GRE Sample Questions_ Verbal SectionSentence CompletionsThe fact that the- of confrontation is no longer as popular as it once was - progress in race relations. insidiousness - reiterates practice - inculcates glimmer - foreshadows technique - presages reticence - indicates Ans: D A child should not be - as being either very shy or over - aggressive. categorized instructed intoned distracted refrained Ans: A President Anwar el - Sadat of Egypt, disregarding - criticism in the Alab world and in his own Government, - accepted Prime Minister Menahem Begin's invitation to visit Israel in order to address the Israeli parliament. acrimonious - formally blemished - stiffly categorical - previously malignant - plaintively charismatic - meticulously Ans: A In his usual - manner, he had insured himself against this type of loss. pensive providential indifferent circumspect caustic Ans: D We never believed that he would resort to - in order to achieve his goal; we always regarded him as a - man. charm - insincere necromancy - pietistic logic - honorable prestidigitation - articulate subterfuge - honest Ans: E The Sociologist responded to the charge that her new theory was - by pointing out that it did not in fact contradict accepted sociological principles. unproven banal superficial complex heretical Ans: E Despite assorted effusion to the contrary, there is no necessary link between scientific skill and humanism, and quite possibly, there may be something of a - between them. dichotomy congruity reciprocity fusion generosity Ans: E The most technologically advanced societies have been responsible for the greatest - indeed savagery seems to be indirect proposition to - inventions - know-how wars - viciousness triumphs - civilizations atrocities - development catastrophes - ill-will Ans: D Ironically, the party leaders encountered no greater - their efforts to build as Progressive Party than the - of the progressive already elected to the legislature. obstacle to - resistance support for - advocacy praise for - reputation threat to - promise benefit - success Ans: A The simplicity of the theory - its main attraction - is also its - for only by - the assumptions of the theory is it possible to explain the most recent observations made by researchers. glory - rejecting liability - accepting undoing - supplementing downfall - considering virtue - qualifying Ans: C That the Third Battalion's fifty percent casually rate transformed its assault on Hill 306 from a brilliant stratagem into a debacle does not - eyewitness reports of its commander's extra-ordinary - in deploying his forces. invalidate - brutality gainsay - cleverness underscore - ineptitude justify - rapidity corroborate -determination Ans: B No longer - by the belief that the world around us was expressly designed for humanity, many people try to find intellectual - for that lost certainty in astrology and in mysticism. satisfied - reasons reassured - justifications restricted - parallels sustained - substitutes hampered - equivalents Ans: D In eighth-century Japan, people who - wasteland were rewarded with official ranks as part of an effort to overcome the shortage of - fields. cultivated - domestic located - desirable conserved - forested reclaimed - arable irrigated - accessible. Ans: D Clearly refuting sceptics, researchers have - not only that gravitational radiation exists but that it also does exactly what the theory- it should do. assumed - deducted estimated - accepted supposed - asserted doubted - warranted demonstrated - predicted. Ans: E Melodramas, which presented stark oppositions between innocence and criminality, virtue and corruption, good and evil, were popular precisely because they offered the audience a world - of - deprived - polarity full - circumstantialities bereft - theatricality devoid - neutrality composed - adversityAns: D Sponsors of the bill were-because there was no opposition to it within the legislative, until after the measure had been signed into law. well-intentioned persistent detained unreliable relievedAns: B Ecology, like economics, concerns itself with the movement of valuable - through a complex network of producers and consumers. nutrients dividends communications artifacts commoditiesAns: C Having fully embraced the belief that government by persuasion is preferable to government by - the leaders of the movement have recently - most of their previous statements supporting totalitarianism. proclamation - codified coercion - repudiated participation - moderated intimidation - issued demonstration - deliberatedAns: B It would be difficult for one so - to be led to believe that all men are equal and that we must disregard