Is there any help to improve my GRE verbal questions?
Requirement: Fill the blank with 2 words selected from this list, each word should give the sentence the same meaning.
Modern agricultural practices have been extremely successful in increasing the productivity of major food crops, yet despite heavy use of pesticides, __ losses to diseases and insect pests are sustained each year.
- A. incongruous B. reasonable C. significant D. considerable E. equitable F. fortuitous
My guess: D, E
- The judge’s standing in the legal community, though shaken by phony allegations of wrongdoing, emerged, at long last, __. A (R) Int. in the ACTL of October 1, 1953, at the end of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals: I think the outcome of the case will be “d), under d, E: of
- A. unqualified B. undiminished C. undecided D. undamaged E. unresolved F. unprincipled
(without a logical
answer) My guess for the decision is: B, D In your opinion, it would be great if you
could give an answer, as well as explain why you made the decision.
The strategy is to see the direction involved on the missing word, Also, temporarily remove everything unnecessary: “The judge’s standing emerged _____ ” can get rid of some words that just won’t work no matter what, like A and F
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qn 1: the positive introductory part of the sentence, with the ‘despite’ are setting up a contrast, so you’re expecting a ‘loss’ of a negative kind. Only C and D are negative losses (and C,’significant’, seems a little -too- negative).
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Xue Zhong “though shaken” is ‘positive’ and you’re looking for another contrast (qn 2) B and D are both positive. ‘shaken’ ‘evokes possible damage more than possible lessening, so I would go with D.
You’re right about your first question and the second. Significant and considerable are synonyms.
You’re right about your first question and the second. Significant and considerable are synonyms.
You’re right about your first question and the second. Significant and considerable are synonyms.
The strategy is to see the direction involved on the missing word, Also, temporarily remove everything unnecessary: “The judge’s standing emerged _____ ” can get rid of some words that just won’t work no matter what, like A and F
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qn 1: the positive introductory part of the sentence, with the ‘despite’ are setting up a contrast, so you’re expecting a ‘loss’ of a negative kind. Only C and D are negative losses (and C,’significant’, seems a little -too- negative).
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Xue Zhong “though shaken” is ‘positive’ and you’re looking for another contrast (qn 2) B and D are both positive. ‘shaken’ ‘evokes possible damage more than possible lessening, so I would go with D.
The strategy is to see the direction involved on the missing word, Also, temporarily remove everything unnecessary: “The judge’s standing emerged _____ ” can get rid of some words that just won’t work no matter what, like A and F
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qn 1: the positive introductory part of the sentence, with the ‘despite’ are setting up a contrast, so you’re expecting a ‘loss’ of a negative kind. Only C and D are negative losses (and C,’significant’, seems a little -too- negative).
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Xue Zhong “though shaken” is ‘positive’ and you’re looking for another contrast (qn 2) B and D are both positive. ‘shaken’ ‘evokes possible damage more than possible lessening, so I would go with D.
You’re right about your first question and the second. Significant and considerable are synonyms.
You’re right about your first question and the second. Significant and considerable are synonyms.
The expectations in the GRE reflects your knowledge and skills already. As Robusto says in his account, we are wrong about the first part. The first part says yet despite heavy use of pesticides, __ losses to diseases are sustained each year. The two words, yet and despite together create a sense of negativity, while equitable is usually used in a positive sense. What are context neutral C,D which are also make sense.
The expectations in the GRE reflects your knowledge and skills already. As Robusto says in his account, we are wrong about the first part. The first part says yet despite heavy use of pesticides, __ losses to diseases are sustained each year. The two words, yet and despite together create a sense of negativity, while equitable is usually used in a positive sense. What are context neutral C,D which are also make sense.
