Adjectives and Adverbs in One-Blank Texts - GRE Verbal

The crowd would be upset when the cancellation was announced, and would show it. The correct answer will indicate both the crowd's displeasure and how they are showing it. "Raucous," meaning upset and noisy, is the best choice.

You are looking for an adjective that would describe how a pillow might irritate someone’s face and make their flight "vexatious," or unpleasant. "Abrasive" means rough, coarse, or harsh, so is the only answer choice that fits the context of the sentence.

The sentence conveys the idea is that LaRhette does not have too big of a problem with long commutes, but it also suggests that she is happy that she does not have to undertake long commutes anymore. Thus "averse," meaning opposed, and "indisposed," meaning unwilling, do not work at all in the sentence's context. "Agreeable," meaning willing, or "inclined," meaning leaning towards, could each work; however, since it seems that she prefers her now-shorter commute, even though she was used to longer commutes, "inured," meaning accustomed to, makes the most sense, because it doesn't convey as much of a positive view of LaRhette's previous, longer commute.

The sentence indicates the quality of the performance was such that people wondered "if he was even trying." This means the correct answer will show his performance was not good. "Abysmal," meaning extremely bad, is the best fit among the answers.

The band's music is "highly inappropriate for mainstream radio." The correct answer must reflect a sense of horribleness or offensiveness. "Noisome," meaning disgusting or repugnant, is the best answer choice.

"Voluble" and "loquacious" both mean talkative, which is probably not the case with this child. The child might be "irritable," meaning easily angered, or "desolate," meaning depressed. But "reticent," meaning silent makes more sense because the child is shy but has no reason to be angered or saddened.

There is something about the way Talia acts that made it impossible for her audiences to relate to her characters. So "sincere" and "forthcoming," both meaning honest, do not work. Meanwhile "eloquent" and "unfaltering" both describe someone who speaks with conviction. Thus "affected," meaning fake, is the best choice.

"Courteous," "convivial," "genial," and "affable" could all be used to describe someone polite or friendly. Only "misanthropic," meaning antisocial, could describe someone like the writer in question.

Someone might consider the task of bathing a dog to be "simple," "straightforward," or "rudimentary," all meaning basic. Someone who thinks the task is especially easy also might call it "negligible"; however, these do not make sense contextually, because the dog in question does not like water: this would make the task of bathing him "onerous," meaning burdensome.

"Elementary" and "primitive" both mean basic, which contradicts the idea that the plot of the novel is "intricate." "Evocative" and "stirring," both meaning exciting, draw no contrast with the word "riveting," but it is clear from the word "although" that pragmatic thinkers and sentimental readers are supposed feel differently about the novel. Thus "soporific," meaning dull or inducing sleep, is the best choice.

If Georgiana Spencer's ideas were to be "rebuffed" or "spurned," that would indicate that they had been rejected by the greater populace. On the other hand, if her ideas were "disregarded," that would mean that they had been ignored. And had they been "disdained," her ideas would have been hated by most people. Thus "prevalent," meaning widespread, is the best choice.

"Unobservant," "vapid," and "obtuse" all describe a mind that is not astute, and this is not what doctors would want to help their patients achieve. "Impermeable," meaning not susceptible, could work, but if the mind in question were impermeable, then there would be no question of the person ever having dementia. "Shrewd," meaning sharp, is thus the best choice.

Self-interested Scrooge would be doing things that were good for his financial interests, but "detrimental to," "disadvantageous to," "inimical to," and "unhelpful to" all mean bad for. "Beneficial" means advantageous and is definitely the best choice.

Janine's response was surprising, and Rob expected it to be "begrudged," or miserly. This means Janine's response was the opposite of begrudged. "Effusive" describes praise or positive commentary that arrives in large amounts, which works. "Fatuous" means foolish, which wouldn't be positive. "Reluctant" means the same thing as begrudged so it wouldn't be suprising. "Feckless" means careless or without regard, but it has a negative connotation, which also doesn't fit. "Sagacious" means wise, which might be positive but doesn't contrast with praise that is grudging.

The sentence is looking for an adjective to modify "aluminum" that helps to explain why casual cooks might prefer it to a cast iron skillet. Aluminum is already lighter than iron, so the missing word probably has something to do with the coating that is mentioned.

Since the word is preceded by "an" rather than "a," it must begin with a vowel, so "cumbersome" isn't correct (and besides, it means the opposite of lightweight). "Amalgamated" means "put together from several parts." That could potentially describe this aluminum pan, except the sentence doesn't say anything about what the alumnimum might have been put together with. "Ossified" means turned to bone, which seems like a bad way to improve an aluminum pan. "Undiluted" refers to a concentrated liquid and is nonsensical when applied to a metal pan. "Anodized" specifically means to apply a coating to a metal surface using electricity, so that is definitely the best word here.

Gossamer—something extremely light, flimsy, or delicate.

Capricious—variable; flightly; mercurial.

Anachronistic—not in its correct historical or chronological time; an error in chronology.

Since no one could understand the professor's theorem, we know that the answer cannot be "lucid," which means clear. Similarly, it can't be "loquacious"—which means talkative or long-winded and is used to describe people, not ideas. We're not given any information to suggest that it is "ambiguous," meaning open to multiple interpretations, and while "erudite" (demonstrating great learning or knowledge) sounds like it could be correct because the sentence is talking about a professor in a classroom, the remaining answer choice, "esoteric," is most appropriate for describing a theorem that only the professor understands, as "esoteric" means able to be understood by few people with a specialized knowledge or interest.