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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. Flat prose and flat ginger are equally _____; both lack sparkle.
inherent
flagrant
insipid
elusive
2. Jealous of Cinderella's beauty - her _____ stepsisters expressed their spite by forcing her to do menial tasks.
ambiguous
malicious
derivative
discerning
3. Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next - she was confused by the _____ of her feelings.
austere
ambivalence
transient
altruistic
4. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. he is the most _____ man in Cayuga County.
garrulous
arbitrary
partisan
juxtaposition
5. Though Glenn was devout - he was no _____; he never tried to force his beliefs on friends.
subside
substantiate
zealot
indifferent
6. Although defeat appeared inevitable - the general was _____ in his refusal to surrender.
mundane
obdurate
scrupulous
surpass
7. Shrewdly purchasing valuable plots of land for small sums - John Jacob Astor gained a reputation as an _____ investor.
astute
impede
elusive
rebuttal
8. 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.
debunk
proliferation
proximity
specious
9. The headmaster's _____ demeanor tended to care off the more timid students - who never visited his study willingly.
instigate
aesthetic
ambiguous
austere
10. On certain issues of principle - the senator refused to take a _____ stand - but let her conscience be her guide.
innate
eulogy
partisan
criterion
11. 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.
constraint
ambivalence
presumptuous
hypothetical
12. As far as I'm concerned - Apple's claims about its new computer are pure _____; no machine is that good!
adversary
feasible
placate
hyperbole
13. Because she was a firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy - Miss Post _____ the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.
flagrant
austere
credulity
deprecate
14. His coarse - hard-bitten exterior _____ his inner sensitivity.
impair
recluse
cryptic
belie
15. Since both interpretations seemed possible - the judge could not decide which way to interpret a particularly _____ passage in the law.
immutable
hierarchy
ambiguous
renounce
16. The senator was _____ for behavior inappropriate to a member of Congress.
censure
rancor
cursory
contentious
17. Paradoxically - _____ reasoning does not always produce incorrect results; even though your logic may be flawed - the conclusion you reach may still be correct.
zealot
disseminate
fallacious
pervasive
18. All things change over time; nothing is _____.
immutable
prolific
incongruous
capricious
19. 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.
turbulent
mitigate
frivolous
adversary
20. Even though she knew she would be burned at the stake as a witch - Joan of Arc refused to _____ her belief that her voices came from God.
concise
zealot
advocate
renounce
21. The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Esther's _____ sense.
hypothetical
undermine
aesthetic
prolific
22. After separating from Tony - Tina announced that she would _____ all debts incurred by her soon-to-be-ex-husband.
impede
repudiate
enhance
adulation
23. A radical committed to social change - Reed had no patience with the conservative views _____ in the America of his day.
prevalent
opulence
benign
eclectic
24. Although you can still hear _____ outbursts of laughter and signing outside - the Halloween parade has passed; the party is over till next year.
lethargic
sporadic
incongruous
predilection
25. The governor's appointment of his brother-in-law to the State Supreme Court was a _____ violation of the state laws against nepotism.
turbulent
fallacious
flagrant
fastidious
26. Even the best-mannered students have trouble behaving with _____ on the last day of school.
decorum
abstract
fastidious
debilitate
27. Rejecting the candidate's _____ comments on tax reform - the reporter pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue.
renounce
abridge
equivocal
repudiate
28. A pragmatic politician - he was guided more by what was _____ than by what was right.
emulate
censure
expedient
reprimand
29. Though Huck was quite willing to _____ Tom's story - Aunt Polly knew better than to believe either of them.
satirical
corroborate
feasible
nonchalance
30. Her wealthy suitors wooed her with _____ gifts.
gregarious
lavish
adversity
levity
31. Typically - partygoers are _____; hermits are not.
cryptic
inane
gregarious
extricate
32. Despite airing her clothes for several hours - she could not rid them of the _____ odor of mothballs that clung to them.
disseminate
immutable
credulity
pervasive
33. The doctor assured the boy's parents that his fever would eventually _____.
relegate
malicious
subside
heresy
34. The costume designer _____ the leading lady's ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.
nurture
relegate
innocuous
embellish
35. You had better _____ your accounting errors before the auditors arrive.
nurture
rectify
recount
surpass
36. With its worn-out dialogue and predictable plot - the sitcom struck me as unbearably _____.
derivative
juxtaposition
banal
condone
37. Government agents have been known to use wiretapping and other _____ methods to spy on suspected terrorists.
altruistic
fallacious
surreptitious
incorrigible
38. Mother was a _____ housekeeper - unwilling to allow a single speck of dirt to mar her perfect home.
meticulous
hierarchy
exacerbate
extraneous
39. Pointing out that the candidate consistently had voted against strengthening antipollution legislation - the reporter _____ her claim that she was a fervent environmentalist.
oblivion
assumption
censure
debunk
40. Is an old-fashioned hairstyle an apt _____ for being out of step with the times and in need of change?
metaphor
predilection
superficial
discrepancy
41. Unlike Widow Douglas - who _____ Huck's minor offenses - Miss Watson did nothing but scold.
coercion
refute
condone
usurp
42. To revise a textbook properly - you must do more than make a few _____ changes to the manuscript.
profound
superficial
oblivion
notoriety
43. Whenever Sue was angry - she tried to avoid raising her voice because she had no wish to sound _____.
dogmatic
strident
credulity
autonomous
44. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted many subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
adversity
predilection
skeptic
verbose
45. Through the comments of the characters in his cartoon strip - Doonesbury - Gary Trudeau ridicules political corruption; his humor is _____ in nature.
vacillate
strident
satirical
fastidious
46. Don't bore your audience with excess verbiage; be _____.
vacillate
benign
anecdote
succinct
47. Michael's severe bout of the flue _____ him so much that for a week he was too tired to go back to work.
repudiate
debilitate
benign
incite
48. The architect realized that her design for the new school had to be in _____ with the local building code.
vacillate
predilection
hierarchy
compliance
49. Thirty years after the war - she could not let go of the past but was still consumed with _____ against the foe.
proliferation
rancor
coercion
ostentatious
50. Dirt poor and out of work - she did not give up but continued to fight against _____.
repudiate
adversity
hyperbole
soporific