Some GRE sample question (Verbal)

Verbal Section : Sentence Completions

Directions:

Each GRE sample sentence completion question below has one or two blanks. Each blank shows that something has been omitted. Under each GRE sample sentence completion question five words are given as choice. Choose the one correct word for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentences as a whole.

1. The fact that the- of confrontation is no longer as popular as it once was - progress in race relations.
1. insidiousness - reiterates
2. practice - inculcates
3. glimmer - foreshadows
4. technique - presages
5. reticence - indicates

Ans: D

2. A child should not be - as being either very shy or over - aggressive.
1. categorized
2. instructed
3. intoned
4. distracted
5. refrained

Ans: A

3. President Anwar el - Sadat of Egypt, disregarding - criticism in the Alab world and in his own Government, - accepted prime minister Menahem Begin's invitation to visit Israel in order to address the Israeli parliament.
1. acrimonious - formally
2. blemished - stiffly
3. categorical - previously
4. malignant - plaintively
5. charismatic - meticulously

Ans: A

4. In his usual - manner, he had insured himself against this type of loss.
1. pensive
2. providential
3. indifferent
4. circumspect
5. caustic

Ans: D