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Complete Advanced Sentences
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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Don't bore your audience with excess verbiage; be _____.
adversary
incite
inherent
succinct
2. Someone mute cannot talk; someone _____ can hardly stop talking.
resolution
fastidious
specious
verbose
3. Nothing could shake his _____ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.
altruistic
resolution
equivocal
turbulent
4. Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied; be _____ about what's bothering you.
rebuttal
abridge
explicit
hierarchy
5. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard - Stanford - and Yale. Which one would you attend? Remember - this is only a _____ situation.
reticent
hypothetical
affirmation
assumption
6. The governor's appointment of his brother-in-law to the State Supreme Court was a _____ violation of the state laws against nepotism.
contentious
flagrant
reserve
laconic
7. No wonder Ted doesn't think straight! His mind is so cluttered with _____ information that he can't concentrate on the essentials.
whimsical
detachment
autonomous
extraneous
8. I was bowled over by the _____ of Amy's welcome. What an enthusiastic greeting!
cryptic
skeptic
exuberance
derision
9. The glitter and _____ of the ballroom took Cinderella's breath away.
arbitrary
predilection
interpid
opulence
10. Every time Ermengarde made a mistake in class - she was terrified that she would receive a harsh _____ from Miss Minchin.
jocular
alleviate
reprimand
rhetorical
11. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
arbitrary
flagrant
predilection
pervasive
12. 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.
retract
oblivion
ambivalence
laconic
13. Though Widow Douglas had hopes of reforming Huck - Miss Watson considered him _____ and swore he would come to no good end.
incorrigible
oblivion
abstract
retract
14. The special prosecutor determined that the attorney general - though inept - had not intentionally set out to _____ the progress of the investigation.
impede
alleviate
reticent
lethargic
15. There's no point to what you're saying. Why are you bothering to make such _____ remarks?
inane
anarchy
rancor
incongruous
16. The inquisitors used both physical and psychological _____ to force Joan of Arc to deny that her visions were sent by God.
censure
coercion
feasible
ambiguous
17. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.
resigned
turbulent
hypothetical
feasible
18. Although some girls were attracted by Mark's air of _____ - Judy was put off by it - for she felt his aloofness indicated a lack of openness.
frivolous
reserve
fervor
discrepancy
19. 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.
document
equivocal
undermine
discrepancy
20. Uncertain which suitor she ought to accept - the princess _____ - first favoring one and then the other.
reticent
metaphor
vacillate
document
21. The legendary athlete Jim Thorpe - who _____ all his competitors at the 1912 Olympic Games - made a name for himself in baseball - football - and track.
undermine
sporadic
surpass
reticent
22. Whenever Sue was angry - she tried to avoid raising her voice because she had no wish to sound _____.
redundant
repudiate
condone
strident
23. 'Any publicity is good publicity - 'said the starlet. 'If I can't have a good reputation - I'll settle for _____.'
homogeneous
jocular
derision
notoriety
24. Covering the Olympic Games - the sportscasters _____ every American victory and grumbled about every American defeat.
acclaim
rectify
notoriety
autonomous
25. Katya's _____ love of justice moved her to champion the cause of anyone she considered unfairly treated by society.
deprecate
pragmatic
resigned
inherent
26. The young wrestler struggled to defeat his formidable _____.
extricate
emulate
adversary
haughtiness
27. Rejecting the candidate's _____ comments on tax reform - the reporter pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue.
transient
conciliatory
equivocal
dogmatic
28. Though Aunt Bea at times had to _____ Opie for inattention in church - she believed he was at heart a God-fearing lad.
predilection
reprove
quandary
scrupulous
29. Shrewdly purchasing valuable plots of land for small sums - John Jacob Astor gained a reputation as an _____ investor.
nurture
condone
astute
zealot
30. Although her early poetry was clearly _____ in nature - the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.
skeptic
incongruous
derivative
preclude
31. Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next - she was confused by the _____ of her feelings.
ascetic
delineate
peripheral
ambivalence
32. Since both interpretations seemed possible - the judge could not decide which way to interpret a particularly _____ passage in the law.
ambiguous
digression
incongruous
mundane
33. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted many subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
predilection
hypothetical
guile
impeccable
34. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.
fastidious
enhance
fervor
disparage
35. The senator was _____ for behavior inappropriate to a member of Congress.
censure
buttress
obdurate
extricate
36. In a fiery speech - Mario _____ his fellow students to go out on strike to protest the university's anti-affirmative action stand.
incite
satirical
profane
impede
37. The mayfly is an _____ creature; its adult life lasts little more than a day.
induce
ephemeral
zealot
eulogy
38. The reviewers heaped _____ on the novice playwright - ridiculing his pretentious dialogue - flat characters - and simple-minded plot.
concise
derision
turbulent
obdurate
39. After Ralph dropped his second try of drinks that week - the manager swiftly _____ him to a minor post behind the bar.
turbulent
digression
relegate
fervor
40. Michael's severe bout of the flue _____ him so much that for a week he was too tired to go back to work.
obdurate
prevalent
debilitate
fastidious
41. Historically - traders and missionaries often proved themselves to be _____ explorers - bravely venturing into new territories despite the dangers involved.
meticulous
pervasive
interpid
feasible
42. Is an old-fashioned hairstyle an apt _____ for being out of step with the times and in need of change?
metaphor
divergent
explicit
reserve
43. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.
divergent
document
scrutiny
turbulent
44. Though Huck was quite willing to _____ Tom's story - Aunt Polly knew better than to believe either of them.
discrepancy
corroborate
delineate
reserve
45. 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.
insipid
inadvertently
deprecate
benign
46. She kept all the receipts form her business trip in order to _____ her expenses for the Internal Revenue Service.
document
autonomous
fervor
reprimand
47. What _____ did you use when you selected this essay as the prizewinner?
condone
exemplary
specious
criterion
48. When Johnny came down with a bad case of poison oak - the doctor recommended calamine lotion to _____ the itching.
alleviate
capricious
fastidious
cursory
49. Icebreakers were needed to _____ the trapped whales from the icy floes that closed them in.
extricate
autonomous
enhance
reticent
50. Disappointed in love - Miss Emily became a _____; she shut herself away in her empty mansion and refused to see another living soul.
ironic
enhance
recluse
terse