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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. After Ralph dropped his second try of drinks that week - the manager swiftly _____ him to a minor post behind the bar.
innocuous
relegate
fervor
proliferation
2. Times of economic hardship inevitably encourage the _____ of countless get-rich-quick schemes.
contentious
proliferation
fallacious
exuberance
3. What _____ did you use when you selected this essay as the prizewinner?
relegate
criterion
decorum
altruistic
4. Because Sal once had fallen asleep while reading War and Peace - he thought that all Russian novels were _____.
soporific
immutable
abridge
gregarious
5. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her _____.
opportunist
notoriety
dogmatic
rebuttal
6. 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.
turbulent
rancor
homogeneous
lethargic
7. Uncertain which suitor she ought to accept - the princess _____ - first favoring one and then the other.
emulate
dismiss
vacillate
ambivalence
8. Someone mute cannot talk; someone _____ can hardly stop talking.
rhetorical
cursory
verbose
exacerbate
9. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
abridge
substantiate
predilection
recluse
10. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.
condone
resigned
impede
inherent
11. The Head Start program attempts to _____ prekindergarten children so that they will do well when they enter elementary school.
guile
innate
homogeneous
nurture
12. Historically - traders and missionaries often proved themselves to be _____ explorers - bravely venturing into new territories despite the dangers involved.
prudent
reprimand
document
interpid
13. Though his fellow students considered him a gifted scholar - Paul knew he would have to spend many years in serious study before he could consider himself truly _____.
divergent
erudite
fallacious
hyperbole
14. His coarse - hard-bitten exterior _____ his inner sensitivity.
allusion
credulity
debilitate
belie
15. You had better _____ your accounting errors before the auditors arrive.
proximity
rectify
proliferation
homogeneous
16. I am a _____ about the proposed new health plan; I want some proof that it will work.
disparity
skeptic
buttress
superfluous
17. Compared to Jo - who was perfectly ready to chat with anyone about anything - Beth was _____ about what she considered personal matters.
superfluous
predilection
ascetic
reticent
18. The reviewers heaped _____ on the novice playwright - ridiculing his pretentious dialogue - flat characters - and simple-minded plot.
benign
aesthetic
derision
proliferation
19. The inquisitors used both physical and psychological _____ to force Joan of Arc to deny that her visions were sent by God.
gravity
coercion
innate
guile
20. Drinking alcohol can _____ your ability to drive safely; if you're going to drink - don't drive.
reprimand
delineate
impair
predilection
21. Although her early poetry was clearly _____ in nature - the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.
incorrigible
derivative
homogeneous
predilection
22. In the film Funny Face - the bookish heroine _____ fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests.
eclectic
disdain
juxtaposition
incite
23. Although Eric knew the boss had no sense of humor - he couldn't resist making one _____ remark.
incorrigible
ascetic
jocular
opportunist
24. Despite airing her clothes for several hours - she could not rid them of the _____ odor of mothballs that clung to them.
incite
pervasive
nonchalance
instigate
25. Josh is such a greedy _____ that - as soon as the earthquake struck - he tripled the price of bottled water at his store.
sporadic
extricate
opportunist
refute
26. Unlike Widow Douglas - who _____ Huck's minor offenses - Miss Watson did nothing but scold.
abridge
incite
expedient
condone
27. Though Widow Douglas had hopes of reforming Huck - Miss Watson considered him _____ and swore he would come to no good end.
superficial
partisan
transient
incorrigible
28. 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.
ironic
innate
lethargic
inadvertently
29. The attorney came up with several far-fetched arguments in a vain attempt to _____ his weak case.
recluse
meticulous
coercion
buttress
30. When Elizabeth realized that Darcy considered himself too good to dance with his inferiors - she took great offense at his _____.
haughtiness
benign
discrepancy
debunk
31. Without additional funding - it may not be _____ to build a new stadium for the team on the city's highly developed West Side.
cryptic
feasible
elucidate
oblivion
32. Judy's great fear was that she might _____ omit a question on the exam and mismark her entire answer sheet.
hypothetical
inadvertently
usurp
soporific
33. Although the movie star was no genius - she was sufficiently _____ to tell her true friends from the countless phonies who flattered her.
equivocal
relegate
condone
discerning
34. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.
turbulent
indifferent
colloquial
reserve
35. The Beatles expressed themselves through capricious - flip humor and _____ displays of carefree abandon.
emulate
whimsical
resolution
brevity
36. Con artists take advantage of the _____ of inexperienced Internet users to gain access to their credit card information.
retract
credulity
disparage
laconic
37. Acetone is an extremely _____ liquid: it vaporizes instantly.
adulation
volatile
buttress
prudent
38. Othello's false friend lago uses considerable _____ to trick Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him
capricious
guile
criterion
succinct
39. Is an old-fashioned hairstyle an apt _____ for being out of step with the times and in need of change?
metaphor
scrupulous
specious
rhetorical
40. Uninterested in philosophical or spiritual discussions - Max talked only of _____ matters - such as the daily weather forecast or the latest basketball results.
vacillate
mundane
predilection
whimsical
41. The president _____ the astronauts - whom he called 'the pioneers of the Space Age.'
decorum
extol
proliferation
opportunist
42. Because Ann felt no desire to marry - she was _____ to Carl's constant proposals.
impede
indifferent
predilection
acclaim
43. Rumors of police corruption led the mayor to _____ an investigation into the department's activities.
scrupulous
instigate
venerate
derivative
44. 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.
credulity
rancor
presumptuous
proliferation
45. After the quarrel - Gina said nothing could _____ her to talk to Pedro again.
homogeneous
induce
anecdote
reprove
46. Denying that she advocated total _____ - Katya maintained she wished only to change our government - not to destroy it utterly.
incite
transient
anarchy
hierarchy
47. Stories in The New York Times often include _____ allusions to obscure people and events.
profound
haughtiness
exemplary
esoteric
48. To revise a textbook properly - you must do more than make a few _____ changes to the manuscript.
anarchy
superficial
elusive
incite
49. No wonder Ted doesn't think straight! His mind is so cluttered with _____ information that he can't concentrate on the essentials.
equivocal
extraneous
censure
fervor
50. Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next - she was confused by the _____ of her feelings.
ambivalence
profane
resigned
indifferent