GRE Mock 2 - Part 1

Question 1

Patent (adj.)

Answer 1

Given the patent shortcomings of the economic model in its portrayal of human behavior, the failure of economists in addressing them is astonishing.
(obvious - unobstructed)

Question 2

Hand-wringing (n.)

Answer 2

There has been much hand-wringing about how unprepared American students are for college.
There is no more time for more hand-wringing on the bias in the media.
(excessive display of concern or distress)

Question 3

Vanquished (adj.)

Answer 3

For a brief window the virus seemed to have been vanquished with the case counts hovering in the low hundreds.
(to be defeated completely.)

Question 4

Spurious (adj.)

Answer 4

When politicians talk it is very difficult to distinguish the spurious claims from the authentic ones.
(specious - plausible but false - OPP = authentic)

Question 5

Anoint (v.)

Answer 5

Muslims celebrate “Mabaas” which is the anniversary of their prophet’s anointments.

1. put oil usually as a part of a religious ritual.
2. being chosen by divine intervention.

Question 6

Credence (n.)(uc.)

Answer 6

The DNA results lend credence to his claims of innocence.
His ideas quickly gained credence among other economists.
(the acceptance of something as true)

Question 7

Cunning (adj.)

Answer 7

The cunning maneuvers leading to his success.

clever in a dishonest way

Question 8

irresolute (adj.)

Answer 8

Trump’s Syrian legacy: he has proved to be even more irresolute than his predecessor, Obama.
(vacillant, not certain how to act or proceed.)

Question 9

Incendiary (adj.)

Answer 9

Again and again he combined incendiary rhetoric with irresolute action, bringing republicans all the political costs of a hardline position without actually taking one.
(flammable - inflammatory)

Question 10

Probate (v.)

Answer 10

All joint properties go to the named beneficiaries without having to go through probate.
(proving that a will is legal - putting a convict on probation)

Question 11

Doctrinaire (adj.)

Answer 11

He was doctrinaire thinker, eager to fill the young with his political orthodoxy while censoring any ideas he did not like.
(dogmatic - insisting on theory with no regard for practicality)

Question 12

debase (v.)

Answer 12

There were some concerns regarding the musical episodes debasing the show, but at the point the first musical aired the writing had gone so off that no one actually noticed the bizarre low-quality episode as an anomaly.
He is left with a debased currency and an skyrocketed inflation rate .

Question 13

treacherous (adj.)

Answer 13

If Russia could secure Ukraine’s impartiality by any other means it would no have chosen such a treacherous journey.
This was has created a new and more treacherous reality for both the Kremlin and Russia’s 145 million people.
(dangerously unreliable, perilous, tending to betray)

Question 14

discomfit (v.)

Answer 14

Efforts by Trump to discomfit Biden through an overly aggressive first presidential debate backfired and he was severely criticized for his interruptions.
Her silence was discomfiting him.
(make someone slightly annoyed and uncomfortable- to make someone lose composure.)

Question 15

expedient (adj.)

Answer 15

American people should know that we will always keep our commitment to the constitution, even when it is politically expedient to do otherwise.
(A solution that deals with a problem quickly but is not necessarily moral or may cause problems in the long run.)

Question 16

imminent (adj.)

Answer 16

While Beijing now regularly sends warplanes toward Taiwan, there is no sign that an attack is imminent.
a palpable imminent danger.
(impending - about to happen)

Question 17

defamatory (adj.)

Answer 17

He said he was harmed by the publication of false and defamatory claims that he was plotting with Russia.

Question 18

Calumnious (adj.)

Answer 18

Accusing the news media of calumnious attacks is a routine strategy in Italy, but it has not gone over well internationally.
(defamatory)

Question 19

Inveigle (v.)

Answer 19

Naturally he was going to be the first person who tried it, and he was going to inveigle others, us, into trying it as well.
Populists are often portrayed in media as charismatic performers, manipulating the ignorant electorate to inveigle their way into the office.

Question 20

Timorous (adj.)

Answer 20

Reade, deluged by messages of encouragement and threat, was by turns timorous and combative.
He had a spine of steel, he was never too timorous to lay bare our views on public affair, corruption and injustice.
(Reveal timidity - shy and easily frightened.)

Question 21

Dispense with (Phrasal v.)

Answer 21

Let’s dispense with the formalities, shall we?
Ann suggested that they dispense with the speeches completely at the wedding.
(To not do something that people usually do or use because it is not necessary.)

Question 22

Dispense (v.)

Answer 22

More than a thousand authors gathered to hear him dispense advice.
(to give someone something especially in fixed amounts. to provide)

Question 23

Recrudescent (adj.)

Answer 23

We thought the fire was doused but we heard him swear and slap a recrudescent flame upon his leg.
(The revival of an unfortunate situation after a period of abatement.)

Question 24

Coercion (n.)(uc.)

Answer 24

The defendant claimed that he had confessed under coercion.

to use threats or force to make something occur.