McGraw-Hill Education GRE 2019

Exercise: Text Completion Set 1

For the following questions, complete the text by picking the best entry for each

blank from the corresponding column of choices.

1. The essayist believes that the of the university’s English
   department could be ameliorated only by an overhaul in the school’s
   management.

A prosperity

B denigration

C deterioration

D proliferation

E consternation

2. Successful expansion of a business is as much a matter of
   as of hard work: the greatest work ethic will be useless if it is not
   performed in the service of a concrete plan.

A foresight

B persistence

C insight

D talent

E parsimony

3. Despite its obvious flaws, the economist’s plan to increase employment
   found many , mostly because a better alternative did not
   seem feasible.

A detractors

B confounders

C proponents

D derivatives

E expungers

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