GRE 2024 Verbal Reasoning Test 1 Question Paper with Solutions PDF

GRE 2024 Verbal Reasoning Test 1 Question Paper with Solutions PDF is available for download. The overall test time is about 1 hour and 58 minutes. GRE has total 5 sections:

  • Analytical Writing  (One "Analyze an Issue" task, Alloted time 30 minutes)
  • Verbal Reasoning  (Two Sections, with 12 questions and 15 questions respectively)
  • Quantitative Reasoning (Two Sections, with 12 questions and 15 questions respectively)

GRE 2024 Verbal Reasoning Practice Test 1 Question Paper with Solutions PDF

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Question 1:

Choose the word that, when inserted in the sentence, best completes the sentence.

Caught completely unaware by his professor's question, Alfred timidly ventured a

guess, which much to his relief, his professor---.

  • (a) Gainsaid
  • (b) Denigrated
  • (c) Ignored
  • (d) Corroborated
  • (e) Derided

Question 2:

Choose the word that, when inserted in the sentence, best completes the sentence.

Sam has memorized the most ------ details about dinosaurs and seems to have an

inexhaustible knowledge about the most arcane details concerning these

prehistoric animals.

  • (a) Quizzical
  • (b) Astute
  • (c) Tedious
  • (d) Recondite
  • (e) Mystical

Question 3:

Choose the word that, when inserted in the sentence, best completes the sentence.

Despite their reputation for being harsh, the ancient rulers were known to give

------ to the condemned quite frequently.

  • (a) Clemency
  • (b) Adulation
  • (c) Ephemera
  • (d) Philanthropy
  • (e) Nostalgia

Question 4:

4. Choose the word that, when inserted in the sentence, best completes the sentence.

He hated unnecessary aesthetic details, so his furniture was strictly ------ .

  • (a) Lavish
  • (b) Malicious
  • (c) Utilitarian
  • (d) Ominous
  • (e) Benign

Question 5:

5. Choose the word that, when inserted in the sentence, best completes the sentence.

From the time of her birth, the girl had been ------, always disobeying the ------- of

her elders.

  • (a) Wilful…insights
  • (b) Refractory…injunctions
  • (c) Childish…recommendations
  • (d) Vexing…tedium
  • (e) Unflinching…sagacity

Question 6:

6. Choose the word that, when inserted in the sentence, best completes the sentence.

Paschal was not known to ----- when discussing difficult topics; he did not fear

----- his friends by directly addressing difficult issues.

  • (a) Circumlocute…disconcerting
  • (b) Defer…vexing
  • (c) Lie…boring
  • (d) Dissimulate…emending
  • (e) Dramatize…angering

Question 7:

7. Choose the word that, when inserted in the sentence, best completes the sentence.

Suzanne never doubted the words of even the most ----liar. Her----personality

led her to fall into the plotting hands of even the most well-known scoundrels.

  • (a) Mendacious…ingenuous
  • (b) Fulminating…placid
  • (c) Loquacious…rapt
  • (d) Notable…forgiving
  • (e) Repentant…charitable

Question 8:

8. Choose the word that, when inserted in the sentence, best completes the sentence.

He was --- and never wasted words, but his sister was ---and loved to ---

cheerfully to anyone about even the most inconsequential topics.

  • (a) Terse…verbose…harangue
  • (b) Enigmatic…ponderous…chatter
  • (c) Lithe…boorish…lampoon
  • (d) Laconic…loquacious…prattle
  • (e) Hedonistic…ascetic…abstain

Question 9:

9. Choose the word that, when inserted in the sentence, best completes the sentence.

Everyone was surprised when the corporal, normally a --- woman, not only spoke

up in the meeting, but had the --- to tell the five-star general to his face that his

last order had been ---, issued in the heat of the moment without first considering

later repercussions.

