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GRE - Sentence Completion - Test 9

Choose the word or set of words that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Questions 1 - 5 of 12

1. His one vice was gluttony and so it is not surprising that as he aged he became increasingly ____ .

A. emaciated
B. despondent
C. corpulent
D. carping
E. lithe

2. Our once thriving High School Nature Club is now ____ ; the progams have had to be cancelled due to lack of support.

A. defunct
B. extant
C. resurgent
D. burgeoning
E. renovated

3. Having been chief accountant for so many years, Ms. George felt herself to be ____ and was unwilling to ____ control of the department after the merger.

A. slighted - truncate
B. irreplaceable - assume
C. insubordinate - retain
D. decisive - continue
E. indispensable - relinquish

4. Because Elaine's father was a field entomologist who trekked over the continent studying insect infestations, and insisted on taking his young family with him, Elaine and her brother had a(n) ____ childhood.

A. idyllic
B. itinerant
C. sedentary
D. propitious
E. equable

5. Frederica was ____ when her supervisor took only a ___ look at her essay over which she had taken so much care.

A. exultant - superficial
B. vexed - studious
C. disappointed - cursory
D. pleased - patronizing
E. relieved - perfunctory