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GRE Test Prep : Verbal Sentence Completion I


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1.

Scientific investigations of fluid flow behavior around objects like high-speed aircrafts are complex; however, the systems are _______ when experiments are performed in scaled-down versions such as wind tunnels.

  turbulent

  permeable

  implacable

  tractable

  malleable

 
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2.

The students appreciated the professor's _______ style of preparing notes for the lectures because the effort in collecting vital information from various sources truly enhanced their learning.

  dogmatic

  pedestrian

  esoteric

  eclectic

  pedantic

 
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3.

Although several critics denounced his _______ techniques, there was unanimous praise for his _______ performances over the last season.

  precarious..unexceptional

  innovative..mediocre

  unorthodox..unexceptionable

  laudable..internecine

  anomalous..apocryphal

 
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4.

This _______ verse mourns for the valiant soldiers who lost their lives in the battle.

  derivative

  elegiac

  ironic

  satiric

  desultory

 
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5.

Even though the region was prone to hurricanes, the _______ of the tornado last year was _______.

  portent..poignant

  probity..portentous

  ferocity..unprecedented

  levity..lethal

  inevitability..mercurial

 
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6.

The aria was _______ with the tempo changing continuously in a most unpredictable fashion.

  antediluvian

  impecunious

  capricious

  abstemious

  cacophonous

 
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7.

The success of the project was _______ team effort rather than any individual _______.

  dependent on..perfidy

  subordinate to..idiosyncrasy

  commensurate to..compendium

  attributed to..accomplishment

  feted at..felicity

 
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