GRE Verbal Reasoning — practice questions
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Practice GRE Verbal Reasoning in the app →From Francis Bacon's essay *Of Studies* (1625). Select the word that fits the blank.
"Studies serve for deligFrom Francis Bacon's essay *Of Studies* (1625). Select the word that fits the blank.
"To spend too much time From Francis Bacon's essay *Of Studies* (1625). Select the word that fits the blank.
"Crafty men ______ studiFrom Francis Bacon's essay *Of Studies* (1625). Select the word that fits the blank.
"Reading maketh a full mFrom Francis Bacon's essay *Of Studies* (1625). Select the word that fits the blank.
"Histories make men wiseFrom Francis Bacon's essay *Of Studies* (1625). Select the word that fits the blank.
"Nay, there is no stond From Francis Bacon's essay *Of Adversity* (1625). Select the word that fits the blank.
"The virtue of prosperFrom Francis Bacon's essay *Of Adversity* (1625). Select the word that fits the blank.
"Certainly virtue is lFrom Francis Bacon's essay *Of Adversity* (1625). Select the word that fits the blank.
"Certainly virtue is lFrom Francis Bacon's essay *Of Truth* (1625). Select the word that fits the blank.
"There is no vice, that doFrom Francis Bacon's essay *Of Adversity* (1625). Select the word that fits the blank.
"It is true greatness,From Francis Bacon's essay *Of Adversity* (1625). Select the word that fits the blank.
"We see in needle-workPassage (John Stuart Mill, *On Liberty*, 1859, Ch. II):
"But I deny the right of the people to exercise such Passage (John Stuart Mill, *On Liberty*, 1859, Ch. II):
"But I deny the right of the people to exercise such Passage (John Stuart Mill, *On Liberty*, 1859, Ch. II):
"But I deny the right of the people to exercise such Passage (John Stuart Mill, *On Liberty*, 1859, Ch. II):
"But I deny the right of the people to exercise such Passage (John Stuart Mill, *On Liberty*, 1859, Ch. II):
"But I deny the right of the people to exercise such Passage (John Stuart Mill, *On Liberty*, 1859, Ch. II):
"But I deny the right of the people to exercise such Passage (Charles Darwin, *On the Origin of Species*, 1859, Ch. III):
"I should premise that I use the term StPassage (Charles Darwin, *On the Origin of Species*, 1859, Ch. III):
"I should premise that I use the term StPassage (Charles Darwin, *On the Origin of Species*, 1859, Ch. III):
"I should premise that I use the term StPassage (Charles Darwin, *On the Origin of Species*, 1859, Ch. III):
"I should premise that I use the term StPassage (Charles Darwin, *On the Origin of Species*, 1859, Ch. III):
"I should premise that I use the term StPassage (Charles Darwin, *On the Origin of Species*, 1859, Ch. III):
"I should premise that I use the term StPassage (Thomas Babington Macaulay, "Milton," *Edinburgh Review*, August 1825):
"We think that, as civilisatiPassage (Thomas Babington Macaulay, "Milton," *Edinburgh Review*, August 1825):
"We think that, as civilisatiPassage (Thomas Babington Macaulay, "Milton," *Edinburgh Review*, August 1825):
"We think that, as civilisatiPassage (Thomas Babington Macaulay, "Milton," *Edinburgh Review*, August 1825):
"We think that, as civilisatiPassage (Thomas Babington Macaulay, "Milton," *Edinburgh Review*, August 1825):
"We think that, as civilisatiPassage (Thomas Babington Macaulay, "Milton," *Edinburgh Review*, August 1825):
"We think that, as civilisatiFrom Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay *Self-Reliance* (1841). Select the word that fits the blank.
"In every work From Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay *Self-Reliance* (1841). Select the word that fits the blank.
"These are the From Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay *Self-Reliance* (1841). Select the word that fits the blank.
"There is a timFrom Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay *Self-Reliance* (1841). Select the word that fits the blank.
"A man should lFrom Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay *Self-Reliance* (1841). Select the word that fits the blank.
"But the man isFrom Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay *Self-Reliance* (1841). Select the word that fits the blank.
