Verbal Section : Sentence Completions

Directions:
Each GRE sample sentence compltion question below has one or two blanks. Each blank shows that something has been omitted. Under each GRE sample sentence completion question five words are given as choice. Choose the one correct word for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentences as a whole.

1. The fact that the- of confrontation is no longer as popular as it once was - progress in race relations.
   
   
   
   1. insidiousness - reiterates
      
   2. practice - inculcates
      
   3. glimmer - foreshadows
      
   4. technique - presages
      
   5. reticence - indicates
      
   
   

   Ans :D
   
   

2. A child should not be - as being either very shy or over - aggressive.
   
   
   
   1. categorized
      
   2. instructed
      
   3. intoned
      
   4. distracted
      
   5. refrained
      
   
   

   Ans :A
   
   

3. President Anwar el - Sadat of Egypt, disregarding - criticism in the Alab world and in his own Government, - accepted prime minister Menahem Begin's invitation to visit Israel in order to address the Israeli parliament.
   
   
   
   1. acrimonious - formally
      
   2. blemished - stiffly
      
   3. categorical - previously
      
   4. malignant - plaintively
      
   5. charismatic - meticulously
      
   
   

   Ans :A
   
   

4. In his usual - manner, he had insured himself against this type of loss.
   
   
   
   1. pensive
      
   2. providential
      
   3. indifferent
      
   4. circumspect
      
   5. caustic
      
   
   

   Ans :D
   
   

5. We never believed that he would resort to - in order to achieve his goal; we always regarded him as a - man.
   
   
   
   1. charm - insincere
      
   2. necromancy - pietistic
      
   3. logic - honorable
      
   4. prestidigitation - articulate
      
   5. subterfuge - honest
      
   
   

   Ans :E
   
   

6. The Sociologist responded to the charge that her new theory was - by pointing out that it did not in fact contradict accepted sociological principles.
   
   
   
   1. unproven
      
   2. banal
      
   3. superficial
      
   4. complex
      
   5. heretical
      
   
   

   Ans :E
   
   

7. Despite assorted effusion to the contrary, there is no necessary link between scientific skill and humanism, and quite possibly, there may be something of a - between them.
   
   
   
   1. dichotomy
      
   2. congruity
      
   3. reciprocity
      
   4. fusion
      
   5. generosity
      
   
   

   Ans :E
   
   

8. The most technologically advanced societies have been responsible for the greatest - indeed savagery seems to be indirect proposition to -
   
   
   
   1. inventions - know-how
      
   2. wars - viciousness
      
   3. triumphs - civilizations
      
   4. atrocities - development
      
   5. catastrophes - ill-will
      
   
   

   Ans :D
   
   

9. Ironically, the party leaders encountered no greater - their efforts to build as Progressive Party than the - of the progressive already elected to the legislature.
   
   
   
   1. obstacle to - resistance
      
   2. support for - advocacy
      
   3. praise for - reputation
      
   4. threat to - promise
      
   5. benefit - success
      
   
   

   Ans :A
   
   

10. The simplicity of the theory - its main attraction - is also its - for only by - the assumptions of the theory is it possible to explain the most recent observations made by researchers.
    
    
    
    1. glory - rejecting
       
    2. liability - accepting
       
    3. undoing - supplementing
       
    4. downfall - considering
       
    5. virtue - qualifying
       
    
    

    Ans : C