15 - july - GRE - Verbal _ Question

15 - july - GRE - Verbal _ Question

Today's Words:

1. Vivacity

2. Irascible

3. Rile

4. Excision

5. Revulsion

6. Solebrity

7. Crub

8. Palatable

9. Magnificience

10. Reticent

11. Stricture

12. Imminant

13. Horray

14. Prudigal

15. Impredectable

16. Glut

17. Paucity

18. Tortousness

19. Pelf

20. Impecunious

21. Affront

22. Oeisance

23. esteem




Analogies:

1. Glut: Paucity

2. Soil: Mud

3. Tortousness: Straightforward

4. Pelf: Impecunious

5. Affront: Offensive

6. Oeisance: esteem




Issues Topic:


1. "When research priorities are being set for science, education, or any other area, the most important question to consider is: How many people's lives will be improved if the results are successful?"



2. "It is the artist, not the critic,* who gives society something of lasting value."



Argument Topic:

1. The following appeared in a Brenton newspaper.
"The Brenton power plant draws water from Scott's River for its cooling system and releases the warmed water back into the river. The town council recommends that the plant install a more efficient cooling system that uses less water, claiming it will be more environmentally sound. However, in Uptown, where the new system is used, a study found that the complex network of pipes in the new system tends to accumulate algae. The build up of algae can be avoided by scrubbing the pipes, which is costly, or by adding an herbicide to the water in the pipes to prevent algae accumulation. But water containing the herbicide cannot be released back into the river and it is known that low water levels can harm river ecosystems accustomed to higher levels. Therefore, Brenton
power plant should continue to use the old cooling system exclusively."