Verbal Reasoning- Text Completion

"Although the chairman's new policies cut costs at the time, his strategy was ultimately revealed to be ________, and his lack of foresight crippled the department in the long run." Answers: vacuous, myopic, prescient, ingenuous, ingenious

myopic

"Difficult as it may sometimes be, in all our dealings with both clients and competitors, we must be seen to be above ________. " Answers: profit, integrity, question, reproach, scruples

reproach

"Although the city's public mass transportation system has been _________ from active service, traces of its presence may be seen in the train stations that have been converted into shopping centers." Answers:dilated, retired, metastasized, frozen waxed

retired

"Having test-driven this car in a variety of realistic conditions and found its performance lackluster at best, I have to say that its maker's sanguine claims are ______." Answers: understated, impeccable, unfounded, plausible, mediocre

unfounded

Straight ahead road signs

And, ,Since, Also, Thus, Because, ;, Likewise, Moreover, Similarly, In addition, Consequently

"In the workplace, it is important that employees (i) _____ the (ii) _____ of the company rather than the other way around. Blank (i) object to, conform to, balk at Blank (ii) standards, idiosyncrasies, peccadilloes

Blank (i) conform to Blank (ii) standards

"Although good writing is an art, it is also a (i) _____ skill that most people can master by following the principle that (ii) ____ and economy of language are good." blank (i) superfluous, fundamental, nugatory Blank (ii) simplicity, preponderance, prolixity

Blank (i) fundamental Blank (ii) simplicity

" Lacking members with a sound sense of (i) _____ knowledge, the explorers were almost certainly (ii) ______ to failure from the start." Blank (i) geographical, general, abstruse Blank (ii) doomed, accustomed, immune

Blank (i) geographical Blank (ii) doomed

" In the writer's view, now and then in the (i) _____ of politics, a person of observable integrity and moral strength appears in a way that draws public attention to the central rather than the (ii) ______ matters that affect our lives. Such a person is vital for a number of reasons: he or she cuts through the natural (iii) _____ of competing interests, focuses on key issues, posits realistic solutions, and brings together opponents who might otherwise never agree." Blank (i) existence, hurly-burly, practice Blank (ii) weaker, confidential, peripheral Blank (iii) usefulness, distractions, succession

Blank (i) hurly-burly Blank (ii) peripheral Blank (iii) distractions

"Although he founded an entire magazine about the art of the interview, Warhol was himself a (i) _____ interview subject, revealing little about his life and work and often supplying (ii) _____ answers to straightforward questions." Blank (i): definitive, callow, laconic Blank (ii): ominous, meticulous, enigmatic

Blank (i) laconic Blank (ii) enigmatic

"Ambition is useful (i) _____ that leads people to great achievement, but it can also be (ii) ______ force, as Shakespeare show in his tragedy Macbeth." Blank (i) tenet, indicator, motivator Blank (ii) an ersatz, a pulsating, a destructive

Blank (i) motivator Blank (ii) a destructive

"Although the European Economic Community was established to (i) ___ the economic growth of all its member nations (ii) _____, she express (iii) ______ at what they claim is their unfair burden in maintaining the organization." Blank (i) answers: retard, promote, measure Blank (ii) answers: inequitably, vigorously, equally Blank (iii) answers: enthusiasm, ennui, resentment

Blank (i) promote Blank (ii) equally Blank (iii) resentment

"Now that the message of the underground, counterculture youth movement is being (i) _________ by the mass media, many of the movement's followers, once loyal to the cause, have (ii) _________. Blank (i): reported on, contradicted, promulgated Blank (ii): defected, retaliated, acquiesced

Blank (i) promulgated Blank (ii) defected

"The idea that the internet is not a (i) _____ place has become ingrained in popular culture. Because of the increasing number of users, it has become more complicated for authorities to (ii) _____ the breaches of privacy that proliferate on a regular basis. The average user should remain (iii) _____ the exchange of personal data over the Internet. Blank (i) answers: sensible, secure, reliable Blank (ii) answers: castigate, relinquish, constrain Blank (iii) answers: indignant about, skeptical toward, prudent in

