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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. When Elizabeth realized that Darcy considered himself too good to dance with his inferiors - she took great offense at his _____.
haughtiness
instigate
prevalent
deprecate
2. The senator was _____ for behavior inappropriate to a member of Congress.
extol
repudiate
disparity
censure
3. The legendary athlete Jim Thorpe - who _____ all his competitors at the 1912 Olympic Games - made a name for himself in baseball - football - and track.
discerning
refute
delineate
surpass
4. When I saw how Fred and his fraternity brothers had trashed the frat house - I decided to _____ my offer to let them use our summer cottage over spring break.
volatile
buttress
sporadic
retract
5. The architect realized that her design for the new school had to be in _____ with the local building code.
document
inane
compliance
ephemeral
6. With its worn-out dialogue and predictable plot - the sitcom struck me as unbearably _____.
retract
banal
mollify
superficial
7. Uncertain which suitor she ought to accept - the princess _____ - first favoring one and then the other.
capricious
refute
vacillate
pragmatic
8. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. he is the most _____ man in Cayuga County.
refute
surpass
condone
garrulous
9. Although defeat appeared inevitable - the general was _____ in his refusal to surrender.
relegate
concise
obdurate
opportunist
10. All things change over time; nothing is _____.
soporific
censure
immutable
lethargic
11. Stop giggling and wriggling around in the pew; such _____ is improper in church.
innate
metaphor
prolific
levity
12. 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.
homogeneous
profane
gravity
explicit
13. The young wrestler struggled to defeat his formidable _____.
adversary
dogmatic
alleviate
reticent
14. The conceited rap star relished the _____ he received from his groupies and yes-men.
adulation
proliferation
terse
exuberance
15. Government agents have been known to use wiretapping and other _____ methods to spy on suspected terrorists.
surreptitious
impede
innocuous
erudite
16. Uninterested in philosophical or spiritual discussions - Max talked only of _____ matters - such as the daily weather forecast or the latest basketball results.
surreptitious
opportunist
insipid
mundane
17. Drinking alcohol can _____ your ability to drive safely; if you're going to drink - don't drive.
hyperbole
oblivion
acclaim
impair
18. In a brief essay - describe a person you admire - someone whose virtues and achievements you would like to _____.
resolution
gregarious
emulate
levity
19. Tourists are urged not to _____ the sanctity of holy places by wearing immodest garb.
meticulous
heresy
embellish
profane
20. When Johnny came down with a bad case of poison oak - the doctor recommended calamine lotion to _____ the itching.
belie
disseminate
frivolous
alleviate
21. The infant Mozart's parents quickly realized that their son had an _____ gift for music.
guile
superfluous
preclude
innate
22. 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.
predilection
autonomous
profound
succinct
23. When acacias are in bloom - the increase of pollen in the air _____ Richard's hay fever.
reserve
exacerbate
recluse
discrepancy
24. To be low man on the totem pole is to have a decidedly inferior place in the _____.
dismiss
levity
hierarchy
extricate
25. The headmaster's _____ demeanor tended to care off the more timid students - who never visited his study willingly.
rhetorical
incite
austere
satirical
26. Some of the newer - less formal passages on the SAT have a _____ tone that is intended to make them more appealing to students.
transient
lavish
placate
colloquial
27. I am a _____ about the proposed new health plan; I want some proof that it will work.
reticent
skeptic
elusive
disparage
28. The boss prefaced his speech by telling a pointless _____ about an encounter he'd had with former President Bush.
cursory
recluse
endorse
anecdote
29. You can _____ your chances of being admitted to the college of your choice by learning to write well.
enhance
surpass
subside
delineate
30. The reviewers praised the new restaurant's _____ selection of dishes - which ranged from Asian stir fries to French ragouts and stews.
ephemeral
eclectic
lavish
astute
31. When you place a phone call from an airplane - _____ is essential; you are charged for every minute.
eclectic
prolific
brevity
whimsical
32. We made an _____ choice to eat at the first restaurant we saw.
adversity
proliferation
arbitrary
advocate
33. To revise a textbook properly - you must do more than make a few _____ changes to the manuscript.
derivative
superficial
surreptitious
strident
34. Times of economic hardship inevitably encourage the _____ of countless get-rich-quick schemes.
placate
proliferation
altruistic
prolific
35. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.
recluse
refute
turbulent
reserve
36. 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
criterion
disparity
ostentatious
37. A pragmatic politician - he was guided more by what was _____ than by what was right.
dogmatic
expedient
satirical
exemplary
38. There is a fine line between speech that is _____ and to the point and speech so abrupt that it verges on rudeness.
eclectic
abridge
terse
specious
39. Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next - she was confused by the _____ of her feelings.
hypothetical
prolific
strident
ambivalence
40. Her wealthy suitors wooed her with _____ gifts.
capricious
lavish
guile
dismiss
41. The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Esther's _____ sense.
allusion
explicit
aesthetic
impede
42. 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.
profane
austere
enhance
mitigate
43. Someone mute cannot talk; someone _____ can hardly stop talking.
peripheral
abridge
haughtiness
verbose
44. Although the movie star was no genius - she was sufficiently _____ to tell her true friends from the countless phonies who flattered her.
notoriety
ironic
discerning
immutable
45. The airline customer service agent tried to _____ the angry passenger by offering her a seat in first class.
prolific
verbose
mollify
allusion
46. Historically - traders and missionaries often proved themselves to be _____ explorers - bravely venturing into new territories despite the dangers involved.
extol
substantiate
arbitrary
interpid
47. Michael's severe bout of the flue _____ him so much that for a week he was too tired to go back to work.
specious
conciliatory
debilitate
taciturn
48. 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.
explicit
allusion
exemplary
dogmatic
49. When both Harvard and Stanford accepted Laura - she was in a _____ as to which school she should attend.
decorum
recluse
quandary
mitigate
50. These endorsements written by satisfied customers _____ our claim that Barron's SAT is the best SAT-prep book on the market.
substantiate
exuberance
induce
discrepancy