race, color and creed. tolerant democratic broadminded emotional intolerantAns: E Many philosophers agree that the verbal aggression of profanity in certain redical newspapers is not - or childish, but an assault on - essential to the revolutionary's purpose. insolent - sociability trivial - decorum belligerent - fallibility serious - propriety deliberate - affectationAns: B The - tones of the flute succeeded in - his tense nerves. rhapsodic - minimising blatant - enhancing hovendous - calming vibrant - portraying mellifluous - soothing. Ans: E Without the psychiatrist's promise of confidentiality, trust is - and the patient's communication limited; even though confidentiality can thus be seen to be precious in thercopy, moral responsibility sometimes requires a willingness to - it. lost - forget implicit - extend impaired - sacrifise ambiguous - apply assumed - examine. Ans: C Parts of seventeenth-century Chinese pleasure gardens were not necessarily intended to look -they were designed expressly to evoke the agreeable melancholy resulting from a sense of the - of natural beauty and human glory. great - immutability joyful - mortality conventional - wildness cheerful - transitoriness colorful - abstractness. Ans: D Despite the - of many of their colleagues, some scholars have begun to emphasize ''pop culture'' as a key for - the myths, hopes, and fears of contemporary society. pedantry - reinstating enthusiasm - symbolizing skepticism - deciphering antipathy - involving discernment - evaluating. Ans: C If duty is the natural - of one's the course of future events, then people who are powerful have duty placed on them whether they like it or not. outgrowth - control over arbiter - responsibility for correlate - understanding of determinant - involvement in mitigant - preoccupation with . Ans: A Clearly refuting sceptics, researches have - not only that gravitational radiation exists but that it also does exactly what the theory - it should do. supposed - asserted voubted -warranted assumed - deduced demonstrated - predicted estimated - accepted Ans: D The Neolatonists' conception of a deity, in which perfection was measured by abundant fecundity, was contradicted by that of the Aristotelians, in which perfection was displayed in the - of creation. variety economy profusion clarity precisionAns: B It is a great - to be able to transfer useful genes with as little extra gene material as possible, because the donor's genome may contain, in addition to desirable genes, many genes with - effects. Disappointment - superfluous Convenience - exquisite Advantage - deleterious Accomplishment - profound Misfortune - unpredictableAns: C While admitting that the risks incurred by use of the insecticide were not - the manufacturer's spokesperson argued that effective - were simply not available. indeterminable - safeguards unusual - alternatives inconsequential - substitutes proven - antidotes increasing - proceduresAns: C Human reaction to the realm of thought is often as strong as that to sensible presences; our higher moral life is based on the fact that - sensations actually present may have a weaker influence on our action than do ideas of - facts. emotional - impersonal familiar : symbolic disturbing - ordinary material - remote defenitive - controvoisialAns: D Some scientists argue that carbon compounds play such a central role in life on earth because of the possibility of - resulting from the carbon atoms ability to form an unending series of different molecules. variety stability deviations invigorations reproductionAns: AIt would be difficult for one so - to be led to believe that all men are equal and that we must disregard race, color and creed. intolerant democratic emotional patient broadmindedAns: A An occasional - remark spoiled the - that made the paper memorable. colloquial trite - cliches urbane - sophisticated hackneyed - originality jovial - fun. Ans: D Broadway audiences have become inured to - and so - to be pleased as to make their ready ovations meaningless as an indicator of the quality of the production before them. cleverness : eager condescension : disinclined sentimentality : reluctant mediocrity : desperate histrionics : unlikely Ans: D Nineteenth - century scholars, by examining earlier geometric Greek art, found that classical Greek art was not a magical - or a brilliant - blending Egyptian and Assyruin art, but was independently evolved by Greeks in Greece. conversion - annexation apparition - amalgam stratagem - appropriation paradigm - construct example - synthesis Ans: B The struggle of the generations is one of the obvious constants of human affairs; therefore, it may be