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Inglés I GRE - Cualitativo (Inglés I) Quiz sobre Inglés I, criado por Daniel Tapia em 08-04-2016.

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Inglés I

Questão 1 de 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.

Just as different people can have very different personalities, so too can pets, even those of the same species and breed possess varied ___________.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • initiations

  • implementations

  • aptitudes

  • rationalizations

  • temperaments

Explicação

Questão 2 de 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.

Frustrated by her husband’s lack of ___________(1), Lisa tried to motivate him to _______________(2) for greater things.

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Blank (1)
    initiative

  • Blank (1)
    lassitude

  • Blank (1)
    eloquence

  • Blank (2)
    mitigate

  • Blank (2)
    invigorate

  • Blank (2)
    strive

Explicação

Questão 3 de 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.

At the edges of the universe astronomers have discovered ________(1) objects called quasars, which have given scientists the first direct ________(2) of the existence of stars in distant galaxies.

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Blank (1)
    remote

  • Blank (1)
    paranormal

  • Blank (1)
    viscous

  • Blank (2)
    corroboration

  • Blank (2)
    distortion

  • Blank (2)
    intuition

Explicação

Questão 4 de 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.

If one were asked who transmitted the first radio broadcast of the human voice, one might guess the _________ inventor Guglielmo Marconi, but in fact the feat was was accomplished by the much less well-known Reginald Fessenden.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • infamous

  • renowned

  • contingent

  • cogent

  • insistent

Explicação

Questão 5 de 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 difference in economic terms between a bond and a note is still observed by the United States Treasury, but in other markets the ________(1) two terms has become unimportant and the two words are used _________ (2).

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Blank (1)
    distinction between

  • Blank (1)
    similarity of

  • Blank (1)
    usefulness of

  • Blank (2)
    statistically

  • Blank (2)
    interchangeably

  • Blank (2)
    differentially

Explicação

Questão 6 de 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.

Now known as Administrative Professionals’ Day, Secretaries’ Day was created in 1952 by Harry F. Klemfuss, a public relations professional who _________ the value and significance of administrative assistants in order to attract more women to the profession.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • proscribed

  • touted

  • refuted

  • undermined

  • admonished

Explicação

Questão 7 de 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 editing manuscripts, literary scholars must remain acutely aware of textual ________(1); the differences among extant versions of the same work -resulting from printing errors, editing demands, or constant revisions- often make it ________(2) for scholars to publish truly ________(3) texts.

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Blank (1)
    conformities

  • Blank (1)
    anomalies

  • Blank (1)
    congruities

  • Blank (2)
    pejorative

  • Blank (2)
    daunting

  • Blank (2)
    banal

  • Blank (3)
    cosmetic

  • Blank (3)
    innovative

  • Blank (3)
    authoritative

Explicação

Questão 8 de 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.

With a similar contrast between a partly cloudy sky and a dark street, the cover of the recent rock CD _________ a famous surrealist painting from the early 1900s.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • admires

  • obfuscates

  • evokes

  • disenchants

  • sanctions

Explicação

Questão 9 de 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, John F. Kennedy was known for his carefree flag football games, Gerald Ford should be __________ as our football president: He turned down offers to play for two National Football League teams in order to pursue a career in public service.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • relegated

  • abrogated

  • annulled

  • criticized

  • apotheosized

Explicação

Questão 10 de 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 many ______________ endlessly praised his work, Dan often wished for some honest criticism.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • sycophants

  • pedants

  • benefactors

  • adversaries

  • mavericks

Explicação

Questão 11 de 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 losing game show contestant experienced a strange mix of _________(1) and __________(2); although she was disappointed that she didn’t win the million-dollar prize, she was still __________(3) about returning to her normal life.

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Blank (1)
    despondency

  • Blank (1)
    fruition

  • Blank (1)
    decisiveness

  • Blank (2)
    ambivalence

  • Blank (2)
    elation

  • Blank (2)
    equivocation

  • Blank (3)
    confounded

  • Blank (3)
    euphoric

  • Blank (3)
    overwrought

Explicação

Questão 12 de 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 magazine article from 1956 decrying the __________(1) of sequels and remakes flooding the nation’s movie theaters that summer __________(2) the claim that such derivative films are a uniquely 21st-cenutry phenomenon.

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Blank (1)
    dearth

  • Blank (1)
    quality

  • Blank (1)
    glut

  • Blank (2)
    underscored

  • Blank (2)
    belied

  • Blank (2)
    predicted

Explicação

Questão 13 de 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.

1. Although considerable __________(1) resources had already been expended on the new drug, development had to be halted due to adverse effects during human testing; once hailed as a kind of __________(2) that could be used to treat numerous physical and mental ailments, the drug will likely be remembered only as a financial albatross that bankrupted its developers.

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Blank (1)
    assiduous

  • Blank (1)
    pecuniary

  • Blank (1)
    wholesome

  • Blank (2)
    sinecure

  • Blank (2)
    mendicant

  • Blank (2)
    panacea

Explicação

Questão 14 de 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.

Sheila would often ________ about her boyfriend’s habits, but everyone could tell that her seemingly bitter complaints were mostly facetious.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • waffle

  • rail

  • dissemble

  • grieve

  • mince

Explicação

Questão 15 de 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 the stress tests given to European banks are supposed to reassure _________(1) investors by distinguishing the reliable financial institutions from the more _________(2) ones, the lack of candor from those reporting has made the test results ___________(3).

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Blank (1)
    prolix

  • Blank (1)
    cantankerous

  • Blank (1)
    timorous

  • Blank (2)
    precarious

  • Blank (2)
    staunch

  • Blank (2)
    venerated

  • Blank (3)
    monetary

  • Blank (3)
    suspect

  • Blank (3)
    sound

Explicação