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GMAT Text Completion — practice questions — page 3

Explore 64 free Text Completion questions in GMAT Verbal Reasoning. Open each question or exercise to read its content, reference answers and available explanation.

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Instead of offering concrete economic solutions, the politician merely repeated tired _______ about hard work and destiny.Read the answer and worked solution →Faced with two equally appealing job offers on opposite coasts, Maya found herself in an agonizing _______.Read the answer and worked solution →The tired passenger became increasingly _______ as flight delays dragged on, whining incessantly at the airline desk.Read the answer and worked solution →Doctors advised the convalescing patient to move to the coast to benefit from the _______ sea breezes and dry climate.Read the answer and worked solution →

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Instead of offering concrete economic solutions, the politician merely repeated tired _______ about hard work and destiny.

  1. platitudes
  2. insights
  3. subtleties
  4. epiphanies
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Correct answer: A. platitudes

'Platitude' is a remark or statement that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful; a banal cliche.

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Faced with two equally appealing job offers on opposite coasts, Maya found herself in an agonizing _______.

  1. quandary
  2. certainty
  3. resolution
  4. predilection
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Correct answer: A. quandary

'Quandary' is a state of perplexity, dilemma, or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation.

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The tired passenger became increasingly _______ as flight delays dragged on, whining incessantly at the airline desk.

  1. querulous
  2. stoic
  3. forbearing
  4. complaisant
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Correct answer: A. querulous

'Querulous' means complaining in a petulant, irritable, or whining manner.

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