presumptuous to suggest that the rivalry between young and old in western society during the current decade is - critical. archetypally perennially disturbingly uniquely cautiously Ans: D Even though in today's Soviet union the - Muslim clergy have been accorded power and privileges, the Muslim laity and the rank - and - file clergy still. Have little - to practice their religion. adversaries of - inclination traditionalists among - incentive practitioners among - opportunity leaders of - latitude dissidents within -obligation Ans: D Unlike the Shakespearean plays, The ''closet dramas'' of the nineteenth century were meant to be - rather than - seen - acted read - acted produced - acted quiet - loud sophisticated - urbane Ans: B The little - known but rapidly expanding use of computers in mapmaking is technologically similar to the more - uses in designing everything from bolts to satellites. ingenuous recent secure publicized successful Ans: D Although his outnumbered troops fought bravely, the general felt he had no choice but to - defeat and - a retreat. oversee - reject acknowledge - order hasten - suggest seek - try overcome - request Ans: BNo hero of ancient or modern times can surpass the Indian with his lofty contempt of death and the - with which he sustained the cruelest coffliction. guide assent reverence fortitude concern Ans: D The hostess attempted to - a romantic atmosphere that would bring the two young people together in - expand - fealty present - collusion simulate - conflict introduce - cacophony contrive - matrimony Ans: E Employers who retire people who are willing and able to continue working should realize that - age is not an effective - in determining whether an individual is capable of working. intellectual - criterion Chronological - criterion Physical - barrier deteriorating - value chronological - factor Ans: B As the sun rose, the morning mists were borne away on the - like strands of - whirlwind - flotsam wind - cactus morass - tundra zephyr - gossamer holocaust - taffeta Ans: D The playwright was known not for his original ideas that had been propounded by others. rejection consideration invention reiteration plagiarism Ans: E The gypsy girl, decked out in - finery, and with her dishevelled hair streaming over shoulders, was indeed a - sight. verdant - wistful sartorial - flagrant specious - poignant tawdry - bizarre opulent - debonair Ans: D Yellow fever, the disease that killed 4,000 Philadelphians in 1793, and so - Memphis, Tennessee, that the city lost its charter, has reappeared after nearly two decades in - in the western hemisphere. disabled - quarantine decimated - abeyance terrorized - contention ravaged - secret coupled - quiescence Ans: B The painting was larger than it appeared to be, for hanging in a darkened recess of the chapel, it was - by the perspective. embellished improved jeopardised aggrandized diminished Ans: E We have in America - speech that is neither American, Oxford English, nor English but a - of all three. motley - miracle nasal - blend feigned - patchwork mangled - medley hybrid - combination Ans: E Old beliefs die hard, even when jobs become - the long - standing fear that unemployment could return at a moment’s notice - protected - subsided vacant - perished available - receded plentiful - persisted easier - charged Ans: D Not only the - are fooled by propagandas we can all be misled if we are not - people - mature ignorant - cynical masses - cautious uncultured - concerned gullible - wary Ans: E -- merciful by nature, he was - toward the murderer. although - unmoving while - unjust truly - indicative though - kind albeit - implacable Ans: E When the news of his - with the enemy become known, he was hanged in - collusion - effigy conversation's - earnest involvement - martyrdom complacency - retaliation bickering - response Ans: D He was so - by the interplay of the colors that varied in brilliance and pattern as the music rose and fell, that he asked the price of the device. overwrought penalized repelled inteugued penalized Ans: D The absence of a sense of outrage and grief at national tragedy is an - of moral responsibility. intervention energising abdication administration actuation. Ans: C In an effort to - its operations, the corporation announced it was acquiring a - company in a different type of manufacturing. diversify - subsidiary adumberate - solvent multiply - protracted intensify - fluctuating establish - sequential. Ans: A Samuel Clemens chose the - Mark Twain as a result of his knowledge of river boat piloting. mountebank protagonist misanthrope hallucination pseudonym. Ans: E To meet all - a source of - electrical power was added