GRE verbal questions(feedback) september-2010......

1.UBIQUITOUS

jailed

bilious

exhaustive

localized

hiding

2. The thought of a nuclear _____ sparked by a misunderstanding poses an awesome ______.

danger .... spectacle

liaison .... probability

holocaust .... spectre

explosion .... calamity

device .... reverberation

3. MORBID

enraged

salutary

alive

calm

hale

4. The President of the nation was widely ____ for refusing to ____ the excesses of the loathed Minister.

supported ..... ostracise

condemned.... promote

applauded ..... implement

criticized .... curb

chagrined .... prevent

5. As the controversial argument continued, the debaters became more _____ and their remarks became more _______.

emotional .... adroit

vehement ..... acrimonious

affable .... adverse

reticent .... cliche

subdued ..... hostile

6. HEADLONG : FORETHOUGHT ::

singlehanded : ambition

levelheaded : resolve

mealymouthed : talent

heartbroken : emotion

barefaced : shame

7. With her customary ______, the Queen replied to reporters only with a smile, but the President _____ happily about what a good time he was having.

choler .... spoke

aplomb .... objected

reticence .... exclaimed

volubility .... gushed

tact .... grumbled

8. EXTRACT : QUOTATION

tropics : undra

longitude : latitude

exile : solitude

radius : diameter

forecast : predication

9. Rural dwellers who hold ______ values may, at times. be altogether uncritical of various federal programs aimed at the regulation and ____ of agriculture.

conventional ..... subsidisation

rigorous .... legislation

10. Most candidates spend ________ they can raise on their campaigns, but others wind up on election day with a ________.

everything .... surplus

time .... vacation

every cent .... deficit

nothing .... war chest

so .... bankroll

11. Although the young boys in the class grew ____ under the principal's new discipline policy, the girls seemed _____ by it.

anxious .... intimidated

remorseful .... enchanted

restive .... unperturbed

taciturn .... attracted

argumentative .... frustrated

12. HEED

hope

ignore

Imagine

victory

belief

13. PERJURY : TRUTH : :

patience : indecision

treason : loyalty

courage : cowardice

prestidigitation : articulate

sorcery : witchcraft

14. CONTUMACIOUS

complaint

dogged

pertinacious

obdurate

reciprocal

15. LECHER : LUST : :

manager : expertise

burglar : swag

archer : bow

glutton : greed

factor : merchant