GRE TEST 1
1. Kagan maintains that an infant's reactions to its first stressful experiences are part of a natural process of development, not harbingers of childhood unhappiness or ----signs of adolescent anxiety.
(A) Prophetic
(B) Normal
(C) Monotonous
(D) Virtual
(E) Typical
2. The spellings of many Old English words have been----in the living language, although their pronunciations have changed.
(A) Preserved
(B) Shortened
(C) Preempted
(D) Revised
(E) Improved
3. Although Johnson ____great enthusiasm for his employees' project, in reality his interest in the project was so ____as to be almost nonexistent.
(A)generated...redundant
(B)displayed...preemptive
(C) expected...indiscriminate
(D)feigned...perfunctory
(E)demanded...dispassionate
4. However _____ they might be, Roman poets were bound to have some favorite earlier author whom they would ___.
(A)subservient...imitate
(B)independent...inspire
(C) original...emulate
(D)creative...admire
(E) talented...neglect
5. The "imposter syndrome" often afflicts those who fear that true self-disclosure will lower them in others' esteem; rightly handled, however, _____may actually _____one's standing.
(A) willfulness...consolidate
(B) imposture...undermine
(C)affectation...jeopardize
(D) candor...enhance
(E) mimicry...efface
6. The new biological psychiatry does not deny the contributing role of psychological factors in mental illnesses, but posits that these factors may act as a catalyst on existing physiological conditions and----such illnesses.
(A)disguise
(B)impede
(C)constrain
(D)precipitate
(E)consummate
7. In the seventeenth century, direct flouting of a generally accepted system of values was regarded as----, even as a sign of madness.
(A) adventurous
(B) frivolous
(C) willful
(D) impermissible
(E) irrational
8. Literature is inevitably a ------ rather than -------medium for the simple reason that writers interpose their own vision between the reader and reality.
(A)distorting.. a neutral
(B)transparent.. an opaque
(C)colorful.. a drab
(D)flawless. .an inexact
(E)flexible. a rigid
9. The proponents of recombinant DNA research have decided to----federal regulation of their work; they hope that by making this compromise they can forestall proposed state and local controls that might be even stiffer.
(A) protest
(B)institute
(C)deny
(D) encourage
(E)disregard
10. Because many of the minerals found on the ocean floor are still -----on land, where mining is relatively inexpensive, mining the ocean floor has yet to become a------
enterprise.
(A)scarce. . common
(B)accessible.. marginal
(C)unidentified.. subsidized
(D)conserved . . public
(E)plentiful.. profitable
11. Clearly refuting skeptic, researchers have----not only that gravitational radiation exists but that it also does exactly what theory----it should do.
(A) doubted.. warranted
(B) estimated.. accepted
(C) demonstrated.. predicted
(D) assumed.. deduced
(E) supposed.. asserted
12. During a period of protracted illness, the sick can become infirm, _____ both the strength to work and many of the specific skills they once possessed.
(A) regaining
(B) denying
(C) pursuing
(D) insuring
(E) losing
13.It is to the novelist's credit that all of the episodes in her novel are presented realistically, without any ______ or playful super-natural tricks.
(A) elucidation
(B)discrimination
(C) artlessness
(D) authenticity
(E) whimsy
GRE TEST 1 ANSWERS : AADCD DEADE CEE
GRE TEST 2
1 The sheer diversity of tropical plants represents a seemingly----source of raw materials, of which only a few have been utilized.
(A)Exploited
(B)quantifiable
(C)controversial
(D)inexhaustible
(E)remarkable
2 A common argument claims that in folk art, the artist's subordination of technical mastery to intense feeling _____ the direct communication of emotion to the viewer.
(A) facilitates
(B) averts
(C) neutralize
(D) implies
(E) represses
3 It is ironic that a critic of such overwhelming vanity now suffers from a measure of the oblivion to which he was forever----others, in the end, all his----has only worked against him.
(A) dedicating.. self-procession
(B) leading.. self-righteousness
(C) consigning.. self-adulation
(D) relegating.. self-sacrifice
(E) condemning.. self-analysis
4 The hierarchy of medical occupations is in many ways a----system; its strata remain----and the practitioners in them have very little vertical mobility.
