GRE Verbal Reasoning Questions

1. The crew of the air balloon ____ the sand bags to help the balloon rise over the hill.

2. We were not fooled by his (1)____ arguments; his plan was (2)____ . That even he was (3)____ by his own reasoning was apparent from his unenthusiastic demeanor.

3. Hawkins is ____ in his field; no other contemporary scientist commands the same respect.

4. The model paraded in front of the celebrities with (1)____ ; it was impossible to tell that this was her (2)____.

5. English words and expressions have come into being (1)____, and some common expressions are decidedly illogical. The term lead pencil, for example, is a (2)____ ; pencils are filled with graphite not lead.

6. When the (1)____ weather forced us to stay indoors, we resorted to (2)____ board games to pass the time. Anything, however (3)____, was better in our present troubled state of mind than sitting in silence.

7. It will be hard to (1)____ Leonid now that you have so (2)____ him.

8. Edward was understandably upset that he had lost the position, but he was (1)____ by the conviction that he had done nothing to (2)____ the dismissal.

9. She was roundly condemned for her ____ ; she betrayed the woman to whom she owed her success.

10. Our grandfather was an entertaining (1)____; he used to (2)____ us with marvelous anecdotes that we, in our childlike simplicity, (3)____.