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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.
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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. It is _____ that his success came when he least wanted it.
ironic
cursory
lethargic
recount
2. Nothing could shake his _____ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.
hyperbole
prevalent
abstract
resolution
3. Tourists are urged not to _____ the sanctity of holy places by wearing immodest garb.
zealot
profane
oblivion
frivolous
4. Thirty years after the war - she could not let go of the past but was still consumed with _____ against the foe.
scrupulous
extol
resolution
rancor
5. Times of economic hardship inevitably encourage the _____ of countless get-rich-quick schemes.
elusive
cursory
proliferation
impeccable
6. The young wrestler struggled to defeat his formidable _____.
garrulous
exacerbate
disparage
adversary
7. Though Aunt Bea at times had to _____ Opie for inattention in church - she believed he was at heart a God-fearing lad.
extricate
assumption
reprove
rancor
8. Don't bore your audience with excess verbiage; be _____.
coercion
succinct
deprecate
impede
9. No wonder Ted doesn't think straight! His mind is so cluttered with _____ information that he can't concentrate on the essentials.
superficial
resolution
extraneous
concise
10. The doctor assured the boy's parents that his fever would eventually _____.
peripheral
transient
subside
allusion
11. The winter storm was ______; it changed course constantly.
vacillate
recount
capricious
extraneous
12. Historically - traders and missionaries often proved themselves to be _____ explorers - bravely venturing into new territories despite the dangers involved.
interpid
nurture
recount
innocuous
13. Thoroughly baffled by Holmes's _____ remarks - Watson wondered whether Holmes was intentionally concealing his thoughts about the crime.
guile
altruistic
cryptic
predilection
14. A radical committed to social change - Reed had no patience with the conservative views _____ in the America of his day.
emulate
implement
prevalent
ambiguous
15. Although her early poetry was clearly _____ in nature - the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.
implement
discrepancy
derivative
inherent
16. Although you can still hear _____ outbursts of laughter and signing outside - the Halloween parade has passed; the party is over till next year.
recount
metaphor
sporadic
retract
17. The conceited rap star relished the _____ he received from his groupies and yes-men.
opulence
adulation
censure
exuberance
18. After Ralph dropped his second try of drinks that week - the manager swiftly _____ him to a minor post behind the bar.
anecdote
relegate
retract
guile
19. Josh is such a greedy _____ that - as soon as the earthquake struck - he tripled the price of bottled water at his store.
explicit
interpid
exemplary
opportunist
20. Rejecting the candidate's _____ comments on tax reform - the reporter pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue.
equivocal
laconic
extol
hyperbole
21. After separating from Tony - Tina announced that she would _____ all debts incurred by her soon-to-be-ex-husband.
document
repudiate
profane
innate
22. Unlike Widow Douglas - who _____ Huck's minor offenses - Miss Watson did nothing but scold.
mitigate
condone
reserve
advocate
23. At the protest rally - the students cheered the strikers and booed the dean with equal _____.
fervor
disdain
prevalent
reserve
24. No matter how hard Darnell tried to lure the trout into taking the bait - the fish was too _____ to catch.
fastidious
elusive
turbulent
endorse
25. The governor's appointment of his brother-in-law to the State Supreme Court was a _____ violation of the state laws against nepotism.
austere
incorrigible
detachment
flagrant
26. To win his audience - the speaker used every _____ trick in the book.
esoteric
predilection
credulity
rhetorical
27. 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.
jocular
transient
autonomous
oblivion
28. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.
malicious
incongruous
insipid
succinct
29. The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Esther's _____ sense.
aesthetic
rectify
innocuous
metaphor
30. Although the movie star was no genius - she was sufficiently _____ to tell her true friends from the countless phonies who flattered her.
discerning
adulation
conciliatory
hyperbole
31. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her _____.
metaphor
mundane
scrupulous
rebuttal
32. The airline customer service agent tried to _____ the angry passenger by offering her a seat in first class.
gregarious
surpass
disparity
mollify
33. The president _____ the astronauts - whom he called 'the pioneers of the Space Age.'
instigate
implement
extol
fallacious
34. Seeking the end of slavery - the abolitionists _____ freedom for the slaves.
abridge
advocate
rhetorical
austere
35. The defense called several respectable witnesses who were able to _____ the lying testimony of the prosecution's sole witness.
reprove
embellish
ambivalence
refute
36. Though Huck was quite willing to _____ Tom's story - Aunt Polly knew better than to believe either of them.
corroborate
superfluous
succinct
debunk
37. Mother was a _____ housekeeper - unwilling to allow a single speck of dirt to mar her perfect home.
eclectic
adulation
delineate
meticulous
38. The infant Mozart's parents quickly realized that their son had an _____ gift for music.
incorrigible
decorum
innate
predilection
39. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. he is the most _____ man in Cayuga County.
guile
disseminate
constraint
garrulous
40. 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 _____.
heresy
detachment
derision
predilection
41. The young princess made the foolish _____ that the regent would not object to her taking the reins of power.
predilection
surreptitious
assumption
recount
42. Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their official them; his _____ were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.
disparity
digression
notoriety
lethargic
43. 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.
extol
resolution
lethargic
mitigate
44. Judy's great fear was that she might _____ omit a question on the exam and mismark her entire answer sheet.
inadvertently
hypothetical
document
inherent
45. As far as I'm concerned - Apple's claims about its new computer are pure _____; no machine is that good!
hyperbole
exuberance
colloquial
placate
46. The mayor was unwilling to _____ the plan until she was sure it had the governor's backing.
implement
detachment
incite
reprove
47. The fact that the band was already booked to play in Hollywood on New year's Eve _____ their accepting the gig in London.
preclude
disdain
implement
exuberance
48. Denying that she advocated total _____ - Katya maintained she wished only to change our government - not to destroy it utterly.
instigate
anarchy
lethargic
reserve
49. I am a _____ about the proposed new health plan; I want some proof that it will work.
inadvertently
divergent
opportunist
skeptic
50. These endorsements written by satisfied customers _____ our claim that Barron's SAT is the best SAT-prep book on the market.
substantiate
furtive
interpid
profane