Blank (i) secure Blank (ii) constrain Blank (iii) prudent in

"It is hard to believe that the highly (i) _____ game of soccer began many centuries ago as a rowdy (ii) ____ without rules, fought cross-country by entire villages determined to get possession of an inflated pig's bladder." Blank (i) structured, pell-mell, helter-skelter Blank (ii) seance, massacre, brawl

Blank (i) structured Blank (ii) brawl

" In conversation, people usually adjust the register, or (i) ______, of their speech according to the circumstances in which they find themselves. For example, they will be less (ii) ____ in their use of vocabulary and (iii) _______ when relaxing with friends than when they are speaking with clergy or legal officials." Blank (i) meaning, significance, style Blank (ii) thoughtful, interested, formal Blank (iii) lexicon, grammar, verbiage

Blank (i) style Blank (ii) formal Blank (iii) grammar

"The (i) ____ genius of the late Glenn Gould is (ii) _____ to his imaginative (iii) _____ for paint of Wagner's Siefriend Idyll, which the composer originally scored for full orchestra and presented to his wife Cosima on her birthday." Blank (i) answers: unexceptional, overrated, unmistakable Blank (ii) answers: apparent ineluctable, incommensurate Blank (ii) answers: diminution, homage, adaptation

Blank (i) unmistakable Blank (ii) apparent Blank (iii) adaptation

"Given the (i) _____ nature of the evidence, the authorities are unlikely to present a (ii) ______ case against the accused." Blank (i) answers: abstract, flimsy, rakish Blank (ii) answers: weak, convincing, tepid

Blank (i): flimsy Blank (ii): convincing

"Every effort by the bank to determine the origin of the funds met with (i) _______ resulting from the web of (ii) ______ created by the account holder." Blank (i) answers: exuberance, apathy, frustration Blank (ii) answers: deceit, conviviality, temerity

Blank (i): frustration Blank (ii): deceit

"Despite the insistence to the contrary, the author's (i) _______ hostility was evinced in the tone he used when describing the senator's qualifications; he did not (ii) ____ using the words like "craven" and "ill-conceived" liberally when writing about the legislator's voting record." Blank (i) answers: manifest, dubious, obscure Blank (ii) answers: demur at, relish, hasten to

Blank (i): manifest Blank (ii): demur at

Detour road signs

But, Despite, Yet, However, Unless, Rather, Although, While, On the other hand, Unfortunately, Nonetheless, Conversely, Periodically

"The director is normally lauded for his exciting science fiction films, but his latest effort marred by its __________ special effects." Answers: electrifying, piquant, bland, emotive, impenetrable

bland

"The diffident toddler was so uncomfortable at the birthday party that he constantly ____ his mother's side." Answers: strayed from, fled, abjured, cleaved to, avoided

cleaved to

"In the world of professional team sports, individual prowess has its place, but ultimately the players are valued chiefly for their _______ qualities." Answers: ethical, inspirational, dispersive, singular, collaborative

collaborative

"Despite the widespread popularity of soy products among American consumers, discussion about the effects of soy on human health remains ________." Answers: conclusive, contentious, preposterous, enlightening, fraudulent

contentious

"Such a ________ response to a client is not consistent with the high standards of customer service this company demands." Answers: politic, cloying, meticulous, boastful, disrespectful

disrespectful

"Despite her long battle with illness, the dancer displayed astonishing _______ of motion on stage." Answers: indolence, hesitancy, extension, queasiness, fluency

fluency

"Although subjected to endless ________, he was unwavering in advocating his theory, claiming to be untroubled by the raillery." Answers: rebuttal, approbation, disavowal, japery, consent

japery

"After a destructive, summer-long drought, during which the crops ______, Midwestern farmers did not know whether to welcome or curse the heavy, late-August rains that finally swept through the region, washing away critical topsoil." Answers: acclimated, preserved, languished, plundered, retracted

languished

"Having established his competence as a playwright with his first play, the author went on to show greater _____ with his second." Answers: characterization, mastery, understanding, perception, insufficiency

mastery