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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. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted many subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
reprimand
disparity
predilection
delineate
2. The fact that the band was already booked to play in Hollywood on New year's Eve _____ their accepting the gig in London.
embellish
document
concise
preclude
3. The uncrowned queen of the fashion industry - Diana was famous for her _____ taste.
verbose
impeccable
cursory
refute
4. Please try not to include so many _____ details in your report; the bare facts are all I need.
nurture
rectify
mundane
superfluous
5. With its worn-out dialogue and predictable plot - the sitcom struck me as unbearably _____.
criterion
banal
skeptic
disseminate
6. Without additional funding - it may not be _____ to build a new stadium for the team on the city's highly developed West Side.
ephemeral
delineate
feasible
affirmation
7. Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their official them; his _____ were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.
obdurate
extricate
digression
brevity
8. In Tibet today - the common people still _____ their traditional spiritual leader - the Dalai Lama.
relegate
acclaim
interpid
venerate
9. When the boys first met their new stepmother - they felt some _____ - but eventually they lost that initial awkwardness and talked with her comfortably.
assumption
colloquial
constraint
eclectic
10. 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.
homogeneous
superfluous
nurture
substantiate
11. Stories in The New York Times often include _____ allusions to obscure people and events.
rectify
hyperbole
esoteric
cryptic
12. Since both interpretations seemed possible - the judge could not decide which way to interpret a particularly _____ passage in the law.
nurture
apathy
ambiguous
impeccable
13. There's no point to what you're saying. Why are you bothering to make such _____ remarks?
presumptuous
hyperbole
heresy
inane
14. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
homogeneous
belie
reticent
predilection
15. I am a _____ about the proposed new health plan; I want some proof that it will work.
guile
endorse
skeptic
contentious
16. Stop giggling and wriggling around in the pew; such _____ is improper in church.
cursory
levity
enhance
impair
17. Some of the newer - less formal passages on the SAT have a _____ tone that is intended to make them more appealing to students.
proximity
colloquial
eulogy
corroborate
18. The infant Mozart's parents quickly realized that their son had an _____ gift for music.
assumption
innate
opportunist
reprimand
19. When Johnny came down with a bad case of poison oak - the doctor recommended calamine lotion to _____ the itching.
opportunist
subside
alleviate
explicit
20. Paradoxically - _____ reasoning does not always produce incorrect results; even though your logic may be flawed - the conclusion you reach may still be correct.
fallacious
superficial
feasible
nurture
21. 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.
adversity
arbitrary
erudite
benign
22. In class - she tried to stay alert and listen to the professor - but the stuffy room made her _____; she felt as if she were about to nod off.
digression
autonomous
reticent
lethargic
23. Rejecting the candidate's _____ comments on tax reform - the reporter pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue.
lethargic
equivocal
substantiate
transient
24. You can _____ your chances of being admitted to the college of your choice by learning to write well.
enhance
cursory
discrepancy
exuberance
25. Instead of delivering a spoken _____ at Genny's memorial service - Jeff sang a song he had written in her honor.
eulogy
adversity
taciturn
elucidate
26. When acacias are in bloom - the increase of pollen in the air _____ Richard's hay fever.
exacerbate
feasible
verbose
vacillate
27. A radical committed to social change - Reed had no patience with the conservative views _____ in the America of his day.
quandary
refute
hierarchy
prevalent
28. Through the comments of the characters in his cartoon strip - Doonesbury - Gary Trudeau ridicules political corruption; his humor is _____ in nature.
satirical
belie
reticent
compliance
29. Even the best-mannered students have trouble behaving with _____ on the last day of school.
strident
pervasive
surpass
decorum
30. Judy's great fear was that she might _____ omit a question on the exam and mismark her entire answer sheet.
inadvertently
mollify
extricate
resolution
31. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.
innate
garrulous
incongruous
disparage
32. Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied; be _____ about what's bothering you.
explicit
verbose
impeccable
inherent
33. Uncertain which suitor she ought to accept - the princess _____ - first favoring one and then the other.
homogeneous
retract
adversary
vacillate
34. These endorsements written by satisfied customers _____ our claim that Barron's SAT is the best SAT-prep book on the market.
resolution
rectify
taciturn
substantiate
35. It is _____ that his success came when he least wanted it.
ironic
surreptitious
alleviate
transient
36. 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.
discrepancy
dismiss
opportunist
brevity
37. 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.
discrepancy
reserve
belie
dismiss
38. 'Judicial activism' is the alleged tendency of some judges to _____ the power of elected legislatures by making the law rather than merely interpreting it.
anecdote
profane
adversary
usurp
39. An occasional glass of wine with dinner is relatively _____ and should have no ill effect on you.
condone
innocuous
gravity
mollify
40. No wonder Ted doesn't think straight! His mind is so cluttered with _____ information that he can't concentrate on the essentials.
disparage
extraneous
lavish
levity
41. The glitter and _____ of the ballroom took Cinderella's breath away.
discerning
terse
opulence
jocular
42. Galileo's assertion that the earth moved around the sun directly contradicted the religious teachings of his day; as a result - he was tried for _____.
turbulent
heresy
equivocal
profound
43. The store manager tried to _____ the angry customer by offering to replace the damaged merchandise or return her money.
ambiguous
preclude
placate
transient
44. The architect realized that her design for the new school had to be in _____ with the local building code.
astute
compliance
derivative
rhetorical
45. Denying that she advocated total _____ - Katya maintained she wished only to change our government - not to destroy it utterly.
anarchy
incite
extol
colloquial
46. Her wealthy suitors wooed her with _____ gifts.
lavish
malicious
predilection
decorum
47. 'Any publicity is good publicity - 'said the starlet. 'If I can't have a good reputation - I'll settle for _____.'
delineate
implement
notoriety
haughtiness
48. She kept all the receipts form her business trip in order to _____ her expenses for the Internal Revenue Service.
benign
digression
document
insipid
49. Using only a few descriptive phrases - Austen manages to _____ the character of Mr. Collins so deftly that we can predict his every move.
whimsical
astute
volatile
delineate
50. My editors must assume I'm a _____ writer; they expect me to revise six books this year.
debilitate
embellish
prolific
indifferent