Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Answers of text completion dril 2: 2 blank
This post is related to Text completion drill 2:2 blank
1. B, A
His writing in the New York Times provoked a lot of feedback, much of it suggesting that he had been far too____(i)________ that while the situation may be grim, it's not ____(ii)________
"that while the situation may be grim" from this part we can predict that 2nd blank is something positive but there is word "not". So it should be something negative; Pessimistic means "seeing only the bad side, tending to expect the worst ". So it works here. For the first we can predict that he was too pessimistic. Dire works here.
2.B, B
Bradbury is ___________: that we're a year closer to the demise of one of more diverse and vibrant ecosystems the Earth has seen. Yet his prescience is rejected by most experts, but they haven't had much reason to be ___________, either.
After reading the whole sentence, we can say that Bradbury is foretelling(pivot word is prescience) something. Prophetic matches here for the first blank. For the 2nd blank, experts rejected him, but there is a transitional word "but". That means they have no reason to be truthful either. There prediction is unchallenged . Unimpeachable means "impossible to question; beyond reproach; not blemished"; it works!
3. C, B
The strategy to employ surrogate for assessing the efficiency of the new HIV medicine is clever, but also ____________: the surrogate's body system is quite _____________ dynamic human body consisting of unique DNA.
1st blank should be something negative. "quite challenging" works here. For the 2nd blank we can predict that human system should be different from the surrogates.Here, "dissimilar to'' matched!
4. B, A
Serendipity is usually not embraced heartedly by people, yet it was determinant for Bouvis success in film industry: the more __________he became, the more______________his life became.
We can predict that 1st blank is " serendipitous" and second blank is " succeed". "probabilistic" and "prerogative" matched! ; prerogative means privilege.
5.C, B
Although new species of insects and amphibians are discovered fairly regularly, new mammals are ___________, and new carnivorous mammals especially are___________.
Pivot word is :although. New species of amphibian and insects discovered in high amount but mammals are not.
Our predicted words for both blanks are rare. "Inconspicuous",and "diluted" matched!
6.C, A
Helgen continued his project with a paradoxical nature: the more he ___________ the world's Olingo specimens to determine whether samples from a different species might be hidden among them, the less ___________ the result of his dogged experiment.
Key words is "paradoxical" . So both should be opposite. So the more he seriously worked the less visible his results. "Meticulously examined", and "ostensible" matched!
7.B, B
____________ is nothing new in sciences: Competing theories sometimes coexist until one drives the other out, or until both are discarded in favor of yet another theory which is yet __________ by more dominant theory.
Our prediction for first blank should be "renovation". ''Refurbishment" matched that, and for second blank we can predict that it should be 'discarded'. Only emasculated works. Emasculate means weaken. So new theories weakens older one.
8.C, C
Born in 1475 to an impoverished but ______________ family
Clue for 1st blank is 'impoverished'. So 2nd blank should be positive. "Aristocratic'' works!
As he is born in aristocratic family, we can predict that, he is grown with some positive characteristic. Only ''sense of pride '' works.
9.A, A
As much as the newbie entrepreneur, with fastidious insights , _____________ the unsounded complexity arisen in dealing with many more experienced monetary businessmen, he is easily confounded when facing complexity, which requires too much_____________ thinking to unravel.
Signal word here is 'as much as'. So as second part is negative, as first part is positive . Our prediction for first blank is ''solves' , and circumvent means ''by-pass, outmaneuver''. Only it works here. For the second blank clue is "fastidious insights". So delicate works, and delicate has several meaning. Here delicate is meant: "marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique"
10.B, B
A major goad for the recent ____________ of scientism has been the application of neuroscience to human affairs. Certainly many of these applications are foibles , yet it’s _____________ for intellectuals who are innocent of science to advance the ideas that sciences are glib or wrong, and it is a mistake to use a few unwarranted illustration as an excuse to quarantine the sciences of human nature from our attempt to understand the human condition.