(A) health.. skilled
(B) delivery.. basic
(C) regimental.. flexible
(D) training.. inferior
(E) cast.. intact
5 Although ancient tools were----preserved, enough have survived to allow us to demonstrate an occasionally interrupted but generally----progress through prehistory.
(A) partially.. noticeable
(B) superficially.. necessary
(C) unwittingly.. documented
(D) rarely.. continual
(E) needlessly.. incessant
6 It is puzzling to observe that Jones's novel has recently been criticized for its______structure, since commentators have traditionally argued that its most obvious_______is its relentlessly rigid, indeed schematic, framework..
(A) attention to.. preoccupation
(B) speculation about.. characteristic
(C) parody of.. disparity
(D) violation of.. contradiction
(E) lack of.. flaw
7 Ironically, the party leaders encountered no greater----their efforts to build a progressive party than the----of the progressives already elected to the legislature.
(A) support for.. advocacy
(B) threat to.. promise
(C) benefit from.. success
(D) obstacle to.. resistance
(E) praise for.. reputation
8 During the 1960's assessments of the family shifted remarkably, from general endorsement of it as a worthwhile, stable institution to widespread----it as an oppressive and bankrupt one whose----was both imminent and welcome.
(A) flight from.. restitution
(B) fascination with.. corruption
(C) rejection of.. vogue
(D) censure of.. dissolution
(E) relinquishment of.. ascent
9 Until the current warming trend exceeds the range of normal climatic fluctuations, there will be, among scientists, considerable----the possibility that increasing levels of atmospheric CO2 can cause long-term warming effects.
(A) interest in
(B) uncertainty about
(C) enthusiasm for
(D) worry about
(E) experimentation on
10 The idealized paintings of nature produced in the eighteenth century are evidence that the medieval -------natural settings had been ----- and that the outdoors now could be enjoyed without trepidation.
(A)fear of.. exorcised
(B)concerns about..regained
(C)affection for.. surmounted
(D)disinterest in.. alleviated
(E)enthusiasm for.. confronted
11 Although the discovery of antibiotics led to great advances in clinical practice, it did not represent a----- bacterial illness, for there are some bacteria that cannot be ------- treated with antibiotics.
(A)breakthrough in.. consistently
(B)panacea for.. effectively
(C)neglect of.. efficiently
(D)reexamination of.. conventionally
(E)resurgence of.. entirely
12 Eric was frustrated because, although he was adept at making lies sound ----- when telling the truth, he ----- the power to make himself believed.
(A) plausible.. lacked
(B) convincing.. held
(C) honest.. found
(D) true.. acquired
(E) logical.. claimed
13 As the first streamlined car. the Airflow represented a ------- in automotive development, and although its sales were -------, it had an immense influence on automobile design.
(A)milestone.. disappointing
(B)breakthrough.. significant
(C)regression.. unimportant
(D)misjudgment..calculable
(E)revolution. tolerable
14 The characterization of historical analysis as a form of fiction is not likely to be received----by either historians or literary critics, who agree that history and fiction deal with----orders of experience.
(A) quietly.. significant
(B) enthusiastically.. shifting
(C) passively.. unusual
(D) sympathetically.. distinct
(E) contentiously.. realistic
GRE TEST 2 ANSWERS :DACED EDDBA BAAD
GRE TEST 3
1. Hydrogen is the ----element of the universe in that it provides the building blocks from which the other elements are produced.
(A) steadiest
(B) expendable
(C) lightest
(D) final
(E) fundamental
2. Few of us take the pains to study our cherished convictions; indeed, we almost have a natural----doing so.
(A) aptitude for
(B) repugnance to
(C) interest in
(D) ignorance of
(E) reaction after
3. It is his dubious distinction to have proved what nobody would think of denying, that Romero at the age of sixty-four writes with all the characteristics of----.
(A) maturity
(B) fiction
(C) inventiveness
(D) art
(E) brilliance
4. The primary criterion for----a school is its recent performance: critics are----to extend credit for earlier victories.
(A) evaluating .. prone
(B) investigating .. hesitant
(C) judging .. reluctant
(D) improving .. eager
(E) administering .. persuaded
5. Number theory is rich in problems of an especially----sort: they are tantalizingly simple to state but----difficult to solve.
(A) cryptic.. deceptively
(B) spurious.. equally
(C) abstruse.. ostensibly
(D) elegant.. rarely
(E) vexing ..notoriously
6. In failing to see that the justice's pronouncement merely----previous decisions rather than actually establishing a precedent, the novice law clerk----the scope of the justice's judgment.
