GRE Verbal Sample Questions Set P
Categories: GRE (The Graduate Records Examination)
Questions 8-16: Listed beside each number below is a pair of words. Choose the pair of words from the answer choices that are the most similar to the example.
Question.8. ELOCUTION: ANNOUNCER::
A. slatternly: model
B. diligence: surgeon
C. belligerent: boxer
D. nimbleness: sloth
E. dissonance: singer
Answer: (c)
Question.9. SENTINEL: MASTERPIECE::
A. recidivist: penitentiary
B. chaperone: minor
C. sculptor: chisel
D. apostate: patriot
E. perfunctory: signal
Answer: (b)
Question.10. PRAGMATISM: APPROACH::
A. malleable: transformable
B. insolence: contempt
C. negotiate: settle
D. innocuous: harmless
E. ignominy: disgrace
Answer: (c)
Question.11. TEMPORAL: POSSESSIONS::
A. cadaver: corpse
B. conceive: formulate
C. foresee: anticipate
D. immortal: soul
E. astral: stellar
Answer: (d)
Question.12. BANAL: SERMON::
A. mundane: lecture
B. insolent: personality
C. amenity: minion
D. enthrall: storyteller
E. regale: movie
Answer: (a)
Question.13. LOQUACIOUS: GOSSIP::
A. prickish: toddler
B. clandestine: operative
C. penitent: criminal
D. taciturn: orator
E. demonstrative: barker
Answer: (e)
Question.14. LEXICON: EDITOR::
A. vitality: physician
B. repertoire: actor
C. notes: singer
D. pen: architect
E. aqueduct: sailor
Answer: (b)
Question.15. PERVIOUS: FOOTPATH::
A. sentry: prison
B. besiege: city
C. way: thoroughfare
D. insuperable: difficulties
E. effulgent: sunshine
Answer: (c)
Question.16. EQUITABLE: HALVES::
A. unique: experience
B. unwieldy: package
C. aberration: sculpture
D. anomaly: routine
E. compatible: uniform
Answer: (e)