Second blank is easier to answer. Intellectuals who are innocent in science don't deserve to underestimate science; this is a kind of sense we get from the sentence. So for the second blank we can predict that: "unexpected". "Unheard of " means unprecedented ; it works!
For the first blank, our prediction should be ''criticism".So, "Denunciation" matched!
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
TEXT COMPLETION DRILL 2 : 2 BLANK
1.
His writing in the New York Times provoked a lot of feedback, much of it
suggesting that he had been far too____(i)________ that while the situation may
be grim, it’s not ____(ii)________ and that the last thing scientists should do
is to stop looking for ways to keep recalcitrant weed alive.
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(i)
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(ii)
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apocalyptic
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pessimistic
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dire
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panglossian
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villainous
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long-lasting
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2.
Bradbury is ___________: that we’re a year closer to the demise of one of more
diverse and vibrant ecosystems the Earth has seen. Yet his prescience is
rejected by most experts, but they haven’t had much reason to be ___________,
either.
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(i)
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(ii)
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omnipotent
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untenable
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prophetic
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unimpeachable
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reprehensible
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ineffable
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3.
The strategy to employ surrogate for assessing the efficiency of the new HIV
medicine is clever, but also ____________: the surrogate’s body system is quite
_____________ dynamic human body consisting of unique DNA.
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(i)
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(ii)
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little bit
tenacious
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paralleled with
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craftily
manipulated
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dissimilar to
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quite challenging
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contingent on
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4.
Serendipity is usually not embraced heartedly by people, yet it was determinant
for Bouvis success in film industry: the more __________he became the
more______________his life became.
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(i)
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(ii)
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academic
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prerogative
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probabilistic
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mysterious
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determinateness
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flukiness
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5.
Although new species of insects and amphibians are discovered fairly regularly,
new mammals are ___________, and new carnivorous mammals especially are___________.
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(i)
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(ii)
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enormous
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frequent
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benign
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diluted
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inconspicuous
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harmless
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6.
Helgen continued his project with a paradoxical nature: the more he ___________
the world’s Olingo specimens to determine whether samples from a different
species might be hidden among them, the less ___________ the result of his
dogged experiment.
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(i)
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(ii)
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thoroughly ogled
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ostensible
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barely scrutinized
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unapparent
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meticulously
examined
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fallacious
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7.____________
is nothing new in sciences: competing theories sometimes coexist until one
drives the other out, or until both are discarded in favor of yet another
theory which is yet __________ by more dominant theory.
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(i)
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(ii)
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Innovation
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reinforced
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Refurbishment
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emasculated
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Reconciliation
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untarnished
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8.
Born in 1475 to an impoverished but ______________ family in Caprese, a
hillside town near Florence, Michelangelo Buonarroti grew up with an innate
_______________, which as he aged, would feed his volatile temperament in the
midst of surroundings full of bureaucracy.
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(i)
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(ii)
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wretched
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feeling of dementia
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recalcitrant
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power of
intolerance
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aristocratic
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sense of pride
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9.
As much as the newbie entrepreneur, with fastidious insights, _____________
the unsounded complexity arosed in dealing with many more experienced monetary
businessmen, he is easily confounded when facing complexity which requires too much_____________ thinking to unravel.
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(i)
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(ii)
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circumvents
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delicate
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falters
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high-brown
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dispels
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myriad
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10.
A major goad for the recent ____________ of scientism has been the application
of neuroscience to human affairs. Certainly many of these applications are
foibles , yet it’s _____________ for intellectuals who are innocent in science
to advance the ideas that sciences are glib or wrong, and it is a mistake to
use a few unwarranted illustration as an excuse to quarantine the sciences of
human nature from our attempt to understand the human condition.
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(i)
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(ii)
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glorification
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impeccable
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denunciations
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unheard of
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illusion
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puzzling
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Sunday, August 18, 2013
ADVANCED STRATEGY : Dissecting Long Sentences for Reading Comprehension and TEXT Completion
First of all I want to mention that this article is intended for non-native speaker, and native speaker might find this article funny, even ludicrous. So if you are native speaker, ignore this article. Long sentence is not unfamiliar thing for who are taking gre, gmat, lsat.
