GRE UPDATE - OCTOBER 2007 VERBAL

Hi guys and girls,

I'm really sorry for having delayed a lot in producing the GRE VERBAL material for October 2007. I have been getting several requests through mail, scraps as well as my C-Box on my blog to update the VERBAL AND QUANT questions for October 2007. Frankly speaking, I do not update my database till the first week of any month. But, this time, due to repeated and earnest requests, on a collaborative effort with my friend Swaminathan, I have intensified my search to provide a complete solution for GRE preparation, which has resulted in this database that contains GRE Verbal questions that have appeared on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd of OCTOBER 2007. Quants questions for the month of October 2007 will follow soon. Kindly give me sometime. I sincerely regret for the inconvenience caused due to the delay, and I hope you will understand that it is only a consequence of my arduous efforts to produce authentic and reliable material.

ANTONYMS :

1. CAPITULATE
Ans: attack (surrender and defend were other choices, defend is a little close but attack is the right word)

2. INSOUCIANT
Ans: concerned ( this one is pretty easy no matter what the choices are )

3. EBULLIANT
Ans: glum ( cheerful and exuberant were other choices which are synonyms )

4. TYRO
Ans: expert ( A tyro is a beginner, other choices were green-horn and novice )

5. EULOGY
Ans: abuse ( praise and extol were other two choices )

6. LOQUACIOUS
Ans: reticent ( verbose, ill-humoured and pompous were other choices )

7. HAUTEUR
Ans: humility ( hauteur means over-bearing pride or conceit, humility is easily the antonym )

8. INNOCUOUS
Ans: toxic ( harmless and perilous were other choices )

9. VINDICATE
Ans: indict ( uphold, exonerate and aggrandize were other choices. 'confute' is also correct which appeared for another person )

10. INVIGORATE
Ans: enervate ( invigorate is to impart strength or energy, whereas enervate is to weaken )

11. AUDACIOUS
Ans: pusillanimous ( bold and pugnacious were other choices )

12. LASSITUDE
Ans: alacrity ( torpor, rectitude and indolence were other choices )

13. LACONIC
Ans: verbose ( terse and lascivious were other choices )

14. PRODIGAL
Ans: frugal ( pervasive and wasteful )

ANALOGY :

1. REDOLENT : SMELL
Ans: piquant : taste

2. MILK : EXTRACT
Ans: water : distill

3. LIGNEOUS : WOOD
Ans: osseous : bone

4. CHOREOGRAPHY : DANCE
Ans: plot : story

5. GUSH : EFFUSIVE
Ans: rage : irate

6. WOOD : SAWDUST
Ans: metal : filings

7. SPLINT : MOBILITY
Ans: lubricant : friction

8. DISCOMFITED : BLUSH
Ans: contemptuous : sneer

9. PANEGYRIC : EULOGIZE
Ans: lampoon : satirize

10. CONFLUENCE : STREAMS
Ans: junction : roads

11. TINE : FORK
Ans: mallet : hammer

More Verbal Questions will follow. What I observed from my conflation of October 2007 questions is that most of the questions that appeared in September 2007 have been reiterated in October too. So as I always say, it is very important to go through the database for Quant and Verbal for the previous and the month before the last one too.

Here are the links to my other databases :

GRE August 2007 Verbal
GRE September 2007 Verbal
GRE September 2007 Quants
GRE September 2007 Quants Updated
GRE September 2007 Verbal Updated

Also, visit Swaminathan's blog for October Updates. Comments and corrections are welcome.

http://sparklingswami.blogspot.com

GRE October 2007 Quants Questions will be out soon.
sincerely,
Praveen Chandar.