GRE - Sentence Correction - 1

GRE – Sentence Correction - 1

1. After a hectic week in the city, as a relief from ______ pressures, Carrie plans to _____ on her long weekend.

(A) inveterate -- pique
(B) urban -- rusticate
(C) pent -- prate
(D) neolithic -- venerate
(E) laconic -- slake

Answer: Choice B is correct. The key word "city" indicates that the first word must relate to urban life. The trigger for the second word is long weekend. We know that Carrie wants to get away from the city, making "rusticate" a good choice.

 2. After surgery for my knee injury, my doctor gave me painkillers that made me _____ and _____.

(A) articulate -- copious
(B) doltish -- overt
(C) autocratic -- congruent
(D) torpid -- phlegmatic
(E) ludicrous -- remiss

Answer: Choice D is correct. The first key word in this is "pain killers", which are known to induce drowsiness. The second key word is "and", indicating that the two words we seek are synonyms.

3. Many medical experts believe that the origin of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) is _____, while others believe it is ______.

(A) contiguous -- environmental
(B) congenital --- environmental
(C) congenital -- deleterious
(D) contagious -- pathological
(E) exogenous -- celestial

Answer: Choice B is correct. We know from the context of the sentence that we are seeking opposite words relating to the origin of a disease.

4. The fourth grade teacher taught her students to ______ thoroughly when eating to enable proper _______.

(A) rankle -- temerity
(B) mitigate -- digestion
(C) transmute -- veneration
(D) query -- progeny
(E) masticate -- digestion

Answer: Choice E is correct. Mastication is the same as chewing, which enables digestion.

5. The state attorney began his lecture by explaining that ______ is a phase of the study of ______.

(A) nihilism -- gynecology
(B) hypertension -- etymology
(C) recidivism -- criminology
(D) altruism -- paleontology
(E) hallucination -- chivalry

Answer: Choice C is correct. Recidivism, or repeating an offense, is a common problem in criminology.

6. Working with an unbelievably _______ budget and an impossible schedule, the wedding planner somehow arranged an event that _________ the guests with its beauty and style.

(A)low -- disappointed
(B) inflated -- distracted
(C) uneven -- amused
(D) disproportionate -- appalled
(E) inadequate -- surprised

Answer: Choice E is correct. The clues in the sentence are "unbelievable" and "impossible". We know the first word must be negative. We also know from the words "somehow", "beauty" and "style" that the second word is positive

7. Because members of the ______ family are ______, farmers must grow grass.

(A) bovine -- herbivorous
(B) anthropoid -- adamant
(C) conduit -- nocturnal
(D) incarnadine -- nocturnal
(E) heretic -- herbivorous

Answer: Choice A is correct. The key words are "grass" and "farmers", indicating that the correct words are animals that eat grass.

8. When the law clerk got his first job, his novice ______ led to an embarrassing ______.

(A) collusion -- consanguinity
(B) synthesis -- cordovan
(C) colophon -- temerity
(D) ineptitude -- imbroglio
(E) chauvinism

Answer: Choice D is correct. The key words "novice" and "embarrassing" mean our correct words are both negative. The best choice is D, as the first wrd relates to newness and inexperience

9. Because of her ______ nature, the scientist avoided any job that she feared might be travail.

(A) impudent
(B) insolent
(C) eminent
(D) indolent
(E) imminent

Answer: Choice B is correct. The correct word means the opposite of "travail", which is lazy.

10. Whenever I see Wade's long face, I know that he is feeling ______ and ______.

(A) scintillating -- verbose
(B) quiescent -- succint
(C) lugubrious -- lachrymose
(D) reviled -- providential
(E) providential -- rubicund

Answer:Choice C is correct. The correct words are synonyms for sad and tearful.

10) Psychologists insist that all people, even the most _____ and ______ , have varying degrees extreme emotions.

(A) brackish --- mature
(B) sylvan -- intellectual
(C) celestial -- civilized
(D) beneficent -- stable
(E) defunct - healthy

Answer: Choice D is correct. From the word "even", the correct terms must be the opposite of "extreme