GRE Verbal Section- Analogy

GRE Verbal Section- Analogy
231. Parts of seventeenth-century Chinese pleasure gardens were not necessarily intended to look -----they were designed expressly to evoke the agreeable melancholy resulting from a sense of the ----- of natural beauty and human glory.
  • great - immutability
  • joyful - mortality
  • conventional - wildness
  • cheerful - transitoriness
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232. 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.
  • pedantry - reinstating
  • enthusiasm - symbolizing
  • skepticism - deciphering
  • antipathy - involving
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233. Clearly refuting sceptics, researches have ----- not only that gravitational radiation exists but that it also does exactly what the theory ----- it should do.
  • supposed - asserted
  • voubted -warranted
  • assumed - deduced
  • demonstrated - predicted
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234. The Neolatonists' conception of a deity, in which perfection was measured by abundant fecundity, was contradicted by that of the Aristotelians, in which perfection was displayed in the ----- of creation.
  • variety
  • economy
  • profusion
  • clarity
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235. It is a great ----- to be able to transfer useful genes with as little extra gene material as possible, because the donor's genome may contain, in addition to desirable genes, many genes with ----- effects.
  • Disappointment - superfluous
  • Convenience - exquisite
  • Advantage - deleterious
  • Accomplishment - profound
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236. While admitting that the risks incurred by use of the insecticide were not ----- the manufacturer's spokesperson argued that effective ----- were simply not available.
  • indeterminable - safeguards
  • unusual - alternatives
  • inconsequential - substitutes
  • proven - antidotes
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237. Human reaction to the realm of though is often as strong as that to sensible presences; our higher moral life is based on the fact that ----- sensations actually present may have a weaker influence on our action than do ideas of ----- facts.
  • emotional - impersonal
  • familiar : symbolic
  • disturbing - ordinary
  • material - remote
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238. Some scientists argue that carbon compounds play such a central role in life on earth because of the possibility of ----- resulting from the carbon atom's ability to form an unending series of different molecules.
  • variety
  • stability
  • deviations
  • invigorations
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239. It would be difficult for one so ----- to be led to believe that all men are equal and that we must disregard race, color and creed.
  • intolerant
  • democratic
  • emotional
  • patient
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240. An occasional ----- remark spoiled the ----- that made the paper memorable.
  • colloquial
  • trite - cliches
  • urbane - sophisticated
  • hackneyed - originality
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