GRE Exam Verbal Ability Miscellaneous

Although he has long had a reputation for (i) _ , his behavior toward his coworkers has always been (ii) _ , suggesting he may not be as insolent as people generally think.
Blank (i)
A) inscrutability
B) venality
C) impudence
Blank (ii)
D) brazen
E) courteous
F) predictable

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GRE Other Question

The unironic representation of objects from everyday life is (i) ___________ serious American art of the twentieth century: “high” artists ceded the straight for-ward depiction of the (ii) ___________ to illustrators, advertisers, and packaging designers.
Blank (i)
A) missing from
B) valued in
C) crucial to
Blank (ii)
D) beautiful
E) commonplace
F) complex There is nothing that (i) ___________ scientists more than having an old problem in their field solved by someone from outside. If you doubt this (ii) ___________, just think about the (iii) ___________ reaction of paleontologists to the hypothesis of Luis Alvarez—a physicist—and Walter Alvarez—a geologist—that the extinction of the dinosaurs was caused by the impact of a large meteor on the surface of the planet.

Blank (i)
A) amazes
B) pleases
C) nettles

Blank (ii)
D) exposition
E) objurgation
F) observation

Blank (iii)
G) contemptuous
H) indifferent
I) insincere