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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. Icebreakers were needed to _____ the trapped whales from the icy floes that closed them in.
laconic
austere
extricate
specious
2. When you place a phone call from an airplane - _____ is essential; you are charged for every minute.
brevity
presumptuous
discrepancy
extol
3. Although defeat appeared inevitable - the general was _____ in his refusal to surrender.
hyperbole
autonomous
anarchy
obdurate
4. Although you can still hear _____ outbursts of laughter and signing outside - the Halloween parade has passed; the party is over till next year.
abstract
affirmation
garrulous
sporadic
5. Although Alfred _____ in fulfilling his duties at work - he is less conscientious about meeting his obligations at home.
scrupulous
proliferation
belie
corroborate
6. Every time Ermengarde made a mistake in class - she was terrified that she would receive a harsh _____ from Miss Minchin.
endorse
banal
reprimand
guile
7. Stop giggling and wriggling around in the pew; such _____ is improper in church.
volatile
levity
succinct
endorse
8. Paradoxically - _____ reasoning does not always produce incorrect results; even though your logic may be flawed - the conclusion you reach may still be correct.
fallacious
adversary
volatile
constraint
9. When Elizabeth realized that Darcy considered himself too good to dance with his inferiors - she took great offense at his _____.
haughtiness
lethargic
enhance
reprimand
10. Dirt poor and out of work - she did not give up but continued to fight against _____.
adversity
conciliatory
venerate
belie
11. Through the comments of the characters in his cartoon strip - Doonesbury - Gary Trudeau ridicules political corruption; his humor is _____ in nature.
divergent
resigned
satirical
hierarchy
12. Historically - traders and missionaries often proved themselves to be _____ explorers - bravely venturing into new territories despite the dangers involved.
extraneous
interpid
exuberance
resolution
13. The legendary athlete Jim Thorpe - who _____ all his competitors at the 1912 Olympic Games - made a name for himself in baseball - football - and track.
surpass
undermine
ironic
profane
14. The stereotypical cowboy is a _____ soul - answering lengthy questions with a simple 'yep' or 'nope.'
taciturn
vacillate
conciliatory
discerning
15. Seeking the end of slavery - the abolitionists _____ freedom for the slaves.
advocate
obdurate
volatile
fallacious
16. Judy's great fear was that she might _____ omit a question on the exam and mismark her entire answer sheet.
surreptitious
insipid
inadvertently
decorum
17. After medical school - the two doctors took widely _____ paths - one becoming a wealthy plastic surgeon - the other joining the nonprofit Doctors Without Borders.
guile
divergent
retract
relegate
18. Compared to Jo - who was perfectly ready to chat with anyone about anything - Beth was _____ about what she considered personal matters.
inadvertently
adversity
reticent
derivative
19. Someone mute cannot talk; someone _____ can hardly stop talking.
austere
verbose
levity
cryptic
20. A miser hoards money - not because he is _____ - but because he is stingy.
adversity
prudent
immutable
implement
21. When both Harvard and Stanford accepted Laura - she was in a _____ as to which school she should attend.
fallacious
satirical
opportunist
quandary
22. The costume designer _____ the leading lady's ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.
mundane
vacillate
embellish
zealot
23. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her _____.
explicit
pervasive
satirical
rebuttal
24. The reviewers heaped _____ on the novice playwright - ridiculing his pretentious dialogue - flat characters - and simple-minded plot.
derision
surreptitious
digression
condone
25. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
opulence
cryptic
endorse
predilection
26. The Beatles expressed themselves through capricious - flip humor and _____ displays of carefree abandon.
soporific
whimsical
elusive
derivative
27. Violently disagreeing with the referees' ruling - Coach Ben became so _____ that they threw him out of the game.
contentious
levity
austere
recluse
28. Michael's severe bout of the flue _____ him so much that for a week he was too tired to go back to work.
debilitate
adversity
anarchy
mollify
29. Denying that she advocated total _____ - Katya maintained she wished only to change our government - not to destroy it utterly.
substantiate
anarchy
quandary
corroborate
30. The architect realized that her design for the new school had to be in _____ with the local building code.
ironic
autonomous
enhance
compliance
31. Stories in The New York Times often include _____ allusions to obscure people and events.
levity
furtive
esoteric
placate
32. There's no point to what you're saying. Why are you bothering to make such _____ remarks?
conciliatory
explicit
exuberance
inane
33. A born storyteller - my father loved to _____ anecdotes about his early years in New York.
disparity
exuberance
recount
pervasive
34. According to Sherlock Homes - the very point that appears to complicate a case - when duly considered and scientifically handled - is the one most likely to _____ it.
fervor
interpid
elucidate
prudent
35. 'Judicial activism' is the alleged tendency of some judges to _____ the power of elected legislatures by making the law rather than merely interpreting it.
usurp
alleviate
rectify
renounce
36. The infant Mozart's parents quickly realized that their son had an _____ gift for music.
juxtaposition
innate
mollify
impeccable
37. The classic cowboy hero is a _____ figure - someone generally described as the strong - silent type.
laconic
predilection
taciturn
presumptuous
38. In a fiery speech - Mario _____ his fellow students to go out on strike to protest the university's anti-affirmative action stand.
anecdote
incite
extol
adversary
39. Acetone is an extremely _____ liquid: it vaporizes instantly.
frivolous
volatile
resolution
gravity
40. 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.
reprove
retract
reserve
rebuttal
41. 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.
scrutiny
mitigate
reserve
apathy
42. Since both interpretations seemed possible - the judge could not decide which way to interpret a particularly _____ passage in the law.
ambiguous
exemplary
reprove
sporadic
43. The winter storm was ______; it changed course constantly.
recount
subside
capricious
buttress
44. My editors must assume I'm a _____ writer; they expect me to revise six books this year.
prolific
repudiate
extraneous
haughtiness
45. Though Widow Douglas had hopes of reforming Huck - Miss Watson considered him _____ and swore he would come to no good end.
hierarchy
innocuous
predilection
incorrigible
46. After the quarrel - Gina said nothing could _____ her to talk to Pedro again.
indifferent
oblivion
induce
redundant
47. 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.
condone
relegate
gregarious
homogeneous
48. With its worn-out dialogue and predictable plot - the sitcom struck me as unbearably _____.
homogeneous
banal
austere
incite
49. We made an _____ choice to eat at the first restaurant we saw.
profane
arbitrary
elucidate
allusion
50. Despite Tom's _____ of innocence - Aunt Polly suspected he had eaten the pie.
affirmation
interpid
enhance
extraneous
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