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GRE Verbal Reasoning 2024 past questions and answers

This 2024 GRE Verbal Reasoning set has 29 practice questions. Try these 5 free sample questions, tap a question to reveal the answer and explanation. Then practise the whole 2024 set with instant marking.

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Sample GRE Verbal Reasoning 2024 questions

1. The reviewer expected the museum's new catalog to be celebratory; instead, its footnotes are so careful about uncertain attributions that the overall tone seems ____.
  1. effusive
  2. circumspect
  3. perfunctory
  4. dogmatic

Answer: B. circumspect

Careful qualification about uncertain attributions makes the catalog circumspect rather than exuberant or categorical.

2. Although the proposal's goal is compelling, its plan for coordinating agencies remains ____: it names no lead office, timeline, or method for resolving disputes.
  1. polished
  2. exhaustive
  3. immutable
  4. inchoate

Answer: D. inchoate

A plan lacking basic procedures is still undeveloped, or inchoate.

3. By making seasonal measurements continuous, the sensor network may ____ some of the repeated field surveys, though it cannot replace all on-site verification.
  1. obviate
  2. exacerbate
  3. codify
  4. replicate

Answer: A. obviate

Continuous measurements may make some repeated surveys unnecessary, which is the meaning of obviate.

4. Because the committee had not reached consensus, the chair gave an ____ answer about whether the pilot would be renewed, leaving both supporters and critics able to claim vindication.
  1. forthright
  2. dismissive
  3. equivocal
  4. categorical

Answer: C. equivocal

An equivocal answer is ambiguous enough to permit competing interpretations.

5. The new filter lowered average contaminant levels, but it did little to ____ public concern: the remaining concentration still exceeded the legal limit.
  1. amplify
  2. attenuate
  3. quantify
  4. substantiate

Answer: B. attenuate

Because the remaining level still exceeded the limit, the filter did little to lessen, or attenuate, concern.

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