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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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1. The uncrowned queen of the fashion industry - Diana was famous for her _____ taste.
impeccable
terse
undermine
digression
2. At evening block inspection - the recruits' bunk room - washroom - and gear come under the inspecting officer's close _____.
cryptic
colloquial
scrutiny
lethargic
3. The store manager tried to _____ the angry customer by offering to replace the damaged merchandise or return her money.
banal
impair
placate
astute
4. Through the comments of the characters in his cartoon strip - Doonesbury - Gary Trudeau ridicules political corruption; his humor is _____ in nature.
adversity
eulogy
satirical
affirmation
5. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her _____.
inadvertently
fastidious
hierarchy
rebuttal
6. 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.
autonomous
prevalent
superfluous
preclude
7. 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.
garrulous
impede
discrepancy
reserve
8. Even the best-mannered students have trouble behaving with _____ on the last day of school.
exuberance
decorum
exemplary
scrupulous
9. After a decade of popularity - Hurston's works had fallen into _____; no one bothered to read her novels and short stories any more.
incorrigible
oblivion
mitigate
anarchy
10. A radical committed to social change - Reed had no patience with the conservative views _____ in the America of his day.
capricious
coercion
prevalent
embellish
11. What _____ did you use when you selected this essay as the prizewinner?
capricious
prudent
criterion
altruistic
12. When both Harvard and Stanford accepted Laura - she was in a _____ as to which school she should attend.
abridge
ambiguous
quandary
altruistic
13. 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.
mollify
mundane
lethargic
mitigate
14. The special prosecutor determined that the attorney general - though inept - had not intentionally set out to _____ the progress of the investigation.
constraint
censure
adulation
impede
15. These endorsements written by satisfied customers _____ our claim that Barron's SAT is the best SAT-prep book on the market.
document
disdain
renounce
substantiate
16. When you send a message on Twitter - be _____; a tweet cannot be more than 140 characters long.
dogmatic
garrulous
belie
concise
17. Instead of delivering a spoken _____ at Genny's memorial service - Jeff sang a song he had written in her honor.
partisan
equivocal
eulogy
disparity
18. Tina was still angry despite Tony's soft and _____ words.
verbose
benign
retract
conciliatory
19. Although Eric knew the boss had no sense of humor - he couldn't resist making one _____ remark.
jocular
incorrigible
dogmatic
mollify
20. Stop giggling and wriggling around in the pew; such _____ is improper in church.
incorrigible
obdurate
levity
hierarchy
21. Youth's beauty is _____; it quickly fades with age.
altruistic
embellish
opulence
transient
22. Cool - calm - and collected - James Bond shows remarkable _____ in the face of danger.
sporadic
nonchalance
capricious
insipid
23. I was bowled over by the _____ of Amy's welcome. What an enthusiastic greeting!
cursory
acclaim
hyperbole
exuberance
24. When acacias are in bloom - the increase of pollen in the air _____ Richard's hay fever.
notoriety
embellish
prudent
exacerbate
25. Despite airing her clothes for several hours - she could not rid them of the _____ odor of mothballs that clung to them.
derision
pervasive
impair
rhetorical
26. The classic cowboy hero is a _____ figure - someone generally described as the strong - silent type.
rebuttal
surreptitious
contentious
laconic
27. In providing college scholarships for economically disadvantaged youths - Eugene Lang performed a truly _____ deed.
discerning
altruistic
document
implement
28. 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.
benign
gravity
adversity
strident
29. Every time Ermengarde made a mistake in class - she was terrified that she would receive a harsh _____ from Miss Minchin.
profound
reprimand
elusive
impeccable
30. I am a _____ about the proposed new health plan; I want some proof that it will work.
skeptic
incongruous
peripheral
derivative
31. Although the movie star was no genius - she was sufficiently _____ to tell her true friends from the countless phonies who flattered her.
redundant
discerning
discrepancy
nonchalance
32. Nothing could shake his _____ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.
gregarious
abridge
taciturn
resolution
33. The airline customer service agent tried to _____ the angry passenger by offering her a seat in first class.
surpass
obdurate
ascetic
mollify
34. Paradoxically - _____ reasoning does not always produce incorrect results; even though your logic may be flawed - the conclusion you reach may still be correct.
terse
anarchy
incorrigible
fallacious
35. Josh is such a greedy _____ that - as soon as the earthquake struck - he tripled the price of bottled water at his store.
benign
opportunist
predilection
partisan
36. When Johnny came down with a bad case of poison oak - the doctor recommended calamine lotion to _____ the itching.
embellish
alleviate
delineate
apathy
37. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
cryptic
verbose
predilection
adversary
38. Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next - she was confused by the _____ of her feelings.
buttress
strident
ambivalence
capricious
39. You had better _____ your accounting errors before the auditors arrive.
incite
instigate
rectify
interpid
40. The young wrestler struggled to defeat his formidable _____.
rancor
concise
impair
adversary
41. To win his audience - the speaker used every _____ trick in the book.
rhetorical
skeptic
prudent
satirical
42. Denying that she advocated total _____ - Katya maintained she wished only to change our government - not to destroy it utterly.
predilection
ephemeral
anarchy
preclude
43. Blind people sometimes develop a compensatory ability to sense the _____ of objects around them.
dismiss
elucidate
exuberance
proximity
44. In a fiery speech - Mario _____ his fellow students to go out on strike to protest the university's anti-affirmative action stand.
usurp
banal
incite
terse
45. Rejecting the candidate's _____ comments on tax reform - the reporter pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue.
notoriety
reserve
equivocal
furtive
46. The museum curator placed the Eskimo-carved wooden totem pole in _____ with two contemporary stone masks from Africa - creating a stunning effect.
juxtaposition
austere
nurture
enhance
47. Without additional funding - it may not be _____ to build a new stadium for the team on the city's highly developed West Side.
ironic
feasible
reserve
fastidious
48. The senator was _____ for behavior inappropriate to a member of Congress.
censure
incite
specious
levity
49. The glitter and _____ of the ballroom took Cinderella's breath away.
explicit
elusive
opulence
satirical
50. Covering the Olympic Games - the sportscasters _____ every American victory and grumbled about every American defeat.
elucidate
substantiate
relegate
acclaim