GRE Verbal Reasoning Questions
Sentence Equivalence Questions (Set 6)
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Questions 1 to 10 below are Sentence Equivalence Questions.Select the two answer choices that, when used to complete the sentence, fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole and produce completed sentences that are alike in meaning.
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1. Even though Byron is frequently glib, it is still hard to dismiss him as a ____ thinker.
 | superficial |
| profound |
| lightweight |
| lucid |
| verbose |
| uncompromising |
2. Far from being an innocent prank, their action is a ____ attempt to spoil my reputation.
| malicious |
| salubrious |
| naive |
| saturnine |
| innocuous |
| callous |
3. Although his findings were initially greeted with ____ , the unlikely hero was finally vindicated when the French Academy acknowledged his work.
| derision |
| accolades |
| commendations |
| sympathy |
| jubilation |
| incredulity |
4. Their latest theory aims to integrate the seemingly ____ elements of twenty years of research to form a coherent whole.
| relevant |
| sporadic |
| incessant |
| disparate |
| discrete |
| extensive |
5. Svensson’s ____ in his work earned him few friends: his colleagues probably thought that he would be unwilling to overlook their foibles.
| xenophobia |
| mendacity |
| meticulousness |
| intuition |
| punctiliousness |
| prevarication |
6. Icons would be well-advised to write their own memoirs; there are too many ____ writers out there who forego accuracy to pander to the preconceptions of the market.
| creative |
| lackluster |
| hackneyed |
| sycophantic |
| fawning |
| best-selling |
7. Both commentators noted the way that Dylan can submerge himself in tradition while somehow managing to create works of startling ____.
| gestation |
| singularity |
| provenance |
| conservatism |
| nonchalance |
| originality |
8. When aid is given to an autocracy, the donors are prone to rationalize their decision to support non-democratic governments, and thus lay themselves open to the charge of ____.
| negligence |
| hypocrisy |
| equivocation |
| slander |
| autonomy |
| nepotism |
9. The insertion of a fiction into a news bulletin cannot be condoned, but inserting propaganda for a good cause seems less ____.
| untoward |
| democratic |
| reprehensible |
| credible |
| insupportable |
| utilitarian |
10. In showing the shocking images of depravity and degradation, the curators of the art museum said that the importance of historical accuracy outweighed the danger of encouraging ____.
| prurience |
| avarice |
| vandalism |
| voyeurism |
| outrage |
| torture |