GRE Verbal Section- Analogy Questions and Answers

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Q261
In an effort to ------its operations, the corporation announced it was acquiring a ------company in a different type of manufacturing.
  • A diversify - subsidiary
  • B adumberate - solvent
  • C multiply - protracted
  • D intensify - fluctuating
Answer: Option A
Q262
Samuel Clemens chose the ------Mark Twain as a result of his knowledge of river boat piloting.
  • A mountebank
  • B protagonist
  • C misanthrope
  • D hallucination
Answer: Option
Q263
To meet all ------a source of ------electrical power was added to the train's engine.
  • A Integuments - parallel
  • B possibilities - incidental
  • C amenities - diverse
  • D contingencies - auxiliary
Answer: Option D
Q264
Since the escaping vapors proved to be highly ------, measures were at once taken for the ------of the experiments.
  • A Volatile - ratification
  • B Observable - insulation
  • C Gaseous - reduction
  • D Noxious - cessation
Answer: Option D
Q265
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.
  • A Tortured - goals
  • B Trapped - institutions
  • C Caught - symbols
  • D Engulfed - life
Answer: Option B
Q266
As man reached the stars, a booming population threatened to destroy the ------ of life on his home planet and even its chances for ------
  • A Quality - survival
  • B Basis - growth
  • C Existence - upliftment
  • D chances - improvement
Answer: Option A
Q267
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
  • A interest in
  • B uncertainty about
  • C experimentation on
  • D enthusiasm for
Answer: Option B
Q268
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.
  • A balm - eloquence
  • B qualms - atonement
  • C reproaches - prompting's
  • D rewards - chastisement
Answer: Option C
Q269
Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and ------
  • A goes to work
  • B stays cool
  • C embarrasses its user
  • D communicates
Answer: Option B
Q270
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.
  • A largesse - perquisites
  • B altruism - credits
  • C magnanimity - reparations
  • D discernment - prerogatives
Answer: Option A
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