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)
Confounded, flummoxed. The puzzle in question is one of the “more
difficult cryptic crosswords,” so one would expect Sandra to be, well, puzzled
by it. “Enraged” and “incensed” are an intriguing pair, but there is no reason
to believe Sandra was made angry by the puzzle. “Smitten” can’t work here
because the correct idiom is smitten with. “Impressed” might work, but it
doesn’t have a pair word (since “smitten” can’t be correct). “Confounded”
and “flummoxed” both mean perplexed and are correct.
81.
Impervious, inimical. The “while” at the beginning of this sentence
indicates that the opening phrase, “teachers say they are keen on the idea of
participatory pedagogy,” will be contrasted with the second idea, that teachers
“often have little understanding of what participatory practices entail.” The
part of the sentence following the semicolon confirms this reality with
observations of how teachers actually act in classrooms. The blank, then,
must be filled with a word describing how teachers are “in fact” likely to
behave: not able or likely to change. Both “impervious” and “inimical” fit this
meaning. “Amenable” and “prone” are not a true pair, nor do they match with
the observations of how teachers actually behave. “Reconciled” and
“resigned” are a pair that would mean the teachers are changing their
behavior, but the sentence indicates that this is not so.
82.
Approbation, plaudits. The filmmaker received “acclaim,” while the
subject of the documentary did not. “Approbation” and “plaudits” are both
synonyms for acclaim and are correct. “Opprobrium” and “fulmination,”
which both mean strong criticism or protest, reflect the opposite of the
required meaning, while “wealth” and “capital” don’t fit the meaning of the
sentence.
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