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english
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grammar
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1. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.
laconic
benign
homogeneous
disparage
2. Pointing out that the candidate consistently had voted against strengthening antipollution legislation - the reporter _____ her claim that she was a fervent environmentalist.
impede
gregarious
debunk
insipid
3. Psychoanalysts must maintain their professional _____ and stay uninvolved with their patients' personal lives.
verbose
anecdote
detachment
delineate
4. Blind people sometimes develop a compensatory ability to sense the _____ of objects around them.
colloquial
scrupulous
proximity
dismiss
5. The reviewers heaped _____ on the novice playwright - ridiculing his pretentious dialogue - flat characters - and simple-minded plot.
superfluous
resigned
allusion
derision
6. 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
specious
deprecate
repudiate
7. The president _____ the astronauts - whom he called 'the pioneers of the Space Age.'
recount
dismiss
eulogy
extol
8. His coarse - hard-bitten exterior _____ his inner sensitivity.
document
obdurate
belie
censure
9. You can _____ your chances of being admitted to the college of your choice by learning to write well.
enhance
endorse
abridge
exuberance
10. In Tibet today - the common people still _____ their traditional spiritual leader - the Dalai Lama.
emulate
indifferent
adversary
venerate
11. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
buttress
predilection
gravity
exuberance
12. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.
belie
strident
prudent
incongruous
13. 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.
vacillate
retract
prolific
affirmation
14. Every time Ermengarde made a mistake in class - she was terrified that she would receive a harsh _____ from Miss Minchin.
emulate
disparage
incorrigible
reprimand
15. The mayor was unwilling to _____ the plan until she was sure it had the governor's backing.
divergent
instigate
implement
induce
16. An occasional glass of wine with dinner is relatively _____ and should have no ill effect on you.
innocuous
obdurate
zealot
austere
17. Because Sal once had fallen asleep while reading War and Peace - he thought that all Russian novels were _____.
anecdote
soporific
cryptic
subside
18. Flat prose and flat ginger are equally _____; both lack sparkle.
insipid
enhance
compliance
refute
19. Although her _____ smile and gentle bearing made Miss Marple seem to be a sweet little old lady - in reality she was a tough-minded - shrewd observer of human nature.
ephemeral
benign
disparity
surpass
20. A firm believer in democratic government - she could not understand the _____ of people who never bothered to vote.
apathy
discerning
assumption
garrulous
21. The young princess made the foolish _____ that the regent would not object to her taking the reins of power.
prolific
debilitate
debunk
assumption
22. When Johnny came down with a bad case of poison oak - the doctor recommended calamine lotion to _____ the itching.
alleviate
nonchalance
impede
rectify
23. 'Any publicity is good publicity - 'said the starlet. 'If I can't have a good reputation - I'll settle for _____.'
notoriety
belie
extraneous
prolific
24. The stereotypical cowboy is a _____ soul - answering lengthy questions with a simple 'yep' or 'nope.'
dogmatic
ironic
astute
taciturn
25. To John - who had never missed a meal - hunger was an _____ concept - one he understood only in theory.
debilitate
feasible
abstract
jocular
26. There's no point to what you're saying. Why are you bothering to make such _____ remarks?
assumption
succinct
predilection
inane
27. By their use of the Internet - propagandists have been able to _____ their pet doctrines to new audiences around the globe.
verbose
interpid
disseminate
whimsical
28. Despite Tom's _____ of innocence - Aunt Polly suspected he had eaten the pie.
affirmation
ostentatious
sporadic
mitigate
29. The airline customer service agent tried to _____ the angry passenger by offering her a seat in first class.
mollify
pervasive
ascetic
impeccable
30. Though Widow Douglas had hopes of reforming Huck - Miss Watson considered him _____ and swore he would come to no good end.
guile
mitigate
incorrigible
juxtaposition
31. Because Carmen believed in Juan's fidelity - she _____ the notion that he might be having an affair.
dismiss
criterion
impede
surreptitious
32. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard - Stanford - and Yale. Which one would you attend? Remember - this is only a _____ situation.
guile
whimsical
hypothetical
innate
33. When the boys first met their new stepmother - they felt some _____ - but eventually they lost that initial awkwardness and talked with her comfortably.
opportunist
constraint
cryptic
cursory
34. Although you can still hear _____ outbursts of laughter and signing outside - the Halloween parade has passed; the party is over till next year.
adversary
sporadic
induce
disseminate
35. It is _____ that his success came when he least wanted it.
enhance
brevity
ironic
adversary
36. Mother was a _____ housekeeper - unwilling to allow a single speck of dirt to mar her perfect home.
laconic
meticulous
opportunist
assumption
37. The costume designer _____ the leading lady's ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.
malicious
metaphor
rancor
embellish
38. The mayfly is an _____ creature; its adult life lasts little more than a day.
ephemeral
reserve
laconic
contentious
39. In a fiery speech - Mario _____ his fellow students to go out on strike to protest the university's anti-affirmative action stand.
incite
indifferent
condone
explicit
40. Though Aunt Bea at times had to _____ Opie for inattention in church - she believed he was at heart a God-fearing lad.
quandary
reprove
coercion
preclude
41. After a decade of popularity - Hurston's works had fallen into _____; no one bothered to read her novels and short stories any more.
aesthetic
ostentatious
scrutiny
oblivion
42. There is a fine line between speech that is _____ and to the point and speech so abrupt that it verges on rudeness.
terse
discerning
enhance
scrupulous
43. Galileo's assertion that the earth moved around the sun directly contradicted the religious teachings of his day; as a result - he was tried for _____.
adversary
endorse
heresy
extricate
44. Please try not to include so many _____ details in your report; the bare facts are all I need.
disparity
ephemeral
malicious
superfluous
45. Politicians of both the extreme right and left annoy me because they do not sound like people but parrots mindlessly repeating _____ clich
hyperbole
immutable
altruistic
dogmatic
46. Rejecting the candidate's _____ comments on tax reform - the reporter pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue.
astute
corroborate
rancor
equivocal
47. The reviewers praised the new restaurant's _____ selection of dishes - which ranged from Asian stir fries to French ragouts and stews.
prudent
extricate
proliferation
eclectic
48. After medical school - the two doctors took widely _____ paths - one becoming a wealthy plastic surgeon - the other joining the nonprofit Doctors Without Borders.
divergent
interpid
eclectic
resigned
49. Because Webster's dictionary had grown so large and unwieldy - the publishers decided to _____ it and bring out a condensed version.
cursory
succinct
abridge
quandary
50. 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.
acclaim
rectify
autonomous
dismiss
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