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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. Mother was a _____ housekeeper - unwilling to allow a single speck of dirt to mar her perfect home.
reprimand
skeptic
meticulous
allusion
2. There's no point to what you're saying. Why are you bothering to make such _____ remarks?
indifferent
volatile
satirical
inane
3. The airline customer service agent tried to _____ the angry passenger by offering her a seat in first class.
hypothetical
mollify
disparity
belie
4. Some of the newer - less formal passages on the SAT have a _____ tone that is intended to make them more appealing to students.
credulity
furtive
colloquial
exacerbate
5. Bobby was such a _____ eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.
interpid
prudent
brevity
fastidious
6. Despite Tom's _____ of innocence - Aunt Polly suspected he had eaten the pie.
garrulous
affirmation
extricate
soporific
7. Because Webster's dictionary had grown so large and unwieldy - the publishers decided to _____ it and bring out a condensed version.
alleviate
abridge
soporific
taciturn
8. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. he is the most _____ man in Cayuga County.
arbitrary
acclaim
refute
garrulous
9. The BP oil spill has caused _____ damage to the entire Gulf Coast.
profound
laconic
nurture
condone
10. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.
turbulent
satirical
relegate
disparity
11. Michael's severe bout of the flue _____ him so much that for a week he was too tired to go back to work.
debilitate
incite
garrulous
subside
12. 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.
terse
reserve
placate
scrutiny
13. 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.
placate
homogeneous
ascetic
endorse
14. A firm believer in democratic government - she could not understand the _____ of people who never bothered to vote.
apathy
gregarious
rancor
hypothetical
15. To revise a textbook properly - you must do more than make a few _____ changes to the manuscript.
volatile
repudiate
proliferation
superficial
16. I was bowled over by the _____ of Amy's welcome. What an enthusiastic greeting!
rhetorical
flagrant
digression
exuberance
17. Despite airing her clothes for several hours - she could not rid them of the _____ odor of mothballs that clung to them.
proximity
lethargic
cryptic
pervasive
18. The senator was _____ for behavior inappropriate to a member of Congress.
implement
volatile
censure
exemplary
19. His coarse - hard-bitten exterior _____ his inner sensitivity.
renounce
arbitrary
hypothetical
belie
20. When Johnny came down with a bad case of poison oak - the doctor recommended calamine lotion to _____ the itching.
altruistic
meticulous
alleviate
buttress
21. When both Harvard and Stanford accepted Laura - she was in a _____ as to which school she should attend.
gravity
obdurate
quandary
criterion
22. The reviewers heaped _____ on the novice playwright - ridiculing his pretentious dialogue - flat characters - and simple-minded plot.
detachment
disparage
derision
superfluous
23. Even though she knew she would be burned at the stake as a witch - Joan of Arc refused to _____ her belief that her voices came from God.
renounce
nonchalance
conciliatory
embellish
24. The attorney came up with several far-fetched arguments in a vain attempt to _____ his weak case.
esoteric
buttress
dismiss
heresy
25. The inquisitors used both physical and psychological _____ to force Joan of Arc to deny that her visions were sent by God.
extol
expedient
preclude
coercion
26. Seeking the end of slavery - the abolitionists _____ freedom for the slaves.
placate
derision
condone
advocate
27. When acacias are in bloom - the increase of pollen in the air _____ Richard's hay fever.
exacerbate
renounce
aesthetic
disseminate
28. 'Judicial activism' is the alleged tendency of some judges to _____ the power of elected legislatures by making the law rather than merely interpreting it.
satirical
assumption
indifferent
usurp
29. The bottle of wine I brought to Sharon's party was certainly _____: how was I to know that Sharon owned a winery?
erudite
redundant
hierarchy
hyperbole
30. Othello's false friend lago uses considerable _____ to trick Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him
preclude
disseminate
guile
scrutiny
31. Rejecting the candidate's _____ comments on tax reform - the reporter pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue.
superfluous
subside
proximity
equivocal
32. The governor's appointment of his brother-in-law to the State Supreme Court was a _____ violation of the state laws against nepotism.
alleviate
flagrant
mollify
reserve
33. The recent corruption scandals have _____ many people's faith in the city government.
colloquial
undermine
hypothetical
instigate
34. When you place a phone call from an airplane - _____ is essential; you are charged for every minute.
derision
metaphor
brevity
jocular
35. Unlike Widow Douglas - who _____ Huck's minor offenses - Miss Watson did nothing but scold.
proximity
lavish
condone
esoteric
36. Drinking alcohol can _____ your ability to drive safely; if you're going to drink - don't drive.
ascetic
impair
extraneous
superficial
37. You had better _____ your accounting errors before the auditors arrive.
dogmatic
superficial
rectify
extraneous
38. Although Eric knew the boss had no sense of humor - he couldn't resist making one _____ remark.
jocular
deprecate
repudiate
expedient
39. The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Esther's _____ sense.
advocate
eulogy
hierarchy
aesthetic
40. All things change over time; nothing is _____.
immutable
guile
resigned
criterion
41. When the boys first met their new stepmother - they felt some _____ - but eventually they lost that initial awkwardness and talked with her comfortably.
instigate
abridge
vacillate
constraint
42. Historically - traders and missionaries often proved themselves to be _____ explorers - bravely venturing into new territories despite the dangers involved.
abridge
meticulous
interpid
exacerbate
43. Compared to Jo - who was perfectly ready to chat with anyone about anything - Beth was _____ about what she considered personal matters.
reticent
indifferent
mundane
recount
44. A pragmatic politician - he was guided more by what was _____ than by what was right.
garrulous
insipid
expedient
apathy
45. After the quarrel - Gina said nothing could _____ her to talk to Pedro again.
delineate
anarchy
prevalent
induce
46. At the protest rally - the students cheered the strikers and booed the dean with equal _____.
gravity
fervor
skeptic
resolution
47. To win his audience - the speaker used every _____ trick in the book.
haughtiness
rhetorical
mollify
extol
48. Is an old-fashioned hairstyle an apt _____ for being out of step with the times and in need of change?
innate
derivative
notoriety
metaphor
49. The winter storm was ______; it changed course constantly.
recluse
predilection
capricious
enhance
50. In a brief essay - describe a person you admire - someone whose virtues and achievements you would like to _____.
deprecate
peripheral
insipid
emulate