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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. No matter how hard Darnell tried to lure the trout into taking the bait - the fish was too _____ to catch.
impeccable
elusive
repudiate
turbulent
2. When acacias are in bloom - the increase of pollen in the air _____ Richard's hay fever.
ostentatious
exacerbate
whimsical
banal
3. 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.
recount
homogeneous
volatile
mollify
4. Seeking the end of slavery - the abolitionists _____ freedom for the slaves.
aesthetic
cryptic
haughtiness
advocate
5. Con artists take advantage of the _____ of inexperienced Internet users to gain access to their credit card information.
credulity
impair
anecdote
implement
6. The president _____ the astronauts - whom he called 'the pioneers of the Space Age.'
extol
enhance
apathy
heresy
7. At the protest rally - the students cheered the strikers and booed the dean with equal _____.
corroborate
fervor
jocular
hyperbole
8. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.
hypothetical
resigned
undermine
reticent
9. Someone mute cannot talk; someone _____ can hardly stop talking.
verbose
turbulent
benign
adulation
10. Youth's beauty is _____; it quickly fades with age.
juxtaposition
transient
scrutiny
exacerbate
11. 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.
reserve
ephemeral
criterion
rectify
12. After Ralph dropped his second try of drinks that week - the manager swiftly _____ him to a minor post behind the bar.
prevalent
corroborate
transient
relegate
13. Their _____ in rank made no difference at all to the prince and Cinderella.
ephemeral
notoriety
autonomous
disparity
14. Paradoxically - _____ reasoning does not always produce incorrect results; even though your logic may be flawed - the conclusion you reach may still be correct.
anecdote
opportunist
fallacious
quandary
15. The coming trip to France should provide a _____ test of the value of my conversational French class.
predilection
pragmatic
guile
erudite
16. 'Any publicity is good publicity - 'said the starlet. 'If I can't have a good reputation - I'll settle for _____.'
apathy
notoriety
credulity
reprimand
17. Because Carmen believed in Juan's fidelity - she _____ the notion that he might be having an affair.
usurp
extraneous
esoteric
dismiss
18. Using only a few descriptive phrases - Austen manages to _____ the character of Mr. Collins so deftly that we can predict his every move.
volatile
fallacious
delineate
alleviate
19. The young wrestler struggled to defeat his formidable _____.
banal
adversary
jocular
specious
20. Is an old-fashioned hairstyle an apt _____ for being out of step with the times and in need of change?
constraint
implement
colloquial
metaphor
21. 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.
resigned
elucidate
discerning
rectify
22. The airline customer service agent tried to _____ the angry passenger by offering her a seat in first class.
nonchalance
inane
banal
mollify
23. To revise a textbook properly - you must do more than make a few _____ changes to the manuscript.
anecdote
skeptic
superficial
conciliatory
24. I was bowled over by the _____ of Amy's welcome. What an enthusiastic greeting!
exuberance
placate
contentious
disparage
25. Times of economic hardship inevitably encourage the _____ of countless get-rich-quick schemes.
adversary
disparage
extol
proliferation
26. The reviewers praised the new restaurant's _____ selection of dishes - which ranged from Asian stir fries to French ragouts and stews.
rectify
eclectic
abridge
haughtiness
27. Though Glenn was devout - he was no _____; he never tried to force his beliefs on friends.
heresy
levity
zealot
conciliatory
28. The winter storm was ______; it changed course constantly.
capricious
exacerbate
sporadic
dismiss
29. His coarse - hard-bitten exterior _____ his inner sensitivity.
skeptic
hyperbole
nonchalance
belie
30. We made an _____ choice to eat at the first restaurant we saw.
volatile
arbitrary
digression
inadvertently
31. Judy's great fear was that she might _____ omit a question on the exam and mismark her entire answer sheet.
elucidate
recluse
inadvertently
innate
32. When Johnny came down with a bad case of poison oak - the doctor recommended calamine lotion to _____ the itching.
partisan
alleviate
elucidate
guile
33. The Beatles expressed themselves through capricious - flip humor and _____ displays of carefree abandon.
whimsical
document
belie
censure
34. An occasional glass of wine with dinner is relatively _____ and should have no ill effect on you.
innocuous
placate
exemplary
mundane
35. Because she was a firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy - Miss Post _____ the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.
emulate
deprecate
profound
abstract
36. At evening block inspection - the recruits' bunk room - washroom - and gear come under the inspecting officer's close _____.
hyperbole
repudiate
scrutiny
predilection
37. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard - Stanford - and Yale. Which one would you attend? Remember - this is only a _____ situation.
astute
hypothetical
preclude
debilitate
38. When both Harvard and Stanford accepted Laura - she was in a _____ as to which school she should attend.
quandary
belie
opportunist
specious
39. In Tibet today - the common people still _____ their traditional spiritual leader - the Dalai Lama.
digression
venerate
exemplary
inadvertently
40. Although defeat appeared inevitable - the general was _____ in his refusal to surrender.
anarchy
superficial
disdain
obdurate
41. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.
ostentatious
disparage
contentious
discrepancy
42. After the quarrel - Gina said nothing could _____ her to talk to Pedro again.
immutable
induce
refute
affirmation
43. You can _____ your chances of being admitted to the college of your choice by learning to write well.
apathy
reserve
homogeneous
enhance
44. Although Nancy enjoyed Bill's _____ - lighthearted companionship - she sometimes wondered whether he could ever be serious.
embellish
contentious
usurp
frivolous
45. A born storyteller - my father loved to _____ anecdotes about his early years in New York.
document
recount
hypothetical
astute
46. In a brief essay - describe a person you admire - someone whose virtues and achievements you would like to _____.
derision
emulate
immutable
credulity
47. All things change over time; nothing is _____.
aesthetic
immutable
incongruous
proliferation
48. Cool - calm - and collected - James Bond shows remarkable _____ in the face of danger.
scrutiny
gravity
nonchalance
equivocal
49. Tourists are urged not to _____ the sanctity of holy places by wearing immodest garb.
profane
peripheral
scrutiny
ambiguous
50. A firm believer in democratic government - she could not understand the _____ of people who never bothered to vote.
adversary
apathy
emulate
succinct