GRE Text Completions 2

Question 1 of 21

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Although they had never met, the two writers felt they were of one mind, each (i) ( ominously, anachronistically, presciently ) anticipating the contents of the other's letters; never had two intellectuals been more (ii) ( providential, shrewd, simpatico ).

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Question 2 of 21

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After many years of war and bloodshed, some became ( inured to, exempted from, dominant over, effusive towards, maudlin over ) suffering, casting a blind eye to scenes of misery around them.

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Question 3 of 21

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After a brief initial struggle over power, the group elected a leader and ( fractured, syncopated, coalesced, agglomerated, amortized ) into a surprisingly harmonious team.

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Question 4 of 21

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The highly anticipated finale of the TV series was divisive; newcomers to the show found the fast-paced action enjoyable while long-time fans ( appreciated, generated, examined, considered, secured ) the storyline unfinished.

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Question 5 of 21

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The author was far from (i) ( finishing, inscribing, rejecting ) the novel. While most of the book was already written, he knew that it would take innumerable hours to review and edit. This was going to be (ii) ( hardy, trying, redundant ), not only because of the book's length, but also because of the convoluted plot.

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Question 6 of 21

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During his sales pitch, the car salesman attempted to ( support, inveigle, deliberate, marginalize, hector ) the young couple into purchasing the luxury automobile, despite the pair's obvious indifference to his flattery.

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Question 7 of 21

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Just as reminiscences of a childhood spent in rural Mexico color the poet's work, so too does the experience of war ( inform, mimic, invalidate, defer, presage ) her poetry.

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Question 8 of 21

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The peanut is often (i) ( archaically, erroneously, deftly ) referred to as a nut; (ii) ( unbeknownst, abhorrent, consanguineous ) to such people, it is actually a legume.

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Question 9 of 21

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The (i) ( tremulous, coltish, cumbersome ) child approached the diving board; (ii) ( beguiled by, chary of, repulsed by ) water in the first place, he found the prospect of jumping into it from some height even more frightening.

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Question 10 of 21

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Soldier ants are wingless, sterile females that guard the colony and supply it with food, thus acting as both (i) ( sentries, sages, sycophants ) and laborers as the (ii) ( fecund, efficacious, imperious ) queen produces enough (iii) ( forebears, progeny, harbingers ) to continually populate the colony.

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Question 11 of 21

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The Paris Commune was a government that ruled France for about two months in 1871; despite its (i) ( equivocal, ephemeral, omnipotent ) reign, it was at the time (ii) ( discounted, recanted, heralded ) as a sign of the emergence of a powerful working class.

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Question 12 of 21

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While taller wind turbines would allow more areas of the country to provide cost-effective alternative energy, there are several (i) ( flaws, supplements, complications ) that engineers are currently facing while trying to build such turbines. Taller towers necessitate (ii) ( equitable, unobtrusive, stouter ) bases, requiring the current width to be nearly doubled. This leads to (iii) ( a concomitant, a theoretical, an objective ) issue; these wider sections would be too large to travel on modern highways, meaning that the taller turbines would need to be constructed at the location where they are to eventually stand.

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Question 13 of 21

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During the prolonged and elaborate farewell tour, no one thought the plaudits heaped upon him were ( obsequious, derivative, deserved, vestigial, antiquated ), since his heroics were well documented and admired by all.

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Question 14 of 21

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He has such a pleasingly (i) ( sanguine, high-handed, evanescent ) personality that it's hard to be bothered by the (ii) ( peccadilloes, incendiaries, achievements ) in his past.

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Question 15 of 21

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The Tasmanian devil is not considered (i) ( averse, menacing, unpredictable ), since only a few of its confrontations with humans have been (ii) ( premature, quixotic, unprovoked ).

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Question 16 of 21

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The (i) ( banal, sagacious, verdant ) young employee was soon (ii) ( enamored, castigated, deposed ) for making a serious mistake that cost the company thousands of dollars.

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Question 17 of 21

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The beauty pageant contestant told the judges she wanted world peace, but her suggestion to bring about world peace was ( convoluted, facile, impeccable, amicable, dulcet ) - apparently, she naively thinks everyone could just be told to "love one another" and all the world's disagreement would fade away.

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Question 18 of 21

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In front of her parents, adults euphemistically referred to the overly talkative young girl as precocious, though they privately found her to be ( garrulous, skittish, solicitous, endearing, naive ).

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Question 19 of 21

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While the author's first collection of short stories presented a (i) ( motley, variable, homogeneous ) hodgepodge of voices, the second collection presents a remarkably (ii) ( insightful, even, facetious ) set of tales presented by a (iii) ( lonely, disingenuous, sole ) narrator.

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Question 20 of 21

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In contrast to environmental economics, an older field that concerns itself with the monetary valuation of natural resources, the emergent field of ecological economics positions the human economy as a subsystem of natural ecologies, this ( circumscribing, corroborating, refuting, ameliorating, reversing ) environmental economists' subordination of the natural world.

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Question 21 of 21

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Today's highly partisan political environment is far from ( civil, immutable, polemical, efficacious, adequate ); not so long ago, ideological opponents were still able to set aside differences and work across party lines, as is typically necessary to pass productive legislation.