to the train's engine. Integuments - parallel possibilities - incidental amenities - diverse contingencies - auxiliary conveniences - automatic. Ans: D Since the escaping vapors proved to be highly -, measures were at once taken for the - of the experiments. Volatile - ratification Observable - insulation Gaseous - reduction Noxious - cessation Incriminating - destruction. Ans: D Eric Fromm does not agree that man is - in Freudian sexual dilemmas for if the - that man creates can be changed for the better, there is hope that the state of man can be changed as well. Tortured - goals Trapped - institutions Caught - symbols Engulfed - life Confused - meanings. Ans: B Not only the - are fooled by propagandas we can all be misled if we are not - people - mature ignorant - cynical masses - cautious uncultured - concerned gullible - wary Ans: E -- merciful by nature, he was - toward the murderer. although - unmoving while - unjust truly - indicative though - kind albeit - implacable Ans: E When the news of his - with the enemy become known, he was hanged in - collusion - effigy conversation's - earnest involvement - martyrdom complacency - retaliation bickering - response Ans: D He was so - by the interplay of the colors that varied in brilliance and pattern as the music rose and fell, that he asked the price of the device. overwrought penalized repelled inteugued penalized Ans: D The absence of a sense of outrage and grief at national tragedy is an - of moral responsibility. intervention energising abdication administration actuation. Ans: C In an effort to - its operations, the corporation announced it was acquiring a - company in a different type of manufacturing. diversify - subsidiary adumberate - solvent multiply - protracted intensify - fluctuating establish - sequential. Ans: A Samuel Clemens chose the - Mark Twain as a result of his knowledge of river boat piloting. mountebank protagonist misanthrope hallucination pseudonym. Ans: E To meet all - a source of - electrical power was added to the train's engine. Integuments - parallel possibilities - incidental amenities - diverse contingencies - auxiliary conveniences - automatic. Ans: D Since the escaping vapors proved to be highly -, measures were at once taken for the - of the experiments. Volatile - ratification Observable - insulation Gaseous - reduction Noxious - cessation Incriminating - destruction. Ans: DEric Fromm does not agree that man is - in Freudian sexual dilemmas for if the - that man creates can be changed for the better, there is hope that the state of man can be changed as well. Tortured - goals Trapped - institutions Caught - symbols Engulfed - life Confused - meanings. Ans: BAs man reached the stars, a booming population threatened to destroy the - of life on his home planet and even its chances for - Quality - survival Basis - growth Existence - upliftment chances - improvement meaning - understanding. Ans: A Until the current warming trend exceeds the range of normal climatic fluctuations, there will be, among scientists, considerable - the possibility that increasing levels of atmosphere Co2 can cause long term warming effects interest in uncertainty about experimentation on enthusiasm for worry about Ans: B Having no sense of moral obligation, shipler was as little subject to the - of conscience after he acted as he was motivated by it’s - before he acted. balm - eloquence qualms - atonement reproaches - prompting's rewards - chastisement ridicule - allure Ans: C Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and - goes to work stays cool embarrasses its user communicates puts its foot down Ans: B Famous among job seekers for its - , the company, quite apart from generous salaries, bestowed on its executives annual bonuses and such - as low - interest home mortgages and company cars. largesse - perquisites altruism - credits magnanimity - reparations discernment - prerogatives inventiveness - benefits Ans: A Moving and parked, the automobile devours urban land, leaving the buildings as mere - of habitable space in a sea of dangerous and ugly traffic asylumsremnantsblocksmountainsislandsAns: EIn the current research program, new varieties of apple trees are evaluated under different agricultural - for tree size, bloom density, fruit size,- to various soils, and resistance to pests and disease.conditions - adaptabilityconfigurations - propensitycircumstances - proximityauspices - susceptibilityregulations - conformityAns: AFor many young people during the roaring twenties, a disgust with the excesses of American culture - a wanderlust to provoke an exodus abroad. reflected stymied conflicted with overwhelmed combined with Ans: E