GRE Verbal

Question 1 of 17

1

We realized with great relief that the storm had _____ before breaking through the sea wall

Select one of the following:

Aberrant
Abated
Abjure

Explanation

Question 2 of 17

1

Jim's ___ behaviour at the dance raised some eyebrows; he was certainly the only one who spent the night walking and dancing on his hands

Select one of the following:

Abrogate
Abjure
Aberrant

Explanation

Question 3 of 17

1

Steve had to _____ att indulgence when he entered training camp

Select one of the following:

Abjure
Abscission
Aberrant

Explanation

Question 4 of 17

1

Steve had to _____ att indulgence when he entered training camp

Select one of the following:

Abjure
Abscission
Aberrant

Explanation

Question 5 of 17

1

Steve had to _____ att indulgence when he entered training camp

Select one of the following:

Abjure
Abscission
Aberrant

Explanation

Question 6 of 17

1

The diva received her ______ graciously, blowing kisses to her adoring fans

Select one of the following:

Accolades
Absconding
Abjure
Abate

Explanation

Question 7 of 17

1

Limestone is formed by the ___ of tiney particles from objects such as shels and coral over a very very long time

Select one of the following:

Accretation
Acerbic
Accumen
Admonish

Explanation

Question 8 of 17

1

How many times has your roomate _________ you to put down the toilet seat?

Select one of the following:

Admonish
Acumen
Acerbic
Accretion

Explanation

Question 9 of 17

1

Her __ in anticipating her opponent's strategy is legendary; it's what makes her so hard to beat

Select one of the following:

Accumen
Admonish
Adroit
Accretion

Explanation

Question 10 of 17

1

Joan Rivers was famous for her wit, which could be quite _ ; Joan could be devastating when she wanted to be

Select one of the following:

Acerbic
Acumen
Admonish
Adroit

Explanation

Question 11 of 17

1

Altought her _ handling o fthe situation minimized the damage, nothing could really save the conference after the room flooded.

Select one of the following:

Adroit
Admonish
Acumen
Acerbic

Explanation

Question 12 of 17

1

Bill Clinton was the subject of _________; is policies on national spending brought the national debt to the lowest level that it has ever been

Select one of the following:

Adulation
Adulterate
Adumbrate
Advocate

Explanation

Question 13 of 17

1

There was a huge scandal when customers discovered that the health food store had been _ wheat grass juice with clippings from the lawn

Select one of the following:

Adumbrate
Advocate
Adulterating
Adulation

Explanation

Question 14 of 17

1

The multi-million dollar advertising campaign was part of a plan to _ the company's stock before it went public

Select one of the following:

Aggrandize
Alacrity
Alchemy
Asthetic

Explanation

Question 15 of 17

1

Amy responded to the invitationto join te planning committe with _, and even volunteered to take on additional responsibilities

Select one of the following:

Alacrity
Alchemy
Aesthetic

Explanation

Question 16 of 17

1

The first volume of the trilogy only ___ the basics of the story that will be developed in the next two books

Select one of the following:

Adumbrate
Advocate
Adulterate
Adulation

Explanation

Question 17 of 17

1

All attempts to _ the relationship between longstanding adversariess seemed futile; they were as hostile towards one another as ever

Select one of the following:

Ameliorate
Ambivalence
Ambiguity

	Created by Barry Sankar over 9 years ago

GRE Sentence completion. GRE Vocabulary

Question 1 of 17

We realized with great relief that the storm had _____ before breaking through the sea wall

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 2 of 17

Jim's ___ behaviour at the dance raised some eyebrows; he was certainly the only one who spent the night walking and dancing on his hands

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 3 of 17

Steve had to _____ att indulgence when he entered training camp

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 4 of 17

Steve had to _____ att indulgence when he entered training camp

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 5 of 17

Steve had to _____ att indulgence when he entered training camp

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 6 of 17

The diva received her ______ graciously, blowing kisses to her adoring fans

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 7 of 17

Limestone is formed by the ___ of tiney particles from objects such as shels and coral over a very very long time

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 8 of 17

How many times has your roomate _________ you to put down the toilet seat?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 9 of 17

Her __ in anticipating her opponent's strategy is legendary; it's what makes her so hard to beat

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 10 of 17

Joan Rivers was famous for her wit, which could be quite _ ; Joan could be devastating when she wanted to be

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 11 of 17

Altought her _ handling o fthe situation minimized the damage, nothing could really save the conference after the room flooded.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 12 of 17

Bill Clinton was the subject of _________; is policies on national spending brought the national debt to the lowest level that it has ever been

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 13 of 17

There was a huge scandal when customers discovered that the health food store had been _ wheat grass juice with clippings from the lawn

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 14 of 17

The multi-million dollar advertising campaign was part of a plan to _ the company's stock before it went public

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 15 of 17

Amy responded to the invitationto join te planning committe with _, and even volunteered to take on additional responsibilities

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 16 of 17

The first volume of the trilogy only ___ the basics of the story that will be developed in the next two books

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 17 of 17

All attempts to _ the relationship between longstanding adversariess seemed futile; they were as hostile towards one another as ever

Select one of the following:

Explanation