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Subjects
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english
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grammar
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Though Huck was quite willing to _____ Tom's story - Aunt Polly knew better than to believe either of them.
corroborate
nonchalance
undermine
interpid
2. The recent corruption scandals have _____ many people's faith in the city government.
impair
impede
undermine
juxtaposition
3. The uncrowned queen of the fashion industry - Diana was famous for her _____ taste.
furtive
disparity
impeccable
aesthetic
4. Flat prose and flat ginger are equally _____; both lack sparkle.
debilitate
insipid
emulate
austere
5. When you place a phone call from an airplane - _____ is essential; you are charged for every minute.
brevity
inane
opportunist
embellish
6. Stories in The New York Times often include _____ allusions to obscure people and events.
derivative
esoteric
reticent
frivolous
7. In a fiery speech - Mario _____ his fellow students to go out on strike to protest the university's anti-affirmative action stand.
implement
incite
peripheral
concise
8. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.
skeptic
haughtiness
disparage
redundant
9. Because Sal once had fallen asleep while reading War and Peace - he thought that all Russian novels were _____.
reprove
soporific
reticent
surreptitious
10. On certain issues of principle - the senator refused to take a _____ stand - but let her conscience be her guide.
partisan
instigate
disseminate
coercion
11. A pragmatic politician - he was guided more by what was _____ than by what was right.
expedient
cryptic
corroborate
banal
12. No matter how hard Darnell tried to lure the trout into taking the bait - the fish was too _____ to catch.
incorrigible
mundane
derision
elusive
13. The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Esther's _____ sense.
surpass
anecdote
aesthetic
renounce
14. These endorsements written by satisfied customers _____ our claim that Barron's SAT is the best SAT-prep book on the market.
alleviate
reserve
substantiate
presumptuous
15. The architect realized that her design for the new school had to be in _____ with the local building code.
compliance
disparage
brevity
erudite
16. Josh is such a greedy _____ that - as soon as the earthquake struck - he tripled the price of bottled water at his store.
obdurate
ascetic
innocuous
opportunist
17. The store manager tried to _____ the angry customer by offering to replace the damaged merchandise or return her money.
placate
inadvertently
endorse
divergent
18. The governor's appointment of his brother-in-law to the State Supreme Court was a _____ violation of the state laws against nepotism.
arbitrary
surreptitious
flagrant
rhetorical
19. Instead of delivering a spoken _____ at Genny's memorial service - Jeff sang a song he had written in her honor.
metaphor
brevity
partisan
eulogy
20. Whenever Sue was angry - she tried to avoid raising her voice because she had no wish to sound _____.
pragmatic
strident
benign
recluse
21. Although the movie star was no genius - she was sufficiently _____ to tell her true friends from the countless phonies who flattered her.
concise
compliance
discerning
inane
22. Othello's false friend lago uses considerable _____ to trick Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him
oblivion
contentious
levity
guile
23. Though his fellow students considered him a gifted scholar - Paul knew he would have to spend many years in serious study before he could consider himself truly _____.
ostentatious
rancor
erudite
mitigate
24. Unlike Widow Douglas - who _____ Huck's minor offenses - Miss Watson did nothing but scold.
mitigate
impede
condone
abridge
25. To be low man on the totem pole is to have a decidedly inferior place in the _____.
obdurate
hierarchy
delineate
erudite
26. The headmaster's _____ demeanor tended to care off the more timid students - who never visited his study willingly.
inadvertently
austere
terse
enhance
27. Even though she knew she would be burned at the stake as a witch - Joan of Arc refused to _____ her belief that her voices came from God.
subside
renounce
satirical
ironic
28. Their _____ in rank made no difference at all to the prince and Cinderella.
extol
disparity
astute
incongruous
29. Tina was still angry despite Tony's soft and _____ words.
benign
conciliatory
prudent
induce
30. I was bowled over by the _____ of Amy's welcome. What an enthusiastic greeting!
impede
immutable
lavish
exuberance
31. Everyone waited to see which one of the rival candidates for city council the mayor would _____.
endorse
vacillate
concise
pragmatic
32. Violently disagreeing with the referees' ruling - Coach Ben became so _____ that they threw him out of the game.
hyperbole
undermine
opportunist
contentious
33. Paradoxically - _____ reasoning does not always produce incorrect results; even though your logic may be flawed - the conclusion you reach may still be correct.
ephemeral
derision
fallacious
terse
34. The senator was _____ for behavior inappropriate to a member of Congress.
induce
censure
deprecate
esoteric
35. Seeking the end of slavery - the abolitionists _____ freedom for the slaves.
skeptic
haughtiness
discerning
advocate
36. Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next - she was confused by the _____ of her feelings.
rancor
innocuous
ambivalence
prolific
37. The rich new student tried to attract friends by making an _____ display of his wealth.
specious
furtive
ostentatious
nurture
38. Despite Tom's _____ of innocence - Aunt Polly suspected he had eaten the pie.
ostentatious
affirmation
altruistic
astute
39. To John - who had never missed a meal - hunger was an _____ concept - one he understood only in theory.
renounce
abstract
rectify
innate
40. By their use of the Internet - propagandists have been able to _____ their pet doctrines to new audiences around the globe.
disseminate
anarchy
pragmatic
derivative
41. Though Widow Douglas had hopes of reforming Huck - Miss Watson considered him _____ and swore he would come to no good end.
incorrigible
discrepancy
debilitate
incongruous
42. Con artists take advantage of the _____ of inexperienced Internet users to gain access to their credit card information.
ephemeral
venerate
credulity
relegate
43. As far as I'm concerned - Apple's claims about its new computer are pure _____; no machine is that good!
proximity
hyperbole
innocuous
nurture
44. Nothing could shake his _____ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.
quandary
resolution
surpass
lavish
45. Katya's _____ love of justice moved her to champion the cause of anyone she considered unfairly treated by society.
equivocal
inherent
garrulous
belie
46. The mayor was unwilling to _____ the plan until she was sure it had the governor's backing.
implement
vacillate
reticent
corroborate
47. Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their official them; his _____ were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.
metaphor
vacillate
derivative
digression
48. Galileo's assertion that the earth moved around the sun directly contradicted the religious teachings of his day; as a result - he was tried for _____.
heresy
disparity
erudite
reprove
49. Stop giggling and wriggling around in the pew; such _____ is improper in church.
malicious
levity
embellish
succinct
50. Someone mute cannot talk; someone _____ can hardly stop talking.
quandary
verbose
pervasive
proliferation