GRE Sample Test 3 Verbal Reasoning 2

The word in the first blank describes the tactic that the executive used. This is clarified by “underhanded.” Of the choices in the first column, the word closest in meaning to underhanded is cunning. The second blank describes a trait that “devolved into indifference.” This implies that the original trait was the opposite of indifference. Of the words in the blank, the best match is enthusiasm.