TIME: 30 Minutes30 Questions General Directions: Your score on the verbal section will be based on how well you do on the questions presented and also on the number of questions you answ
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30 Questions
General Directions: Your score on the verbal section will be based on how well you do on
the questions presented and also on the number of questions you answer Try to pace yourself
so that you have sufficient time to consider every question If possible, answer all 30 questions
in this section Guess if you need to Select the best answer choice for each question
Note: Because you are checking answers as you go on this simulated GRE CBT, you should
add about 5 minutes to your testing time
Directions: Analogies
Each question below gives you a related pair of words or phrases Select the lettered pair that
best expresses a relationship similar to that in the original pair of words.
1-3. PHOTOSYNTHESIS : OXYGEN:
A camera : photograph
B. combustion : heat
C past : present
D plant : light
E. inhalation : health
Answer: 1-3 B
If you answered 1-3 incorrectly, go to 2-2.
If you answered 1-3 correctly, go to 2-4.
Trang 2C majority
D depth
E. pinnacle
3-3. President Eisenhower was widely _ for refusing to _ the excesses of the loathed Senator McCarthy
A applauded implement
B. chagrined prevent
C criticized curb
D condemned promote
E. supported ostracize
3-5. The population of a species at any given time is determined by the ratio
of the biotic _ to environmental resistance
A jeopardy
B. potential
C excitement
D lexicon
E. annoyance
Answers: 3-1 E, 3-3 C, 3-5 B
If you answered 3-1 incorrectly, go to 4-1.
If you answered 3-1 correctly, go to 4-2.
If you answered 3-3 incorrectly, go to 4-2.
If you answered 3-3 correctly, go to 4-4.
If you answered 3-5 incorrectly, go to 4-4.
If you answered 3-5 correctly, go to 4-5.
2-2. The New Testament was written in the
Greek language, and ideas derived
from Greek philosophy were
_ in many parts of it
A altered
B. criticized
C incorporated
D nullified
E. translated
2-4. Although the 13-year-old boys grew
_ under the teacher’s new
discipline policy, the girls seemed
_ by it
A anxious intimidated
B. argumentative frustrated
C restive unperturbed
D remorseful enchanted
E. taciturn attracted
Answers: 2-2 C, 2-4 C
If you answered 2-2 incorrectly, go to 3-1.
If you answered 2-2 correctly, go to 3-3.
If you answered 2-4 incorrectly, go to 3-3.
If you answered 2-4 correctly, go to 3-5.
3-1. During the Pax Romana, the
_ of material prosperity in
the ancient world was reached
A simplification
B. stratification
Directions: Sentence Completion
Each blank in the following sentences indicates that something has been omitted Considering the lettered words beneath the sentence, choose the word or set of words that best fits the whole sentence
Team-LRN
Trang 3Answers: 4-1 D, 4-2 B, 4-4 B, 4-5 C
If you answered 4-1 incorrectly, go to 5-1.
If you answered 4-1 correctly, go to 5-2.
If you answered 4-2 incorrectly, go to 5-1.
If you answered 4-2 correctly, go to 5-3.
If you answered 4-4 incorrectly, go to 5-3.
If you answered 4-4 correctly, go to 5-5.
If you answered 4-5 incorrectly, go to 5-4.
If you answered 4-5 correctly, go to 5-5.
5-1. The horrifying _ of the fire was reported on all the news stations, and the arson squad worked later through the week to uncover the _ of the tragedy
A scene rumble
B. result jeopardy
C aftermath cause
D cost liability
E. origin reality
4-1. RESUSCITATE
A succumb
B. crush
C flatten
D kill
E. succeed
4-2. MITIGATED
A repeated
B. aggravated
C terminated
D raised
E. declined
4-4. UBIQUITOUS
A hiding
B. localized
C jailed
D bilious
E. exhaustive
4-5. ABSTEMIOUS
A punctual
B. vainglorious
C gluttonous
D finicky
E. disdainful
Directions: Antonyms
Each word in CAPITAL LETTERS is followed by 5 words or phrases The correct choice is
the word of phrase whose meaning is most nearly opposite to the meaning of the word in
capi-tals You may be required to distinguish fine shades of meaning Look at all choices before
marking your answer
Trang 45-5. Although the seemingly nature of the task appeared
fundamental, further application of the principles seemed _
A facile awkward
B. complex easy
C redundant impossible
D parallel obvious
E. devious ambiguous
Answers: 5-1 C, 5-2 B, 5-3 B, 5-4 C, 5-5 A
If you answered 5-1 incorrectly, go to 6-1.