(A) synthesized.. limited
(B) overturned.. misunderstood
(C) endorsed.. nullified
(D) qualified.. overemphasized
(E) recapitulated.. defined
7. When theories formerly considered to be----in their scientific objectivity are found instead to reflect a consistent observational and evaluative bias, then the presumed neutrality of science gives way to the recognition that categories of knowledge are human----.
(A) disinterested.. constructions
(B) callous.. errors
(C) verifiable.. prejudices
(D) convincing.. imperatives
(E) unassailable.. fantasies
8. Although the minuet appeared simple, its----steps had to be studied very carefully before they could be gracefully----in public.
(A) progressive.. revealed
(B) intricate.. executed
(C) rudimentary.. allowed
(D) minute.. discussed
(E) entertaining.. stylized
9. The results of the experiments performed by Elizabeth Hazen and Rachel Brown were----not only because these results challenged old assumptions but also because they called the----methodology into question.
(A) provocative.. prevailing
(B) predictable.. contemporary
(C) inconclusive.. traditional
(D) intriguing.. projected
(E) specious.. original
10. Despite the----of many of their colleagues, some scholars have begun to emphasize "pop culture" as a key for----the myths, hopes, and fears of contemporary society.
(A) antipathy.. entangling
(B) discernment.. evaluating
(C) pedantry.. reinstating
(D) skepticism.. deciphering
(E) enthusiasm.. symbolizing
11. Queen Elizabeth I has quite correctly been called a ----of the arts, because many young artists received her patronage.
(A) connoisseur
(B) critic
(C) friend
(D) scourge
(E) judge
12. Because outlaws were denied----under medieval law, anyone could raise a hand against them with legal----.
(A) propriety.. authority
(B) protection.. impunity
(C) collusion.. consent
(D) rights.. collaboration
(E) provisions.. validity
13. Rather than enhancing a country's security, the successful development of nuclear weapons could serve at first to increase that country's -------.
(A) boldness
(B) influence
(C) responsibility
(D) moderation
(E) vulnerability
14. Physicists rejected the innovative experimental technique because, although it----some problems, it also produced new----.
(A) clarified.. data
(B) eased.. interpretations
(C) resolved.. complications
(D) caused.. hypotheses
(E) revealed.. inconsistencies
15. The pressure of population on available resources is the key to understanding history; consequently, any historical writing that takes no cognizance of----facts is----flawed.
(A) demographic.. intrinsically
(B) ecological.. marginally
(C) cultural.. substantively
(D) psychological.. philosophically
(E) political.. demonstratively
16. It comes as no surprise that societies have codes of behavior; the character of the codes, on the other hand, can often be----.
(A) predictable
(B) unexpected
(C) admirable
(D) explicit
(E) confusing
17. For some time now, ----has been presumed not to exist: the cynical conviction that everybody has an angle is considered wisdom.
(A) rationality
(B) flexibility
(C) diffidence
(D) disinterestedness
(E) insincerity
18. The ----of mass literacy coincided with the first industrial revolution; in turn, the new expansion in literacy, as well as cheaper printing, helped to nurture the----of popular literature.
(A) building.. mistrust
(B) reappearance.. display
(C) receipt.. source
(D) selection.. influence
(E) emergence.. rise
19. In parts of the Arctic, the land grades into the landfast ice so----that you can walk off the coast and not know you are over the hidden sea.
(A) permanently
(B) imperceptibly
(C) irregularly
(D) precariously
(E) slightly
20. An investigation that is----can occasionally yield new facts, even notable ones, but typically the appearance of such facts is the result of a search in a definite direction.
(A) timely
(B) unguided
(C) consistent
(D) uncomplicated
(E) subjective
21. Like many eighteenth-century scholars who lived by cultivating those in power, Winckelmann neglected to neutralize, by some----gesture of comradeship, the resentment his peers were bound to feel because of his----the high and mighty.
(A) quixotic.. intrigue with
(B) enigmatic.. familiarity with
(C) propitiatory.. involvement with
(D) salutary.. questioning of
(E) unfeigned.. sympathy for
GRE TEST 3 kEYS: EBACE DABAD CBECA BDEBB C
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