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Complete Advanced Sentences

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. I was bowled over by the _____ of Amy's welcome. What an enthusiastic greeting!






2. Don't bore your audience with excess verbiage; be _____.






3. In providing college scholarships for economically disadvantaged youths - Eugene Lang performed a truly _____ deed.






4. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard - Stanford - and Yale. Which one would you attend? Remember - this is only a _____ situation.






5. 'Any publicity is good publicity - 'said the starlet. 'If I can't have a good reputation - I'll settle for _____.'






6. Looking for any inconsistency in the testimony that might exonerate his client - the defense lawyer pounced on a _____ between the two witnesses' versions of what had occurred.






7. The reviewers heaped _____ on the novice playwright - ridiculing his pretentious dialogue - flat characters - and simple-minded plot.






8. Con artists take advantage of the _____ of inexperienced Internet users to gain access to their credit card information.






9. After medical school - the two doctors took widely _____ paths - one becoming a wealthy plastic surgeon - the other joining the nonprofit Doctors Without Borders.






10. Since both interpretations seemed possible - the judge could not decide which way to interpret a particularly _____ passage in the law.






11. Despite airing her clothes for several hours - she could not rid them of the _____ odor of mothballs that clung to them.






12. Because Sal once had fallen asleep while reading War and Peace - he thought that all Russian novels were _____.






13. Someone mute cannot talk; someone _____ can hardly stop talking.






14. Although her _____ smile and gentle bearing made Miss Marple seem to be a sweet little old lady - in reality she was a tough-minded - shrewd observer of human nature.






15. The costume designer _____ the leading lady's ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.






16. Josh is such a greedy _____ that - as soon as the earthquake struck - he tripled the price of bottled water at his store.






17. Please try not to include so many _____ details in your report; the bare facts are all I need.






18. The Head Start program attempts to _____ prekindergarten children so that they will do well when they enter elementary school.






19. Bobby was such a _____ eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.






20. In a brief essay - describe a person you admire - someone whose virtues and achievements you would like to _____.






21. There's no point to what you're saying. Why are you bothering to make such _____ remarks?






22. As far as I'm concerned - Apple's claims about its new computer are pure _____; no machine is that good!






23. Violently disagreeing with the referees' ruling - Coach Ben became so _____ that they threw him out of the game.






24. Government agents have been known to use wiretapping and other _____ methods to spy on suspected terrorists.






25. Typically - partygoers are _____; hermits are not.






26. Icebreakers were needed to _____ the trapped whales from the icy floes that closed them in.






27. Psychoanalysts must maintain their professional _____ and stay uninvolved with their patients' personal lives.






28. Politicians of both the extreme right and left annoy me because they do not sound like people but parrots mindlessly repeating _____ clich






29. Because solar energy has the power to reduce greenhouse gases and increase energy efficiency - conversion to the use of solar energy may help _____ the threat of global warming.






30. On certain issues of principle - the senator refused to take a _____ stand - but let her conscience be her guide.






31. When the boys first met their new stepmother - they felt some _____ - but eventually they lost that initial awkwardness and talked with her comfortably.






32. Nothing could shake his _____ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.






33. 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 _____.






34. The Beatles expressed themselves through capricious - flip humor and _____ displays of carefree abandon.






35. Uncertain which suitor she ought to accept - the princess _____ - first favoring one and then the other.






36. Cool - calm - and collected - James Bond shows remarkable _____ in the face of danger.






37. A miser hoards money - not because he is _____ - but because he is stingy.






38. These endorsements written by satisfied customers _____ our claim that Barron's SAT is the best SAT-prep book on the market.






39. The bottle of wine I brought to Sharon's party was certainly _____: how was I to know that Sharon owned a winery?






40. Her wealthy suitors wooed her with _____ gifts.






41. Judy's great fear was that she might _____ omit a question on the exam and mismark her entire answer sheet.






42. The boss prefaced his speech by telling a pointless _____ about an encounter he'd had with former President Bush.






43. Although you can still hear _____ outbursts of laughter and signing outside - the Halloween parade has passed; the party is over till next year.






44. Rejecting the candidate's _____ comments on tax reform - the reporter pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue.






45. When Elizabeth realized that Darcy considered himself too good to dance with his inferiors - she took great offense at his _____.






46. Katya's _____ love of justice moved her to champion the cause of anyone she considered unfairly treated by society.






47. A born storyteller - my father loved to _____ anecdotes about his early years in New York.






48. Times of economic hardship inevitably encourage the _____ of countless get-rich-quick schemes.






49. Though Aunt Bea at times had to _____ Opie for inattention in church - she believed he was at heart a God-fearing lad.






50. When acacias are in bloom - the increase of pollen in the air _____ Richard's hay fever.






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