  • (a) garrulous . . . sagacity . . . meticulous
  • (b) taciturn . . . audacity . . . impetuous
  • (c) laconic . . . presumption . . . pragmatic
  • (d) obsequious . . . volatility . . . banal
  • (e) reticent . . . dogmatism . . . sanctioned

Question 10:

10. Choose the word that, when inserted in the sentence, best completes the sentence.

The scientist's theories initially seemed --- at best, as there existed little evidence

to support them; however, later advances in her field --- her claims and she

received many --- for her work.

  • (a)  tenuous…corroborated…accolades 
  • (b)  empirical…bolstered…panegyrics 
  • (c)  spurious…enervated…encomiums 
  • (d)  esoteric…disparaged…harangues 
  • (e)  ambiguous…vindicated…elegy 

Question 11:

11. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted into the sentence, best

completes the sentence.

Although saving only a small amount of money each month can seem like a

pointless endeavor, the --- of funds over years of time can be remarkable.

  • (a)  Abscission 
  • (b) Liquidity 
  • (c)  Accretion 
  • (d)  Tenacity 
  • (e)  Dearth 

Question 12:

12. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted into the sentence, best

completes the sentence.

My dog's fear of water made the task of bathing him rather ---.

  • (a)  Rudimentary 
  • (b)  Simple 
  • (c)  Straightforward 
  • (d)  Negligible 
  • (e)  Onerous 

Question 13:

13. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted into the sentence, best

completes the sentence.

The physics professor's new theorem was so --- that no one in the undergraduate

class could understand even its most basic principles.

  • (a)  loquacious 
  • (b)  erudite 
  • (c)  ambiguous 
  • (d)  lucid 
  • (e)  esoteric 

Question 14:

14. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted into the sentence, best

completes the sentence.

Dave took everything that was said to him seriously, even --- comments, which

often forced his friends to digress from the topic of conversation to explain jokes

which were normally left ---.

  • (a)  viscous…querulous 
  • (b)  pusillanimous…pithy 
  • (c)  facetious…tacit 
  • (d)  filial…luminous 
  • (e)  sportive…austere 

Question 15:

15. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted into the sentence, best

completes the sentence.

Suzy thought Kevin would prove to be ---, but she discovered instead that his

behavior was such a model of --- that he could never be considered a spendthrift.

  • (a)  salubrious…prudence 
  • (b)  perfidious…reticence
  • (c)  profligate…piety
  • (d)  abstemious…dissipation 
  • (e)  prodigal…frugality 

Question 16:

16. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted into the sentence, best

completes the sentence.

The young are often naïve and ---, aiming at ---schemes that in reality cannot

be accomplished.

  • (a) foolish…incredible 
  • (b)  idiotic…impossible 
  • (c)  energetic…humanitarian 
  • (d) quixotic…grandeur 
  • (e) bright-eyed…optimistic 

Question 17:

17. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted into the sentence, best

completes the sentence.

The butler completed his tasks in a --- manner, barely paying attention to his

work as he overheard the household's --- scandal in its earliest stages of hushed

conversations and snide comments.

  • (a) hackneyed…implacable 
  • (b) perfunctory…nascent 
  • (c)  desultory…resolute 
  • (d)  pervasive…aggrandized 
  • (e) sordid…boisterous 

Question 18:

17. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted into the sentence, best

completes the sentence.

The butler completed his tasks in a --- manner, barely paying attention to his

work as he overheard the household's --- scandal in its earliest stages of hushed

conversations and snide comments.

  • (a)  hackneyed…implacable 
  • (b) perfunctory…nascent 
  • (c)  desultory…resolute 
  • (d)  pervasive…aggrandized 
  • (e)  sordid…boisterous 

Question 19:

18. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted into the sentence, best

completes the sentence.

The editor reduced the introduction from ten --- pages to two ---paragraphs

by --- all of the unnecessary verbal flourishes that riddled its sentences.

  • (a) officious…sedulous…bolstering 
  • (b)  tortuous…succinct…excising 
  • (c)  immutable…intransigent…inhibiting 
  • (d)  turgid…concise…qualifying 
  • (e)  florid…trenchant…expiating 

Question 20:

19. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted into the sentence, best

completes the sentence.

