Official Verbal Thread - Version with Astronauts

sunnyboy · 06-04-2005, 07:02 PM

It is now apparent that there were a number of different versions! Here is what I remember from the verbal sections of my test:

Essay - Do memories help or hinder people in their efforts to learn from the past and succeed in the present?
Grammar - Had a fix the paragraph reading on El Greco. Had a second grammar section with a fix the paragraph reading on a poetry slam. Now know from talking with a friend who had this version that the El Greco section was experimental and the Poetry slam counted.
Readings:
1. Reading on the jargon used by astronauts
2. Reading on a Chinese woman and her daughter. Chinese woman did bi-lingual signs. She taught her unwilling daughter the art of calligraphy
3. Paired-Passage: First author wanted to travel alone. The one exception was eating a fine meal at the end of a trip. The second author liked companionship but then cited someone who had a bad experience.
4. Long Passage in 20 minute Section - Turns out that our environment has a great impact on society and social roles
Sentence Completions: Here in no particular order are the answers I remember:
TEPID
AMALGAM .. COIN
ENTHRALLED
PROPONENT
RETICENT - Thurgood Marshall is reticent
EBULLIENCE - PESSIMISM
ENDEMIC
IMPECUNIOUS .. AFFLUENT
CAN ANYONE ADD MORE DETAILS TO THIS LIST!

fed04 · 06-04-2005, 07:05 PM

No, but I agree with all your asnwers.

pimpin88 · 06-04-2005, 07:06 PM

I didnt get this..

extremefob · 06-04-2005, 07:09 PM

some sent comp with "ennui" as an answer choice..what was that one?

solarz · 06-04-2005, 07:12 PM

ennui was not correct unfortunately; i, too, thought this was the answer and later looked it up to find it meant "boredom"

sither · 06-04-2005, 07:12 PM

fob...it was either ennui or chagrin but i remember the girl wasnt really angry so i put ennui but without remembering the sentence i cant be sure of my answer

solarz · 06-04-2005, 07:14 PM

i don't think "reticent" was the answer. i thought the question was Thurgood Marshal was outspoken but outside of the court he was______ (or something like that)...i put flamboyant

fed04 · 06-04-2005, 07:14 PM

I can't remember the sentence, but I think I got it wrong. What exactly was it saying about the girl?

solarz · 06-04-2005, 07:15 PM

she was afraid about answering the phone wrong and dropped dishes or something like that

fed04 · 06-04-2005, 07:15 PM

It said he was forthright in court, so the opposite, reticent, does work.

sither · 06-04-2005, 07:16 PM

reticent is a near antonym of outspoken so that was right

fed04 · 06-04-2005, 07:17 PM

I really don't know about the girl question though.

solarz · 06-04-2005, 07:18 PM

i definitely screwed up all sentence completions in the CR sections...for those who had CR as the experimental section, can you tell me exactly which one was the experimental?

sunnyboy · 06-04-2005, 07:25 PM

Chagrin was definitely the answer! I believe it was the fifth and final question in the list!

k0w · 06-04-2005, 07:40 PM

r u sure the amalgam and coin one is right? i remember there was that and another choice that i was debating over, nd i chose the other one. forgot what it was :l. i really screwed up on vocab

just wondering, was section 2 (grammar writing) the experimental? because there was 2 writings back to back. looked really fishy