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       quintessential

       truculent

       veracious

       viable

      The buffalo must have originated and lived in the area. Endemic and indigenous fit this meaning, making the correct answers Choices (A) and (B).

      Quintessential refers to a perfect state, truculent means displaying poor behavior, veracious means truthful and accurate, and viable means practical.

      18. The _____ spares no time for a cordial gesture.

       stolid

       wistful

       consummate

       contrite

       coy

       stoic

      Cordial refers to an effort to be friendly. Also you know that the sentence is talking about a person, because only a person spares time.

      What kind of person would not spare time to be friendly? One who is emotionless, such as a stolid or a stoic. The correct answers are Choices (A) and (F).

      Wistful means regretful and. consummate means complete and perfect, neither of which is the case here. Contrite refers to one who is filled with sorrow for a wrongdoing, and coy means shy or modest.

      19. A talent for easy conversation can help one build relationships, but too much can make one appear _____ and have the opposite effect.

       abstruse

       garrulous

       loquacious

       lachrymose

       gregarious

       recondite

      If too much conversation can be bad, then find words that mean too talkative. Garrulous and loquacious refer to one who talks too much, in a bad way, so Choices (B) and (C) are correct.

      Abstruse and recondite refer to one who isn’t easily understood, and they wouldn’t necessarily have the ill effect of talking too much. Lachrymose means tearful, which is certainly not the case here. Gregarious refers to one who is social and outgoing — also talkative, but in a good way.

Gregarious is another type of trap answer, but its giveaway is that it has a positive connotation, as a social connector. Garrulous and loquacious have a negative connotation, as in a nuisance.

      20. Beneath the _____, the man is something else entirely.

       disingenuousness

       divergence

       exculpation

       superciliousness

       superfluity

       veneer

      If the man is something else, then he puts up a false front, so disingenuousness and veneer both accurately describe what is in front of this person. The correct answers are Choices (A) and (F).

      Divergence refers to straying away from the main point of a discussion. Exculpation means no longer considered guilty. Superciliousness would refer to someone who is disdained and scorned. Superfluity refers to someone or something that’s extraneous.

Chapter 5

      Getting the Gist: Reading Comprehension

      IN THIS CHAPTER

       Approaching the Reading Comprehension passages

       Discovering tips and tricks designed to save you time

      Reading Comprehension questions on the GRE comprise about half of the Verbal questions and therefore about half of your Verbal score. Each question concerns a single passage that is sort of like a graduate-level journal article on a science, social sciences, or humanities topic that you’ve probably never considered before and never will again.

      Each Verbal section contains about four Reading Comprehension passages, each having one to four questions. The computer screen is split, with the passage on the left and a question on the right. You get the questions one at a time while the passage stays in place.

      This chapter introduces the three Reading Comprehension question formats, presents strategies for identifying the correct answers quickly, and provides some sample passages along with questions and their answers so you know what to expect on the test.

       All Reading Comprehension questions are based directly on what’s in the passage. To answer the questions, you don’t need to know anything about the topic beyond what’s in the passage. If you’re familiar with the topic, use this to help you understand the passage, but don’t mix your own knowledge in with what you read.

Recognizing the Three Reading Comprehension Question Formats

      Being familiar

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