Thursday, March 6, 2008
March -6- Gre Test Questions - Verbal
1. Irk
2. Perplexed
3. Consolidate
4. Aptness
5. Contention
6. Humdrum
7. Thaw
Analogies:
1. Recant : Spend
2. Confident : Doubt
Issue Topic:
1."Science is reassuring and art is upset"
Thursday, March 6, 2008
March -6- Gre Test Questions - Verbal
1. Irk
2. Perplexed
3. Consolidate
4. Aptness
5. Contention
6. Humdrum
7. Thaw
Analogies:
1. Recant : Spend
2. Confident : Doubt
Issue Topic:
1."Science is reassuring and art is upset"
2 comments:
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Helder Soares said...
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Agape - a religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship
Altercation - noisy quarrel
Aplomb - great coolness and composure under strain; "keep your cool"
Aptness - appropriateness; "the phrase had considerable aptness"
Bolster - support and strengthen; "bolster morale"
Brat - a small pork sausage or a very troublesome child
Callous - emotionally hardened; "a callous indifference to suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion"
Ceaseless - uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain";
Consolidate - make firm or secure; strengthen; "consolidate one's gains"; "consolidate one's hold on first place"
Contention - the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"
Coy - modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures; "like a wild young colt, very inquisitive but very coy and not to be easily cajoled"
Dank - unpleasantly cool and humid; "a clammy handshake"; "clammy weather"; "a dank cellar"; "dank rain forests"
Debiliate - make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"
Dilapidate - bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse
Disgruntled - in a state of sulky dissatisfaction
Egregious - conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights";
Equanimity - steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity"
Evanescence - the event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight; "the evanescence of the morning mist"
Humdrum - tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea"
Imprudent - lacking wise self-restraint; "an imprudent remark"
Insouciant - marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest casual students";
Irk - irritate or vex; "It galls me that we lost the suit"
Lofty - of imposing height; especially standing out above others; "an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains";
Maverick - someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action
Mundane - belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; "not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind";
Oscillate - move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating"
Perplexed - full or difficulty or confusion or bewilderment; "perplexed language"; "perplexed state of the world"
Phenomenon - any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
Shun - avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
Thaw - a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile;
Unctuous - unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech;
Vulnerable - susceptible to physical or emotional injury; "at a tender age"
Whet - sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone -
March 17, 2008 at 2:00 PM
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Anonymous said...
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hi I'll take my exam on 9 of April so is there any newer question than 6 of march? I saw all of your 2008 post. I am looking for something in April because I know that some questions use repetitively in GRE exam (esp for same month. thank you for your help full blog. best regard
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April 6, 2008 at 12:31 AM
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2 comments:
Agape - a religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship
Altercation - noisy quarrel
Aplomb - great coolness and composure under strain; "keep your cool"
Aptness - appropriateness; "the phrase had considerable aptness"
Bolster - support and strengthen; "bolster morale"
Brat - a small pork sausage or a very troublesome child
Callous - emotionally hardened; "a callous indifference to suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion"
Ceaseless - uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain";
Consolidate - make firm or secure; strengthen; "consolidate one's gains"; "consolidate one's hold on first place"
Contention - the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"
Coy - modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures; "like a wild young colt, very inquisitive but very coy and not to be easily cajoled"
Dank - unpleasantly cool and humid; "a clammy handshake"; "clammy weather"; "a dank cellar"; "dank rain forests"
Debiliate - make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"
Dilapidate - bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse
Disgruntled - in a state of sulky dissatisfaction
Egregious - conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights";
Equanimity - steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity"
Evanescence - the event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight; "the evanescence of the morning mist"
Humdrum - tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea"
Imprudent - lacking wise self-restraint; "an imprudent remark"
Insouciant - marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest casual students";
Irk - irritate or vex; "It galls me that we lost the suit"
Lofty - of imposing height; especially standing out above others; "an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains";
Maverick - someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action
Mundane - belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; "not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind";
Oscillate - move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating"
Perplexed - full or difficulty or confusion or bewilderment; "perplexed language"; "perplexed state of the world"
Phenomenon - any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
Shun - avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
Thaw - a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile;
Unctuous - unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech;
Vulnerable - susceptible to physical or emotional injury; "at a tender age"
Whet - sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone
hi I'll take my exam on 9 of April so is there any newer question than 6 of march? I saw all of your 2008 post. I am looking for something in April because I know that some questions use repetitively in GRE exam (esp for same month. thank you for your help full blog. best regard
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