The --- cat refused to walk around tamely on a leash, but the --- dog not only

heeled, but obeyed each of its master's commands obediently and never needed to

be --- for not listening.

  • (a) credulous…insipid…aggrandized 
  • (b)  obstreperous…dogmatic…countenanced 
  • (c)  truculent…complaisant…impeded 
  • (d)  recalcitrant…tractable…admonished 
  • (e)  pernicious…prodigal…flouted 

Question 21:

20. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted into the sentence, best

completes the sentence.

The fashion show featured pieces inspired by --- styles, and the models were

--- in pieces that --- to Greek togas, knightly armor, and trailing dresses with

underskirts and bustles.

  • (a)  antiquated…arrayed…abated 
  • (b)  banal…placated…appropriated 
  • (c)  ancient…feigned…castigated 
  • (d)  archaic…garbed…alluded 
  • (e) apocryphal…eulogized…impugned 

Question 22:

21. The main idea of the passage is ---.

  • (a)  that popular assumptions about ancient Greeks are largely true 
  • (b)  the Greeks' ideal in art was plain white marble 
  • (c)  the Greeks had no knowledge of how to sculpt marble 
  • (d)  Greek art was uninspiring to most people in history 
  • (e)  that contrary to popular belief, Greek art was brightly painted 

Question 23:

22. The author’s argument is best summarized as ----.

  • (a)  the Greeks were poor artists who have been overrated in history 
  • (b)  twenty-first-century scientific tests will solve all disputes about the ancient world 
  • (c)  plain white marble is the ideal color for sculptures 
  • (d)  a true understanding of Greek art acknowledges their use of color 
  • (e) Enlightenment-era classicists knew nothing about art 

Question 24:

23. The word "countenance" in the passage means ---.

  • (a)  to refute and rebut 
  • (b)  to understand and acknowledge 
  • (c)  to dispute and disdain 
  • (d)  to celebrate and worship 
  • (e)  to mystify and confuse 

Question 25:

24. The author references "Enlightenment-era classicists" in order to ---.

  • (a)  ridicule Enlightenment thought 
  • (b)  celebrate Enlightenment thought 
  • (c)  show how the misconceptions about Greek art developed 
  • (d)  show the value of scientific tests
  • (e)  address the aesthetic paradigms of antiquity 

Question 26:

25. The word "paradigm" in the passage means ---.

  • (a)  model or archetype 
  • (b) adoration or worship 
  • (c)  aesthetic or style 
  • (d) function or vitality 
  • (e) understanding or belief 

Question 27:

26. It can be inferred from the passage that ---.

  • (a)  all ancient cultures painted their statues bright colors 
  • (b)  all subsequent cultures rejected Greek styles 
  • (c)  no cultures appreciated polychrome paint 
  • (d) only ancient Greeks built marble statues 
  • (e) the ancient Greeks have influenced many subsequent cultures with their art

Question 28:

27. The author views modern scientific tests as ---.

  • (a) unable to say anything about ancient Greek art
  • (b) valuable tools to attain new knowledge
  • (c) useful only in regards to modern issues
  • (d) impediments to developing artistic standards
  • (e) no better than those available to the ancient Greeks

Question 29:

28. The author would not agree with the statement that ---.

  • (a) the ancient Greeks made use of a variety of artistic media
  • (b) ancient Greek art was unimpressive compared to later developments
  • (c) Enlightenment-era classicists greatly appreciated the ancient Greeks
  • (d) polychrome painting was a key element of ancient Greek art
  • (e) most ancient Greek art was first seen as plain white stone by most modern people

Question 30:

29. It can be inferred from the passage that Enlightenment-era classicists ---.

  • (a) were jealous of the ancient Greeks' artistic abilities
  • (b) ignored the value of the ancient Greeks and their art
  • (c) knew nothing of any art styles
  • (d) provided no value to the understanding of Greek art
  • (e) held a great deal of affection for ancient Greek art

Question 31:

30. The main argument of the passage is ---.

  • (a) a painter can never do better than images in nature
  • (b) a painter must always draw the imperfections of nature
  • (c) a painter is born with a natural ability to draw images in nature
  • (d) a painter can learn nothing through study
  • (e) a painter can perfect the blemishes of nature in his own work through careful study

GRE Questions

  • 1.
    Melvin’s little sister was so ________ that she would believe anything he told her, and his burgeoning sense of maturity rendered him increasingly loath to gull her.

