Quiz for GRE words

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Question 1
Multiple-choice

Peruse

Select the best answer

*Confirm
Give support
Verify

*Separate
Being alone or apart from others

*Clear
Expressed clearly
Easy to understand

*to look for
Examine carefully

Question 2
Multiple-choice

Rapt

Select the best answer

*Pay attention
Fascinated by what one is seeing or hearing

*Talking too much
Expressed in more words than needed

*Falsehood
Mistaken belief based on unsound argument

*Separate
Individually separate and distinct

Question 3
Multiple-choice

Prodigal

Select the best answer

*Wasteful
Wastefully extravagant
Spending freely and recklessly

*Pay attention
Fascinated by what one is seeing or hearing

*Talking too little
implied though not plainly expressed

*Temporary
Lasting for a very short period of time

Question 4
Multiple-choice

Digress

Select the best answer

*Confirm
Give support
Verify

*Odd, Weird
Go off on a tangent
Deviate

*to look for
Examine carefully

*Separate
Being alone or apart from others

Question 5
Multiple-choice

Ephemeral

Select the best answer

*Talking too much
Expressed in more words than needed

*Falsehood
Pretend to be affected by...
Fake, sham

*Falsehood
Mistaken belief based on unsound argument

*Temporary
Lasting for a very short period of time

Question 6
Multiple-choice

Implicit

Select the best answer

*Falsehood
Mistaken belief based on unsound argument

*Talking too little
implied though not plainly expressed

*Separate
Individually separate and distinct

*Talking too little
understood or implied without being stated

Question 7
Multiple-choice

Sever

Select the best answer

*Avoid
Deflect
Answer evasively

*Separate
Being alone or apart from others

*to look for
Examine carefully

*Separate
Divide by cutting or slicing

Question 8
Multiple-choice

Specious

Select the best answer

*Falsehood
Misleading in appearance
Deceptive

*Odd, Weird
Deviating from what is standard

*Separate
Being alone or apart from others

*Impact, change
Cause or give rise to...

Question 9
Multiple-choice

Circumlocution

Select the best answer

*Wasteful
Wastefully extravagant
Spending freely and recklessly

*Falsehood
Pretend to be affected by...
Fake, sham

*Clear
Expressed clearly
Easy to understand

*Talking to much
the use of many words where fewer would do

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