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GRE Text Completion Sample Questions

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  1. 1With his sub-four minute mile Bannister broke a psychological barrier, and inspired thousands of others to attempt to overcome seemingly ____ hurdles.
    1. Ainsurmountable



    2. Binane
    3. Ctrivial
    4. Dtraumatic
    5. Eineffable
  2. 2Filmography, like discography, is an ___________ science, requiring considerable research and verification of suggested facts; results will always be variable.
    1. Aexacting



    2. Bimperceptible
    3. Cautonomous
    4. Denterprising
    5. Eimprecise
  3. 3Our eyelashes and eyebrows are highly effective at keeping irritants from entering the eye; in fact, without
    eyelashes and eyebrows we would most likely be scratching our eyes______________ throughout the day.
    1. Aregularly
    2. Brarely


    3. Cindifferently
    4. Dangrily
    5. Ewhimsically
  4. 4Any growth in the number of people receiving unemployment benefits invariably results in greater individual
    ______________ on government support.
    1. Adependence



    2. Bgrasping
    3. Cparticipants
    4. Dconscripts
    5. Ethinkers
  5. 5Andrew’s caustic temperament and extreme views can turn off the most patient political adviser; he even
    angered a board of ______________ moderates.
    1. Aevenhanded



    2. Bdidactic
    3. Cequivocal
    4. Dostentatious
    5. Epolemical
  6. 6Security alarms are not as effective of a ______________ as one might think when considering the number
    of failures per one thousand break ins; this measurement is commonly used to evaluate the effectiveness of units
    by local statisticians and is strongly related to whether a burglar is willing to risk being caught.
    1. Adivergence



    2. Bdeterrent
    3. Cwatchdog
    4. Dvigilance
    5. Eresistor
  7. 7Criminal profilers understand that psychopaths view the world differently from ordinary people; for
    example, psychopaths who want to do something do not question their own ______________ or second
    guess their own subconscious thoughts because, to the psychopath, activities that feel good are justifiable.
    1. Aprotocol


    2. Bmotives
    3. Cpossibilities
    4. Dchildhood
    5. Efunctions
  8. 8Superheroes capture the imagination of people, young and old alike, because they represent the absolute
    ______________ of what the best humans might become if they were capable of it.
    1. Adistinctiveness



    2. Bdesires
    3. Cpinnacle
    4. Dimagination
    5. Econsequences
  9. 9It is difficult to pretend to be something you are not because eventually the pretense of your action will lead to
    meeting at least a few individuals who are not predisposed to being ______________.
    1. A hoodwinked



    2. Bconfused
    3. Cdisturbed
    4. Dtruncated
    5. Esolicited
  10. 10It is easy to lose faith in someone that makes______________ promises and fails to deliver repeatedly
    1. Agrandiose



    2. Bfactual
    3. Calternative
    4. Dindentured
    5. Elistless

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In this section we present you with some GRE sample questions from the Verbal Reasoning section. For more great insights on GRE and exam prep head on over to www.satprepgroup.com
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