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crawl: proceed plummet:descend nurture:grwo inundate:flood rampage:destroy dwindle:decrease control: // I donot know~~ I guess minor variable weak assumption improper simulation group experimented on expression substituted for anarchist:governement legislator: taxation reformer:beuraucracy jurist:law suffragist: voting abolitionist:slavery

13. APOSTROPHES:WORD (A) letters: alphabet (B) verbs: syntax © ellipses: sentence (D) commas: punctuation (E) paragraphs: essay 14. EXAGGERATION: CARICATURE:: (A) craft: art (B) detail: sketch © illusion: story (D) brevity: epigram (E) sophistication: farce 11. ILLITERACY: EDUCATION (A) bureaucracy: clarification (B) oppression: agreement © vagrancy: travel (D) inequity: redistribution (E) inclemency: evasion WHOLESOME (A) deleterious (B) submissive © provoking (D) monotonous (E) rigorous 38. RESCISSION (A) expansion (B) enactment © instigation (D) stimulation (E) abdication

I'm late though.... blunt: decorate whet insinuate redirect deviate Ponderous: Lively Haphazard congruous accession familiar Ratify:approval mutate:change pacify:conquest duel:combat appeal:authority tribulate:opinion

TINT : SUFFUSE ponder: yearn regret: undo damp: quench shroud : screen amble: wander Please pay little attention to this lovely one:) The 3rd and 5th choice seem to be the right ones, however, only one will be the King here;)

D I think that As consist of Bs here. In the real test, the most convenient bridge will be OK~~

I go for D star : astronomer for B is the man who delves A~~ Yin Wen

Bolster: support Axis: resolve Spackle: paint Leakage: caulk Heat: insulate Tackle: hoist Sere: Lush Obstinate Immersed Fortunate Antiquated Signal: Discrete Palpable Abundant Unremarkable Illegible

I marked the answers I chose. Your analysis is welcome:) TINT : SUFFUSE:: ponder: yearn regret: undo damp: quench shroud : screen amble: wander thick-skinned : criticism:hmm: // what is the bridge? optimistic : disappointment combative : provocation benevolent : praise supercilious : disdain timorous : anxiety reliability : trust // the bridge is hard to guess mendacity : disbelief compassion : pity impartiality : bias sagacity : wisdom inquisitiveness : curiosity plush : austerity tidy : disarray showy : pageantry facit : siknce // sth is wrong, but I donot know the right choice.;) meek : restraint inviolate : sanction ALLAY : INTENSITY deface : appearance navigate : distance integrate : consistency discredit : believability insulate : detachment SCOLD : DISPLEASURE instruct : mastery commiserate : sympathy agitate : calm renounce : consternation challenge : parity

As I am not an ardent admirer of George Eliot, simple justice demands a prefatory … her many admirable qualities. Skepticism regarding Effusion over Denial of Tribute to Dismissal of Sextant: nautical Octet:musical Therapy:physical Forceps:physical Comet:astronomical Blueprint:mechanical Precipice:steepness Defile:narrowness Well:shallowness Plateau:depth Mountain:range Marsh:aridity That Clement would reclaim psychoanalysis as a healing profession is the … of her argument, but it is exactly in this part of her critique, translated to the american psychoanalytic milieu, that her shafts …. Crux:fall down Implication:break down Basis: strike home Essence: dig in Thrust: glance away

1 PRECURSORY (A) hardy (B) transient © imitative // hard one (D) indispensable (E) unique 2 EBULLIENCE (A) self-confidence (B) tumult // good and bad description © forgetfulness (D) insensitivity // ??? maybe right??? (E) self-examination 3 FORMIDABLENESS (A) interest // promote sth as formidableness prevents sth:) , guess too (B) distraction © premonition (D) loathing (E) objection any takers?

I guess vacillate : resolve, help~~~~~~

Hi, ish :) The original pic you mentioned is a pic of a hollywood star

Hi, coolpaggy My answers go lik this: hammer : anvil = pestle : mortar overdose : prescription = indiscretion : convention I have encountered these two before:) Yin Wen

Yep. D is better. I was in a hurry to make such chioce.hehe. Thank you, guys.