Long sentences are much time consuming, but if read strategically, it is quite easy. Today, we are going to dissect long sentences along with specific example, and off course, with a practice text completion. To comprehend sentence faster, always emphasize the main gist of the sentence.
Long sentences are typically of four parts-
- Main part,
- Lead part,
- Elaboration part,
- Run-on part
Main part: This is thing you should take care most, and this will give you the main gist of the sentence.
Lead part: This part generally introduces or leads main part of the sentence.
Elaborate part: This part generally elaborates a word or phrases in the sentence.
Run-on part/Add on part: This part adds new information or run to continue the sentence.
Now look over this sentence:
In this endeavor historiographers examining the history of the Pacific Coast of the United States have traditionally depended on the record left by European American explorers of the nineteenth century who, as commissioned agents of the United States government, were instructed to report thoroughly their findings in writing.
FINAL WORDS: SO ALWAYS EMPHASIZE MAIN PARTS TO GET THE GIST OF THE SENTENCES AND SIMPLIFY IT AS FAR YOU CAN.
PRACTICE: TEXT COMPLETION
The movie assumes what so many people seem to believe about the real-life CEO, Mr. Xane: that his well-known stupidity, his storied capacity to humiliate and to alienate, is, far from being a ____(i)_______, a crucial aspect of his genius. The same _____(ii)_______ standards that Xane applies to consumer electronics, he applies to fellow humans.
ANSWERS:
Thursday, August 15, 2013
ADVANCED READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY
When it comes about Reading comprehension, many people are reluctant to hug it easily. In case of reading comprehension, one must use strategy of various types, certainly not one. Today we are going to post advanced reading strategy specially for someone who wants to get a high gre score. Reading comprehension consists of approximately 50% in verbal section. So better prepare well. Well, before discussing about advanced reading comprehension, take a look of the passage posted below:
Though you are unlikely to face this types of passage, it is better to be ready for this types of passage.The traveler who at the present day is content to travel in the good old Asiatic style, neither rushed along by a locomotive, nor dragged by a stage-coach; who is willing to enjoy hospitalities at far-scattered farmhouses, instead of paying his bill at an inn; who is not be frightened by any amount of loneliness, or to be deterred by the roughest roads or the highest hills; such a traveler in the eastern park of Berkshire, Mass., will find ample foot for poetic reflection in the singular scenery of a country, which, owing to the ruggedness of the soil and its lying out of the track of all public conveyances, remains almost as unknown to the general tourist as the interior of Bohemia.
ADVANCED READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY:
- KNOW THE ROLE OF EACH PUNCTUATION MARK
- KNOW THE ROLE OF RELATIVE PRONOUN
- SIMPLIFY THE SENTENCE
- SKIM THE DETAILS
- MOST IMPORTANTLY PARAPHRASE WHAT YOU READ
- CARE ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF THE SENTENCE
- ALWAYS TAKE CARE ABOUT OF SUBJECT AND PRINCIPAL VERB IN LONG SENTENCE (TO UNDERSTAND FASTER)
The most important punctuation marks are Comma(,), semicolon (;), dash( -- ), colon(:)
To know about the usage of comma , visit: Major Comma Uses
To know about the usage of comma , visit: Semicolon
To know about the direction:
SIGNAL WORDS for READING COMPREHENSION and TEXT COMPLETION-part-II
SIGNAL words for Reading Comprehension/Text Completion-PART I
NOW lets breakdown the passage posted earlier:
The traveler who at the present day is content to travel in the good old Asiatic style,
The traveler is the subject.
neither rushed along by a locomotive, nor dragged by a stage-coach;
what is the role of the sentence ? : it is explaining character of the traveler, and look there is a semicolon after this , that means it is going to same direction.
who is willing to enjoy hospitalities at far-scattered farmhouses, instead of paying his bill at an inn;
who is who ? : the traveler , and this explaining the character of the traveler, and look there is a semicolon after this sentence, that means it is going to same direction.