      • dogged
      • tenable
      • fractious
      • frivolous
      • credulous

    • 2.
      “Reviving the practice of using elements of popular music in classical composition, an approach that had been in hibernation in the United States during the 1960s, composer Philip Glass (born 1937) embraced the ethos of popular music in his compositions. Glass based two symphonies on music by rock musicians David Bowie and Brian Eno, but the symphonies' sound is distinctively his. Popular elements do not appear out of place in Glass's classical music, which from its early days has shared certain harmonies and rhythms with rock music. Yet this use of popular elements has not made Glass a composer of popular music. His music is not a version of popular music packaged to attract classical listeners; it is high art for listeners steeped in rock rather than the classics.


        • 3.
          Jean Valjean, the protagonist in Victor Hugo’s novel Les Misérables, spends the bulk of his lengthy _______ plotting a very clever set of revenge schemes, which he executes upon his escape.

            • ruination
            • peregrination
            • immolation
            • rumination

          • 4.
            Complete the paragraph from the given words. It is refreshing to read a book about our planet by an author who does not allow facts to be (i) _________ by politics: well aware of the political disputes about the effects of human activities on climate and biodiversity, this author does not permit them to (ii) _________ his comprehensive description of what we know about our biosphere. He emphasizes the enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations, and the (iii) _________, calling attention to the many aspects of planetary evolution that must be better understood before we can accurately diagnose the condition of our planet. Fill in the blanks from the following:

              • overshadowed
              • invalidated
              • illuminated
              • enhance
              • obscure

            • 5.
              The following appeared as a letter to the editor from the owner of a skate shop in Central Plaza.
              "Two years ago the city council voted to prohibit skateboarding in Central Plaza. They claimed that skateboard users were responsible for litter and vandalism that were keeping other visitors from coming to the plaza. In the past two years, however, there has been only a small increase in the number of visitors to Central Plaza, and litter and vandalism are still problematic. Skateboarding is permitted in Monroe Park, however, and there is no problem with litter or vandalism there. In order to restore Central Plaza to its former glory, then, we recommend that the city lift its prohibition on skateboarding in the plaza."

                • What is the current level of litter and vandalism in Central Plaza?
                • How much foot traffic has increased in Monroe Park compared to Central Plaza?
                • Has the local economy in the plaza improved since the ban on skateboarding?
                • How successful has the Monroe Park skateboarding program been in other cities?

              • 6.
                Called by some the “island that time forgot,” Madagascar is home to a vast array of unique, exotic creatures. One such animal is the aye-aye. First described by western science in 1782, it was initially categorized as a member of the order Rodentia. Further research then revealed that it was more closely related to the lemur, a member of the primate order. Since the aye-aye is so different from its fellow primates, however, it was given its own family: Daubentoniidae. The aye-aye has been listed as an endangered species and, as a result, the government of Madagascar has designated an island off the northeastern coast of Madagascar as a protected reserve for aye-ayes and other wildlife.
                Long before Western science became enthralled with this nocturnal denizen of Madagascar’s jungles, the aye-aye had its own reputation with the local people. The aye aye is perhaps best known for its large, round eyes and long, extremely thin middle finger. These adaptations are quite sensible, allowing the aye-aye to see well at night and retrieve grubs, which are one of its primary food sources, from deep within hollow branches. However, the aye-aye’s striking appearance may end up causing its extinction. The people of Madagascar believe that the aye-aye is a type of spirit animal, and that its appearance is an omen of death. Whenever one is sighted, it is immediately killed. When combined with the loss of large swaths of jungle habitat, this practice may result in the loss of a superb .

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