"A boy is in thPassage (William James, *The Will to Believe*, 1896, Section I):
"Let us give the name of *hypothesis* to anyPassage (William James, *The Will to Believe*, 1896, Section I):
"Let us give the name of *hypothesis* to anyPassage (William James, *The Will to Believe*, 1896, Section I):
"Let us give the name of *hypothesis* to anyPassage (William James, *The Will to Believe*, 1896, Section I):
"Let us give the name of *hypothesis* to anyPassage (William James, *The Will to Believe*, 1896, Section I):
"Let us give the name of *hypothesis* to anyPassage (Edward Gibbon, *The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire*, 1776, Chapter I):
"In the Passage (Edward Gibbon, *The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire*, 1776, Chapter I):
"In the Passage (Edward Gibbon, *The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire*, 1776, Chapter I):
"In the Passage (Edward Gibbon, *The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire*, 1776, Chapter I):
"In the Passage (Edward Gibbon, *The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire*, 1776, Chapter I):
"In the Passage (Edward Gibbon, *The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire*, 1776, Chapter I):
"In the From William Hazlitt's essay *On the Ignorance of the Learned* (1821). Select the word that fits the blank.
"From William Hazlitt's essay *On the Ignorance of the Learned* (1821). Select the word that fits the blank.
"From William Hazlitt's essay *On the Ignorance of the Learned* (1821). Select the word that fits the blank.
"From William Hazlitt's essay *On the Ignorance of the Learned* (1821). Select the word that fits the blank.
"From William Hazlitt's essay *On the Ignorance of the Learned* (1821). Select the word that fits the blank.
"From William Hazlitt's essay *On the Ignorance of the Learned* (1821). Select the word that fits the blank.
"Passage (Michael Faraday, *The Chemical History of a Candle*, Lecture I, 1860–61):
"I purpose, in return for Passage (Michael Faraday, *The Chemical History of a Candle*, Lecture I, 1860–61):
"I purpose, in return for Passage (Michael Faraday, *The Chemical History of a Candle*, Lecture I, 1860–61):
"I purpose, in return for Passage (Michael Faraday, *The Chemical History of a Candle*, Lecture I, 1860–61):
"I purpose, in return for Passage (Michael Faraday, *The Chemical History of a Candle*, Lecture I, 1860–61):
"I purpose, in return for Passage (Michael Faraday, *The Chemical History of a Candle*, Lecture I, 1860–61):
"I purpose, in return for From Robert Louis Stevenson's essay *An Apology for Idlers* (1881). Select the word that fits the blank.
"HenFrom Robert Louis Stevenson's essay *An Apology for Idlers* (1881). Select the word that fits the blank.
"It From Robert Louis Stevenson's essay *An Apology for Idlers* (1881). Select the word that fits the blank.
"It From Robert Louis Stevenson's essay *An Apology for Idlers* (1881). Select the word that fits the blank.
"BooFrom Robert Louis Stevenson's essay *An Apology for Idlers* (1881). Select the word that fits the blank.
"JUSFrom Robert Louis Stevenson's essay *An Apology for Idlers* (1881). Select the word that fits the blank.
"ThiPassage (Walter Pater, *The Renaissance*, 1873, from "The School of Giorgione"):
"All art constantly aspires Passage (Walter Pater, *The Renaissance*, 1873, from "The School of Giorgione"):
"All art constantly aspires Passage (Walter Pater, *The Renaissance*, 1873, from "The School of Giorgione"):
"All art constantly aspires Passage (Walter Pater, *The Renaissance*, 1873, from "The School of Giorgione"):
"All art constantly aspires Passage (Walter Pater, *The Renaissance*, 1873, from "The School of Giorgione"):
"All art constantly aspires Passage (Walter Pater, *The Renaissance*, 1873, from "The School of Giorgione"):
"All art constantly aspires From Oscar Wilde's essay *The Decay of Lying* (1891). Select the word that fits the blank.
"He develops a ___From Oscar Wilde's essay *The Decay of Lying* (1891). Select the word that fits the blank.
"Mr. Henry James wFrom Oscar Wilde's essay *The Decay of Lying* (1891). Select the word that fits the blank.
"Mr. Henry James wFrom Oscar Wilde's essay *The Decay of Lying* (1891). Select the word that fits the blank.
"Mrs. Oliphant ___From Oscar Wilde's essay *The Decay of Lying* (1891). Select the word that fits the blank.
"Lying and poetry From Oscar Wilde's essay *The Decay of Lying* (1891). Select the word that fits the blank.