who is not be frightened by any amount of loneliness, or to be deterred by the roughest roads or the highest hills;
who is who ? : the traveler , and this explaining the character of the traveler, and look there is a semicolon after this sentence, that means it is going to same direction.
such a travelerin the eastern park of Berkshire, Mass., will find ample foot for poetic reflection in the singular scenery of a country,
this is just explaining what will traveler do---
which,owing to the ruggedness of the soil and its lying out of the track of all public conveyances,remains almost as unknown to the general tourist as the interior of Bohemia.
which is to meant what?? : country
LETS SOLVE QUESTION:
The traveler who at the present day is content to travel in the good old Asiatic style, neither rushed along by a locomotive, nor dragged by a stage-coach; who is willing to enjoy hospitalities at far-scattered farmhouses, instead of paying his bill at an inn; who is not be frightened by any amount of loneliness, or to be deterred by the roughest roads or the highest hills; such a traveler in the eastern park of Berkshire, Mass., will find ample foot for poetic reflection in the singular scenery of a country, which, owing to the ruggedness of the soil and its lying out of the track of all public conveyances, remains almost as unknown to the general tourist as the interior of Bohemia.
1. Which of the can be inferred about the characteristic of the traveler mentioned in the passage?
a. He must enjoy hospitalities at far-scattered farmhouses.
b. He is not likely to be undaunted by the loneliness
c. He is obstructed by the road which is scattered with holes
d. He might get slew of ideas in a country, which is devoid of public amenities ; therefore , ignored by many.
e. He is likely to avoid paying his bill at a motel, and is confounded to visit old Asiatic style.
ANSWER:
If you need explanation of this question, comment below!!
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
ADVANCED READING LIST for GRE
Reading newspapers, magazines etc is essential to improve reading for GRE. There are motley of materials in the online but many of these materials are not worthy of reading, rather you should read quality materials. Today I am going to post some materials you must read.
1.NewYorker
2.NYtimes Oped
3.TheAtlantic
4.Smithsonianmag
5.Theeconomist
1.NewYorker
2.NYtimes Oped
3.TheAtlantic
4.Smithsonianmag
5.Theeconomist
Monday, August 12, 2013
ANSWERS OF SENTENCE EQUIVALENCE DRILL-1
This post is related to Sentence Equivalence Drill-1
These Questions are fairly hard enough —difficulty level hard.
1.A,F
If you read the full sentence, you will get sense of the sentence. Our prediction is to "STOP" the unending leaks of radioactive materials from the devastated plant.
Contain means restrain (Tricky one!)
2. A,D
Clue is the word "vulnerable' , so, prediction should be "not good". Worrisome and troublesome matches that.
3.C,D
The pivot word is "Although", So, some people think they are doing great job, others think they are not; so others would likely to doubt them. Questioned and Grilled are synonyms and matches our prediction.
4.C,D
Trigger word is "BUT", Cancer causing agents are in above safety level, but expert think they are not harmful enough. SO Trivial and Inconsequential matches that.
5.A,D
This is so long, but wait, you don't have to jump in the forest to get sense of this blank. "BOTH" is clue as well as "critic says desperation", we can predict that it was needed. Need and Necessity matches.
6.B, F
Fishes are killed, so decline of fishes are visible. COMPELLING means convincing, it works here. And Undeniable means : That cant be disagreed, it works too.
7.A,C
This is tricky one. Exemplar and Exacting works here..
8.C,D
This is twisty, be careful for pivot word - Although, Hardly. WE can predict that scientist are hardly Unmistakable . INFALLIBLE and FAIL-SAFE works that.
9.A,C
Most trickiest one so far; answer choices are so tempting. Convincing, Warranted, Pragmatic all works here, but Convincing and Warranted are most synonymous. And mind it, thoroughly doesn't work grammatically..
10.B, F
Easy one! Clue is excessive; Fulsome means excessive too, Extraneous too.
