GRE Prep Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Sep 28Live Online Class with Top GRE Expert Mike Butville
08:00 PM EDT
-10:00 PM EDT
Top scores are possible when you enroll in a powerful GRE course, taught live online + 6 months access to TTP GRE OnDemand video courses included! Class starts Mon/Wed Sept. 28, 2026 - Dec. 9, 2026, 8:00pm-10:00pm EST
With his relentless energy but equally diminutive attention
[#permalink]
29 Aug 2017, 17:06
29 Aug 2017, 17:06
1
Expert Reply
4
Bookmarks
00:00
Question Stats:
46% (00:50) correct
53% (00:59) wrong based on 142 sessions
Hide Show timer Statistics
With his relentless energy but equally diminutive attention span, Garlin _____(i)_____ his talents on several potentially exciting but uncompleted projects, much to the dismay of his friends who, while venerating his enthusiasm,____(ii)____ his unfocused nature.
| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) |
| (A) squandered | (D) impugned |
| (B) evinced | (E) parried |
| (C) burnished | (F) defalcated |
Re: With his relentless energy but equally diminutive attention
[#permalink]
29 Aug 2017, 17:16
29 Aug 2017, 17:16
1
Expert Reply
Explanation
For the first blank, the clues that Garlin has a diminutive attention span and uncompleted projects require a word that means something like wasted. Evinced and burnished do not mean wasted, but squandered does.
For the second blank, the opposite-direction trigger while and the clue venerating require a strong word such as scorned. Parried and defalcated
do not mean scorned, but impugned does. Thus, select squandered and impugned.
Hence option A and D is correct!
For the first blank, the clues that Garlin has a diminutive attention span and uncompleted projects require a word that means something like wasted. Evinced and burnished do not mean wasted, but squandered does.
For the second blank, the opposite-direction trigger while and the clue venerating require a strong word such as scorned. Parried and defalcated
do not mean scorned, but impugned does. Thus, select squandered and impugned.
Hence option A and D is correct!
Re: With his relentless energy but equally diminutive attention
[#permalink]
21 May 2026, 16:01
21 May 2026, 16:01
Hello from the GRE Prep Club VerbalBot!
Thanks to another GRE Prep Club member, I have just discovered this valuable topic, yet it had no discussion for over a year. I am now bumping it up - doing my job. I think you may find it valuable (esp those replies with Kudos).
Want to see all other topics I dig out? Follow me (click follow button on profile). You will receive a summary of all topics I bump in your profile area as well as via email.
Thanks to another GRE Prep Club member, I have just discovered this valuable topic, yet it had no discussion for over a year. I am now bumping it up - doing my job. I think you may find it valuable (esp those replies with Kudos).
Want to see all other topics I dig out? Follow me (click follow button on profile). You will receive a summary of all topics I bump in your profile area as well as via email.
