GRE Verbal Sample Questions Set J
Categories: GRE (The Graduate Records Examination)
Questions i-vii: Each of the questions below contains a sentence that has one or two blanks.
The blanks stand for a part of the sentence that has not been included. Following each sentence are five answer choices. Choose the answer choice that best completes the sentence.
Question.i. _____ disposing of an old refrigerator is often ____ difficult. Some people abandon them at the landfill entrance.
A. Responsibly, prohibitively
B. Reasonably, curiously
C. Diffidently, eminently
D. Satisfactorily, completely
E. Efficiently, impossibly
Answer: (a)
Question.ii. Women’s baseball leagues became ____ during World War II, when many professional baseball players were ____ in the military.
A. erratic, interested
B. possible, enamored
C. prevalent, engaged
D. compatible, involved
E. sporadic, integral
Answer: (c)
Question.iii. ____ writing, such as that found in The New Yorker magazine, tends to appeal to a particular group of ____ readers.
A. Interesting, refined
B. Gauche, stylish
C. Urbane, complicated
D. Flowery, educated
E. Exceptional, erudite
Answer: (e)
Question.iv. Mary Pickford was once one of the most ____ actors in Hollywood, so it is almost an oxymoron that she died a ____ at her estate.
A. wealthy, mogul
B. talented, extrovert
C. busy, retiree
D. eminent, recluse
E. famous, magnate
Answer: (d)
Question.v. The book Silent Spring was published in 1962, and first exposed the _____ of using toxic chemicals to _____ crop-eating insects.
A. benefits, decimate
B. hazards, exterminate
C. convenience, massacre
D. trepidation, eliminate
E. vulnerability, eradicate
Answer: (b)
Question.vi. When Shirley Chisholm ran for the Democratic Party’s nomination for president in 1972 her ____ was ______ for both African Americans and women.
A. attempt, unprecedented
B. bid, idiosyncratic
C. enthusiasm, exceptional
D. trepidation, singular
E. struggle, unparalleled
Answer: (a)
Question.vii. It is doubtful that an untrained adult would be able to master the ______ of playing the harp in our orchestra without ______ coaching from Anna Delgardo.
A. intricacies, intensive
B. minutiae, exhaustive
C. workings, remedial
D. information, demanding
E. particulars, corrective
Answer: (a)