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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. The defense called several respectable witnesses who were able to _____ the lying testimony of the prosecution's sole witness.
refute
malicious
notoriety
adversary
2. Although Nancy enjoyed Bill's _____ - lighthearted companionship - she sometimes wondered whether he could ever be serious.
scrupulous
frivolous
subside
ascetic
3. Mother was a _____ housekeeper - unwilling to allow a single speck of dirt to mar her perfect home.
subside
meticulous
dogmatic
superficial
4. The Head Start program attempts to _____ prekindergarten children so that they will do well when they enter elementary school.
contentious
nurture
esoteric
rebuttal
5. A radical committed to social change - Reed had no patience with the conservative views _____ in the America of his day.
capricious
prevalent
opulence
recount
6. Without additional funding - it may not be _____ to build a new stadium for the team on the city's highly developed West Side.
transient
disparage
feasible
criterion
7. The reviewers praised the new restaurant's _____ selection of dishes - which ranged from Asian stir fries to French ragouts and stews.
eclectic
erudite
autonomous
derision
8. Katya's _____ love of justice moved her to champion the cause of anyone she considered unfairly treated by society.
obdurate
inherent
coercion
credulity
9. The conceited rap star relished the _____ he received from his groupies and yes-men.
adulation
profane
assumption
interpid
10. Disappointed in love - Miss Emily became a _____; she shut herself away in her empty mansion and refused to see another living soul.
meticulous
anarchy
taciturn
recluse
11. Youth's beauty is _____; it quickly fades with age.
transient
mitigate
repudiate
buttress
12. The doctor assured the boy's parents that his fever would eventually _____.
prolific
subside
credulity
instigate
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.
buttress
soporific
presumptuous
derivative
14. The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Esther's _____ sense.
disseminate
document
obdurate
aesthetic
15. 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.
explicit
capricious
mitigate
refute
16. According to Sherlock Homes - the very point that appears to complicate a case - when duly considered and scientifically handled - is the one most likely to _____ it.
embellish
zealot
extol
elucidate
17. Though Glenn was devout - he was no _____; he never tried to force his beliefs on friends.
arbitrary
zealot
elusive
emulate
18. 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.
mollify
allusion
undermine
dogmatic
19. The fact that the band was already booked to play in Hollywood on New year's Eve _____ their accepting the gig in London.
advocate
vacillate
cursory
preclude
20. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.
discerning
elucidate
resigned
preclude
21. Thoroughly baffled by Holmes's _____ remarks - Watson wondered whether Holmes was intentionally concealing his thoughts about the crime.
credulity
cryptic
explicit
benign
22. Times of economic hardship inevitably encourage the _____ of countless get-rich-quick schemes.
innocuous
proliferation
repudiate
whimsical
23. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.
notoriety
extraneous
incongruous
reticent
24. The classic cowboy hero is a _____ figure - someone generally described as the strong - silent type.
ephemeral
laconic
criterion
reprimand
25. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.
specious
disparage
compliance
constraint
26. Stop giggling and wriggling around in the pew; such _____ is improper in church.
levity
mitigate
benign
ambiguous
27. Because Webster's dictionary had grown so large and unwieldy - the publishers decided to _____ it and bring out a condensed version.
abridge
document
reserve
incite
28. My editors must assume I'm a _____ writer; they expect me to revise six books this year.
eulogy
prolific
opportunist
ambivalence
29. Rumors of police corruption led the mayor to _____ an investigation into the department's activities.
immutable
apathy
lethargic
instigate
30. The Beatles expressed themselves through capricious - flip humor and _____ displays of carefree abandon.
strident
immutable
whimsical
transient
31. There is a fine line between speech that is _____ and to the point and speech so abrupt that it verges on rudeness.
profound
terse
vacillate
mitigate
32. When you send a message on Twitter - be _____; a tweet cannot be more than 140 characters long.
predilection
brevity
extraneous
concise
33. Their _____ in rank made no difference at all to the prince and Cinderella.
disparity
derision
assumption
delineate
34. At commencement - the dean praised Ellen for her _____ behavior as class president.
heresy
exemplary
censure
debilitate
35. On certain issues of principle - the senator refused to take a _____ stand - but let her conscience be her guide.
hierarchy
esoteric
partisan
acclaim
36. Seeking the end of slavery - the abolitionists _____ freedom for the slaves.
advocate
astute
rectify
adulation
37. Con artists take advantage of the _____ of inexperienced Internet users to gain access to their credit card information.
proximity
jocular
credulity
erudite
38. In providing college scholarships for economically disadvantaged youths - Eugene Lang performed a truly _____ deed.
buttress
altruistic
innate
sporadic
39. No wonder Ted doesn't think straight! His mind is so cluttered with _____ information that he can't concentrate on the essentials.
extraneous
debilitate
profane
opulence
40. The headmaster's _____ demeanor tended to care off the more timid students - who never visited his study willingly.
austere
derivative
gravity
constraint
41. His coarse - hard-bitten exterior _____ his inner sensitivity.
belie
peripheral
anecdote
mollify
42. It is _____ that his success came when he least wanted it.
ironic
disparity
sporadic
emulate
43. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.
turbulent
flagrant
ironic
implement
44. Please try not to include so many _____ details in your report; the bare facts are all I need.
extol
superfluous
assumption
apathy
45. Dirt poor and out of work - she did not give up but continued to fight against _____.
adversity
metaphor
innocuous
ascetic
46. To revise a textbook properly - you must do more than make a few _____ changes to the manuscript.
brevity
substantiate
quandary
superficial
47. The reviewers heaped _____ on the novice playwright - ridiculing his pretentious dialogue - flat characters - and simple-minded plot.
derision
extricate
ostentatious
inadvertently
48. A born storyteller - my father loved to _____ anecdotes about his early years in New York.
recount
predilection
superficial
substantiate
49. In a brief essay - describe a person you admire - someone whose virtues and achievements you would like to _____.
rebuttal
emulate
impair
obdurate
50. The senator was _____ for behavior inappropriate to a member of Congress.
expedient
scrupulous
endorse
censure
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