Context Clues in Three-Blank Texts

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GRE Verbal › Context Clues in Three-Blank Texts

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Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.

After many years of __________ his trade, Timothy had become a(n) __________ pressman, now able to train the __________ who were learning how to run the newspaper's press.

2

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.

Many think that the medieval university was a(n) __________ environment with little __________ when, in fact, it was the locus of quite __________ disagreement both publicly and privately.

3

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.

Although Patrick could drink a great deal of alcohol without becoming __________, Isaac could barely smell alcohol without becoming tipsy. For this reason, the latter man remained completely __________ most of the time for fear of falling into a drunken __________.

4

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.

Although Patrick could drink a great deal of alcohol without becoming __________, Isaac could barely smell alcohol without becoming tipsy. For this reason, the latter man remained completely __________ most of the time for fear of falling into a drunken __________.

5

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.

Instead of being a __________ of disconnected thoughts, the lecture was a symphonic __________ of carefully __________ topics.

6

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.

Instead of being a __________ of disconnected thoughts, the lecture was a symphonic __________ of carefully __________ topics.

7

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.

Hiking all day on the __________ hills provides many a beautiful __________ but one must be careful to return home at a ___________ hour or risk getting stranded at night.

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Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.

Hiking all day on the __________ hills provides many a beautiful __________ but one must be careful to return home at a ___________ hour or risk getting stranded at night.

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Choose the set of words that best completes the following sentences.

Cindy's presentation on the suffrage movement was delivered with __________. She spoke passionately about the __________ obstacles the suffragettes had to overcome in order to __________ women, giving them the same voting rights as their male counterparts.

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Choose the word or word set which best completes the following sentence.

Diane's portrait was a __________ work of art, but it failed to win due to __________ competition.

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