GRE Preparation Kit 1 - Section1[ 1- 19 ]

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SECTION 1 [ 1- 19 ]

1. A computer program can provide information in ways that force students to --- learning instead
    of being merely ---- of knowledge.
   (A) shore up .. reservoirs
   (B) accede to .. consumers
   (C) participate in .. recipients
   (D) compensate for.. custodians
   (E) profit from .. beneficiaries

2. The form and physiology of leaves vary according to the ---- in which they develop: for example,
    leaves display a wide range of adaptations to different degrees of light and moisture.
   (A) relationship
   (B) species
   (C) sequence
   (D) patterns
   (E) environment

3. One theory about intelligence sees ---- as the logical structure underlying thinking and insists that
    since animals are mute, they must be ---- as well.
   (A) behavior.. inactive
   (B) instinct.. cooperative
   (C) heredity.. thoughtful
   (D) adaptation.. brutal
   (E) language.. mindless

4. Though ---- in her personal life, Edna St. Vincent Millay was nonetheless ---- about her work, 
    usually producing several pages of complicated rhyme in a day.
   (A) jaded.. feckless
   (B) verbose.. ascetic
   (C) vain.. humble
   (D) impulsive.. disciplined
   (E) self-assured.. sanguine

5. The children's ---- natures were in sharp contrast to the even-tempered dispositions of their 
    Parents.
   (A) mercurial
   (B) blithe
   (C) phlegmatic
   (D) introverted
   (E) artless

6. By ---- scientific rigor with a quantitative approach, researchers in the social sciences may often
    have --- their scope to those narrowly circumscribed topics that are well suited to quantitative
    methods.
   (A) undermining.. diminished
   (B) equating.. enlarged
   (C) vitiating.. expanded
   (D) identifying.. limited
   (E) imbuing.. broadened

7. As early as the seventeenth century, philosophers called attention to the ---- character of the
    issue, and their twentieth-century counterparts still approach it with ----.
   (A) absorbing.. indifference
   (B) unusual.. composure
   (C) complex.. antipathy
   (D) auspicious.. caution
   (E) problematic.. uneasiness

8. TRIPOD: CAMERA::
   (A) scaffolding: ceiling
   (B) prop: set
   (C) easel: canvas
   (D) projector: film
   (E) frame: photograph

9. AQUATIC: WATER::
   (A) cumulus: clouds
   (B) inorganic: elements
   (C) variegated: leaves
   (D) rural: soil
   (E) arboreal: trees

10. EMOLLIENT: SUPPLENESS::
     (A) unguent: elasticity
     (B) precipitant: absorption
     (C) additive: fusion
     (D) desiccant: dryness
     (E) retardant: permeability

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11. DRAW: DOODLE::
     (A) talk: whisper
     (B) travel: ramble
     (C) run: walk
     (D) calculate: add
     (E) eat: gobble

12. CONSPICUOUS: SEE:
     (A) repulsive: forget
     (B) prohibited: discount
     (C) deceptive: delude
     (D) impetuous: disregard
     (E) transparent: understand

13. IMMATURE: DEVELOPED::
     (A) accessible: exposed
     (B) theoretical: conceived
     (C) tangible: identified
     (D) irregular: classified
     (E) incipient: realized

14. PERSPICACITY: ACUTE::
     (A) adaptability: prescient
     (B) decorum: complacent
     (C) caprice: whimsical
     (D) discretion: literal
     (E) ignorance: pedantic

15. PLAYFUL: BANTER::
     (A) animated: originality
     (B) exaggerated: hyperbole
     (C) insidious: effrontery
     (D) pompous: irrationality
     (E) taciturn: solemnity

16. QUARANTINE: CONTAGION::
     (A) blockage: obstacle
     (B) strike: concession
     (C) embargo: commerce
     (D) vaccination: inoculation
     (E) prison: reform

Influenced by the view of some twentieth-century feminists that women's position within the family is one of the central factors determining women's social position,some historians have underestimated the signi-(5) ficance of the woman suffrage movement. These historians contend that nineteenth-century suffragism was less radical and, hence, less important than, for example, the moral reform movement or domestic feminism— two nineteenth-century movements in which women strug-(10)gled for more power and autonomy within the family.True, by emphasizing these struggles, such historians have broadened the conventional view of nineteenthcentury feminism, but they do a historical disservice to suffragism. Nineteenth-century feminists and anti-(15)feminist alike perceived the suffragists' demand for enfranchisement as the most radical element in women's protest, in part because suffragists were demanding power that was not based on the institution of the family, women's traditional sphere. When evaluating (20)nineteenth-century feminism as a social force, contemporary historians should consider the perceptions of actual participants in the historical events.

17.The author asserts that the historians discussed in the passage have
    (A) influenced feminist theorists who concentrate on the family
    (B) honored the perceptions of the women who participated in the women suffrage movement
    (C) treated feminism as a social force rather than as an intellectual tradition
    (D) paid little attention to feminist movements
    (E) expanded the conventional view of nineteenthcentury feminism

18.The author of the passage asserts that some twentieth-century feminists have influenced some
     historians view of the
    (A) significance of the woman suffrage movement
    (B) importance to society of the family as an  institution
    (C) degree to which feminism changed nineteenthcentury society
    (D) philosophical traditions on which contemporary feminism is based
    (E) public response to domestic feminism in the nineteenth century

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19.The author of the passage suggests that which of the following was true of nineteenth-century
     feminists?
     (A) Those who participated in the moral reform movement were motivated primarily by a
           desire to reconcile their private lives with their public positions.
     (B) Those who advocated domestic feminism, although less visible than the suffragists, were
           in some ways the more radical of the two groups.
     (C) Those who participated in the woman suffrage movement sought social roles for women that
           were not defined by women's familial roles.
     (D) Those who advocated domestic feminism regarded the gaining of more autonomy within
            the family as a step toward more participation in public life.
     (E) Those who participated in the nineteenthcentury moral reform movement stood midway
           between the positions of domestic feminism and suffragism.