Thursday, August 2, 2007

GRE WORD OF THE DAY

LOQUACIOUS

GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND

The admission price per child at a certain amusement park is 7/12
of the admission price
per adult. If the admission price for 4 adults and
6 children is $112.50, what is the admission
price per adult?
(A) $15.00 (B) $13.50 (C) $12.75
(D) $11.25 (E) $8.75

BY- SARTAJ KHAN from JAIPUR

GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND

Sixty-eight people are sitting in 20 cars and each
car contains at most 4 people. What is the
maximum possible number of cars that could
contain exactly 1 of the 68 people?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4
(D) 8 (E) 12

BY-- KITTY SARKAR from KOLKATA

GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND-ANTONYM

MOLLYCODDLE:
(A) talk boastfully
(B) flee swiftly
(C) treat harshly
(D) demand suddenly
(E) adjust temporarily

BY--- PUSHKALA S J

GRE SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY

Nothing---his irresponsibility better than his---
delay in sending us the items he promised weeks
ago.
(A) justifies.. conspicuous
(B) characterizes.. timely
(C) epitomizes.. unnecessary
(D) reveals.. conscientious
(E) conceals.. inexplicable

GRE ANONYM OF THE DAY

DEMOGRAPHY: POPULATION::
(A) agronomy: farm
(B) astronomy: planets
(C) chemistry: heat
(D) meteorology: weather
(E) genetics: adaptation

GRE MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY

A car gets 22 miles per gallon using gasoline costing $1.10 per gallon. What is the
approximate cost, in dollars, for driving the car x
miles using this gasoline?
(A) 0.50x
(B) 0.30x
(C) 0.11x
(D) 0.10x
(E) 0.05x

GRE GEOMETRY QUESTION OF THE DAY

d>0
COLUMN A----The area of a circular region with diameter d
COLUMN B --- The area of a square region with diagonal of length d

GRE ANTONYM OF THE DAY

CUMBERSOME:
(A) likely to succeed
(B) reasonable to trust
(C) valuable to have
(D) easy to handle
(E) important to know