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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. It is _____ that his success came when he least wanted it.
innate
affirmation
ironic
juxtaposition
2. The Head Start program attempts to _____ prekindergarten children so that they will do well when they enter elementary school.
nurture
discerning
pragmatic
adulation
3. Please try not to include so many _____ details in your report; the bare facts are all I need.
inherent
erudite
superfluous
indifferent
4. To John - who had never missed a meal - hunger was an _____ concept - one he understood only in theory.
abstract
enhance
allusion
frivolous
5. Though Huck was quite willing to _____ Tom's story - Aunt Polly knew better than to believe either of them.
corroborate
adversity
reticent
extricate
6. The coming trip to France should provide a _____ test of the value of my conversational French class.
ironic
soporific
pragmatic
delineate
7. Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied; be _____ about what's bothering you.
satirical
astute
explicit
exuberance
8. The reviewers praised the new restaurant's _____ selection of dishes - which ranged from Asian stir fries to French ragouts and stews.
relegate
mundane
debilitate
eclectic
9. Her wealthy suitors wooed her with _____ gifts.
resigned
satirical
lavish
partisan
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
laconic
ambivalence
altruistic
11. Because Carmen believed in Juan's fidelity - she _____ the notion that he might be having an affair.
dismiss
impeccable
transient
acclaim
12. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her _____.
soporific
rebuttal
derision
substantiate
13. 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.
nurture
retract
turbulent
zealot
14. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.
exemplary
incongruous
rebuttal
incorrigible
15. The museum curator placed the Eskimo-carved wooden totem pole in _____ with two contemporary stone masks from Africa - creating a stunning effect.
juxtaposition
turbulent
recluse
zealot
16. Psychoanalysts must maintain their professional _____ and stay uninvolved with their patients' personal lives.
detachment
rancor
exemplary
notoriety
17. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
surreptitious
predilection
emulate
reserve
18. When Johnny came down with a bad case of poison oak - the doctor recommended calamine lotion to _____ the itching.
alleviate
aesthetic
gravity
retract
19. With its worn-out dialogue and predictable plot - the sitcom struck me as unbearably _____.
nurture
acclaim
banal
incorrigible
20. Tourists are urged not to _____ the sanctity of holy places by wearing immodest garb.
ironic
debunk
decorum
profane
21. She kept all the receipts form her business trip in order to _____ her expenses for the Internal Revenue Service.
sporadic
document
renounce
predilection
22. Although you can still hear _____ outbursts of laughter and signing outside - the Halloween parade has passed; the party is over till next year.
sporadic
reprimand
succinct
immutable
23. Uninterested in philosophical or spiritual discussions - Max talked only of _____ matters - such as the daily weather forecast or the latest basketball results.
rebuttal
mundane
interpid
vacillate
24. Stories in The New York Times often include _____ allusions to obscure people and events.
rancor
ironic
vacillate
esoteric
25. A pragmatic politician - he was guided more by what was _____ than by what was right.
rhetorical
esoteric
feasible
expedient
26. After the quarrel - Gina said nothing could _____ her to talk to Pedro again.
induce
adulation
esoteric
anecdote
27. Shrewdly purchasing valuable plots of land for small sums - John Jacob Astor gained a reputation as an _____ investor.
astute
rancor
indifferent
pragmatic
28. The fact that the band was already booked to play in Hollywood on New year's Eve _____ their accepting the gig in London.
preclude
innocuous
eulogy
allusion
29. At the protest rally - the students cheered the strikers and booed the dean with equal _____.
digression
censure
fervor
superficial
30. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.
predilection
extol
disparage
reserve
31. Although the movie star was no genius - she was sufficiently _____ to tell her true friends from the countless phonies who flattered her.
obdurate
eclectic
surreptitious
discerning
32. Times of economic hardship inevitably encourage the _____ of countless get-rich-quick schemes.
meticulous
proliferation
profound
rectify
33. Instead of delivering a spoken _____ at Genny's memorial service - Jeff sang a song he had written in her honor.
implement
eulogy
astute
flagrant
34. The glitter and _____ of the ballroom took Cinderella's breath away.
compliance
affirmation
predilection
opulence
35. After medical school - the two doctors took widely _____ paths - one becoming a wealthy plastic surgeon - the other joining the nonprofit Doctors Without Borders.
divergent
immutable
acclaim
profane
36. Matilda thought it was somewhat _____ of the young man to have addressed her without first having been introduced. Perhaps manners were freer here in the New World.
presumptuous
disseminate
credulity
disparity
37. Josh is such a greedy _____ that - as soon as the earthquake struck - he tripled the price of bottled water at his store.
taciturn
prolific
incite
opportunist
38. The inquisitors used both physical and psychological _____ to force Joan of Arc to deny that her visions were sent by God.
elucidate
disparity
coercion
inane
39. Compared to Jo - who was perfectly ready to chat with anyone about anything - Beth was _____ about what she considered personal matters.
innocuous
oblivion
reticent
colloquial
40. Typically - partygoers are _____; hermits are not.
decorum
gregarious
abridge
advocate
41. Without additional funding - it may not be _____ to build a new stadium for the team on the city's highly developed West Side.
altruistic
delineate
feasible
meticulous
42. I am a _____ about the proposed new health plan; I want some proof that it will work.
lavish
predilection
recount
skeptic
43. We could tell we were in serious trouble from the _____ of the principal's expression.
benign
extraneous
gravity
subside
44. The costume designer _____ the leading lady's ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.
embellish
cursory
verbose
succinct
45. When acacias are in bloom - the increase of pollen in the air _____ Richard's hay fever.
scrupulous
detachment
feasible
exacerbate
46. Because a _____ examination of the ruins indicates the possibility of arson - we believe the insurance agency should undertake a more thorough investigation of the fire's cause.
apathy
cursory
conciliatory
opulence
47. The senator was _____ for behavior inappropriate to a member of Congress.
innocuous
proximity
censure
sporadic
48. Othello's false friend lago uses considerable _____ to trick Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him
guile
haughtiness
rancor
incite
49. The conceited rap star relished the _____ he received from his groupies and yes-men.
adulation
rebuttal
capricious
debunk
50. Is an old-fashioned hairstyle an apt _____ for being out of step with the times and in need of change?
disparity
allusion
metaphor
nurture