GRE Verbal : Verbs in One-Blank Texts
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Example Question #251 : Verbs In One Blank Texts
Her ability to predict what her students would do made them think she was a __________.
paragon
sibyl
liturgy
contemporary
pedant
sibyl
The sentence explicitly notes that she has an "ability to predict what her students would do," which is the best clue to the answer. The correct answer must indicate someone who can see the future. "Sibyl," meaning a prophetess, after a Greek myth, is the best choice among the answers.
Example Question #252 : Verbs In One Blank Texts
The slip and fall __________ an already existing injury.
corroborated
illustrated
obviated
exacerbated
cogitated
exacerbated
The key to the answer is the phrase "already existing injury." This means the injury described by the sentence took the existing injury and made it worse, the definition of "exacerbated."
Example Question #253 : Verbs In One Blank Texts
His appetite was limitless, and no meal could ever truly __________ him.
obviate
fawn
satiate
doff
ingratiate
satiate
The subject's "appetite was limitless," which means one meal would not be enough. The correct answer should mean to satisfy or fill up, the definition of "satiate," which is the best choice among the answers.
Example Question #254 : Verbs In One Blank Texts
After multiple injuries from playing with the toys, they were __________ at the school.
demurred
ogled
proscribed
solaced
approved
proscribed
The toys have caused "multiple injuries," so presumably they are not wanted at a school. The correct answer must mean forbidden or outlawed, the definition of "proscribed."
Example Question #255 : Verbs In One Blank Texts
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted into the sentence, best completes the sentence.
While he was once a great athlete, he had let his fitness __________ once he was no longer playing every day.
improve
languish
encroach
expand
restore
languish
The structure of the sentence indicates that the athlete is no longer as fit as he used to be. The correct answer choice needs to indicate that he has let himself go. "Languish," meaning suffer or decline, is the only choice that makes sense in the sentence.
Example Question #256 : Verbs In One Blank Texts
His first action as leader was to ______________ those who opposed him to unimportant positions.
congeal
alleviate
advocate
relegate
eulogize
relegate
The new leader is making his opponents go to "unimportant positions." The correct answer will indicate this movement to irrelevance. "Relegate," meaning dismissed to a lower position, is the best choice.
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