Following each sentence are five words. Find the one word among the five which is opposite in meaning to the given word, and mark out its number in the space at the right of the page. In the first question below, the noun "joy" is opposite in meaning to the verb "grieve"; so the number has been marked out. In question two, the adjective "growing" is opposite in meaning to the verb "decrease"; so has been marked out. Do questions 3, 4, and 5 in the same way.
Only the discerning reader who reads for specific ideas and is able to transpose those ideas quickly into practice can hope to handle such instructions in the limited time allowed. Note the explanatory material below taken from a practice test for arithmetical aptitude:
