Free GRE Section 1: Verbal Exam Braindumps
Section One : Verbal Questions 12–16 (page: 23)

Updated On: 10-Feb-2026

RANCOR:

  1. tranquility
  2. happiness
  3. impartiality
  4. humor
  5. affection

Answer(s): E

Explanation:

RANCOR is a “feeling of hostility or antagonism toward another”; affection is a “feeling of fondness toward another.”



WAN:

  1. flushed
  2. robust
  3. patchy
  4. twinkling
  5. comely

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

Skin that is WAN is pale, or lacking color; skin that is flushed is characterized by glowing or a reddish color (as
when a person blushes).



EXACERBATE:

  1. prevent from occurring
  2. lessen in degree
  3. withhold praise
  4. smooth over
  5. treat condescendingly

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

EXACERBATE has two common meanings: “provoke” and “intensify or heighten.” To lessen in degree is to do the opposite of intensify.



ITINERANT:

  1. settled
  2. paralyzed
  3. fixated
  4. linear
  5. lethargic

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

ITINERANT means “traveling about or nomadic.” The word settled means just the opposite.



INCREDULITY:

  1. truthfulness
  2. faith
  3. credibility
  4. loyalty
  5. reverence

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

INCREDULITY means “disbelief or distrust”; faith means “trust.”



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