GRE Verbal Section- Analogy
GRE Verbal Section- Analogy
261. In an effort to ------its operations, the corporation announced it was acquiring a ------company in a different type of manufacturing.
- diversify - subsidiary
- adumberate - solvent
- multiply - protracted
- intensify - fluctuating
262. Samuel Clemens chose the ------Mark Twain as a result of his knowledge of river boat piloting.
- mountebank
- protagonist
- misanthrope
- hallucination
263. To meet all ------a source of ------electrical power was added to the train's engine.
- Integuments - parallel
- possibilities - incidental
- amenities - diverse
- contingencies - auxiliary
264. Since the escaping vapors proved to be highly ------, measures were at once taken for the ------of the experiments.
- Volatile - ratification
- Observable - insulation
- Gaseous - reduction
- Noxious - cessation
265. Eric Fromm does not agree that man is ------ in Freudian sexual dilemmas for if the ------ that man creates can be changed for the better, there is hope that the state of man can be changed as well.
- Tortured - goals
- Trapped - institutions
- Caught - symbols
- Engulfed - life
266. As man reached the stars, a booming population threatened to destroy the ------ of life on his home planet and even its chances for ------
- Quality - survival
- Basis - growth
- Existence - upliftment
- chances - improvement
267. Until the current warming trend exceeds the range of normal climatic fluctuations, there will be, among scientists, considerable ------ the possibility that increasing levels of atmosphere Co2 can cause long term warming effects
- interest in
- uncertainty about
- experimentation on
- enthusiasm for
268. Having no sense of moral obligation, shipler was as little subject to the ------ of conscience after he acted as he was motivated by its ------ before he acted.
- balm - eloquence
- qualms - atonement
- reproaches - prompting's
- rewards - chastisement
269. Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and ------
- goes to work
- stays cool
- embarrasses its user
- communicates
270. Famous among job seekers for its ------, the company, quite apart from generous salaries, bestowed on its executives annual bonuses and such ------ as low - interest home mortgages and company cars.
- largesse - perquisites
- altruism - credits
- magnanimity - reparations
- discernment - prerogatives