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GRE Sentences
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Kids often speak with ________. "I wanna do dat".
Exonerate
Estimable
Solecism
Anachronism
2. After a successful season - and often time after one successful game - a player may be ______ by parents - teammates - and fans.
Accretion
Lionize
Salubrious
Zealot
3. After running for 5 hours - against human physics - they were not _____ - however energetic and enthusiastic for their accomplishment.
Listless
Exacerbate
Lionize
Erudite
4. The _____ between the ignoble leader and the lionized leader drew strong press coverage.
Panache
Garner
Whimsical
Parley
5. The salubrious mother is ______ - as younger generations of soon-to-be parents respect her devotion to her family and health.
Verbose
Salient
Molt
Estimable
6. The coterie is an intimate _____ of people with a common goal.
Pare
Bevy
Panache
Exonerate
7. The thief is considered to be _______. It will take time for him to repent and grow values which take others into consideration.
Ostensible
Listless
Ignoble
Variegated
8. The _____ team is an enigma to the fast junk foods marketing push towards young people.
Salubrious
Gullible
Vacillate
Mercurial
9. Her idiosyncratic behavior is an _______ to hundreds of curious undergraduates.
Bevy
Accretion
Archaic
Enigma
10. After ameliorating his moms pain in her shoulder - the medical student _______ himself for not being their to treat it right away.
Aberrant
Proliferate
Molt
Exonerate
11. The old timer is called ______ by his teenage son for using a computer from 1999.
Catholic
Exacerbate
Archaic
Ostensible
12. The enthusiastic son ran to _____ wood for his families camp fire.
Ignoble
Archaic
Esoteric
Garner
13. Often times business people may use verbose sales pitches to confuse ______ customers.
Gullible
Esoteric
Ameliorate
Luminous
14. She began to feel like her wisdom was becoming an archaic - until others called her the _______ oracle.
Venerable
Esoteric
Idiosyncrasy
Bevy
15. Noel was able to ______ mom'S shoulder pain using massage techniques learnt in medical school. This improved her arm strength.
Ameliorate
Mercurial
Parley
Impious
16. Instead of ameliorating the pain - the untrained medical student ______ the injury.
Furtive
Anachronism
Eschew
Exacerbate
17. It became ______ that his reason for playing basketball was to become in better shape in order to touch the rim: others noticed his attempts to jump high during warm-ups.
Eschew
Tawdry
Ameliorate
Ostensible
18. Coaches are ______ to the cause of forming a respectable and passion driven team.
Salubrious
Ignoble
Zealot
Vacillate
19. The students complained about the difficulty of following the professors ______ ideas and theories.
Convoluted
Ostensible
Aberrant
Ethos
20. The ______ t-shirt of the Hawaiian style has not become an anachronism - even in the midst of being used catholicly for themed parties year after year.
Estimable
Limpid
Variegated
Panache
21. She was _____ when she secretly peered out of the corner of her eye to view the romantic couple.
Garner
Mercurial
Eschew
Furtive
22. The ghetto teen wore ______ jewelry. This was seen as gaudy - cheap and showy.
Convoluted
Salient
Tawdry
Coterie
23. The position of defensive back has such detailed footwork and coverage details - it is ______ in the world of athletics.
Winsome
Accretion
Esoteric
Zealot
24. Hot tea with honey is a ________ remedy for a sore throat as it is used throughout the continents.
Limpid
Mercurial
Catholic
Hapless
25. Fernandino has such _____ in his flamboyant style of soccer play.
Variegated
Zealot
Ignoble
Panache
26. The paper became too _____ for the listless reader to finish reading the twenty page essay.
Verbose
Furtive
Mercurial
Ostensible
27. The erratic lady at the library stepped up her game by - still albeit ______ - adding humor into her routine of voluble speech.
Impious
Verbose
Ethos
Whimsical
28. The wannabe cute girls use their _______ charm to meet celebrities.
Eschew
Winsome
Garner
Ostensible
29. In hiking - the young group of friends like to take an _____ route versus the crowded simple paths.
Proliferate
Mercurial
Aberrant
Erratic
30. After garnering fire wood - the enthusiastic son _____ the excess bark for later use in making a wood cabin.
Whimsical
Pare
Bevy
Exacerbate
31. It is the college _____ that a student should take general education classes.
Whimsical
Ethos
Gullible
Tawdry
32. The young adult has a passion for _____ as he has collected over one thousand variegated coins.
Salubrious
Impious
Numismatics
Listless
33. The homeless lady at the school is considered to be mentally ______ as she wanders and is unpredictable in the library.
Solecism
Erratic
Parley
Esoteric
34. The erratic lady is also an _______ to the quite study bevy next to her.
Idiosyncrasy
Accretion
Furtive
Coterie
35. The number of team began to ______ each season - going from 80 players to now over 130.
Ostensible
Proliferate
Parley
Limpid
36. Snakes _____ their skin - leaving it behind on the hot concrete.
Molt
Pare
Catholic
Lionize
37. The tawdry athlete dropped the ego - this became _____ when he hadn'T been in the headlines with any notable erratic behavior for many years.
Winsome
Verbose
Salient
Esoteric
38. The thoroughly maintained pond is ______: visitors can see to the bottom.
Limpid
Verbose
Convoluted
Enigma
39. The ball hitting her bruise resulted in an ______ in the size of the bruise.
Accretion
Impious
Listless
Diatribe
40. At the homeless shelter - some are their because they are simply _____ - others mentally ill - others going for free food because of being poor with large families.
Hapless
Whimsical
Estimable
Variegated
41. The archaic fashion of bell bottoms is also an _______ to be worn in the 21st Century.
Pare
Anachronism
Salient
Coterie
42. The strongly religious couple joined the Church of Scientology and cut themselves off from the ______ family members: this pissed of many.
Solecism
Furtive
Aberrant
Impious
43. The mother ______ between choosing a restaurant her significant other wanted to eat and a restaurant her son wanted to eat.
Coterie
Molt
Bevy
Vacillate
44. Often times as a decision maker it is important to not be ______ - even if a deadlines is soon approaching - some thought is necessary.
Anachronism
Impetuous
Diatribe
Hapless
45. The coach went on a ______ against the listless player who has exacerbated the quality of practice due to his tawdry behavior.
Diatribe
Enigma
Ameliorate
Vacillate
46. The coach ______ the use of steroids and would be disappointed to learn of any players using steroids.
Winsome
Eschew
Archaic
Exacerbate
47. Central Park was bathed in ______ sunshine during the day and festivities.
Luminous
Aberrant
Impious
Archaic
48. He knows not exactly what to major or set his career path on - but he is _____ in respects to his studies.
Winsome
Lionize
Anachronism
Erudite
49. The clever girl is _______ - this makes it difficult to see her in a compassionate light.
Anachronism
Gullible
Mercurial
Convoluted
50. The stone masons are considered to be a ______: they are an intimate group with a similar purpose.
Coterie
Vacillate
Eschew
Impetuous