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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. You had better _____ your accounting errors before the auditors arrive.
delineate
autonomous
scrupulous
rectify
2. Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their official them; his _____ were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.
digression
concise
reserve
discerning
3. After Ralph dropped his second try of drinks that week - the manager swiftly _____ him to a minor post behind the bar.
retract
predilection
frivolous
relegate
4. Cool - calm - and collected - James Bond shows remarkable _____ in the face of danger.
terse
nonchalance
anarchy
juxtaposition
5. Though Glenn was devout - he was no _____; he never tried to force his beliefs on friends.
affirmation
concise
debilitate
zealot
6. The museum curator placed the Eskimo-carved wooden totem pole in _____ with two contemporary stone masks from Africa - creating a stunning effect.
juxtaposition
digression
obdurate
reserve
7. The doctor assured the boy's parents that his fever would eventually _____.
debilitate
impair
erudite
subside
8. 'Any publicity is good publicity - 'said the starlet. 'If I can't have a good reputation - I'll settle for _____.'
dismiss
notoriety
adversary
exacerbate
9. Seeking the end of slavery - the abolitionists _____ freedom for the slaves.
succinct
advocate
reprove
reprimand
10. Paradoxically - _____ reasoning does not always produce incorrect results; even though your logic may be flawed - the conclusion you reach may still be correct.
soporific
placate
fallacious
rancor
11. In class - she tried to stay alert and listen to the professor - but the stuffy room made her _____; she felt as if she were about to nod off.
lethargic
endorse
benign
repudiate
12. To win his audience - the speaker used every _____ trick in the book.
rhetorical
predilection
eulogy
rectify
13. The legendary athlete Jim Thorpe - who _____ all his competitors at the 1912 Olympic Games - made a name for himself in baseball - football - and track.
affirmation
surpass
malicious
compliance
14. Though Widow Douglas had hopes of reforming Huck - Miss Watson considered him _____ and swore he would come to no good end.
coercion
guile
incorrigible
peripheral
15. 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.
exemplary
elusive
homogeneous
extricate
16. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her _____.
profound
skeptic
rebuttal
mitigate
17. Denying that she advocated total _____ - Katya maintained she wished only to change our government - not to destroy it utterly.
specious
anarchy
eclectic
indifferent
18. Icebreakers were needed to _____ the trapped whales from the icy floes that closed them in.
rancor
extricate
placate
disdain
19. After a decade of popularity - Hurston's works had fallen into _____; no one bothered to read her novels and short stories any more.
oblivion
refute
recluse
condone
20. Every time Ermengarde made a mistake in class - she was terrified that she would receive a harsh _____ from Miss Minchin.
incongruous
reprimand
opportunist
arbitrary
21. Because a _____ examination of the ruins indicates the possibility of arson - we believe the insurance agency should undertake a more thorough investigation of the fire's cause.
divergent
rancor
cursory
debunk
22. Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied; be _____ about what's bothering you.
repudiate
explicit
insipid
abstract
23. The reviewers heaped _____ on the novice playwright - ridiculing his pretentious dialogue - flat characters - and simple-minded plot.
turbulent
acclaim
derision
rectify
24. The young princess made the foolish _____ that the regent would not object to her taking the reins of power.
altruistic
haughtiness
arbitrary
assumption
25. Thoroughly baffled by Holmes's _____ remarks - Watson wondered whether Holmes was intentionally concealing his thoughts about the crime.
emulate
equivocal
indifferent
cryptic
26. The special prosecutor determined that the attorney general - though inept - had not intentionally set out to _____ the progress of the investigation.
impede
expedient
indifferent
hyperbole
27. In a fiery speech - Mario _____ his fellow students to go out on strike to protest the university's anti-affirmative action stand.
incite
vacillate
resolution
esoteric
28. Bobby was such a _____ eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.
fastidious
specious
pragmatic
mitigate
29. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.
fallacious
scrutiny
furtive
turbulent
30. Rumors of police corruption led the mayor to _____ an investigation into the department's activities.
discerning
prevalent
instigate
acclaim
31. 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.
ephemeral
presumptuous
feasible
impede
32. The BP oil spill has caused _____ damage to the entire Gulf Coast.
profound
esoteric
rhetorical
disdain
33. Because Carmen believed in Juan's fidelity - she _____ the notion that he might be having an affair.
anarchy
transient
dismiss
fallacious
34. Uninterested in philosophical or spiritual discussions - Max talked only of _____ matters - such as the daily weather forecast or the latest basketball results.
reserve
refute
mundane
surpass
35. The winter storm was ______; it changed course constantly.
taciturn
capricious
incite
delineate
36. Typically - partygoers are _____; hermits are not.
furtive
gregarious
insipid
rhetorical
37. Because Ann felt no desire to marry - she was _____ to Carl's constant proposals.
acclaim
ambiguous
predilection
indifferent
38. 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.
taciturn
brevity
autonomous
exuberance
39. Rejecting the candidate's _____ comments on tax reform - the reporter pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue.
innocuous
impeccable
juxtaposition
equivocal
40. When the boys first met their new stepmother - they felt some _____ - but eventually they lost that initial awkwardness and talked with her comfortably.
rancor
dogmatic
resolution
constraint
41. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.
subside
apathy
incongruous
assumption
42. When Johnny came down with a bad case of poison oak - the doctor recommended calamine lotion to _____ the itching.
obdurate
ambiguous
alleviate
furtive
43. She kept all the receipts form her business trip in order to _____ her expenses for the Internal Revenue Service.
fervor
guile
exacerbate
document
44. In a brief essay - describe a person you admire - someone whose virtues and achievements you would like to _____.
scrupulous
conciliatory
reticent
emulate
45. Katya's _____ love of justice moved her to champion the cause of anyone she considered unfairly treated by society.
feasible
frivolous
impede
inherent
46. Despite airing her clothes for several hours - she could not rid them of the _____ odor of mothballs that clung to them.
pervasive
impair
interpid
deprecate
47. Covering the Olympic Games - the sportscasters _____ every American victory and grumbled about every American defeat.
superfluous
terse
usurp
acclaim
48. 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.
satirical
credulity
renounce
preclude
49. Through the comments of the characters in his cartoon strip - Doonesbury - Gary Trudeau ridicules political corruption; his humor is _____ in nature.
satirical
resolution
detachment
placate
50. Uncertain which suitor she ought to accept - the princess _____ - first favoring one and then the other.
astute
exemplary
detachment
vacillate