If you answered 5-1 correctly, go to 6-2.
If you answered 5-2 incorrectly, go to 6-1.
If you answered 5-2 correctly, go to 6-3.
If you answered 5-3 incorrectly, go to 6-2.
If you answered 5-3 correctly, go to 6-4.
If you answered 5-4 incorrectly, go to 6-3.
If you answered 5-4 correctly, go to 6-5.
If you answered 5-5 incorrectly, go to 6-4.
If you answered 5-5 correctly, go to 6-5.
6-1. Rite of Passage is a good novel by any
standards; _, it should rank high on any list of science fiction
A consistently
B. invariably
C lingeringly
D consequently
E. fortunately
5-2. If the patriotic legend revealed the
hard _ of Roman culture, the
love story tended to show its
_ belly
A facts fictitious
B. backbone vulnerable
C times easygoing
D stubbornness abdominal
E. paternalism maternal
5-3. With her customary _, the
Queen replied to reporters only with a
smile, but the President _
happily about what a good time he was
having
A aplomb objected
B. reticence exclaimed
C choler spoke
D tact grumbled
E. volubility gushed
5-4. When finishing an essay, do not end
with a(n) _ for not having
said anything, or with a(n) _
statement about the unfairly small time
period
A flourish unwarranted
B. ellipsis analogical
C apology indignant
D smirk silly
E. excuse political
Team-LRN
Trang 5C succinct
D trenchant
E. verbose
Answers: 6-1 D, 6-2 A, 6-3 C, 6-4 E, 6-5 D
If you answered 6-1 incorrectly, go to 7-1.
If you answered 6-1 correctly, go to 7-2.
If you answered 6-2 incorrectly, go to 7-1.
If you answered 6-2 correctly, go to 7-3.
If you answered 6-3 incorrectly, go to 7-2.
If you answered 6-3 correctly, go to 7-4.
If you answered 6-4 incorrectly, go to 7-3.
If you answered 6-4 correctly, go to 7-5.
If you answered 6-5 incorrectly, go to 7-4.
If you answered 6-5 correctly, go to 7-5.
7-1. LUXURIANT
A profound
B. curious
C small
D miserly
E. peeling
7-2. PLETHORA
A supply
B. alliance
C enigma
D modicum
E. shortage
6-2. Feeling restless and unhappy, he left
the house to take a quiet stroll, hoping
to shake off his mood of _
and uncertainty
A despondency
B. ardor
C perversity
D pretense
E. reticence
6-3. When the war ended, the king
_ all claims for damages, but
he is now demanding _ that
will cost millions of dollars
A relinquished expenses
B. questioned repayments
C waived reparations
D accepted funds
E. reviewed indemnity
6-4. After years of unchecked exploitation
of its natural resources, the state,
predictably, has _ the
population of its native plants and
animals
A stymied
B. increased
C reduced
D normalized
E. decimated
6-5. Brandon Smith’s penetrating criticism
of the new play, Zoot Suit, was as
_ as a surgeon’s scalpel
A truthful
B. catty
Trang 68-1 COVENANT
A condemnation
B. breach
C disillusion
D inference
E. argument
8-2. PRECARIOUS
A carnivorous
B. caring
C equivocal
D soluble
E. certain
8-3. CONTUMACIOUS
A compliant
B. reciprocal
C pertinacious
D obdurate
E. dogged
8-4. ERSATZ
A serious
B. separate
C stable
D genuine
E. modest
8-5. AESTHETICISM
A philistinism
B. formlessness
C pragmatism
D resolution
E. enthusiasm
7-3. LACONIC
A compendious
B. obtrusive
C verbose
D lethargic
E. creative
7-4. INEFFABLE
A dictatable
B. separable
C cogent
D definable
E. ethereal
7-5. MULCT
A deprecate
B. award
C send
D impute
E. fertilize
Answers: 7-1 C, 7-2 E, 7-3 C, 7-4 D, 7-5 B
If you answered 7-1 incorrectly, go to 8-1.
If you answered 7-1 correctly, go to 8-2.
If you answered 7-2 incorrectly, go to 8-1.
If you answered 7-2 correctly, go to 8-3.
If you answered 7-3 incorrectly, go to 8-2.
If you answered 7-3 correctly, go to 8-4.
If you answered 7-4 incorrectly, go to 8-3.
If you answered 7-4 correctly, go to 8-5.
