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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. Tina was still angry despite Tony's soft and _____ words.
guile
opportunist
levity
conciliatory
2. Youth's beauty is _____; it quickly fades with age.
transient
predilection
coercion
resolution
3. Denying that she advocated total _____ - Katya maintained she wished only to change our government - not to destroy it utterly.
anarchy
deprecate
reprimand
zealot
4. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.
resigned
benign
discerning
recount
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.
mitigate
specious
flagrant
hierarchy
6. Her wealthy suitors wooed her with _____ gifts.
reprimand
detachment
expedient
lavish
7. Though Aunt Bea at times had to _____ Opie for inattention in church - she believed he was at heart a God-fearing lad.
reprove
superficial
instigate
reserve
8. With its worn-out dialogue and predictable plot - the sitcom struck me as unbearably _____.
reserve
strident
banal
sporadic
9. To be low man on the totem pole is to have a decidedly inferior place in the _____.
redundant
hierarchy
obdurate
jocular
10. The inquisitors used both physical and psychological _____ to force Joan of Arc to deny that her visions were sent by God.
furtive
garrulous
coercion
assumption
11. A born storyteller - my father loved to _____ anecdotes about his early years in New York.
ephemeral
impeccable
recount
juxtaposition
12. We made an _____ choice to eat at the first restaurant we saw.
derivative
arbitrary
vacillate
partisan
13. Although the movie star was no genius - she was sufficiently _____ to tell her true friends from the countless phonies who flattered her.
discerning
specious
jocular
levity
14. Tourists are urged not to _____ the sanctity of holy places by wearing immodest garb.
adversity
ambivalence
esoteric
profane
15. Even the best-mannered students have trouble behaving with _____ on the last day of school.
decorum
ostentatious
affirmation
ironic
16. 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.
renounce
cryptic
recount
adversary
17. In Tibet today - the common people still _____ their traditional spiritual leader - the Dalai Lama.
notoriety
haughtiness
decorum
venerate
18. Please try not to include so many _____ details in your report; the bare facts are all I need.
derision
altruistic
mundane
superfluous
19. Government agents have been known to use wiretapping and other _____ methods to spy on suspected terrorists.
levity
immutable
surreptitious
redundant
20. The fact that the band was already booked to play in Hollywood on New year's Eve _____ their accepting the gig in London.
relegate
abstract
inherent
preclude
21. The costume designer _____ the leading lady's ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.
ostentatious
insipid
verbose
embellish
22. These endorsements written by satisfied customers _____ our claim that Barron's SAT is the best SAT-prep book on the market.
eulogy
substantiate
brevity
coercion
23. Because she was a firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy - Miss Post _____ the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.
deprecate
profound
colloquial
skeptic
24. Is an old-fashioned hairstyle an apt _____ for being out of step with the times and in need of change?
vacillate
condone
superfluous
metaphor
25. A firm believer in democratic government - she could not understand the _____ of people who never bothered to vote.
preclude
incongruous
concise
apathy
26. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.
disparage
aesthetic
delineate
anarchy
27. His coarse - hard-bitten exterior _____ his inner sensitivity.
fallacious
belie
transient
sporadic
28. The mayfly is an _____ creature; its adult life lasts little more than a day.
impair
ephemeral
resigned
ironic
29. We could tell we were in serious trouble from the _____ of the principal's expression.
buttress
criterion
oblivion
gravity
30. Using only a few descriptive phrases - Austen manages to _____ the character of Mr. Collins so deftly that we can predict his every move.
divergent
document
delineate
furtive
31. There is a fine line between speech that is _____ and to the point and speech so abrupt that it verges on rudeness.
banal
fervor
terse
homogeneous
32. The stereotypical cowboy is a _____ soul - answering lengthy questions with a simple 'yep' or 'nope.'
predilection
contentious
turbulent
taciturn
33. I was bowled over by the _____ of Amy's welcome. What an enthusiastic greeting!
exuberance
divergent
placate
repudiate
34. The glitter and _____ of the ballroom took Cinderella's breath away.
opulence
ascetic
innate
juxtaposition
35. The reviewers praised the new restaurant's _____ selection of dishes - which ranged from Asian stir fries to French ragouts and stews.
eclectic
debunk
prolific
levity
36. The rich new student tried to attract friends by making an _____ display of his wealth.
belie
ostentatious
prolific
meticulous
37. After Ralph dropped his second try of drinks that week - the manager swiftly _____ him to a minor post behind the bar.
garrulous
relegate
jocular
extraneous
38. Though Glenn was devout - he was no _____; he never tried to force his beliefs on friends.
reticent
zealot
mitigate
recount
39. Some of the newer - less formal passages on the SAT have a _____ tone that is intended to make them more appealing to students.
colloquial
instigate
guile
superficial
40. The wealthy - self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict - _____ lifestyle practiced by members of some monastic orders.
buttress
incongruous
ascetic
extricate
41. Although defeat appeared inevitable - the general was _____ in his refusal to surrender.
discrepancy
detachment
preclude
obdurate
42. Instead of delivering a spoken _____ at Genny's memorial service - Jeff sang a song he had written in her honor.
allusion
disparity
relegate
eulogy
43. Typically - partygoers are _____; hermits are not.
reticent
gregarious
acclaim
volatile
44. A pragmatic politician - he was guided more by what was _____ than by what was right.
notoriety
deprecate
expedient
cursory
45. Paradoxically - _____ reasoning does not always produce incorrect results; even though your logic may be flawed - the conclusion you reach may still be correct.
advocate
debilitate
fallacious
whimsical
46. Bobby was such a _____ eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.
fastidious
haughtiness
opportunist
discerning
47. Nothing could shake his _____ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.
digression
resolution
anarchy
turbulent
48. Because Sal once had fallen asleep while reading War and Peace - he thought that all Russian novels were _____.
soporific
furtive
pervasive
fallacious
49. The store manager tried to _____ the angry customer by offering to replace the damaged merchandise or return her money.
disseminate
elusive
placate
constraint
50. Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next - she was confused by the _____ of her feelings.
contentious
cryptic
censure
ambivalence