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Sentence Equivalence (GRE)

Description: Recommended Test (SE Non-Synonym Easy) - 5
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It plays into the hands of the far right and might well see the openly extremist Golden Dawn party, which organizes violent attacks on migrants, entering parliament - a/an ________ for the country that had the most successful resistance against Nazi occupation in Europe.

  1. tribulation

  2. setback

  3. letdown

  4. irony

  5. absurdity

  6. raillery


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

(1) Incorrect. The correct option has to relate present racial discrimination with fighting a racially bigoted Nazi Germany.

(2) Incorrect. The correct option should reflect the about-face in fighting the racist Nazis and becoming racists themselves.
(3) Incorrect. The correct option has to relate present racial discrimination with fighting a racially bigoted Nazi Germany.
(4) Correct. The option is a perfect fit and helps draw attention to the contrast between the current scenario and that during the World War 2. From fighting a racist regime to becoming racists themselves, the turnaround can best be described as an irony.
(5) Correct. The option is a perfect fit and helps draw attention to the contrast between the current scenario and that during the World War 2. From fighting a racist regime to becoming racists themselves, the turnaround can best be described as an irony. (6) Incorrect. Raillery refers to good-hearted banter. The option does not fit in the sentence.

Great photographers open up a territory and make it theirs; South's America is a place where the Declaration of Independence gets taken literally, where suspicion of tyranny shades into ______ and self - reliance is an absolute law.

  1. jingoism

  2. absolutism

  3. autocracy

  4. paranoia

  5. chauvinism

  6. phobia


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

(1) Incorrect. The correct option has to show an extreme reaction to tyranny. The given option relates to 'declaration of independence' but not to suspicion of tyranny.

(2) Incorrect. The option has to relate to suspicion of tyranny.
(3) Incorrect. The option does not make sense in context of the given sentence.
(4) Correct. The option ties in with the extreme reactions depicted in the sentence. Also, it ties in with 'suspicion of tyranny'.
(5) Incorrect. The correct option has to show an extreme reaction to tyranny. The given option relates to 'declaration of independence' but not to suspicion of tyranny. (6) Correct. The option ties in with 'suspicion of tyranny'.

Nowhere is the difference between Nabokov's fixations and Shakespeare's ________ more apparent than in their depictions of sex and eroticism.

  1. obsessions

  2. compulsions

  3. addictions

  4. impressionability

  5. receptivity

  6. passivity


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

(1) Incorrect. The correct option has to depict the differences between Nabakov and Shakespeare. This option has the same connotation as fixations.

(2) Incorrect. The correct option has to depict the differences between Nabakov and Shakespeare. This option has the same connotation as fixations.
(3) Incorrect. The correct option has to depict the differences between Nabakov and Shakespeare. The given option does not bring forth that difference.
(4) Correct. The option brings out the contrast between Nabokov and Shakespeare by comparing one's fixation with the other's impressionability.
(5) Correct. The option brings out the contrast between Nabokov and Shakespeare by comparing one's fixation with the other's receptivity. (6) Incorrect. The correct option has to depict the differences between Nabakov and Shakespeare. The given option does not bring forth that difference.

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