gre answers
jon called back today, which is a big relief. sunday afternoon, three days before i take the GRE (which has nothing to do with what i'm talking about), i'll learn protools. oo, which reminds me. i said i'd work more on my TAL application today.
ok, the answers to that gre pop quiz
1. team : rig
a. train : locomotive
b. steamer : piston
c. sled : rail
d. car : truck
e. windjammer : crew
the correct answer is.... a. most of you said e, which is what i guessed the first time too. two of you got it right.
2. shingle : roof
a. rind : melon
b. armor : knight
c. feather : wing
d. patch : cloth
e. blanket : bed
the correct answer is.... b. most of you said c, which is ALSO what i guessed the first time. go figure:) none of you got that right. personally, i thought it was a stupid analogy. tricksy
3. cephalic : skull
a. notable : achievement
b. cylindrical : vertebrae
c. neural : nerves
d. angular : scapula
e. audible : apparition
the correct answer is.... c. a narrow-ish majority got this one right, the next runner-up being b. i got this one right.
4. protraction : duration
a. extension : length
b. retraction : instant
c. corruption : truth
d. taxation : wealth
e. altercation : shape
the correct answer is.... a. almost everyone got this one right, including me.
5. because of his inherent _________, harry steered clear of any job that he suspected could turn out to be a travail.
a. impudence
b. insolence
c. eminence
d. indolence
e. integrity
the correct answer is.... d. a quarter of you go this. over half of you said a or e. i got this one right.
6. sedulity
a. insolence
b. verbosity
c. perfidy
d. carelessness
e. futility
the correct answer is.... d. a majority, a third of you, got it right. runners up were c and e. i got it wrong. i voted for c, and i didn't even know what c meant.
7. diffident
a. indolent
b. exigent
c. apocryphal
d. confident
e. endemic
the correct answer is.... d. almost half of you got this right. runner up was a. i got this one.
8. enervate
a. energize
b. engender
c. dither
d. inundate
e. inure
the correct answer is.... a. again, almost half of you got it. but not me, this time:) blast it all. runner up was dither.
ok, the answers to that gre pop quiz
1. team : rig
a. train : locomotive
b. steamer : piston
c. sled : rail
d. car : truck
e. windjammer : crew
the correct answer is.... a. most of you said e, which is what i guessed the first time too. two of you got it right.
2. shingle : roof
a. rind : melon
b. armor : knight
c. feather : wing
d. patch : cloth
e. blanket : bed
the correct answer is.... b. most of you said c, which is ALSO what i guessed the first time. go figure:) none of you got that right. personally, i thought it was a stupid analogy. tricksy
3. cephalic : skull
a. notable : achievement
b. cylindrical : vertebrae
c. neural : nerves
d. angular : scapula
e. audible : apparition
the correct answer is.... c. a narrow-ish majority got this one right, the next runner-up being b. i got this one right.
4. protraction : duration
a. extension : length
b. retraction : instant
c. corruption : truth
d. taxation : wealth
e. altercation : shape
the correct answer is.... a. almost everyone got this one right, including me.
5. because of his inherent _________, harry steered clear of any job that he suspected could turn out to be a travail.
a. impudence
b. insolence
c. eminence
d. indolence
e. integrity
the correct answer is.... d. a quarter of you go this. over half of you said a or e. i got this one right.
6. sedulity
a. insolence
b. verbosity
c. perfidy
d. carelessness
e. futility
the correct answer is.... d. a majority, a third of you, got it right. runners up were c and e. i got it wrong. i voted for c, and i didn't even know what c meant.
7. diffident
a. indolent
b. exigent
c. apocryphal
d. confident
e. endemic
the correct answer is.... d. almost half of you got this right. runner up was a. i got this one.
8. enervate
a. energize
b. engender
c. dither
d. inundate
e. inure
the correct answer is.... a. again, almost half of you got it. but not me, this time:) blast it all. runner up was dither.