GRE 2024 Verbal Reasoning Test 1 Question Paper with Solutions PDF is available for download. The overall test time is about 1 hour and 58 minutes. GRE has total 5 sections:
- Analytical Writing (One "Analyze an Issue" task, Alloted time 30 minutes)
- Verbal Reasoning (Two Sections, with 12 questions and 15 questions respectively)
- Quantitative Reasoning (Two Sections, with 12 questions and 15 questions respectively)
GRE 2024 Verbal Reasoning Practice Test 1 Question Paper with Solutions PDF
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Choose the word that, when inserted in the sentence, best completes the sentence.
Caught completely unaware by his professor's question, Alfred timidly ventured a
guess, which much to his relief, his professor---.
Choose the word that, when inserted in the sentence, best completes the sentence.
Sam has memorized the most ------ details about dinosaurs and seems to have an
inexhaustible knowledge about the most arcane details concerning these
prehistoric animals.
Choose the word that, when inserted in the sentence, best completes the sentence.
Despite their reputation for being harsh, the ancient rulers were known to give
------ to the condemned quite frequently.
4. Choose the word that, when inserted in the sentence, best completes the sentence.
He hated unnecessary aesthetic details, so his furniture was strictly ------ .
5. Choose the word that, when inserted in the sentence, best completes the sentence.
From the time of her birth, the girl had been ------, always disobeying the ------- of
her elders.
6. Choose the word that, when inserted in the sentence, best completes the sentence.
Paschal was not known to ----- when discussing difficult topics; he did not fear
----- his friends by directly addressing difficult issues.
7. Choose the word that, when inserted in the sentence, best completes the sentence.
Suzanne never doubted the words of even the most ----liar. Her----personality
led her to fall into the plotting hands of even the most well-known scoundrels.
8. Choose the word that, when inserted in the sentence, best completes the sentence.
He was --- and never wasted words, but his sister was ---and loved to ---
cheerfully to anyone about even the most inconsequential topics.
9. Choose the word that, when inserted in the sentence, best completes the sentence.
Everyone was surprised when the corporal, normally a --- woman, not only spoke
up in the meeting, but had the --- to tell the five-star general to his face that his
last order had been ---, issued in the heat of the moment without first considering
later repercussions.
10. Choose the word that, when inserted in the sentence, best completes the sentence.
The scientist's theories initially seemed --- at best, as there existed little evidence
to support them; however, later advances in her field --- her claims and she
received many --- for her work.
11. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted into the sentence, best
completes the sentence.
Although saving only a small amount of money each month can seem like a
pointless endeavor, the --- of funds over years of time can be remarkable.
12. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted into the sentence, best
completes the sentence.
My dog's fear of water made the task of bathing him rather ---.
13. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted into the sentence, best
completes the sentence.
The physics professor's new theorem was so --- that no one in the undergraduate
class could understand even its most basic principles.
14. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted into the sentence, best
completes the sentence.
Dave took everything that was said to him seriously, even --- comments, which
often forced his friends to digress from the topic of conversation to explain jokes
which were normally left ---.
15. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted into the sentence, best
completes the sentence.
Suzy thought Kevin would prove to be ---, but she discovered instead that his
behavior was such a model of --- that he could never be considered a spendthrift.
16. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted into the sentence, best
completes the sentence.
The young are often naïve and ---, aiming at ---schemes that in reality cannot
be accomplished.
17. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted into the sentence, best
completes the sentence.
The butler completed his tasks in a --- manner, barely paying attention to his
work as he overheard the household's --- scandal in its earliest stages of hushed
conversations and snide comments.
17. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted into the sentence, best
completes the sentence.
The butler completed his tasks in a --- manner, barely paying attention to his
work as he overheard the household's --- scandal in its earliest stages of hushed
conversations and snide comments.
18. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted into the sentence, best
completes the sentence.
The editor reduced the introduction from ten --- pages to two ---paragraphs
by --- all of the unnecessary verbal flourishes that riddled its sentences.
19. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted into the sentence, best
completes the sentence.
The --- cat refused to walk around tamely on a leash, but the --- dog not only
heeled, but obeyed each of its master's commands obediently and never needed to
be --- for not listening.
20. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted into the sentence, best
completes the sentence.
The fashion show featured pieces inspired by --- styles, and the models were
--- in pieces that --- to Greek togas, knightly armor, and trailing dresses with
underskirts and bustles.
21. The main idea of the passage is ---.
22. The author’s argument is best summarized as ----.
23. The word "countenance" in the passage means ---.
24. The author references "Enlightenment-era classicists" in order to ---.
25. The word "paradigm" in the passage means ---.
26. It can be inferred from the passage that ---.
27. The author views modern scientific tests as ---.
28. The author would not agree with the statement that ---.
29. It can be inferred from the passage that Enlightenment-era classicists ---.
30. The main argument of the passage is ---.
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