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)
Strong suit, forté. The sentence lists the many things that the director is
good at, but the word “while” in this expression suggests that choreography
was a weakness. The phrase “not at all” twists the meaning back in the
opposite direction, so the blank requires a word like strength. “Strong suit”
and “forté” both fit perfectly. “Hobby” and “pastime” are a pair, but they
don’t work here, as this is clearly the director’s job. Similarly, “weakness”
and “deficiency” are a pair but mean the opposite of what the sentence
suggests.
50.
Innovation, transformation. “Though” indicates that the advent of
carbon fiber brought something opposite to “old or adapted” technology. The
blank should mean originality or change—“innovation” and “transformation”
match that meaning. The opposite of a new item is an “antiquity.” The other
answer choices could each be considered a positive value brought about by
carbon fiber frames, but without a clue about the bike’s “flexibility,”
“venerability,” or “seriousness,” none of those answer choices would fit, nor
do they have a pair word.
51.
Brazen, insolent. The sentence says that the “_________ antics” of the
group “flouted” (openly ignored or disobeyed) “the conventions of the
establishment.” “Brazen” and “insolent” can both mean to openly ignore or
disobey and they are the correct answers. “Socialist” and “communist” form a
tempting pair because people who adhere to either socialist or communist
beliefs might well have disagreed with “the conventions of the establishment”
in the United States in the 1960s, but neither term means to disobey.
“Anarchist” is perhaps the most tempting wrong answer because anarchists do
not believe in formal governments and are sometimes described as agitators
or insurgents, but there is no match for “anarchist” among the choices, so it
cannot be correct. “Fastidious,” or particularly concerned about detail or
cleanliness, most certainly does not describe the behavior of the Yippies.
52.