Gre Verbal Quiz 1 (27 MCQs)

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1. What is the meaning of 'ephemeral'?
2. What is the meaning of 'exacerbate'?
3. Even though they have the power to create any outlandish situations they can imagine, fantasy writers often set themselves very strict rules and guidelines for what is possible in their stories. Without doing so, their work will lack any ..... of reality and be nearly impossible for readers to accept.
4. Fill in the blank:The ..... of the novel left the readers in suspense.
5. What is the synonym of 'alleviate'?
6. This composer has never courted popularity:her rugged modernism seems to defy rather than to ..... the audience
7. Choose the word that is most similar in meaning to 'ubiquitous':a) rare b) common c) unique d) sporadic
8. In searching for norms in the sense of authoritative standards of what ought to be, rather than in the sense of what is average and thus can be considered normal, normative ethics aims to .....
9. The sight of a single actor portraying several characters in the same scene is no longer a shock to the average moviegoer, such special-effects trickery having become so .....
10. In the sentence 'The teacher's lectures were so ..... that the students fell asleep', what word best fits the blank?
11. Early studies often concluded that the public was ..... the propagandistic influence of mass communications, but one recent study indicates that, on the contrary, mass communications seldom produce marked changes in social attitudes or actions.
12. Choose the word that is most similar in meaning to 'ephemeral':a) lasting b) eternal c) temporary d) permanent
13. Complete the analogy:Happy is to joyful as sad is to .....
14. In the sentence 'The artist's work was so ..... that it moved everyone who saw it', what word best fits the blank?
15. Researchers have observed chimpanzees feigning injury in order to influence other members of the group, thus showing that the capacity to ..... is not uniquely human
16. Complete the analogy:Fast is to quick as slow is to .....
17. What is the synonym of 'capitulate'?
18. Fill in the blank:The ..... of the situation was evident to all.
19. What is the synonym of 'abate'?
20. Fill the blank in the way that best completes the text.This composer has never courted popularity:her rugged modernism seems to defy rather than to ..... the audience
21. Complete the analogy:Strong is to weak as brave is to .....
22. Fill the blank in the way that best completes the text.In searching for norms in the sense of authoritative standards of what ought to be, rather than in sense of what is average and thus can be considered normal, normative ethics aims to .....
23. Fill the blank in the way that best completes the text.When she first came to France from Bulgaria, she was hardly the ..... student she later made herself out to be, since she had access to considerable family wealth.
24. The governor exercised tremendous ..... when she kept herself from being drawn into the childish bout of name calling her political opponent attempted to initiate.
25. Fill the blank in the way that best completes the text.The media once portrayed the governor as anything but ineffective; they now, however, make her to be the epitome of .....
26. Fill the blank in the way that best completes the text.The sight of a single actor portraying several characters in the same scene is no longer a shock to the average moviegoer, such special-effects trickery having become so .....
27. Fill in the blank:The ..... of the play surprised the audience.