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Hey, I was wondering if someone could help me out with these Powerprep 2 Questions that I encountered. Reading Comprehension A portrait type that appeared with relentless frequency in eighteenth century England is the image of a gentleman poised with one hand partially inside his unbuttoned waistcoat. Standard interpretations of this posture offer observations of correspondence-demonstrating either that it mirrors actual social behavior or it borrows from classical statuary. Such explanations, however, illuminate neither the source of this curious convention nor the reason for its popularity. It was true that in real life the "hand-in" was a common stance for elite men. Still, there were other ways of comporting the body that did not become winning portrait formulas. And even if the "hand-in" potrait does ressemble certain classical statues, what accounts for the adoption of this particular pose? Q1.Which of the following might provide an explanation for the popularity of "hand-in" portraits that would satisfy the author of the passage? a. An eighteenth century English etiquette manual discussing the social implications of the "hand-in" stance. b. A comprehensive catalogue of eighteenth-century English portraits that showed what proportion of portraits depicted gentleman in the "hand-in" stance. c. A passage from an eighteenth-century English novel in which a gentleman considers what stance to adopt when his portrait is painted. Answers: a and c ( I don't see why c is an answer to this question) Text Completion Q2. Although grandiose urban railroad stations are often viewed as glorious monuments to their cities, they in fact ________ the cities by enabling the migration of city dwellers to the suburbs. a. Invigorate b. Enlarge c. Enfeeble d. Delineate e. Overshadow Answer: c ( I see that the use of in fact, suggests that the word is negative. What I don't get is how the railroad stations can "enfeeble" a city?) Also, I would be grateful if somebody could provide details as to how they went about doing Q6 (The one with the Octagon) of the 2nd Maths Section ( i.e. Section 4 of the test). Cheers!

Can I ask how you guys did on the two Powerprep tests? And did you guys see any abstruse vocabulary? Cheers!!

Thanks anyways. I just did the 1st PowerPrep test today and noticed a substantial increment (6 points) from my Manhattan scores on the Verbal section. So going by your experience as well, it seems clear that the Manhattan verbal is a lot harder.

Hi , I was wondering if you guys could help me out with an issue I seem to be having. I’ve done all the Manhattan Tests and have got an average of 324, but I’m hoping for a 330+ score. I’ve finished all the questions on Magoosh and my projected score is 161-166 (Q) and 160-165 (V), but I’m actually struggling to get a score within that range on my MGRE Tests in Verbal. Apparently my weakest area is the RC portion where my average across all the tests is 60%. I have been reading articles in The Economist, etc. (which most prep centres suggest) over the last couple of weeks, but I honestly and am not improving at all on this one portion of the test. What do you reckon I should do to sort this out? Cheers!

Did you get any worthwhile advice in the end?

I was hoping someone could help me with these sentence completion questions that came up on my MGRE Practice test! 1)The enjoyment of private goods generally (i) _______ others from doing so as well, a fact that creates a natural rivalry for such goods. On the other hand, one person’s enjoyment of a public good generally does not preclude enjoyment by another. Therefore, public goods fundamentally involve (ii) _______The problem involves how to fund such public goods, for their very nature creates an incentive to (iii) _______them without paying. Blank (i) excludes exhausts exalts Blank (ii) cooperation competition consumption Blank (iii) exchange acquiesce benefit from 2)He made a promise to himself never to__________ her grave and kept this promise even after he learned of how misguided his beliefs of her maliciousness had been. profane discern despoil propound hallow venerate The answers venerate and hallow seem obvious, after looking through the explanation provided. However, I thought it could be profane and despoil because maybe initially he thought she might not have been "very" malicious (which he possibly could live with), but later found out she had been more malicious then he thought, but had to stick to his promise. I think I'm assuming a lot, but I'm a bit confused why that dosen't work. Cheers!

Can I ask you how you were doing on the Manhattan Practice papers which you referred to, because I have done quite a few of them and my marks have been vacillating depending on the difficulty of Vocabulary that I come across on the test. And, do you recommend any other source for realistic practice papers? Cheers!