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Inglés I GRE - Cualitativo (Inglés II) Quiz am Inglés II, erstellt von Daniel Tapia am 04/05/2016.

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Inglés II

Frage 1 von 15

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Directions: for each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text.

Carey and Skylar’s constant bickering dismayed their mother, who had grown weary of their _________________.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • squabbles

  • laudations

  • affectations

  • procrastinations

  • humor

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Frage 2 von 15

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Directions: for each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text.

The Mayor was so ______________ by the long trial that, despite his eventual acquittal, he admitted his failing health and declined to run for re-election.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • distraught

  • exonerated

  • inspired

  • debilitated

  • vindicated

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Frage 3 von 15

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Directions: for each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text.

Despite her hearing loss and ___________(1) painful arthritis, Maj was a pleasant and surprisingly ____________(2) dog.

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • Blank (1)
    mildly

  • Blank (1)
    chronically

  • Blank (1)
    sympathetically

  • Blank (2)
    enervated

  • Blank (2)
    agile

  • Blank (2)
    acute

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Frage 4 von 15

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Directions: for each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text.

While any bird egg will suffice for the tradition of egg decorating, those with ____________ shells are preferred, so as to prevent breaking when their contents are hollowed.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • tenuous

  • pristine

  • permeable

  • resilient

  • obtuse

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Frage 5 von 15

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Directions: for each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text.

Hand-cuffing the two ____________(1) men stopped the ____________(2) violence, but did nothing to cease the volley of _____________(3) they continued to yell at each other.

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • Blank (1)
    prevaricating

  • Blank (1)
    moiling

  • Blank (1)
    belligerent

  • Blank (2)
    corporeal

  • Blank (2)
    rhetorical

  • Blank (2)
    histrionic

  • Blank (3)
    epithets

  • Blank (3)
    blows

  • Blank (3)
    projectiles

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Frage 6 von 15

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Directions: for each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text.

Though she willingly admitted that the ____________(1) town was scenically beautiful, Christine could not help but feel it was ______________(2) backwater compared to her previous home in the city.

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • Blank (1)
    sprawling

  • Blank (1)
    desolate

  • Blank (1)
    bucolic

  • Blank (2)
    a cultural

  • Blank (2)
    an attractive

  • Blank (2)
    a picaresque

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Frage 7 von 15

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Directions: for each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text.

The Roman Empire’s military and political ______________ was often challenged by the smaller but ambitious Persians, who for centuries fought wars intended to usurp Rome’s dominion.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • heterodoxy

  • methodology

  • hegemony

  • impotence

  • timorousness

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Frage 8 von 15

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Directions: for each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text.

The chairman’s ____________(1) comments about the environmental disaster caused people to grow even angrier at the company, _____________(2) a situation that was already ______________(3).

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • Blank (1)
    compassionate

  • Blank (1)
    glib

  • Blank (1)
    solicitous

  • Blank (2)
    edifying

  • Blank (2)
    exacerbating

  • Blank (2)
    mollifying

  • Blank (3)
    parlous

  • Blank (3)
    inured

  • Blank (3)
    compliant

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Frage 9 von 15

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Directions: for each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text.

Allowing distinguished figures to ____________(1) on their experiences, lives and wisdom learned, the memoir genre has given us such significant works as Ulysses S. Grant’s Personal Memoirs, an interesting, well-written account of his days as a general and a president. At the opposite end of the spectrum, the genre also provides an outlet for anyone who wants to share any ___________(2) experience, as evidenced by the _______________(3) release of a fly-by-night internet celebrity’s memoir next month.

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • Blank (1)
    extemporize

  • Blank (1)
    expatiate

  • Blank (1)
    exagitate

  • Blank (2)
    apocryphal

  • Blank (2)
    petty

  • Blank (2)
    eccentric

  • Blank (3)
    laudable

  • Blank (3)
    laughable

  • Blank (3)
    impending

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Frage 10 von 15

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Directions: for each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text.

Although Father’s Day, first celebrated in 1908, is now an honored tradition in the United States, it did not always enjoy such _________(1); rather unofficial ___________(2) from prominent figures such as Woodrow Wilson and William Jennings Bryan were required before Americans embraced the holiday.

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • Blank (1)
    decorum

  • Blank (1)
    ennui

  • Blank (1)
    esteem

  • Blank (2)
    opprobrium

  • Blank (2)
    accolades

  • Blank (2)
    hyperbole

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Frage 11 von 15

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Directions: for each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text.

Some conservative theologians subscribe to the belief of Biblical ___________(1) as far as the Scripture never being wrong when it comes to revealing God, his vision, and his news to humanity. However, other literalist Christians believe the __________(2) refers to the Bible being without error in every way, including matters of chronology, history, biology, sociology, politics, etcetera.

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • Blank (1)
    inerrancy

  • Blank (1)
    fallacy

  • Blank (1)
    interpretation

  • Blank (2)
    centurion

  • Blank (2)
    erudition

  • Blank (2)
    doctrine

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Frage 12 von 15

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Directions: for each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text.

When he was alive, the magnate was described as arrogant, bitterly critical, and __________(1). Nevertheless, the speaker, who was often the victim of his legendary ____________(2), was able to find _____________(3) things to say about him.

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • Blank (1)
    efficacious

  • Blank (1)
    bellicose

  • Blank (1)
    chastened

  • Blank (2)
    diatribes

  • Blank (2)
    encomiums

  • Blank (2)
    eulogies

  • Blank (3)
    magnanimous

  • Blank (3)
    imperious

  • Blank (3)
    vindictive

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Frage 13 von 15

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Directions: for each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text.

When the mother ____________(1) the disruptive child, she did not expect his siblings to encourage malevolent behavior; rather, she anticipated that the children would mock and _______________(2) their troublesome brother and through his punishment, he would refrain from harassing others.

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • Blank (1)
    touted

  • Blank (1)
    calumniated

  • Blank (1)
    pilloried

  • Blank (2)
    deride

  • Blank (2)
    laud

  • Blank (2)
    renege

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Frage 14 von 15

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Directions: for each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text.

Many city-dwellers have a ____________ of knowledge about their food sources: indeed, a number of people have never even seen a live chicken or cow.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • pith

  • dross

  • surfeit

  • dirge

  • dearth

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Frage 15 von 15

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Directions: for each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text.

Most fans dismissed the press release detailing the comedian’s ill health as a hoax, as she had frequently _____________ her audience by feigning a physical ailment as part of her stage routine.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • reconnoitered

  • hoodwinked

  • lambasted

  • vitiated

  • derided

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