1. Imply : Aver :: A) Reject : Announce B) Remind : Contradict C) Encourage : Bsolve D) Hint : Proclaim E) Embolden : Accept 2. Pungent : Odor :: A) Constant : Period B) Durable : Substance C) Caustic : Comment D) Ominous : Threat E) Excessive : Responsibility

Maybe angle here means: noun: a biased way of looking at or presenting something So, I guess (A) rationality . Any correction, if any, is welcome:)

TREE: FORESTRY:: (A) tractor: agriculture (B) experiment: laboratory © fuel: combustion (D) flower: horticulture (E) generator: electricity 10. PESTLE: GRIND:: (A) whetstone: sharpen (B) balloon: float © mill: turn (D) hinge: fasten (E) switch: conduct My answers are:

My answers go like these: parquet : wood :: A)potpourri : medley B)collage : tapestry C) Color : painting D) linoleum : marble E) mosaic : glass aesthetics:beauty A)ethics:etiquette // ethics for people's conduct or behavior B)epistemology : knowledge //The branch of philosophy that studies the nature of knowledge, its presuppositions and foundations, and its extent and validity. C)logistics:truth D)rhetoric:reasoning E)theology:morals whereas the art critic Vasari saw the painting entitledThe Mona Lisa as an original and wonderful ------- feat, the reproduction of a natural object, the aesthetes saw it as ----- that required deciphering. A) collaborative...an aberration B)historical...a symbol C)technical..a heiroglyph D)mechanical..an imitation E)visual..an illusion clinch: A)treat gently B)divide carelessly C)grow less weary D)make more doubtful E)tenacity In spite of the ---------- nature of Scotland's terrain, its main roads are surprisingly free from severe ------- A)rocky..weather B)mountainous..grades C)uncharted..flooding D)unpredictable..damage E)landlocked..slipperiness Until the current warming trend exceedthe range of normal climatic fluctuations, there will be, among scientists, considerable -------- the possibility that increasing levels of atmospheric CO2 can causelong term warming effects. A)interest in B)uncertainty about C)enthusiasm for D)worry about E)experimentation on verdant: A)tranquil B)omnious C)lucid D)tepid E)sere

How about the "(E) photograph : album", what wrong with it?:) hehe, I see. the right answer means A included in B is for people to use or refer to, does it sound OK?:hmm:

manasi4gre, Illusionz, thanks a lot~~ Your explaination is conducive to our understanding so much. Thank you both again~~

In 8th century Japan, people who --------------- wasteland were rewarded with official ranks as part of an effort to overcome the shortage of --------- fields. conserved..forested reclaimed--arable cultivated--domestic irrigated--accessible located--desirable Even though in today's soviet union the ----the muslim clergy have been accorded power and privilege, the muslim laity and the rank and file clergy still have little ----- to practise their religion. practitioners among..opportunity dissidents within--obligation adversaried of--inclination leaders of..latitude traditionalistsamong..incentive our new tools of system analysis, powerful though they may be, lead to --- theories, especially, and predictably, in economics and political science, where productive approaches have long been highly --------- pragmatic..speculative inelegant...efficacious explanatory..intuitional wrongheaded..convergent simplistic..elusive // Could anyone please explain this one a little bit? In fact, I donot get the point.

Hi Illusionz, First thing first, thank you for coming to help me. This question is from the original GRE test, perhaps in the 1980s.

Can anyone help me out?

FOCUS: (A) disappear (B) disperse © link (D) activate (E) layer PIED: (A) delicately formed (B) precisely detailed © solid-colored (D) smooth (E) luminous NOMINAL: FLGUREHEAD:: (A) absolute: autocrat (B) cloistered: bishop © military: tribunal (D) statutory: defendant (E) monolithic: legislature AMALGAMATE: (A) congregate (B) insulate © isolate:hmm: why not B? I donot know. (D) layer (E) revive