) Jurisdiction—Correct spelling
17. B) Frivolous—Antonym of Pensive
18. B) Ordinance—Passed an ordinance
19. D) Emotionless—Synonym of Numb
20. B) Impermanent—Synonym of Provisional