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Sentence Equivalence Drill-1
SELECT TWO ANSWER CHOICES THAT, WHEN USED TO COMPLETE THE
SENTENCE, FIT THE MEANING OF THE SENTENCE AS A WHOLE AND PRODUCE COMPLETED
SENTENCES THAT ARE SIMILAR IN MEANING.
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1. But taking a bigger role in a vast and unprecedented cleanup may also be a political gamble for the President, especially if the government proves as unable as TEXON-the failing company- to ____________ the unending leaks of radioactive materials from the devastated plant.
A. Contain
B. Peddle
C. Depict
D. Distort
E. Mirror
F. Restrain2. Tepco’s leadership has been particularly ____________, critics say, since it remains enmeshed in the collusive ties between the government and the industry that many say made the plant vulnerable.
A. Worrisome
B. Justified
C. Warranted
D. Troublesome
E. Dearth
F. Famine3. Although the advisers said the company was doing a good job cleaning up, other experts and some regulators have _____________ the company’s ability to handle the highly complex decommissioning of reactors.
A. Praised
B. Accolade
C. Questioned
D. Grilled
E. Recuperate
F. Recover4. The amounts of some radioactive materials, like cancer-causing strontium, flowing into the ocean are above safety limits, but experts say that given the size of the plant’s previous releases, the new ones are relatively _____________.
A. Robust
B. Swarthy
C. Trivial
D. Inconsequential
E. Callous
F. Stout5. Indeed, the proposed ice wall is seen here as a symbol of both the daunting technological challenges posed by the cleanup, and the ________________— critics say desperation — for creative solutions as the plant, which already stores enough contaminated water to fill 160 Olympic-size swimming pools, is faced with having to store hundreds of more tons every day.
A. Need
B. Brevity
C. Conciseness
D. Necessity
E. Fearsome
F. Voluminous6. The evidence of decline of fish is _______________ ; unprecedented blooms of algae blanketed the estuary’s northern reaches for months, killing vast number of fishes that are the essential components of the estuary ecosystem.
A. Tepid
B. Compelling
C. Lukewarm
D. Penitential
E. Rueful
F. Undeniable7. In 1979, the Ramones were recording at a studio with the producer Phil Spector, whose work with the Ronettes, the Righteous Brothers and the Beatles had earned him a reputation as both a musical genius and an ____________, combustible egomaniac.
A. Exacting
B. Edifice
C. Exemplar
D. Acerbic
E. Atrocious
F. Incendiary8. Although the scientists are renowned to be unerring species to the ordinary people-who hardly take effort to justify the fact they hear, they are hardly ______________.
A. Immoral
B. Rogue
C. Infallible
D. Fail-safe
E. Mistakable
F. Incorrect9. Even though the critics publish voluminous reviews deriding the current system that is employed to find fault, they give anything but ___________solutions.
A. Convincing
B. Thoroughly
C. Warranted
D. Pragmatic
E. Trifling
F. Trivial10. The exacting musician discouraged anything excessive, yet his followers had received with__________accolade written in play-card.
A. Euphoric
B. Fulsome
C. Enthusiastic
D.Acerbic
E. Bitting
F. Extraneous
SOLUTIONS:
ANSWERS OF SENTENCE EQUIVALENCE DRILL-1
Saturday, August 3, 2013
FUNDEMENTAL Of Coordinate Geometry
There are
two axis X axis-horizontal and Y axis-perpendicular. There are 4 quadrants in
the graph.
 1st quadrant is positive for both x and y
value 2nd quadrant is negative for x value and
positive for y value 3rd quadrant is negative for both x and y
value 4th quadrant is positive for x value and negative
for y value |
The equation of any straight line is y=mx+c
Where m=slope
of the line
C=constant
To determine
the slope of any line, check the coefficient of x
For example,
2x+y=4
y=-2x+4
So slope is
here=-2
Friday, August 2, 2013
WRONG answer choices in Reading Comprehension
In Reading comprehension, It is crucial to know why right answer right, wrong answers wrong. Today, I am going to describe the wrong answer choices and types of it. Later, a short reading comprehension along with question with answer will be provided to better understand the strategy of applying wrong answer choices. Eliminating the wrong answer choices is important for difficult question ,especially for the inference question. Do not pick a response simply because it is a true statement. Although true, it may not answer the question posed.
