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This Quiz helps you learn commonly used words on the GRE exam in context. By encountering the words in context, you'll gain a deeper understanding of how they are used and be better prepared for the GRE exam. The quizzes are broken down to 20 words per round to make it easy to follow.

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20 GRE words - Part 1 (20/1000)

Questão 1 de 3

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Some voters may be willing to set aside Trump’s scandals, aberrant behavior, and controversial policies and focus exclusively on the state of the economy, but many, many others won’t. - The New Yorker. Dec 6, 2019.

Define "aberrant."

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • A cause of great suffering and distress

  • Difficult to understand

  • Different from what is typical or usual

  • Aggressive boldness

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Questão 2 de 3

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The trading was a reminder that the crisis may yet continue, belying predictions that the situation would be calmer after JPMorgan Chase came to an agreement with government officials to acquire the ailing First Republic. - New York Times. May 3, 2023.

Define "belying (belie)."

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Be in contradiction with

  • To reveal or make known something

  • Support and strengthen

  • Interpreted in a particular way

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Questão 3 de 3

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The Opera Don Folchi has lashed out at the allegations against Martinelli and its seminary as “mud,” a “violent attack on the church” and nothing more than “calumny and falsifications.”
- Washington Times. Oct 26, 2020.

Define "Calumny."

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • A mixture of multiple things

  • Bitterness and ill will

  • Making of a false statement

  • Something that is not normal, standard, or expected

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