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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. In a brief essay - describe a person you admire - someone whose virtues and achievements you would like to _____.
reprove
reserve
emulate
impair
2. Though Glenn was devout - he was no _____; he never tried to force his beliefs on friends.
impeccable
redundant
zealot
disdain
3. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard - Stanford - and Yale. Which one would you attend? Remember - this is only a _____ situation.
benign
guile
inherent
hypothetical
4. What _____ did you use when you selected this essay as the prizewinner?
criterion
nonchalance
banal
ironic
5. Because Carmen believed in Juan's fidelity - she _____ the notion that he might be having an affair.
sporadic
inherent
prevalent
dismiss
6. Violently disagreeing with the referees' ruling - Coach Ben became so _____ that they threw him out of the game.
benign
gravity
contentious
constraint
7. Compared to Jo - who was perfectly ready to chat with anyone about anything - Beth was _____ about what she considered personal matters.
document
adversary
reticent
eclectic
8. Because solar energy has the power to reduce greenhouse gases and increase energy efficiency - conversion to the use of solar energy may help _____ the threat of global warming.
mitigate
extraneous
discerning
renounce
9. Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next - she was confused by the _____ of her feelings.
colloquial
ambivalence
surpass
adulation
10. Though Huck was quite willing to _____ Tom's story - Aunt Polly knew better than to believe either of them.
censure
corroborate
reprimand
esoteric
11. Through the comments of the characters in his cartoon strip - Doonesbury - Gary Trudeau ridicules political corruption; his humor is _____ in nature.
heresy
satirical
impair
levity
12. At commencement - the dean praised Ellen for her _____ behavior as class president.
opulence
dogmatic
venerate
exemplary
13. Her wealthy suitors wooed her with _____ gifts.
peripheral
incorrigible
lavish
gravity
14. Because a _____ examination of the ruins indicates the possibility of arson - we believe the insurance agency should undertake a more thorough investigation of the fire's cause.
superficial
cursory
anarchy
resolution
15. Othello's false friend lago uses considerable _____ to trick Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him
enhance
dogmatic
guile
equivocal
16. To John - who had never missed a meal - hunger was an _____ concept - one he understood only in theory.
abstract
ambiguous
credulity
rectify
17. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.
nurture
resigned
terse
hyperbole
18. Icebreakers were needed to _____ the trapped whales from the icy floes that closed them in.
laconic
disparage
extricate
abstract
19. When Amanda said to the ticket scalper - 'One hundred bucks? What do you want - a pound of flesh?' she was making an _____ to Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
instigate
scrupulous
profane
allusion
20. This alleged fiscal crisis is no crisis at all. it is based on _____ claims about financial institutions and on scare stories about impending economic ruin.
quandary
profound
capricious
specious
21. Instead of delivering a spoken _____ at Genny's memorial service - Jeff sang a song he had written in her honor.
opulence
eulogy
erudite
presumptuous
22. Typically - partygoers are _____; hermits are not.
inane
buttress
aesthetic
gregarious
23. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted many subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
undermine
instigate
predilection
aesthetic
24. The boss prefaced his speech by telling a pointless _____ about an encounter he'd had with former President Bush.
ambiguous
gravity
coercion
anecdote
25. Historically - traders and missionaries often proved themselves to be _____ explorers - bravely venturing into new territories despite the dangers involved.
adversary
interpid
compliance
innate
26. After a decade of popularity - Hurston's works had fallen into _____; no one bothered to read her novels and short stories any more.
oblivion
ambivalence
explicit
censure
27. The young princess made the foolish _____ that the regent would not object to her taking the reins of power.
concise
assumption
prolific
eulogy
28. I was bowled over by the _____ of Amy's welcome. What an enthusiastic greeting!
succinct
exuberance
laconic
discrepancy
29. Youth's beauty is _____; it quickly fades with age.
refute
transient
undermine
erudite
30. Although defeat appeared inevitable - the general was _____ in his refusal to surrender.
quandary
obdurate
innocuous
decorum
31. The young wrestler struggled to defeat his formidable _____.
adversary
corroborate
venerate
explicit
32. No matter how hard Darnell tried to lure the trout into taking the bait - the fish was too _____ to catch.
inherent
eulogy
extricate
elusive
33. Since both interpretations seemed possible - the judge could not decide which way to interpret a particularly _____ passage in the law.
succinct
ambiguous
recluse
usurp
34. As far as I'm concerned - Apple's claims about its new computer are pure _____; no machine is that good!
hyperbole
resigned
heresy
gregarious
35. Jealous of Cinderella's beauty - her _____ stepsisters expressed their spite by forcing her to do menial tasks.
terse
haughtiness
malicious
discerning
36. The mayor was unwilling to _____ the plan until she was sure it had the governor's backing.
superficial
impair
implement
homogeneous
37. When both Harvard and Stanford accepted Laura - she was in a _____ as to which school she should attend.
quandary
induce
guile
fervor
38. Michael's severe bout of the flue _____ him so much that for a week he was too tired to go back to work.
detachment
debilitate
hyperbole
derision
39. Even the best-mannered students have trouble behaving with _____ on the last day of school.
decorum
garrulous
discerning
anarchy
40. Cool - calm - and collected - James Bond shows remarkable _____ in the face of danger.
adversity
nonchalance
pervasive
fallacious
41. Please try not to include so many _____ details in your report; the bare facts are all I need.
placate
superfluous
peripheral
metaphor
42. Without additional funding - it may not be _____ to build a new stadium for the team on the city's highly developed West Side.
debunk
ambivalence
notoriety
feasible
43. Rather than live in the crowded city center - we chose to buy a house in one of the _____ suburbs ringing the metropolis.
peripheral
ironic
derision
guile
44. Pointing out that the candidate consistently had voted against strengthening antipollution legislation - the reporter _____ her claim that she was a fervent environmentalist.
coercion
emulate
dogmatic
debunk
45. By their use of the Internet - propagandists have been able to _____ their pet doctrines to new audiences around the globe.
gregarious
lethargic
innocuous
disseminate
46. Unlike Widow Douglas - who _____ Huck's minor offenses - Miss Watson did nothing but scold.
condone
transient
dogmatic
scrupulous
47. All things change over time; nothing is _____.
strident
peripheral
immutable
nonchalance
48. In Tibet today - the common people still _____ their traditional spiritual leader - the Dalai Lama.
homogeneous
subside
soporific
venerate
49. In a fiery speech - Mario _____ his fellow students to go out on strike to protest the university's anti-affirmative action stand.
incite
altruistic
renounce
ostentatious
50. Despite Tom's _____ of innocence - Aunt Polly suspected he had eaten the pie.
substantiate
mitigate
disparage
affirmation