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english
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grammar
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When I saw how Fred and his fraternity brothers had trashed the frat house - I decided to _____ my offer to let them use our summer cottage over spring break.
recluse
retract
undermine
prevalent
2. The inquisitors used both physical and psychological _____ to force Joan of Arc to deny that her visions were sent by God.
guile
autonomous
extraneous
coercion
3. Since both interpretations seemed possible - the judge could not decide which way to interpret a particularly _____ passage in the law.
ambiguous
allusion
deprecate
apathy
4. When Johnny came down with a bad case of poison oak - the doctor recommended calamine lotion to _____ the itching.
alleviate
debilitate
fervor
subside
5. Because Sal once had fallen asleep while reading War and Peace - he thought that all Russian novels were _____.
preclude
indifferent
reprove
soporific
6. After Ralph dropped his second try of drinks that week - the manager swiftly _____ him to a minor post behind the bar.
ostentatious
embellish
aesthetic
relegate
7. 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.
elusive
rancor
eulogy
renounce
8. Don't bore your audience with excess verbiage; be _____.
garrulous
verbose
dogmatic
succinct
9. The costume designer _____ the leading lady's ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.
capricious
embellish
preclude
banal
10. Michael's severe bout of the flue _____ him so much that for a week he was too tired to go back to work.
digression
debilitate
exemplary
subside
11. Because she was a firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy - Miss Post _____ the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.
deprecate
reserve
renounce
vacillate
12. There's no point to what you're saying. Why are you bothering to make such _____ remarks?
inane
predilection
impede
immutable
13. On certain issues of principle - the senator refused to take a _____ stand - but let her conscience be her guide.
buttress
derision
partisan
delineate
14. The BP oil spill has caused _____ damage to the entire Gulf Coast.
profound
partisan
mundane
ephemeral
15. Thoroughly baffled by Holmes's _____ remarks - Watson wondered whether Holmes was intentionally concealing his thoughts about the crime.
constraint
cryptic
assumption
meticulous
16. Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their official them; his _____ were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.
altruistic
digression
implement
discrepancy
17. Youth's beauty is _____; it quickly fades with age.
scrutiny
disdain
transient
skeptic
18. Historically - traders and missionaries often proved themselves to be _____ explorers - bravely venturing into new territories despite the dangers involved.
opportunist
interpid
vacillate
adulation
19. Because Ann felt no desire to marry - she was _____ to Carl's constant proposals.
indifferent
coercion
extraneous
meticulous
20. Dirt poor and out of work - she did not give up but continued to fight against _____.
mollify
haughtiness
adversity
debilitate
21. Rejecting the candidate's _____ comments on tax reform - the reporter pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue.
reprimand
equivocal
usurp
rebuttal
22. Although defeat appeared inevitable - the general was _____ in his refusal to surrender.
condone
taciturn
resolution
obdurate
23. Although Alfred _____ in fulfilling his duties at work - he is less conscientious about meeting his obligations at home.
pervasive
scrupulous
fastidious
deprecate
24. Using only a few descriptive phrases - Austen manages to _____ the character of Mr. Collins so deftly that we can predict his every move.
delineate
capricious
prudent
specious
25. By their use of the Internet - propagandists have been able to _____ their pet doctrines to new audiences around the globe.
disseminate
reprove
oblivion
fervor
26. The senator was _____ for behavior inappropriate to a member of Congress.
pragmatic
feasible
censure
colloquial
27. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.
exuberance
superfluous
resigned
elucidate
28. When you place a phone call from an airplane - _____ is essential; you are charged for every minute.
brevity
soporific
advocate
ostentatious
29. Rumors of police corruption led the mayor to _____ an investigation into the department's activities.
disseminate
subside
arbitrary
instigate
30. Uncertain which suitor she ought to accept - the princess _____ - first favoring one and then the other.
surpass
vacillate
proliferation
disparity
31. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard - Stanford - and Yale. Which one would you attend? Remember - this is only a _____ situation.
lavish
hypothetical
immutable
mundane
32. Though Aunt Bea at times had to _____ Opie for inattention in church - she believed he was at heart a God-fearing lad.
reprove
malicious
cursory
rectify
33. Government agents have been known to use wiretapping and other _____ methods to spy on suspected terrorists.
innate
terse
surreptitious
fastidious
34. In class - she tried to stay alert and listen to the professor - but the stuffy room made her _____; she felt as if she were about to nod off.
ostentatious
arbitrary
rectify
lethargic
35. The winter storm was ______; it changed course constantly.
erudite
capricious
alleviate
guile
36. The wealthy - self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict - _____ lifestyle practiced by members of some monastic orders.
ascetic
repudiate
mitigate
nonchalance
37. The legendary athlete Jim Thorpe - who _____ all his competitors at the 1912 Olympic Games - made a name for himself in baseball - football - and track.
whimsical
arbitrary
banal
surpass
38. At evening block inspection - the recruits' bunk room - washroom - and gear come under the inspecting officer's close _____.
gregarious
malicious
ambiguous
scrutiny
39. Shrewdly purchasing valuable plots of land for small sums - John Jacob Astor gained a reputation as an _____ investor.
usurp
astute
whimsical
feasible
40. With its worn-out dialogue and predictable plot - the sitcom struck me as unbearably _____.
instigate
subside
banal
strident
41. Some of the newer - less formal passages on the SAT have a _____ tone that is intended to make them more appealing to students.
colloquial
predilection
retract
buttress
42. A miser hoards money - not because he is _____ - but because he is stingy.
prudent
contentious
divergent
disdain
43. Despite airing her clothes for several hours - she could not rid them of the _____ odor of mothballs that clung to them.
pervasive
abridge
fervor
advocate
44. After medical school - the two doctors took widely _____ paths - one becoming a wealthy plastic surgeon - the other joining the nonprofit Doctors Without Borders.
divergent
apathy
notoriety
reprimand
45. The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Esther's _____ sense.
apathy
malicious
aesthetic
interpid
46. Matilda thought it was somewhat _____ of the young man to have addressed her without first having been introduced. Perhaps manners were freer here in the New World.
furtive
malicious
presumptuous
succinct
47. The special prosecutor determined that the attorney general - though inept - had not intentionally set out to _____ the progress of the investigation.
extol
impede
criterion
incorrigible
48. The reviewers praised the new restaurant's _____ selection of dishes - which ranged from Asian stir fries to French ragouts and stews.
eclectic
impair
proliferation
innocuous
49. What _____ did you use when you selected this essay as the prizewinner?
decorum
volatile
criterion
deprecate
50. No wonder Ted doesn't think straight! His mind is so cluttered with _____ information that he can't concentrate on the essentials.
innocuous
extraneous
reprimand
incongruous
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