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PRATICE TEST 2 Section V: Verbal Section
Diminished in size – made to look small. A B and D are positive words. Jeopardized – obstruction created or caused – by the perspective cannot be. Hybrid is an adjective that may be used to describe something made up of different elements – ‘but’ goes with combination of all three. Plentiful – abundant – easily available ‘even when’- ‘unemployment could return’. People who are easily misled are ‘gullible’ – ‘wary’ means being cautious. The conjunction ‘although’ calls for a contrast to merciful. Albert is an archaic synonym for although. (Although (Albeit) merciful, he was unyielding (implacable) supplies the contrast desired). Albert therefore supplies the desired contrast i.e. implacable His act was so reprehensible that he was hanged in effigy. Collusion with the enemy would be such an act that would only call for punishment He was struck by – intrigued or fascinated by the device. EXPLANATORY ANSWERS. Analogies Duplicate and alter are opposites – so are stretch and shrink. The other choices like A, B and C appear to be antonyms. But are more general in manner. (E is an expansive pair – vest in implications). Hypothesis is subject to experimentation so is an opinion debatable. In C – a camera can not function without film. And film is not created in the mind as are both hypotheses and opinions. Tango is a type of Dance – of Spanish American origin. In the same way is a type of a poem expressing grief for one who is dead. Choices A, B, C and D are irrelevant in meaning with the given pair arabesque is a design of interlacing lines forming figures of flowers, foliage, and sometimes animals. |
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Test 2
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