If you answered 7-5 incorrectly, go to 8-4.
If you answered 7-5 correctly, go to 8-5.
Team-LRN
Trang 79-4. INSOUCIANT
A condoned
B. insistent
C slovenly
D concerned
E. defaulted
A hasten
B grant
C swallow
D decide
E court
Answers: 9-1 A, 9-2 D, 9-3 B, 9-4 D, 9-5 E
If you answered 9-1 incorrectly, go to 10-1.
If you answered 9-1 correctly, go to 10-2.
If you answered 9-2 incorrectly, go 10-1
If you answered 9-2 correctly, go to 10-3.
If you answered 9-3 incorrectly, go to 10-2.
If you answered 9-3 correctly, go to 10-4.
If you answered 9-4 incorrectly, go to 10-3.
If you answered 9-4 correctly, go to 10-5.
If you answered 9-5 incorrectly, go to 10-4.
If you answered 9-5 correctly, go to 10-5.
10-1. RESERVE
A buoyancy
B. revelry
C action
D loquacity
E. nostalgia
Answers: 8-1 B, 8-2 E, 8-3 A, 8-4 D, 8-5 A
If you answered 8-1 incorrectly, go to 9-1.
If you answered 8-1 correctly, go to 9-2.
If you answered 8-2 incorrectly, go to 9-1.
If you answered 8-2 correctly, go to 9-3.
If you answered 8-3 incorrectly, go to 9-2.
If you answered 8-3 correctly, go to 9-4.
If you answered 8-4 incorrectly, go to 9-3.
If you answered 8-4 correctly, go to 9-5.
If you answered 8-5 incorrectly, go to 9-4.
If you answered 8-5 correctly, go to 9-5.
9-1. SPORADIC
A constant
B. indifferent
C internal
D piglike
E. organized
9-2. BELLICOSE
A varicose
B. fretful
C ringing
D peaceful
E. calm
9-3. MORIBUND
A spiritual
B. convalescent
C extant
D progressive
E. faded
Trang 8Answers: 10-1 D, 10-2 B, 10-3 A, 10-4 C, 10-5 C
If you answered 10-1 incorrectly, go to 11-1.
If you answered 10-1 correctly, go to 11-2.
If you answered 10-2 incorrectly, go to 11-1.
If you answered 10-2 correctly, go to 11-3.
If you answered 10-3 incorrectly, go to 11-2.
If you answered 10-3 correctly, go to 11-4.
If you answered 10-4 incorrectly, go to 11-3.
If you answered 10-4 correctly, go to 11-5.
If you answered 10-5 incorrectly, go to 11-4.
If you answered 10-5 correctly, go to 11-5.
11-1. INITIATE : END ::
A attend : ignore
B. inure : harden
C remain : retreat
D infer : imply
E. require : insure
11-2. TAPESTRY : LOOM ::
A film : screen
B. map : legend
C painting : easel
D watercolor : mat
E. symphony : orchestra
11-3. TEDIOUS : BOREDOM ::
A garrulous : misunderstanding
B. sinuous : obscenity
C enigmatic : uncertainty
D tendentious : uplift
E. youthful : rejuvenation
10-2. VACILLATION
A devotion
B. stability
C pleasantry
D vitality
E. omnipotence
10-3. SOPORIFIC
A exciting
B. terrific
C specific
D vapid
E. sophomoric
10-4. FACTOTUM
A idol
B. amateur
C specialist
D rationalist
E. dreamer
10-5. HIE
A undulate
B. create
C saunter
D heave
E. gnaw
Team-LRN
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A disperse
B. repair
C herd
D avoid
E. moisten
12-3. WRANGLE
A concord
B. ironing
C protest
D benefit
E. immunity
12-4. PERFIDY
A faithfulness
B. treachery
C infidelity
D fallaciousness
E. loving
12-5. TRACTABLE
A retractable
B. refractory
C refreshing
D retrainable
E. retrenched
11-4. GROVEL : SERVILE ::
A boast : opportunistic
B. risk : fortuitous
C denigrate : ironic
D foresee : prescient
E. neglect : indiscriminate
11-5. BANTER : PERSIFLAGE ::
A similarity : analogy
B. ambiguity : anticlimax
C simile : euphemism
D talk : poetry
E. cliché : epigram
Answers: 11-1 A, 11-2 C, 11-3 C, 11-4 D, 11-5 A
If you answered 11-1 incorrectly, go to 12-1.
If you answered 11-1 correctly, go to 12-2.
