GRE Questions

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Metonymy is a figure of speech in which a thing or concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept. Hence it occurs when a word is replaced by a word that has an obvious relation to itself.

In the given example of the text, the bones refer to the human being.

The art and science of map making is called Cartography.

Sad means being unhappy, sorrowful, mournful, wistful,...

Hence, Somber means cheerless i.e, unhappy which is synonym of sad. All other options are opposites of Sad.

Beowulf is an Old English epic poem consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. It is one of the most important works of Old English literature.

The second would employ a comma, or semi-colon, and not a colon so it is not properly punctuated.

The third sentence would not be correct because it uses 'like', usually used for comparison. Since you are not comparing two questions, it would not be appropriate.

The fourth sentence has 'is' before the colon, which is a implies declaration and not listing. So, again, it would not be appropriate.

Hence, the first sentence, however, is punctuated correctly.

Economic resources include land, labour, capital and entrepreneurship. 

Entrepreneurship is also considered an economic resource because individuals are responsible for creating businesses and moving economic resources in the business environment.

These economic resources are also called as Factors of production.

Laconic means using only few words in his/her speech or while talking.

In the given options, talkative, wordy and long are all opposite to laconic and brief is the only word which is similar in meaning of laconic.