"Mr. Marion CrawfoPassage (Henry David Thoreau, *Walden*, 1854, Ch. II "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For"):
"I went to the wPassage (Henry David Thoreau, *Walden*, 1854, Ch. II "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For"):
"I went to the wPassage (Henry David Thoreau, *Walden*, 1854, Ch. II "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For"):
"I went to the wPassage (Henry David Thoreau, *Walden*, 1854, Ch. II "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For"):
"I went to the wPassage (Henry David Thoreau, *Walden*, 1854, Ch. II "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For"):
"I went to the wPassage (Henry David Thoreau, *Walden*, 1854, Ch. II "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For"):
"I went to the wFrom William Hazlitt's essay *On the Ignorance of the Learned* (1821). Select the word that fits the blank.
"From William Hazlitt's essay *On the Ignorance of the Learned* (1821). Select the word that fits the blank.
"From William Hazlitt's essay *On the Ignorance of the Learned* (1821). Select the word that fits the blank.
"From William Hazlitt's essay *On the Ignorance of the Learned* (1821). Select the word that fits the blank.
"From William Hazlitt's essay *On the Ignorance of the Learned* (1821). Select the word that fits the blank.
"From William Hazlitt's essay *On the Ignorance of the Learned* (1821). Select the word that fits the blank.
"Passage (Francis Bacon, *Of Studies*, 1625):
"Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. TheirPassage (Francis Bacon, *Of Studies*, 1625):
"Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. TheirPassage (Francis Bacon, *Of Studies*, 1625):
"Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. TheirPassage (Francis Bacon, *Of Studies*, 1625):
"Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. TheirPassage (Francis Bacon, *Of Studies*, 1625):
"Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. TheirPassage (Francis Bacon, *Of Studies*, 1625):
"Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. TheirFrom Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay *Self-Reliance* (1841). Select the word that fits the blank.
"To believe youFrom Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay *Self-Reliance* (1841). Select the word that fits the blank.
"Else to-morrowFrom Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay *Self-Reliance* (1841). Select the word that fits the blank.
"They teach us From Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay *Self-Reliance* (1841). Select the word that fits the blank.
"For though herFrom Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay *Self-Reliance* (1841). Select the word that fits the blank.
"It may be safeFrom Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay *Self-Reliance* (1841). Select the word that fits the blank.
"Society is a jPassage (Thomas Babington Macaulay, "Milton," 1825, continued from his argument that poetry declines as civiliPassage (Thomas Babington Macaulay, "Milton," 1825, continued from his argument that poetry declines as civiliPassage (Thomas Babington Macaulay, "Milton," 1825, continued from his argument that poetry declines as civiliPassage (Thomas Babington Macaulay, "Milton," 1825, continued from his argument that poetry declines as civiliPassage (Thomas Babington Macaulay, "Milton," 1825, continued from his argument that poetry declines as civiliPassage (Thomas Babington Macaulay, "Milton," 1825, continued from his argument that poetry declines as civiliFrom Oscar Wilde's *The Critic as Artist* (1891). Select the word that fits the blank.
"The English public alFrom Oscar Wilde's *The Critic as Artist* (1891). Select the word that fits the blank.
"The public is wonderfFrom Oscar Wilde's *The Critic as Artist* (1891). Select the word that fits the blank.
"Mr. Secretary Pepys hFrom Oscar Wilde's *The Critic as Artist* (1891). Select the word that fits the blank.
"Whenever men see the From Oscar Wilde's *The Critic as Artist* (1891). Select the word that fits the blank.
"Every great man nowadFrom Oscar Wilde's *The Critic as Artist* (1891). Select the word that fits the blank.
"Even in actual life eFrom Francis Bacon's essay *Of Revenge* (1625). Select the word that fits the blank.
"Revenge is a kind of wiFrom Francis Bacon's essay *Of Revenge* (1625). Select the word that fits the blank.
"Certainly, in taking reFrom Francis Bacon's essay *Of Revenge* (1625). Select the word that fits the blank.
"That which is past is gFrom Francis Bacon's essay *Of Revenge* (1625). Select the word that fits the blank.
"Cosmus, duke of FlorencFrom Francis Bacon's essay *Of Revenge* (1625). Select the word that fits the blank.
"This is certain, that aFrom Francis Bacon's essay *Of Revenge* (1625). Select the word that fits the blank.
"Public revenges are forPassage (John Stuart Mill, *On Liberty*, 1859, Ch. II, continued):
"For while every one well knows himself to