If you answered 11-2 incorrectly, go to 12-1.
If you answered 11-2 correctly, go to 12-3.
If you answered 11-3 incorrectly, go to 12-2.
If you answered 11-3 correctly, go to 12-4.
If you answered 11-4 incorrectly, go to 12-3.
If you answered 11-4 correctly, go to 12-5.
If you answered 11-5 incorrectly, go to 12-4.
If you answered 11-5 correctly, go to 12-5.
12-1. DETER
A surpass
B. delay
C encourage
D exchange
E. hesitate
Trang 1013-4. FINCH : ORNITHOLOGY ::
A fetus : etymology
B. rain : geology
C potsherd : archeology
D mind : philology
E. word : sociology
13-5. RUNE : ALPHABET
A cairn : stone
B. team : contest
C mystery : puzzle
D forest : mountain
E. star : constellation
Answers: 13-1 E, 13-2 B, 13-3 D, 13-4 C, 13-5 E
If you answered 13-1 incorrectly, go to 14-1.
If you answered 13-1 correctly, go to 14-2.
If you answered 13-2 incorrectly, go to 14-1.
If you answered 13-2 correctly, go to 14-3.
If you answered 13-3 incorrectly, go to 14-2.
If you answered 13-3 correctly, go to 14-4.
If you answered 13-4 incorrectly, go to 14-3.
If you answered 13-4 correctly, go to 14-5.
If you answered 13-5 incorrectly, go to 14-4.
If you answered 13-5 correctly, go to 14-5.
14-1. MOAT : CASTLE ::
A cummerbund : waist
B. shoe : foot
C root : earth
D elevator : skyscraper
E. drawbridge : river
Answers: 12-1 C, 12-2 A, 12-3 A, 12-4 A, 12-5 B
If you answered 12-1 incorrectly, go to 13-1.
If you answered 12-1 correctly, go to 13-2.
If you answered 12-2 incorrectly, go to 13-1.
If you answered 12-2 correctly, go to 13-3.
If you answered 12-3 incorrectly, go to 13-2.
If you answered 12-3 correctly, go to 13-4.
If you answered 12-4 incorrectly, go to 13-3.
If you answered 12-4 correctly, go to 13-5.
If you answered 12-5 incorrectly, go to 13-4.
If you answered 12-5 correctly, go to 13-5.
13-1. SCOWL : SMILE ::
A antidote : serum
B. square : circle
C cost : discount
D stock : bond
E. despair : hope
13-2. LECHER : LUST ::
A burglar : swag
B. glutton : greed
C archer : bow
D manager : expertise
E. factor : merchant
13-3. CLARIFY : CONFUSION ::
A retreat : victory
B. declare : bankruptcy
C criticize : euphoria
D mediate : altercation
E. extend : ephemera
Team-LRN
Trang 11Answers: 14-1 A, 14-2 B, 14-3 E, 14-4 C, 14-5 C
If you answered 14-1 incorrectly, go to 15-1.
If you answered 14-1 correctly, go to 15-2.
If you answered 14-2 incorrectly, go to 15-1.
If you answered 14-2 correctly, go to 15-3.
If you answered 14-3 incorrectly, go to 15-2.
If you answered 14-3 correctly, go to 15-4.
If you answered 14-4 incorrectly, go to 15-3.
If you answered 14-4 correctly, go to 15-5.
If you answered 14-5 incorrectly, go to 15-4.
If you answered 14-5 correctly, go to 15-5.
15-1. In spite of competition, the newspaper _ remains the best
_ of communication between advertisers and customers
A hardly vehicle
B. never means
C still medium
D often measure
E. consistently standard
15-2. There has been a large amount of _ and lack of _ in the description of such categories as ethnic, and especially racial, groups
A disagreement consensus
B. bias prejudice
C agreement harmony
D violence lawfulness
E. indoctrination malaise
14-2. DOLLAR : DIME ::
A pound : euro
B. century : decade
C ewe : lamb
D bracelet : necklace
E. bus : automobile
14-3. CHEF : RECIPE ::
A carpenter : tool
B. farmer : seed
C saleswoman : pitch
D novelist : story
E. musician : score
14-4. OSSIFY : BONE ::
A refine : ore
B. evaporate : water
C pulverize : dust
D swear : allegiance
E. petrify : fear
14-5. NYMPH : FAUN ::
A sheep : goat
B. temple : altar
C duck : drake
D cowboy : horse
E. cat : kitten