GRE Verbal : Text Completion
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Example Question #291 : Text Completion
The professor's incendiary statements on female students earned him a reputation as a __________.
pedant
firebrand
misogynist
blowhard
loudmouth
misogynist
While all the answer choices can make sense in the sentence, one fits better than all the others. The sentence notes the professor's statements were "on female students," and all the choices have a negative connotation. Of all the answer choices, "misogynist," meaning a hater of women, is the best fit.
Example Question #292 : Text Completion
The impressionable young man was well convinced that his misdeeds and poor choices had doomed him to __________.
indifference
paradise
limbo
perdition
rapture
perdition
The sentence notes the "young man" is concerned about "misdeeds and poor choices." This indicates the correct answer must have a negative and even punishing connotation. Only "perdition," meaning damnation and punishment, has the appropriate meaning and implication.
Example Question #541 : Gre Verbal Reasoning
The once promising issue now proved a __________ that no politician could deal with and survive electorally.
quarantine
concatenation
quagmire
godsend
blessing
quagmire
The sentence explictly notes that the "once promising issue" now makes politicians unable to "deal with" it. The correct answer must therefore mean something that traps or complicates. "Quagmire," literally a marsh or bog, and here used metaphorically, is the best choice among the answers.
Example Question #542 : Gre Verbal Reasoning
With the typical mohawk, leather jacket, and combat boots, he perfectly fit the __________ of the punk rocker.
quandary
perfidy
indemnity
paradox
stereotype
stereotype
The sentence describes the subject as being a "punk rocker" and wearing the "typical" "punk rock" items of a "mohawk, leather jacket, and combat boots." The correct answer must mean the usually understood image or fixed idea, the definition of "stereotype."
Example Question #543 : Gre Verbal Reasoning
While the student body president believed he was using stirring rhetoric, the teachers saw his speech as __________.
rational
sensible
drivel
oratory
uncompromising
drivel
The sentence contrasts the student's own view of his speech as "stirring rhetoric" with the teacher's viewpoint described by the missing word. The correct answer must in some way be an opposite to "stirring rhetoric." "Drivel," meaning nonsense or useless words, is the best choice among the answers.
Example Question #544 : Gre Verbal Reasoning
The __________ of the politician's views continued no matter how many clarifying statements he made on the issues.
instransigence
archetype
misrepresentation
insurgency
virulence
misrepresentation
While some answer choices could make sense, only one will fit perfectly. The sentence describes the many "clarifying statements" the politician had to make, which means the perspective of his views is wrong or misguided. "Misrepresentation," meaning a deliberately deceiving description, is the best choice among the answers.
Example Question #257 : One Blank Texts
The day ended with no real __________, as the detective had not yet figured out who the culript was after following multiple leads.
denouement
onset
inauguration
inception
denouement
"Denouement" is a resolution, outcome, or solution.
Example Question #258 : One Blank Texts
The blue-collar worker abhored the rich; that is, until he won the lottery and moved to the Hamptons and lived among his fellow __________.
hobos
transients
vagabonds
sybarites
sybarites
A "sybarite" is a person who leads a life of luxury; a hedonist.
Example Question #259 : One Blank Texts
The divorce lawyer was adept at diffusing __________ between warring couples.
reconciliations
imbroglios
agreements
compromises
imbroglios
An "imbroglio" is a bitter disagreement or entanglement.
Example Question #260 : One Blank Texts
Being a physics __________, Mary was having difficulty understanding vectors.
wunderkind
virtuoso
prodigy
neophyte
neophyte
A "neophyte" is someone who is a novice or a beginner.
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