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english
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grammar
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A radical committed to social change - Reed had no patience with the conservative views _____ in the America of his day.
substantiate
inadvertently
retract
prevalent
2. 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.
divergent
renounce
ambivalence
hypothetical
3. My editors must assume I'm a _____ writer; they expect me to revise six books this year.
reserve
adulation
delineate
prolific
4. Rejecting the candidate's _____ comments on tax reform - the reporter pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue.
flagrant
conciliatory
equivocal
ambiguous
5. The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Esther's _____ sense.
innate
satirical
aesthetic
oblivion
6. A firm believer in democratic government - she could not understand the _____ of people who never bothered to vote.
apathy
rancor
cryptic
digression
7. To be low man on the totem pole is to have a decidedly inferior place in the _____.
hierarchy
profound
debilitate
laconic
8. The reviewers praised the new restaurant's _____ selection of dishes - which ranged from Asian stir fries to French ragouts and stews.
insipid
substantiate
gravity
eclectic
9. Dirt poor and out of work - she did not give up but continued to fight against _____.
altruistic
adversity
mitigate
scrutiny
10. Because Sal once had fallen asleep while reading War and Peace - he thought that all Russian novels were _____.
soporific
ephemeral
placate
retract
11. Although the movie star was no genius - she was sufficiently _____ to tell her true friends from the countless phonies who flattered her.
arbitrary
placate
profound
discerning
12. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her _____.
discerning
rebuttal
gregarious
mundane
13. Acetone is an extremely _____ liquid: it vaporizes instantly.
prudent
garrulous
volatile
acclaim
14. At the protest rally - the students cheered the strikers and booed the dean with equal _____.
haughtiness
recount
fervor
subside
15. Jealous of Cinderella's beauty - her _____ stepsisters expressed their spite by forcing her to do menial tasks.
gregarious
transient
renounce
malicious
16. Cool - calm - and collected - James Bond shows remarkable _____ in the face of danger.
hypothetical
nonchalance
verbose
extricate
17. Drinking alcohol can _____ your ability to drive safely; if you're going to drink - don't drive.
retract
impair
proliferation
reticent
18. Don't bore your audience with excess verbiage; be _____.
ascetic
succinct
superfluous
compliance
19. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.
disparage
deprecate
nonchalance
apathy
20. Covering the Olympic Games - the sportscasters _____ every American victory and grumbled about every American defeat.
assumption
acclaim
embellish
indifferent
21. When acacias are in bloom - the increase of pollen in the air _____ Richard's hay fever.
renounce
exacerbate
predilection
cryptic
22. The winter storm was ______; it changed course constantly.
capricious
impair
transient
proximity
23. The inquisitors used both physical and psychological _____ to force Joan of Arc to deny that her visions were sent by God.
inherent
specious
allusion
coercion
24. Youth's beauty is _____; it quickly fades with age.
austere
instigate
transient
abridge
25. We made an _____ choice to eat at the first restaurant we saw.
nonchalance
anarchy
arbitrary
quandary
26. Using only a few descriptive phrases - Austen manages to _____ the character of Mr. Collins so deftly that we can predict his every move.
incite
recluse
delineate
lavish
27. Despite airing her clothes for several hours - she could not rid them of the _____ odor of mothballs that clung to them.
juxtaposition
divergent
nonchalance
pervasive
28. The president _____ the astronauts - whom he called 'the pioneers of the Space Age.'
deprecate
laconic
extol
recount
29. 'Any publicity is good publicity - 'said the starlet. 'If I can't have a good reputation - I'll settle for _____.'
notoriety
incorrigible
colloquial
guile
30. Please try not to include so many _____ details in your report; the bare facts are all I need.
rebuttal
superfluous
inane
alleviate
31. Michael's severe bout of the flue _____ him so much that for a week he was too tired to go back to work.
debilitate
disseminate
abstract
metaphor
32. The wealthy - self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict - _____ lifestyle practiced by members of some monastic orders.
digression
censure
ascetic
repudiate
33. After a decade of popularity - Hurston's works had fallen into _____; no one bothered to read her novels and short stories any more.
incongruous
immutable
oblivion
disparity
34. The rich new student tried to attract friends by making an _____ display of his wealth.
ostentatious
contentious
haughtiness
prevalent
35. Their _____ in rank made no difference at all to the prince and Cinderella.
corroborate
repudiate
disparity
mitigate
36. It is _____ that his success came when he least wanted it.
fastidious
reprimand
ironic
flagrant
37. In the film Funny Face - the bookish heroine _____ fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests.
venerate
disdain
criterion
derivative
38. You had better _____ your accounting errors before the auditors arrive.
rectify
relegate
soporific
whimsical
39. To revise a textbook properly - you must do more than make a few _____ changes to the manuscript.
superficial
allusion
affirmation
exacerbate
40. Because Carmen believed in Juan's fidelity - she _____ the notion that he might be having an affair.
dismiss
credulity
equivocal
meticulous
41. Despite Tom's _____ of innocence - Aunt Polly suspected he had eaten the pie.
resigned
homogeneous
exemplary
affirmation
42. The Head Start program attempts to _____ prekindergarten children so that they will do well when they enter elementary school.
banal
nurture
criterion
obdurate
43. To win his audience - the speaker used every _____ trick in the book.
divergent
banal
reprimand
rhetorical
44. On certain issues of principle - the senator refused to take a _____ stand - but let her conscience be her guide.
satirical
incite
rectify
partisan
45. The mayor was unwilling to _____ the plan until she was sure it had the governor's backing.
implement
debunk
scrutiny
fervor
46. There is a fine line between speech that is _____ and to the point and speech so abrupt that it verges on rudeness.
derivative
disseminate
terse
fallacious
47. Her wealthy suitors wooed her with _____ gifts.
extol
lavish
taciturn
reprove
48. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. he is the most _____ man in Cayuga County.
venerate
affirmation
impede
garrulous
49. His coarse - hard-bitten exterior _____ his inner sensitivity.
digression
extricate
surreptitious
belie
50. Since both interpretations seemed possible - the judge could not decide which way to interpret a particularly _____ passage in the law.
rectify
ambiguous
malicious
vacillate
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