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)
A myriad, a plethora. The virus spread to a large number (“myriad,”
“plethora”) of bird species. Watch out for trap answers “surplus,” which
means an excess and would not be appropriate to describe bird species, and
“pantheon,” which means all of the gods in a particular religion and also
would not be appropriate to describe a number of bird species. “Contraband,”
meaning illegal goods, and “aurora,” used to describe the dawn or other lights
in the sky, are great GRE words, but not good fits for the blank.
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Witticisms, quips. The first part of sentence says that, even though
Longworth was known for “bon mots,” which literally means “good words”
in French and is generally used to describe wisecracks or one-liners, she was
actually a “very kind” person. Given that her “_________ did not reflect any
vindictiveness,” or meanness, the blank must be another word for “bon mots,”
such as “witticisms” or “quips.” Although “vituperations,” meaning verbally
abusive language, and “rants” also form a pair, they are much more negative
than “bon mots” and therefore not a match. “Taciturnity” describes the state
of being taciturn, or untalkative, and so has the wrong meaning. “Zeal” which
means fervor or enthusiasm, doesn’t have the correct meaning either, and also
isn’t used quite correctly in this expression. Although “zeal” can be passed
from person to person, it isn’t explicitly circulated, the way that one-liners
are.
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Unprincipled, unscrupulous . The woman is looking for “a shady deal or
quick con,” making her someone who is looking to make money by any
means necessary. While “alluring” and “attractive” are a pair of words with
similar meanings, there is nothing in the sentence that suggests she is pleasing
to the eye. Of the remaining words, “unprecedented” does not work, since
there is no clue that she is the first opportunist, and “unqualified” fails as
well, since there is no clue that she is not qualified as an opportunist. This
leaves the correct pair of “unprincipled” and “unscrupulous,” both of which
mean not acting with moral principles.
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