MDCAT English MCQs

'Meticulous' describes great attention to small details.
A very careful person checks work precisely.

In this sense, 'transparent' means clear or readily understood.
'Obscure' means unclear or difficult to understand.

'Alleviate' means to reduce pain, difficulty, or severity.
The policy is expected to lessen the burden.

'Inevitable' describes something that cannot be prevented.
'Unavoidable' has the same essential meaning.

'Expand' means to become larger or more extensive.
'Contract' means to become smaller.

An ambiguous statement can be understood in multiple ways.
It lacks one clear, definite meaning.

A semicolon can join two closely related independent clauses without a conjunction.
Both sides of the semicolon are complete sentences.

A colon can introduce a list after a complete independent clause.
The words before the colon form a complete statement.

A pair of em dashes can set off strongly emphasized parenthetical information.
The inserted phrase identifies the final speaker.

The two words jointly modify the following noun 'event.'
A hyphen helps readers understand them as one compound adjective.

A title used with a name, a language, and an institution's proper name are capitalized.
Common words not functioning as proper names remain lowercase.

The clause adds nonessential information about an already identified brother.
Nonrestrictive clauses are enclosed by commas.