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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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1. Through the comments of the characters in his cartoon strip - Doonesbury - Gary Trudeau ridicules political corruption; his humor is _____ in nature.
rancor
satirical
predilection
superficial
2. Typically - partygoers are _____; hermits are not.
delineate
ambiguous
predilection
gregarious
3. In a brief essay - describe a person you admire - someone whose virtues and achievements you would like to _____.
jocular
emulate
anarchy
condone
4. Despite Tom's _____ of innocence - Aunt Polly suspected he had eaten the pie.
enhance
esoteric
affirmation
prolific
5. Covering the Olympic Games - the sportscasters _____ every American victory and grumbled about every American defeat.
corroborate
satirical
acclaim
succinct
6. I am a _____ about the proposed new health plan; I want some proof that it will work.
malicious
recluse
innocuous
skeptic
7. At commencement - the dean praised Ellen for her _____ behavior as class president.
exemplary
debilitate
extricate
insipid
8. Cool - calm - and collected - James Bond shows remarkable _____ in the face of danger.
taciturn
nonchalance
impair
impede
9. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard - Stanford - and Yale. Which one would you attend? Remember - this is only a _____ situation.
hypothetical
proliferation
insipid
substantiate
10. Her wealthy suitors wooed her with _____ gifts.
lavish
mollify
notoriety
adulation
11. Although you can still hear _____ outbursts of laughter and signing outside - the Halloween parade has passed; the party is over till next year.
repudiate
resolution
derivative
sporadic
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.
preclude
retract
placate
skeptic
13. 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.
opulence
benign
predilection
expedient
14. When you place a phone call from an airplane - _____ is essential; you are charged for every minute.
brevity
compliance
expedient
heresy
15. A miser hoards money - not because he is _____ - but because he is stingy.
ostentatious
prudent
predilection
substantiate
16. To win his audience - the speaker used every _____ trick in the book.
resigned
extricate
opportunist
rhetorical
17. At the protest rally - the students cheered the strikers and booed the dean with equal _____.
fervor
substantiate
surreptitious
fallacious
18. The doctor assured the boy's parents that his fever would eventually _____.
ambivalence
condone
preclude
subside
19. Con artists take advantage of the _____ of inexperienced Internet users to gain access to their credit card information.
credulity
censure
digression
preclude
20. The classic cowboy hero is a _____ figure - someone generally described as the strong - silent type.
transient
haughtiness
laconic
conciliatory
21. There is a fine line between speech that is _____ and to the point and speech so abrupt that it verges on rudeness.
subside
relegate
terse
condone
22. To revise a textbook properly - you must do more than make a few _____ changes to the manuscript.
capricious
superficial
credulity
heresy
23. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.
incongruous
digression
ironic
prevalent
24. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted many subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
predilection
extricate
buttress
ambiguous
25. Stop giggling and wriggling around in the pew; such _____ is improper in church.
presumptuous
levity
obdurate
predilection
26. On certain issues of principle - the senator refused to take a _____ stand - but let her conscience be her guide.
partisan
lethargic
juxtaposition
abstract
27. As far as I'm concerned - Apple's claims about its new computer are pure _____; no machine is that good!
disparage
hyperbole
insipid
rectify
28. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her _____.
volatile
vacillate
rebuttal
predilection
29. The Beatles expressed themselves through capricious - flip humor and _____ displays of carefree abandon.
transient
whimsical
astute
recount
30. Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their official them; his _____ were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.
transient
digression
fervor
austere
31. Although defeat appeared inevitable - the general was _____ in his refusal to surrender.
explicit
obdurate
anecdote
digression
32. Whenever Sue was angry - she tried to avoid raising her voice because she had no wish to sound _____.
subside
strident
arbitrary
predilection
33. Though Aunt Bea at times had to _____ Opie for inattention in church - she believed he was at heart a God-fearing lad.
reprove
undermine
vacillate
ambivalence
34. At evening block inspection - the recruits' bunk room - washroom - and gear come under the inspecting officer's close _____.
scrutiny
autonomous
haughtiness
guile
35. Tina was still angry despite Tony's soft and _____ words.
conciliatory
skeptic
metaphor
resolution
36. The governor's appointment of his brother-in-law to the State Supreme Court was a _____ violation of the state laws against nepotism.
strident
flagrant
scrupulous
gravity
37. Youth's beauty is _____; it quickly fades with age.
transient
adversary
disparage
homogeneous
38. The coming trip to France should provide a _____ test of the value of my conversational French class.
undermine
pragmatic
meticulous
terse
39. Josh is such a greedy _____ that - as soon as the earthquake struck - he tripled the price of bottled water at his store.
jocular
opportunist
obdurate
usurp
40. You had better _____ your accounting errors before the auditors arrive.
detachment
juxtaposition
venerate
rectify
41. 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.
acclaim
disseminate
transient
homogeneous
42. Some of the newer - less formal passages on the SAT have a _____ tone that is intended to make them more appealing to students.
succinct
colloquial
eulogy
lavish
43. There's no point to what you're saying. Why are you bothering to make such _____ remarks?
derivative
fervor
specious
inane
44. The president _____ the astronauts - whom he called 'the pioneers of the Space Age.'
enhance
exacerbate
extol
innate
45. We made an _____ choice to eat at the first restaurant we saw.
arbitrary
opportunist
impair
opulence
46. Paradoxically - _____ reasoning does not always produce incorrect results; even though your logic may be flawed - the conclusion you reach may still be correct.
fallacious
delineate
coercion
belie
47. Please try not to include so many _____ details in your report; the bare facts are all I need.
disparity
heresy
superfluous
extricate
48. She kept all the receipts form her business trip in order to _____ her expenses for the Internal Revenue Service.
explicit
notoriety
document
reprimand
49. To be low man on the totem pole is to have a decidedly inferior place in the _____.
reprimand
extol
hierarchy
hyperbole
50. The recent corruption scandals have _____ many people's faith in the city government.
turbulent
assumption
undermine
hyperbole