GRE Verbal Reasoning Practice
Questions
All Jon cared about was getting an A, so because the team project did not count
toward his grade in the course, he felt ____________ the work and did not do his
share.
A. apathy toward
B. zeal for
C. loathing for
D. cheerful about
E. antagonism toward - ------------ANS: A. apathy toward
Although well built and well kept, the little brick house seemed (i) ________
compared to the ornate, almost (ii) __________ new house beside it.
Blank (i)
A. impressive
B. dilapidated
C. desirable
Blank (ii)
D. translucent
E. diminutive
F. ostentatious - ------------ANS: B. dilapidated; F. ostentatious
Despite the many pleasures of staying in a hotel, such as a hot shower and clean
sheets, many people _________ such comforts in favor of cold water from a nearby
stream and a sleeping bag in order to savor a revitalizing proximity to nature.
, A. extol
B. deprecate
C. renounce
D. spurn
E. discountenance
F. eulogize - ------------ANS: C. renounce; D. spurn
Elena liked Joe a great deal, but she soon tired of his friends pseudointellectuals
who propounded inane theories based on __________ interpretations of
Neo-Marxism and existentialism.
A. spurious
B. terse
C. fallacious
D. succinct
E. bellicose
F. blithe - ------------ANS: A. spurious; C. fallacious
Our manager holds as a __________ that an employee with a messy desk is
irredeemably lazy, and she therefore demands that all members of her staff keep
their work areas meticulously organized.
A. whim
B. dogma
C. hypothesis
D. fancy
E. tenet
F. polity - ------------ANS: B. dogma; E. tenet
Questions
All Jon cared about was getting an A, so because the team project did not count
toward his grade in the course, he felt ____________ the work and did not do his
share.
A. apathy toward
B. zeal for
C. loathing for
D. cheerful about
E. antagonism toward - ------------ANS: A. apathy toward
Although well built and well kept, the little brick house seemed (i) ________
compared to the ornate, almost (ii) __________ new house beside it.
Blank (i)
A. impressive
B. dilapidated
C. desirable
Blank (ii)
D. translucent
E. diminutive
F. ostentatious - ------------ANS: B. dilapidated; F. ostentatious
Despite the many pleasures of staying in a hotel, such as a hot shower and clean
sheets, many people _________ such comforts in favor of cold water from a nearby
stream and a sleeping bag in order to savor a revitalizing proximity to nature.
, A. extol
B. deprecate
C. renounce
D. spurn
E. discountenance
F. eulogize - ------------ANS: C. renounce; D. spurn
Elena liked Joe a great deal, but she soon tired of his friends pseudointellectuals
who propounded inane theories based on __________ interpretations of
Neo-Marxism and existentialism.
A. spurious
B. terse
C. fallacious
D. succinct
E. bellicose
F. blithe - ------------ANS: A. spurious; C. fallacious
Our manager holds as a __________ that an employee with a messy desk is
irredeemably lazy, and she therefore demands that all members of her staff keep
their work areas meticulously organized.
A. whim
B. dogma
C. hypothesis
D. fancy
E. tenet
F. polity - ------------ANS: B. dogma; E. tenet
