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GRE Test Prep : Verbal Sentence Completion II


What words or sets of words fill the blanks and best fit the meanings of the sentences?

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1.

Having definite information about drugs being smuggled in, the customs officials decided to switch from a _______ examination of the passenger baggage to a rigorous inspection.

  cursory

  mellifluous

  inchoate

  specious

  meticulous

 
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2.

The probability that an equipment will _______ flawlessly is decreased if a critical function is performed by a single component; therefore, engineers build a certain amount of _______ in their designs to guarantee against failures.

  integrate..feasibility

  saturate..abnormality

  deteriorate..viability

  synthesize..optimality

  operate..redundancy

 
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3.

Many business schools are avoiding an _______ narrow management curriculum because a good manager in today's competitive economic conditions must be well-versed in diverse aspects such as finance, marketing, operations and technology.

  inadvertently

  unwittingly

  ambiguous

  endemic

  overly

 
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4.

People have limited patience when browsing the internet; as a result, the individual's interest _______ if the web page does not appear on the screen within a few seconds.

  flays

  incubates

  flags

  entails

  infiltrates

 
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5.

The imposition of heavy taxes on industries that emit toxic substances into the environment could prove to be an effective _______ to maintaining a clean, green earth.

  abeyance

  apparition

  deterrent

  incentive

  appellation

 
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6.

Wisdom is the mark of the sage; similarly, _______ is the mark of the _______.

  temerity..coward

  munificence..curmudgeon

  credulity..skeptic

  disloyalty..renegade

  torpor..zealot

 
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7.

Scientific experiments demonstrate that the ready availability of food and the lack of stimulation over a prolonged period of time can lead to even predators transforming into _______ creatures.

  frantic

  caustic

  placid

  agrarian

  carnivorous

 
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