GRE · Verbal Reasoning
Text Completion and Vocabulary in Context (Set 3)
14 practice questions, each with the answer and an explanation.
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- The scientist's evidence was so ______ that even the most skeptical colleagues were persuaded.
- Although the speaker's ideas were original, his delivery was so ______ that many listeners lost interest.
- The politician's ______ response avoided answering the question directly.
- Critics found the novel's plot so ______ that they could hardly follow it.
- Her ______ nature made her reluctant to speak at meetings, even when she had valuable ideas.
- The treaty was an ______ attempt to settle a conflict that had lasted for decades, and it failed within a year.
- The professor was known for his ______ wit, which could silence an arrogant student with a single remark.
- Far from being ______ about the plan, the committee members debated it fiercely for hours.
- The author's prose is often ______, so dense with allusion that readers need annotations to follow it.
- The word 'mitigate' most nearly means to:
- Which word is closest in meaning to 'ubiquitous'?
- Which word is closest in meaning to 'obsequious'?
- Which word is most nearly the opposite of 'laconic'?
- In the sentence 'The committee's decision was anything but capricious; it followed years of careful study', the word 'capricious' means: