GRE Verbal Section- Analogy Questions and Answers

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Q231
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.
  • A great - immutability
  • B joyful - mortality
  • C conventional - wildness
  • D cheerful - transitoriness
Answer: Option D
Q232
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 pedantry - reinstating
  • B enthusiasm - symbolizing
  • C skepticism - deciphering
  • D antipathy - involving
Answer: Option C
Q233
Clearly refuting sceptics, researches have ----- not only that gravitational radiation exists but that it also does exactly what the theory ----- it should do.
  • A supposed - asserted
  • B voubted -warranted
  • C assumed - deduced
  • D demonstrated - predicted
Answer: Option D
Q234
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.
  • A variety
  • B economy
  • C profusion
  • D clarity
Answer: Option B
Q235
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.
  • A Disappointment - superfluous
  • B Convenience - exquisite
  • C Advantage - deleterious
  • D Accomplishment - profound
Answer: Option C
Q236
While admitting that the risks incurred by use of the insecticide were not ----- the manufacturer's spokesperson argued that effective ----- were simply not available.
  • A indeterminable - safeguards
  • B unusual - alternatives
  • C inconsequential - substitutes
  • D proven - antidotes
Answer: Option C
Q237
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.
  • A emotional - impersonal
  • B familiar : symbolic
  • C disturbing - ordinary
  • D material - remote
Answer: Option D
Q238
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.
  • A variety
  • B stability
  • C deviations
  • D invigorations
Answer: Option A
Q239
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.
  • A intolerant
  • B democratic
  • C emotional
  • D patient
Answer: Option A
Q240
An occasional ----- remark spoiled the ----- that made the paper memorable.
  • A colloquial
  • B trite - cliches
  • C urbane - sophisticated
  • D hackneyed - originality
Answer: Option D
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