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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. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard - Stanford - and Yale. Which one would you attend? Remember - this is only a _____ situation.
furtive
hypothetical
surreptitious
garrulous
2. A pragmatic politician - he was guided more by what was _____ than by what was right.
elucidate
hierarchy
discrepancy
expedient
3. The conceited rap star relished the _____ he received from his groupies and yes-men.
redundant
adulation
emulate
fallacious
4. When both Harvard and Stanford accepted Laura - she was in a _____ as to which school she should attend.
reprove
quandary
concise
recluse
5. Uninterested in philosophical or spiritual discussions - Max talked only of _____ matters - such as the daily weather forecast or the latest basketball results.
mundane
elusive
allusion
undermine
6. The stereotypical cowboy is a _____ soul - answering lengthy questions with a simple 'yep' or 'nope.'
opulence
affirmation
disseminate
taciturn
7. To John - who had never missed a meal - hunger was an _____ concept - one he understood only in theory.
fervor
abstract
banal
expedient
8. Although Eric knew the boss had no sense of humor - he couldn't resist making one _____ remark.
ascetic
corroborate
assumption
jocular
9. Their _____ in rank made no difference at all to the prince and Cinderella.
brevity
frivolous
disparity
preclude
10. Historically - traders and missionaries often proved themselves to be _____ explorers - bravely venturing into new territories despite the dangers involved.
interpid
cursory
oblivion
preclude
11. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.
mundane
incongruous
renounce
colloquial
12. There is a fine line between speech that is _____ and to the point and speech so abrupt that it verges on rudeness.
strident
terse
malicious
debunk
13. The young wrestler struggled to defeat his formidable _____.
adversary
decorum
dogmatic
censure
14. Government agents have been known to use wiretapping and other _____ methods to spy on suspected terrorists.
surreptitious
malicious
fastidious
fervor
15. Although Nancy enjoyed Bill's _____ - lighthearted companionship - she sometimes wondered whether he could ever be serious.
detachment
apathy
rectify
frivolous
16. Disappointed in love - Miss Emily became a _____; she shut herself away in her empty mansion and refused to see another living soul.
cursory
terse
recluse
repudiate
17. Katya's _____ love of justice moved her to champion the cause of anyone she considered unfairly treated by society.
reprimand
eclectic
inherent
indifferent
18. Because Sal once had fallen asleep while reading War and Peace - he thought that all Russian novels were _____.
ironic
soporific
opulence
obdurate
19. The wealthy - self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict - _____ lifestyle practiced by members of some monastic orders.
constraint
ascetic
acclaim
proximity
20. The museum curator placed the Eskimo-carved wooden totem pole in _____ with two contemporary stone masks from Africa - creating a stunning effect.
satirical
hyperbole
juxtaposition
allusion
21. To win his audience - the speaker used every _____ trick in the book.
rhetorical
hierarchy
austere
levity
22. In the film Funny Face - the bookish heroine _____ fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests.
rhetorical
preclude
adversity
disdain
23. In a brief essay - describe a person you admire - someone whose virtues and achievements you would like to _____.
predilection
reprove
emulate
mollify
24. The recent corruption scandals have _____ many people's faith in the city government.
belie
incorrigible
document
undermine
25. After medical school - the two doctors took widely _____ paths - one becoming a wealthy plastic surgeon - the other joining the nonprofit Doctors Without Borders.
obdurate
divergent
belie
colloquial
26. Although you can still hear _____ outbursts of laughter and signing outside - the Halloween parade has passed; the party is over till next year.
document
profane
sporadic
alleviate
27. Some of the newer - less formal passages on the SAT have a _____ tone that is intended to make them more appealing to students.
colloquial
oblivion
prudent
gregarious
28. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.
superfluous
affirmation
gravity
turbulent
29. Con artists take advantage of the _____ of inexperienced Internet users to gain access to their credit card information.
abstract
venerate
deprecate
credulity
30. To be low man on the totem pole is to have a decidedly inferior place in the _____.
hierarchy
undermine
hyperbole
renounce
31. After separating from Tony - Tina announced that she would _____ all debts incurred by her soon-to-be-ex-husband.
transient
contentious
repudiate
elucidate
32. Although the movie star was no genius - she was sufficiently _____ to tell her true friends from the countless phonies who flattered her.
rectify
detachment
ascetic
discerning
33. Thirty years after the war - she could not let go of the past but was still consumed with _____ against the foe.
rancor
levity
hyperbole
extol
34. Flat prose and flat ginger are equally _____; both lack sparkle.
exacerbate
insipid
interpid
impair
35. When Amanda said to the ticket scalper - 'One hundred bucks? What do you want - a pound of flesh?' she was making an _____ to Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
allusion
levity
opulence
usurp
36. Because the student body at their daughter's prep school was so _____ - they decided to send her to a school that offered greater cultural diversity.
discerning
derivative
jocular
homogeneous
37. As far as I'm concerned - Apple's claims about its new computer are pure _____; no machine is that good!
hyperbole
notoriety
rancor
apathy
38. Using only a few descriptive phrases - Austen manages to _____ the character of Mr. Collins so deftly that we can predict his every move.
censure
astute
delineate
innate
39. Covering the Olympic Games - the sportscasters _____ every American victory and grumbled about every American defeat.
fallacious
mollify
acclaim
relegate
40. An occasional glass of wine with dinner is relatively _____ and should have no ill effect on you.
vacillate
extol
innocuous
fastidious
41. The rich new student tried to attract friends by making an _____ display of his wealth.
presumptuous
ostentatious
nurture
adulation
42. Instead of delivering a spoken _____ at Genny's memorial service - Jeff sang a song he had written in her honor.
implement
eulogy
soporific
mitigate
43. Politicians of both the extreme right and left annoy me because they do not sound like people but parrots mindlessly repeating _____ clich
fastidious
document
dogmatic
frivolous
44. On certain issues of principle - the senator refused to take a _____ stand - but let her conscience be her guide.
explicit
partisan
immutable
opportunist
45. In providing college scholarships for economically disadvantaged youths - Eugene Lang performed a truly _____ deed.
deprecate
surreptitious
mollify
altruistic
46. Othello's false friend lago uses considerable _____ to trick Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him
discrepancy
superficial
guile
ascetic
47. The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Esther's _____ sense.
obdurate
predilection
subside
aesthetic
48. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.
adversary
disparage
prudent
gregarious
49. Someone mute cannot talk; someone _____ can hardly stop talking.
profound
verbose
obdurate
proliferation
50. Although her early poetry was clearly _____ in nature - the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.
exemplary
derivative
flagrant
resolution