This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Gre > Gre Verbal – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gre Verbal Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the meaning of 'ephemeral'? A) Lasting for a very short time. B) Stable and unchanging. C) Quickly changing. D) Permanent for a long time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lasting for a very short time. 2. Efficacy = A) Persuasive. B) To recognize. C) Effectiveness. D) To make larger. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Effectiveness. 3. What is the meaning of 'exacerbate'? A) To make something worse. B) To improve. C) To enhance. D) To maintain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To make something worse. 4. Rudimentary = A) Accuracy. B) Arrogant. C) Undeveloped. D) Authenticity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Undeveloped. 5. 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. A) Participation. B) Moral. C) Implement. D) Hierarchy. E) Semblance. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Semblance. 6. Fill in the blank:The ..... of the novel left the readers in suspense. A) Epilogue. B) Prologue. C) Climax. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climax. 7. What is the synonym of 'alleviate'? A) Complicate. B) Ease. C) Intensify. D) Worsen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ease. 8. This composer has never courted popularity:her rugged modernism seems to defy rather than to ..... the audience A) Ignore. B) Discount. C) Woo. D) Teach. E) Cow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Woo. 9. Choose the word that is most similar in meaning to 'ubiquitous':a) rare b) common c) unique d) sporadic A) D. B) B. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 10. 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 ..... A) Predict. B) Mitigate. C) Question. D) Dictate. E) Personalize. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dictate. 11. 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 ..... A) Expensive. B) Specialized. C) Sinister. D) Commonplace. E) Unreliable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commonplace. 12. Errant = A) The outer layer of the skin. B) To wipe out. C) Equal. D) Traveling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Traveling. 13. Dubious = A) Escape. B) Doubtful. C) Compulsion. D) Dogma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doubtful. 14. In the sentence 'The teacher's lectures were so ..... that the students fell asleep', what word best fits the blank? A) Boring. B) Exciting. C) Engaging. D) Interesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boring. 15. 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. A) Unaware of. B) Scornful of. C) Susceptible to. D) Unimpressed by. E) Coping with. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Susceptible to. 16. Choose the word that is most similar in meaning to 'ephemeral':a) lasting b) eternal c) temporary d) permanent A) Everlasting. B) Enduring. C) Temporary. D) Infinite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporary. 17. Complete the analogy:Happy is to joyful as sad is to ..... A) Mournful. B) Gloomy. C) Content. D) Cheerful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mournful. 18. In the sentence 'The artist's work was so ..... that it moved everyone who saw it', what word best fits the blank? A) Exciting. B) Dull. C) Boring. D) Captivating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Captivating. 19. 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 A) Cooperate. B) Instruct. C) Conspire. D) Dissemble. E) Dominate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dissemble. 20. Complete the analogy:Fast is to quick as slow is to ..... A) Speedy. B) Slow. C) Hasty. D) Fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slow. 21. What is the synonym of 'capitulate'? A) Surrender. B) Resist. C) Yield. D) Concede. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surrender. 22. Fill in the blank:The ..... of the situation was evident to all. A) Complexity. B) Intensity. C) Magnitude. D) Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gravity. 23. What is the synonym of 'abate'? A) Escalate. B) Intensify. C) Increase. D) Decrease. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decrease. 24. Insurgent = A) Where something comes from. B) Rising up in revolution. C) To set apart from others. D) To make a solution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rising up in revolution. 25. 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 A) Ignore. B) Discount. C) Woo. D) Teach. E) Cow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Woo. Next →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesGre Verbal Quiz 2 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books