TYPES OF WRONG ANSWER CHOICES:
APPLICATION OF STRATEGY:
Answer and explanation:
A. DISTORTION: THE Passage never says that prior to 1907 , the brides were made without mathematical analysis.
B. OUT OF SCOPE: THE passage never mentioned that.
C. ONE WORD WRONG: This answer choice mentions 19th century, But is there
in the passage?
D. EXTREME WORDS: While the passage suggests that a more rigorous application of mathematical analysis would have prevented the collapse of the bridge, it offers no evidence that it is the only way the collapse could have been prevented.
E.CORRECT:Thus, (E) is the correct response.
TYPES OF WRONG ANSWER CHOICES:
BROAD SCOPE:Sometimes the scope is broader than the passage states. For example, if a passage discusses about genetic engineering, the broad scope could be biology. So broad scope is wrong.
NARROW SCOPE:Narrow scope means the answer choice captures with specific topic rather than the broader scope the passage illustrates., For instance, If the passage discusses about Biology and the answer choices discuss about genetic engineering , then, this answer choice will be narrow scope, so it is incorrect.
OUT OF SCOPE:Some answer choices are out of scope which is not discussed in the passage. For example, any answer choice that bring the concern of biology whereas the passage discuss about physics, then it will be out of scope.
EXTREME WORDS:Sometimes wrong answer choices might have extreme words( like always, all, only etc), but they are wrong. The tone of the answer should be usually modest (like some, many, might).
DISTORTION:Many answer choices which are wrong may distort the answer choice, for example, If the passage says "he goes to school", then the distorted choice will say "he doesn't go to school""
TRAP ANSWER:These answer choices are the most tempting choice which lure students to get puzzled, but be aware of this trap answer which may sound like the right answer but not.
PARTIALLY CORRECT:Some answer choices are correct but partially. These are wrong. Be careful about these half right-half wrong choices.
APPLICATION OF STRATEGY:
During the construction of the Quebec Bridge in 1907, the
bridge’s designer, Theodore Cooper, received word that the
suspended span being built out from the bridge’s cantilever
was deflecting downward by a fraction of an inch (2.54
centimeters). Before he could telegraph to freeze the project,
the whole cantilever arm broke off and plunged, along with
seven dozen workers, into the St. Lawrence River. It was the
worst bridge construction disaster in history. As a direct result
of the inquiry that followed, the engineering “rules of thumb”
by which thousands of bridges had been built around the
world went down with the Quebec Bridge. Twentieth-century
bridge engineers would thereafter depend on far more
rigorous applications of mathematical analysis.
Which one of the following statements can be properly inferred from the passage?
(A) Bridges built before about 1907 were built without thorough mathematical analysis and, therefore, were unsafe for the public to use.
(B) Cooper’s absence from the Quebec Bridge construction site resulted in the breaking off of the cantilever.
(C) Nineteenth-century bridge engineers relied on their rules of thumb because analytical methods were inadequate to solve their design problems.
(D) Only a more rigorous application of mathematical analysis to the design of the Quebec Bridge could have prevented its collapse.
(E) Prior to 1907 the mathematical analysis incorporated in engineering rules of thumb was insufficient to completely assure the safety of bridges under construction.
Answer and explanation:
A. DISTORTION: THE Passage never says that prior to 1907 , the brides were made without mathematical analysis.
B. OUT OF SCOPE: THE passage never mentioned that.
C. ONE WORD WRONG: This answer choice mentions 19th century, But is there
in the passage?
D. EXTREME WORDS: While the passage suggests that a more rigorous application of mathematical analysis would have prevented the collapse of the bridge, it offers no evidence that it is the only way the collapse could have been prevented.
E.CORRECT:Thus, (E) is the correct response.
