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GRE 35-Verbal Question 6

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The journalist was ____(i)____ in his pursuit of the scandal he suspected: despite a lack of support from his editors, he was determined to
investigate day and night, follow every lead, and write until dawn to get the story first and finally ____(ii)____ the big news agencies.

Decorous         scoop
Digressive        forestall
Indefatigable    deprecate



indefatigable and scoop
The first blank describes the journalist’s pursuit of the story; since he’s investigating day and night and writing until dawn, a word like
tirelessly would make sense in the blank. Of the choices, indefatigable—literally, not able to be fatigued—is the best fit. The clue for
the second blank is get the story first; scoop has a secondary meaning of beating other news sources to a story, so that’s your best
choice.
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