Skepticism
A) Plausibility
B) Audacity
C) Reason
D) Argument
E) Conviction
From the -ism suffix in Skepticism, we can guess that it is noun.
But what is Skepticism? It is doubt about truth. so the opposite must be a truth that is
not doubtful.
Plausibility - reasonable and likely to be true.
Her story sounded perfectly plausible.
Audacity - Boldness, Brave but rude behavior.
He had the audacity to say I was too fat.
Reason - the power of the mind to think in a logical way, to understand and have opinions
Only human beings are capable of reason.
Argument - a reason or set of reasons that somebdoy uses to show that something
is true or correct
There are strong arguments for and against euthanasia.
Conviction - a strong opinion or belief.
She was motivated by deep religious conviction.
Among these choices only Plausiblity is most likely the antonyms for Sketpitcism
So A) is the right choice.
Splendor
A) Earnestness
B) Squalor
C) Depravity
D) Greed
E) Innovation
Looking at the choice, one can deduce that Splendor is noun.
Splendor is grand and impressive beauty.
A) Earnestness - Sincerity and seriousness.
She spoke with total earnestness.
B) Squalor - Dirty and unpleasent conditions.
He had lost his job and was living in squalor.
C) Depravity - Wickedness, the state of being morally bad.
After caught in scandal, he is living a life of depravity.
D) Greed - a strong desire for more wealth, possessions, power, etc. than a person needs
His actions were motivated by greed.
E) Innovation - the introduction of new things, ideas or ways of doing something.
21st century is an age of technological innovation.
The antonym is simple Squalor. So the choice is B).
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1)Fluctuation
A) Resolution
B) Stubbornness
c) Invariance
D) Dilution
E) Concentration
Fluctuation is change from one extreme to another i.e. variance
The opposite is "no variance".
A) Resolution - the act of solving or settling a problem, disagreement.
e.g.The government is pressing for an early resolution of the dispute
B) Stubbornness - Rigidness. Not to change opinion or attitude.
e.g.
C) Invariance - Resistant to variation, Resistant to fluctuation.
D) Dilution - Weakening
e) Concentration - Strengthening
The antonym of Fluctuation X Invariance
correct answer is choice (C).
2) Covert
A) Pernicious
B) Manifest
C) Overrated
D) Reckless
E) Jubilant
Covert is both adjective and noun. but looking at given choices here Covert is an adjective.
Meaning of Covert is decret/hidden/difficult to notice. One way to remember Covert is cover.
e.g. the covert military operations.
A) Pernicious - Extremely harmful, Baneful
B) Manifested - Open to view, Easy to See/Understand.
The anger he felt is manifest in his paintings.
C) Overrated - Estimates too high
D) Reckless - showing a lack of care about danger and the possible results of your actions
e.g. He is a reckless driver.
E) Jubilant - feeling or showing great happiness because of a success
So here the antonym of Covert X Manifest
choice (B) is the correct answer.
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Know The Shades Of Words
Labels: analogies, GRE |In GRE, analogies is very difficult part. In analogies you have to find the relation between given two words and have to choose an answer with same relation from given five choices. Here is one idea is to know the shades of the words. The shades of the words categorized positive, neutral and negative. It can be explained neatly with following example.
Patriotic:Chauvinistic
a) impudent : intolerant
b) furtive : surreptitious
c) incisive : trenchant
d) receptive : gullible
e) verbose : prolix
The Patriotic - love country and Chauvinistic - love country
but the chauvinistic is extreme patriotic also called as jingoist so patriotic is a postitive word and chauvinistic is a negative word.
a) impudent -> disrespect | intolerant -> not willing to tolerate
as impudent and intolerant not related to each other at all.
b) furtive -> with quiet, caution and secrecy | surreptitious -> with quiet, caution and secrecy as both are neutral word.
c)incisive -> sharp | trenchant -> sharp as both are neutral word.
d)receptive -> who is open to argument, ideas and change. It is a positive word.
gullible -> who is easily tricked and too trusting. It is a negative word.
e) verbose -> containing too many words. | prolix -> tediously prolonged. Both are with same meaning but neutral words.
So the choice is d.
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| Section | Time (Minutes) | Description |
| | Variable | Tutorial – You must go through the tutorial |
| 1 | 30 | Verbal Ability 5-7 Sentence completion question 6-8 Analogy questions 8-10 Antonyms questions 6-10 Reading Comprehension Questions based on 2 to 4 passages |
| 2 | 45 | Quantitative Ability 14 Quantitative comparison questions 10 Discrete Quantitative Questions ( Multiple Choice Questions) 4 Data Interpretation Questions ( Tables/ Graphs) |
| 10 Min Break | ||
| 3 | 45 30 | Analytical Writing I : Issue Task – 1 essay on an issue giving one’s perspective Analytical Writing II : Argument Task – 1 essay analyzing an argument |
| Total | 150 | 2 hours and 30 Minutes |