Thursday, August 1, 2013
3 Blank GRE Text Completion
The Official Guide to the GRE® revised General Test, Second Edition
practice_book_GRE_pb_revised_general_test
powerprep2
TEXT COMPLETION EXERCISES:
1.
Earlier time, production statistics for beer are widely------------------, speaking to its lack of standing in the American beverage rotation. Later, however, a number of social and technological advancements made beer an------------------- option for drinkers. Additionally, wages were on the rise, -----------------workers the economic means to purchase a beer pack after work.
Available
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Hatred
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Depriving
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Unavailable
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Fashionable
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Deceiving
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Enviable
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Appealing
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Affording
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2.
A total pessimist, obsessed by the many horrors of world events and especially by man’s cruelty to man and even to animals, Beckett had a -----------------------to our short lives on this planet and our attraction to wars, killing and cruelty and tendency to dominate others. But this -----------------was eerie in the midst of ---------------------vision dominated in his time.
Negative attitude
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Obfuscation
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Buoyant
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Positive vision
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Observation
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Cynical
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Pragmatic view
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Jargon
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Panglossian
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3.
A debut novelist rejected by publishers 47 times has described how he was ------------------- when he found out he had been long-listed for the world’s most prestigious literary prize. Yet, this did nothing for him as publishers remain skeptical about him who is notorious for writing ---------------------story in the time of more -----------------------------society.
Crying
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Lustful
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Immoral
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Dumbfounded
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Moral
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Puritan
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Sadistic
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Charismatic
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Heretical
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4.
It might seem impossible to estimate how many different bugs live in a nearby field—or how many types of birds live in a forest. But wildlife biologists are -----------------determining the number of different species in a given habitat. It might sound challenging but---------------; this can help us understand how healthy the habitat is. Likewise, it has many--------------------- in examining the biodiversity of bugs and other small invertebrates in the nature.
Inured to
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Unchallengeable
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Controversies
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Floundering in
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Important
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Cautions
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Faltering on
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Trivial
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Implications
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5.
This method does give Reilly ample time to make his project efficient, but it is also ----------- of the retarding effects of the scintillating effect, the aim of which is not so much progress but rather a ----------------exploration of a place’s comic possibilities — in his case, a --------------one, as he has manipulated the method so craftily that no foibles are noticeable.
Beneficiary
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Useful
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Devious
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Dictatorial
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Desultory
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Exhaustive
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Emblematic
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Auspicious
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Artless
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6.
Researchers have successfully---------------- magnetic probes –vacancy centers — a step towards using them to perform quantum calculations. Yet, such magnetic probes are very sensitive to small temperature fluctuations. But researchers have begun to turn that potential ---------------------- into strength by using the probes as precise thermometers, and now many scientists ------------------- employed this technique in their research.
Manipulated
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Foibles
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Fruitfully
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Cracked down
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Valor
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Sweepingly
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Withered
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Robustness
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Woefully
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Memory seems------------------------------: memories of past hardly adjusts to new memory experienced by human. Now, a new set of experiments, led by MIT neuroscientists Steve Ramirez’s lab, shows that this needn’t be the case. Using a stunning set of molecular neuroscience techniques, these scientists have captured specific memories of past in mice, added new memories to them, and shown that the mice behave -----------------------------with these new, false, implanted memories. Thus, memory engineering might have big ---------------, perhaps someday, in human health and society too.
Untouchable
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Row
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Irreconcilable
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In accord
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Implications
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Unaffectionate
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Discord
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Casualty
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The French mathematical economist Léon Walras anticipated inventing a physics of social behavior that would be comparable to Isaac Newton’s laws of motion. Walras devised just such a theory, but it was--------------------------. Walras’s theory was based upon a ------------------------rather than a pragmatic thinking. This complicated, assumption-heavy doomed theory led Walras to comment that such idea of inventing a physics of social behavior -----------------------yet provable.
Successfully employed
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Fanciful concept
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Improbable
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Fatally flawed
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Illustrious theory
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Happenstance
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Thoroughly researched
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Undammed idea
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Fluke
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