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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. 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.
juxtaposition
elusive
homogeneous
profane
2. Othello's false friend lago uses considerable _____ to trick Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him
guile
capricious
eclectic
abridge
3. Acetone is an extremely _____ liquid: it vaporizes instantly.
levity
flagrant
zealot
volatile
4. Politicians of both the extreme right and left annoy me because they do not sound like people but parrots mindlessly repeating _____ clich
dogmatic
benign
incongruous
verbose
5. My editors must assume I'm a _____ writer; they expect me to revise six books this year.
prolific
astute
juxtaposition
preclude
6. Because Webster's dictionary had grown so large and unwieldy - the publishers decided to _____ it and bring out a condensed version.
abridge
derivative
esoteric
turbulent
7. An occasional glass of wine with dinner is relatively _____ and should have no ill effect on you.
benign
flagrant
innocuous
proximity
8. Someone mute cannot talk; someone _____ can hardly stop talking.
verbose
malicious
opulence
predilection
9. Tina was still angry despite Tony's soft and _____ words.
placate
reserve
conciliatory
apathy
10. Because Ann felt no desire to marry - she was _____ to Carl's constant proposals.
cryptic
skeptic
indifferent
proximity
11. Despite airing her clothes for several hours - she could not rid them of the _____ odor of mothballs that clung to them.
belie
pervasive
cursory
advocate
12. Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next - she was confused by the _____ of her feelings.
ambivalence
adversity
resolution
reserve
13. 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.
banal
autonomous
anarchy
credulity
14. Stop giggling and wriggling around in the pew; such _____ is improper in church.
hypothetical
opulence
levity
repudiate
15. Please try not to include so many _____ details in your report; the bare facts are all I need.
satirical
skeptic
heresy
superfluous
16. The infant Mozart's parents quickly realized that their son had an _____ gift for music.
eclectic
document
censure
innate
17. A pragmatic politician - he was guided more by what was _____ than by what was right.
expedient
opulence
incongruous
ambiguous
18. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard - Stanford - and Yale. Which one would you attend? Remember - this is only a _____ situation.
hypothetical
ambivalence
retract
prevalent
19. The museum curator placed the Eskimo-carved wooden totem pole in _____ with two contemporary stone masks from Africa - creating a stunning effect.
rectify
inadvertently
placate
juxtaposition
20. I am a _____ about the proposed new health plan; I want some proof that it will work.
superficial
elusive
adulation
skeptic
21. In Tibet today - the common people still _____ their traditional spiritual leader - the Dalai Lama.
gregarious
venerate
inherent
metaphor
22. A miser hoards money - not because he is _____ - but because he is stingy.
concise
capricious
disdain
prudent
23. A born storyteller - my father loved to _____ anecdotes about his early years in New York.
pervasive
rancor
recount
benign
24. The recent corruption scandals have _____ many people's faith in the city government.
undermine
peripheral
guile
immutable
25. The attorney came up with several far-fetched arguments in a vain attempt to _____ his weak case.
buttress
adulation
opportunist
induce
26. In a brief essay - describe a person you admire - someone whose virtues and achievements you would like to _____.
innate
extraneous
emulate
vacillate
27. The senator was _____ for behavior inappropriate to a member of Congress.
advocate
censure
adulation
discerning
28. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. he is the most _____ man in Cayuga County.
impeccable
garrulous
hypothetical
inadvertently
29. Although you can still hear _____ outbursts of laughter and signing outside - the Halloween parade has passed; the party is over till next year.
levity
sporadic
scrupulous
debilitate
30. The airline customer service agent tried to _____ the angry passenger by offering her a seat in first class.
mundane
coercion
terse
mollify
31. The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Esther's _____ sense.
derivative
repudiate
arbitrary
aesthetic
32. After the quarrel - Gina said nothing could _____ her to talk to Pedro again.
surreptitious
erudite
inane
induce
33. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.
affirmation
resigned
quandary
pervasive
34. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.
incite
turbulent
zealot
disseminate
35. Using only a few descriptive phrases - Austen manages to _____ the character of Mr. Collins so deftly that we can predict his every move.
disparage
delineate
innate
surpass
36. Pointing out that the candidate consistently had voted against strengthening antipollution legislation - the reporter _____ her claim that she was a fervent environmentalist.
debunk
elucidate
aesthetic
specious
37. Blind people sometimes develop a compensatory ability to sense the _____ of objects around them.
proximity
endorse
colloquial
fallacious
38. His coarse - hard-bitten exterior _____ his inner sensitivity.
belie
indifferent
haughtiness
document
39. Instead of delivering a spoken _____ at Genny's memorial service - Jeff sang a song he had written in her honor.
erudite
eulogy
surreptitious
elucidate
40. When acacias are in bloom - the increase of pollen in the air _____ Richard's hay fever.
exacerbate
pervasive
notoriety
preclude
41. 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.
benign
presumptuous
exemplary
prudent
42. Noticing the _____ glance the customer gave the diamond bracelet on the counter - the clerk wondered whether he had a potential shoplifter in the store.
dogmatic
haughtiness
surreptitious
furtive
43. Thirty years after the war - she could not let go of the past but was still consumed with _____ against the foe.
rancor
prolific
turbulent
superficial
44. The classic cowboy hero is a _____ figure - someone generally described as the strong - silent type.
laconic
alleviate
usurp
volatile
45. The headmaster's _____ demeanor tended to care off the more timid students - who never visited his study willingly.
frivolous
derivative
furtive
austere
46. 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.
reprimand
rancor
reserve
debilitate
47. When Elizabeth realized that Darcy considered himself too good to dance with his inferiors - she took great offense at his _____.
opportunist
abstract
haughtiness
affirmation
48. To win his audience - the speaker used every _____ trick in the book.
altruistic
feasible
anecdote
rhetorical
49. Con artists take advantage of the _____ of inexperienced Internet users to gain access to their credit card information.
credulity
divergent
prolific
capricious
50. She kept all the receipts form her business trip in order to _____ her expenses for the Internal Revenue Service.
condone
prevalent
document
dogmatic