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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. After a decade of popularity - Hurston's works had fallen into _____; no one bothered to read her novels and short stories any more.
oblivion
garrulous
meticulous
exuberance
2. As far as I'm concerned - Apple's claims about its new computer are pure _____; no machine is that good!
impair
gravity
austere
hyperbole
3. Pointing out that the candidate consistently had voted against strengthening antipollution legislation - the reporter _____ her claim that she was a fervent environmentalist.
mitigate
zealot
debunk
compliance
4. 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.
soporific
lethargic
debunk
terse
5. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted many subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
predilection
fervor
abstract
compliance
6. Violently disagreeing with the referees' ruling - Coach Ben became so _____ that they threw him out of the game.
notoriety
contentious
terse
derision
7. A firm believer in democratic government - she could not understand the _____ of people who never bothered to vote.
disdain
incite
resolution
apathy
8. The store manager tried to _____ the angry customer by offering to replace the damaged merchandise or return her money.
placate
refute
ambiguous
debunk
9. With its worn-out dialogue and predictable plot - the sitcom struck me as unbearably _____.
assumption
hypothetical
rectify
banal
10. No wonder Ted doesn't think straight! His mind is so cluttered with _____ information that he can't concentrate on the essentials.
constraint
brevity
emulate
extraneous
11. Denying that she advocated total _____ - Katya maintained she wished only to change our government - not to destroy it utterly.
rancor
pragmatic
anarchy
anecdote
12. When you send a message on Twitter - be _____; a tweet cannot be more than 140 characters long.
repudiate
volatile
concise
mundane
13. The infant Mozart's parents quickly realized that their son had an _____ gift for music.
adulation
innate
concise
whimsical
14. Thirty years after the war - she could not let go of the past but was still consumed with _____ against the foe.
capricious
rancor
ostentatious
condone
15. After medical school - the two doctors took widely _____ paths - one becoming a wealthy plastic surgeon - the other joining the nonprofit Doctors Without Borders.
frivolous
interpid
cryptic
divergent
16. The BP oil spill has caused _____ damage to the entire Gulf Coast.
profound
incongruous
ironic
allusion
17. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. he is the most _____ man in Cayuga County.
garrulous
opulence
disparage
malicious
18. There is a fine line between speech that is _____ and to the point and speech so abrupt that it verges on rudeness.
nonchalance
terse
rancor
divergent
19. Othello's false friend lago uses considerable _____ to trick Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him
ambiguous
guile
allusion
opportunist
20. Rather than live in the crowded city center - we chose to buy a house in one of the _____ suburbs ringing the metropolis.
disseminate
extol
induce
peripheral
21. Since both interpretations seemed possible - the judge could not decide which way to interpret a particularly _____ passage in the law.
ambiguous
banal
pragmatic
brevity
22. The senator was _____ for behavior inappropriate to a member of Congress.
affirmation
censure
disdain
usurp
23. After separating from Tony - Tina announced that she would _____ all debts incurred by her soon-to-be-ex-husband.
repudiate
placate
adversary
inherent
24. When you place a phone call from an airplane - _____ is essential; you are charged for every minute.
brevity
impede
implement
eulogy
25. In the film Funny Face - the bookish heroine _____ fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests.
disdain
cursory
specious
reticent
26. A miser hoards money - not because he is _____ - but because he is stingy.
quandary
prudent
exemplary
disparity
27. Every time Ermengarde made a mistake in class - she was terrified that she would receive a harsh _____ from Miss Minchin.
reprimand
innocuous
ironic
digression
28. Tina was still angry despite Tony's soft and _____ words.
erudite
conciliatory
reticent
dismiss
29. Con artists take advantage of the _____ of inexperienced Internet users to gain access to their credit card information.
jocular
prudent
credulity
arbitrary
30. Whenever Sue was angry - she tried to avoid raising her voice because she had no wish to sound _____.
haughtiness
dogmatic
debunk
strident
31. Because Carmen believed in Juan's fidelity - she _____ the notion that he might be having an affair.
resigned
dismiss
mitigate
furtive
32. Though Widow Douglas had hopes of reforming Huck - Miss Watson considered him _____ and swore he would come to no good end.
inadvertently
incorrigible
indifferent
discerning
33. Her wealthy suitors wooed her with _____ gifts.
gravity
constraint
lavish
levity
34. Covering the Olympic Games - the sportscasters _____ every American victory and grumbled about every American defeat.
debilitate
acclaim
rhetorical
erudite
35. Psychoanalysts must maintain their professional _____ and stay uninvolved with their patients' personal lives.
detachment
impeccable
jocular
aesthetic
36. Although the University of California at Berkeley is just one part of the state university system - in many ways - Cal Berkeley is _____ - for it runs several programs that are not subject to state control.
arbitrary
autonomous
hierarchy
affirmation
37. I was bowled over by the _____ of Amy's welcome. What an enthusiastic greeting!
exuberance
credulity
cryptic
colloquial
38. Icebreakers were needed to _____ the trapped whales from the icy floes that closed them in.
retract
fervor
extricate
adulation
39. 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
undermine
cursory
disdain
40. Through the comments of the characters in his cartoon strip - Doonesbury - Gary Trudeau ridicules political corruption; his humor is _____ in nature.
satirical
prudent
predilection
anecdote
41. 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.
ascetic
discrepancy
condone
scrutiny
42. Times of economic hardship inevitably encourage the _____ of countless get-rich-quick schemes.
proliferation
insipid
placate
decorum
43. Typically - partygoers are _____; hermits are not.
lethargic
hierarchy
transient
gregarious
44. The special prosecutor determined that the attorney general - though inept - had not intentionally set out to _____ the progress of the investigation.
vacillate
exuberance
adulation
impede
45. Uncertain which suitor she ought to accept - the princess _____ - first favoring one and then the other.
vacillate
mundane
specious
feasible
46. The fact that the band was already booked to play in Hollywood on New year's Eve _____ their accepting the gig in London.
anecdote
disseminate
preclude
heresy
47. The headmaster's _____ demeanor tended to care off the more timid students - who never visited his study willingly.
document
exemplary
hierarchy
austere
48. Bobby was such a _____ eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.
fastidious
capricious
concise
levity
49. Rejecting the candidate's _____ comments on tax reform - the reporter pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue.
apathy
feasible
conciliatory
equivocal
50. 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.
sporadic
notoriety
presumptuous
fervor