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GRE Text Completions 2

Question 1 of 21

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Question 2 of 21

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After many years of war and bloodshed, some became inured to exempted from dominant over effusive towards maudlin over( inured to, exempted from, dominant over, effusive towards, maudlin over ) suffering, casting a blind eye to scenes of misery around them.

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Question 3 of 21

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After a brief initial struggle over power, the group elected a leader and fractured syncopated coalesced agglomerated amortized( fractured, syncopated, coalesced, agglomerated, amortized ) into a surprisingly harmonious team.

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Question 4 of 21

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The highly anticipated finale of the TV series was divisive; newcomers to the show found the fast-paced action enjoyable while long-time fans appreciated generated examined considered secured( appreciated, generated, examined, considered, secured ) the storyline unfinished.

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Question 5 of 21

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Question 6 of 21

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During his sales pitch, the car salesman attempted to support inveigle deliberate marginalize hector( support, inveigle, deliberate, marginalize, hector ) the young couple into purchasing the luxury automobile, despite the pair's obvious indifference to his flattery.

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Question 7 of 21

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Just as reminiscences of a childhood spent in rural Mexico color the poet's work, so too does the experience of war inform mimic invalidate defer presage( inform, mimic, invalidate, defer, presage ) her poetry.

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Question 8 of 21

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The peanut is often (i) archaically erroneously deftly( archaically, erroneously, deftly ) referred to as a nut; (ii) unbeknownst abhorrent consanguineous( unbeknownst, abhorrent, consanguineous ) to such people, it is actually a legume.

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Question 9 of 21

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The (i) tremulous coltish cumbersome( tremulous, coltish, cumbersome ) child approached the diving board; (ii) beguiled by chary of repulsed by( beguiled by, chary of, repulsed by ) water in the first place, he found the prospect of jumping into it from some height even more frightening.

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Question 10 of 21

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Question 11 of 21

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Question 12 of 21

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Question 13 of 21

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During the prolonged and elaborate farewell tour, no one thought the plaudits heaped upon him were obsequious derivative deserved vestigial antiquated( obsequious, derivative, deserved, vestigial, antiquated ), since his heroics were well documented and admired by all.

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Question 14 of 21

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He has such a pleasingly (i) sanguine high-handed evanescent( sanguine, high-handed, evanescent ) personality that it's hard to be bothered by the (ii) peccadilloes incendiaries achievements( peccadilloes, incendiaries, achievements ) in his past.

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Question 15 of 21

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The Tasmanian devil is not considered (i) averse menacing unpredictable( averse, menacing, unpredictable ), since only a few of its confrontations with humans have been (ii) premature quixotic unprovoked( premature, quixotic, unprovoked ).

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Question 16 of 21

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The (i) banal sagacious verdant( banal, sagacious, verdant ) young employee was soon (ii) enamored castigated deposed( enamored, castigated, deposed ) for making a serious mistake that cost the company thousands of dollars.

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Question 17 of 21

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Question 18 of 21

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In front of her parents, adults euphemistically referred to the overly talkative young girl as precocious, though they privately found her to be garrulous skittish solicitous endearing naive( garrulous, skittish, solicitous, endearing, naive ).

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Question 19 of 21

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Question 20 of 21

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Question 21 of 21

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After many years of war and bloodshed, some became ( inured to, exempted from, dominant over, effusive towards, maudlin over ) suffering, casting a blind eye to scenes of misery around them.

After a brief initial struggle over power, the group elected a leader and ( fractured, syncopated, coalesced, agglomerated, amortized ) into a surprisingly harmonious team.

The highly anticipated finale of the TV series was divisive; newcomers to the show found the fast-paced action enjoyable while long-time fans ( appreciated, generated, examined, considered, secured ) the storyline unfinished.

During his sales pitch, the car salesman attempted to ( support, inveigle, deliberate, marginalize, hector ) the young couple into purchasing the luxury automobile, despite the pair's obvious indifference to his flattery.

Just as reminiscences of a childhood spent in rural Mexico color the poet's work, so too does the experience of war ( inform, mimic, invalidate, defer, presage ) her poetry.

The peanut is often (i) ( archaically, erroneously, deftly ) referred to as a nut; (ii) ( unbeknownst, abhorrent, consanguineous ) to such people, it is actually a legume.

The (i) ( tremulous, coltish, cumbersome ) child approached the diving board; (ii) ( beguiled by, chary of, repulsed by ) water in the first place, he found the prospect of jumping into it from some height even more frightening.

During the prolonged and elaborate farewell tour, no one thought the plaudits heaped upon him were ( obsequious, derivative, deserved, vestigial, antiquated ), since his heroics were well documented and admired by all.

He has such a pleasingly (i) ( sanguine, high-handed, evanescent ) personality that it's hard to be bothered by the (ii) ( peccadilloes, incendiaries, achievements ) in his past.

The Tasmanian devil is not considered (i) ( averse, menacing, unpredictable ), since only a few of its confrontations with humans have been (ii) ( premature, quixotic, unprovoked ).

The (i) ( banal, sagacious, verdant ) young employee was soon (ii) ( enamored, castigated, deposed ) for making a serious mistake that cost the company thousands of dollars.

In front of her parents, adults euphemistically referred to the overly talkative young girl as precocious, though they privately found her to be ( garrulous, skittish, solicitous, endearing, naive ).