GRE Round 3 (verbal and hard math)

Verbal

100

(v) to replace by force, to take the place of

What is supplant?

200

(n) nickname

What is sobriquet?

300

Define impasse (n)

What is: a blocked path

400

Define Nascent

What is : starting to develop; coming into existence

500

Define abate(v)

What is: to reduce in amount, degree or severity 

Verbal

100

(adj) lofty or grand

What is sublime? 

200

(n) grammatical mistakes

what is solecism

300

Define impervious

what is: impossible to penetrate 

400

Define Zephyr (n)

What is: gentle breeze

500

Fill in the blank: this field lie _ _ _ _ _ _ (n) for a year so the soil does not become completely depleted.

What is fallow?

Verbal

100

(v) to calm down or moderate

What is slake?

200

(n) temporary irregularities in musical  rhythm 

What is syncopation

300

Define imperturbable (adj)

What is: not capable of being disturbed

400

Synonym for fire, passion 

What is zeal?

500

Fill in the blank: the understudy _ _ _ _ (v) over the director in hopes of being cast in the part on a permanent basis.

What is fawn?

Verbal

100

(adj) highly self disciplined 

what is spartan?

200

(n) a self serving flatterer; yes-man

What is is sycophant

300

Define nominal (adj)

What is: existing only by name; negligible

400

Synonym for  quit, relinquish, yield

what is abdicate?

500

Ted's _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (adj) comments always embarrassed his keen-witted wife at parties. 

What is fatuous 

Math

100

Arithmetic:10<x<20

Quantity A: x2

Quantity B: 399

a) the two quantities are equal

b)quantity B is greater 

c) quantity A is greater

d) the relationship cannot be determine from the information given

What is: the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

explanation:

Since  is between 10 and 20, it can be any real number between 100 and 400. Therefore, the relationship cannot be determined since  could fall anywhere between these two limits, including between 399 and 400.

200

Arithmetic:

Simplify:

²√24,300

a) 90² √270

b)90²√3

c) 900²√3

What is: b)90²√3

Explanation:

When simplifying the square root of a number that may not have a whole number root, it's helpful to approach the problem by finding common factors of the number inside the radicand. In this case, the number is 24,300.

What are the factors of 24,300?

24,300 can be factored into:

24,300:243⋅100

300

Arithmetic:

Reduce √400 to its simplest form. 

a) 4√2

b) 20 

c)40

d)√20

What is: 20

Explanation:

To simplify, we must try to find factors which are perfect squares. In this case 20 is a factor of 400 and is also a perfect square.

Thus we can rewrite the problem as:

√400=√20×20=20

Note: 20²=20×20=400

400

Arithmetic:

√180 + √125=?

a)25.0

b)11√5

c)5√11

d)1√55

What is: b 11√5

Explanation:

To solve the equation we can first factor the numbers under the square roots/

√2x2x3x3x5 + √5x5x5=?

When a factor appears twice, we can take it out of the square root. 

2x3√5+5√5=?

6√5+5√5=?

Now the numbers can be added directly because the expression under the square roots match.

6√5+5√5=11√5

500

True or false: in the quantitative comparison section of the GRE, the questions do NOT get harder as you go further along the test. 

FALSE- in fact they get do get harder