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english
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grammar
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their official them; his _____ were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.
homogeneous
document
buttress
digression
2. Psychoanalysts must maintain their professional _____ and stay uninvolved with their patients' personal lives.
superfluous
presumptuous
alleviate
detachment
3. 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.
reserve
banal
explicit
partisan
4. Though Widow Douglas had hopes of reforming Huck - Miss Watson considered him _____ and swore he would come to no good end.
coercion
incorrigible
verbose
astute
5. 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.
specious
innate
colloquial
refute
6. Uncertain which suitor she ought to accept - the princess _____ - first favoring one and then the other.
reticent
proliferation
vacillate
disseminate
7. The architect realized that her design for the new school had to be in _____ with the local building code.
compliance
alleviate
disseminate
obdurate
8. Disappointed in love - Miss Emily became a _____; she shut herself away in her empty mansion and refused to see another living soul.
recluse
innate
feasible
disdain
9. Though Huck was quite willing to _____ Tom's story - Aunt Polly knew better than to believe either of them.
profound
transient
frivolous
corroborate
10. Without additional funding - it may not be _____ to build a new stadium for the team on the city's highly developed West Side.
induce
specious
feasible
extricate
11. 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.
undermine
recluse
skeptic
allusion
12. The infant Mozart's parents quickly realized that their son had an _____ gift for music.
innate
equivocal
apathy
advocate
13. 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.
impair
altruistic
presumptuous
autonomous
14. The classic cowboy hero is a _____ figure - someone generally described as the strong - silent type.
laconic
disparity
deprecate
immutable
15. When you place a phone call from an airplane - _____ is essential; you are charged for every minute.
undermine
hierarchy
brevity
condone
16. The conceited rap star relished the _____ he received from his groupies and yes-men.
verbose
discrepancy
zealot
adulation
17. The special prosecutor determined that the attorney general - though inept - had not intentionally set out to _____ the progress of the investigation.
innocuous
impede
belie
meticulous
18. Con artists take advantage of the _____ of inexperienced Internet users to gain access to their credit card information.
discerning
explicit
credulity
rectify
19. The store manager tried to _____ the angry customer by offering to replace the damaged merchandise or return her money.
deprecate
placate
altruistic
flagrant
20. Since both interpretations seemed possible - the judge could not decide which way to interpret a particularly _____ passage in the law.
volatile
capricious
exemplary
ambiguous
21. The rich new student tried to attract friends by making an _____ display of his wealth.
feasible
surreptitious
ostentatious
benign
22. A pragmatic politician - he was guided more by what was _____ than by what was right.
debilitate
laconic
recluse
expedient
23. Government agents have been known to use wiretapping and other _____ methods to spy on suspected terrorists.
extricate
surreptitious
transient
brevity
24. I was bowled over by the _____ of Amy's welcome. What an enthusiastic greeting!
interpid
peripheral
elusive
exuberance
25. When acacias are in bloom - the increase of pollen in the air _____ Richard's hay fever.
exacerbate
debilitate
fastidious
implement
26. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
predilection
turbulent
contentious
capricious
27. By their use of the Internet - propagandists have been able to _____ their pet doctrines to new audiences around the globe.
ambivalence
disseminate
equivocal
ephemeral
28. Because she was a firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy - Miss Post _____ the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.
strident
gravity
contentious
deprecate
29. In providing college scholarships for economically disadvantaged youths - Eugene Lang performed a truly _____ deed.
reprimand
disparity
altruistic
levity
30. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her _____.
coercion
frivolous
rebuttal
strident
31. Flat prose and flat ginger are equally _____; both lack sparkle.
esoteric
heresy
insipid
haughtiness
32. Their _____ in rank made no difference at all to the prince and Cinderella.
renounce
disparity
condone
affirmation
33. Othello's false friend lago uses considerable _____ to trick Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him
guile
rectify
mundane
lethargic
34. No matter how hard Darnell tried to lure the trout into taking the bait - the fish was too _____ to catch.
guile
colloquial
elusive
enhance
35. Nothing could shake his _____ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.
resolution
haughtiness
rectify
heresy
36. 'Judicial activism' is the alleged tendency of some judges to _____ the power of elected legislatures by making the law rather than merely interpreting it.
levity
usurp
resolution
proximity
37. The legendary athlete Jim Thorpe - who _____ all his competitors at the 1912 Olympic Games - made a name for himself in baseball - football - and track.
surpass
incongruous
gregarious
gravity
38. Because Ann felt no desire to marry - she was _____ to Carl's constant proposals.
metaphor
indifferent
benign
substantiate
39. My editors must assume I'm a _____ writer; they expect me to revise six books this year.
prolific
opportunist
pragmatic
furtive
40. A miser hoards money - not because he is _____ - but because he is stingy.
prudent
esoteric
exuberance
corroborate
41. I am a _____ about the proposed new health plan; I want some proof that it will work.
predilection
skeptic
credulity
preclude
42. A firm believer in democratic government - she could not understand the _____ of people who never bothered to vote.
advocate
esoteric
criterion
apathy
43. The mayor was unwilling to _____ the plan until she was sure it had the governor's backing.
partisan
cursory
lethargic
implement
44. Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next - she was confused by the _____ of her feelings.
ambivalence
lavish
nurture
meticulous
45. There's no point to what you're saying. Why are you bothering to make such _____ remarks?
elucidate
inane
induce
mundane
46. To revise a textbook properly - you must do more than make a few _____ changes to the manuscript.
venerate
erudite
whimsical
superficial
47. Judy's great fear was that she might _____ omit a question on the exam and mismark her entire answer sheet.
delineate
pragmatic
dogmatic
inadvertently
48. Looking for any inconsistency in the testimony that might exonerate his client - the defense lawyer pounced on a _____ between the two witnesses' versions of what had occurred.
discrepancy
zealot
extol
predilection
49. On certain issues of principle - the senator refused to take a _____ stand - but let her conscience be her guide.
substantiate
explicit
exemplary
partisan
50. At commencement - the dean praised Ellen for her _____ behavior as class president.
frivolous
impeccable
exemplary
adversity
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