Friday, February 16, 2007

"WORD OF THE DAY"

EPICURE

"ANTONYM OF THE DAY"

QUOTIDIAN
(A) extraordinary
(B) certain
(C) wishful
(D) secret
(E) premature

"SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY"

Du Bois' foreign trips were the highlight, not the ________, of his travels; he was habitually on the go across and around the United States.
(A) idiosyncrasy
(B) result
(C) precursor
(D) culmination
(E) totality

"ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY"

If an integer y is subtracted from an integer x and the result is greater than x, then y must be
(A) equal to x
(B) less than 0
(C) less than x
(D) greater than 0
(E) greater than x

"MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY"

If the sales tax on an appliance priced at $300 is between 5 percent and 8 percent, then the cost (price plus sales tax ) of the appliance could be
(A) $310
(B) $312
(C) $314
(D) $318
(E) $325

"GEOMETRY QUESTION OF THE DAY"

A circle with radius 2 is intersected by a line at points R and T . the maximum possible distance between R and T is
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) π
(D) 4
(E) 4π

"ANALOGY OF THE DAY"

SOOT::COMBUSTION
(A) lint::brushing
(B) gravel::crushing
(C) gristle::tenderizing
(D) rubbish::housecleaning
(E) sawdust::woodcutting

Thursday, February 15, 2007

"GRE WORD OF THE DAY"

PELLUCID

"GEOMETRY QUESTION OF THE DAY"

A semi-circle is surmounted on the side of a square. The ratio of the area of the semi-circle to the area of the square is
  1. 1 : 2
  2. 2 : p
  3. p : 8
  4. 8 : p
  5. None of the above

"MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY"

The 180 students in a group are to be seated in rows so that there is an equal number of students in each row. Each of the following could be the number of rows EXCEPT.
(A) 4
(B) 20
(C) 30
(D) 40
(E) 90

"GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND"

If a dealer had sold a stereo for $600, he would have made a 20% profit. Instead, the dealer sold it for a 40% loss. At what price was the stereo sold?
(A) $300
(B) $315
(C) $372
(D) $400
(E) $440

asked by DIVYA TOMAR

"GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND"

The number of five 5-digit telephone numbers having at least one of their digits repeated is
A) 90000
B) 10000
C) 30240
D) 69760
E) None of these

asked by DEEPTI CHABBRA

"SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY"

Doors were closing on our past, and soon the values we had lived by would become so
obsolete that we would seem to people of the new age as _______ as travelers from an
ancient land.
A) elegant
B) ambitious
C) interesting
D) comfortable
E) quaint

"ANTONYM OF THE DAY"

DISRUPT
a) atone
b) renovate
c) join together
d) move forward
e) enhance

"ANALOGY OF THE DAY"

NOVEL : FOREWORD ::
(A) Symphony : Interlude
(B) Argument : Verdict
(C) Statute : Preamble
(D) Discourse : Epilogue
(E) Movie : Premiere