Manhattan Prep - 5 Lb. Book of Gre Practice Problems 1,800 Practice Problems in Book and Online (Manhattan Prep 5 lb Series (2019 Edition))-Manhattan Prep (2019)
Flagging, enervated. After “a long, hard practice” in hot weather, naturally
the players would be tired. “Flagging” and “enervated” both mean tired.
Although the players who withstood such a demanding practice likely are
“hale” and “vigorous,” it wouldn’t make sense to say that they “were visibly”
healthy or energetic after working very hard. “Lissome,” which means slim
and graceful, and “loathsome,” which means repulsive, are great GRE words,
but they don’t fit the meaning of this sentence.
9.
Medley, mélange. The feast includes a “variety of dishes,” so the sentence
requires a word that means mixture or multitude. “Medley” and “mélange”
both mean mixture. “Paucity” and “dearth” both mean scarcity, so that pair is
at odds with the idea that there are many different dishes. “Rarity” could
perhaps refer to the scent of dishes that are only made once a year, but
“anomaly” refers to something that deviates from the norm, so these two
words can’t be the correct pair.
10.
A bald, an overt. The earlier “evasions and equivocations” are ways to
avoid a question or flip-flop on an issue. The latest statement is “unlike the
politician’s earlier evasions and equivocations” because it is an explicit, clear,
or obvious lie. “Bald” and “overt” both match. The trap answers “tacit” and
“implicit” (hinted at, unspoken) are synonyms that mean the opposite of what
the blank requires. “Didactic” and “rhetorical,” which could both describe a
speech that is intended to instruct, are near synonyms that form a pair.
However, they don’t fit the meaning of the sentence.
11.
Priggish, punctilious. The blank requires a word that is the opposite of
the words “lighthearted” and “liveliness and spontaneity,” so something like
“strict” would match. “Priggish,” which means self-righteous, and
“punctilious,” which means conscientious, are not quite synonyms, but are
both related to taking the rules much too seriously. “Lax” is a reversal trap, as
is “impious,” which means irreverent; both words are possible antonyms for
strict. Neither “equable,” which means even-tempered, nor “auspicious,”
which means favorable or promising, fits the desired meaning nor have
matches, so they are also incorrect.
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