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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. A born storyteller - my father loved to _____ anecdotes about his early years in New York.
recount
derivative
predilection
immutable
2. Though Aunt Bea at times had to _____ Opie for inattention in church - she believed he was at heart a God-fearing lad.
soporific
transient
reprove
adversary
3. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.
resigned
relegate
prolific
peripheral
4. Through the comments of the characters in his cartoon strip - Doonesbury - Gary Trudeau ridicules political corruption; his humor is _____ in nature.
profound
rancor
sporadic
satirical
5. Acetone is an extremely _____ liquid: it vaporizes instantly.
volatile
partisan
coercion
anarchy
6. 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.
coercion
benign
impede
explicit
7. Though Widow Douglas had hopes of reforming Huck - Miss Watson considered him _____ and swore he would come to no good end.
gregarious
incorrigible
ambivalence
lavish
8. Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their official them; his _____ were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.
dismiss
extricate
colloquial
digression
9. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.
incongruous
zealot
concise
malicious
10. Youth's beauty is _____; it quickly fades with age.
transient
incongruous
mitigate
discerning
11. Nothing could shake his _____ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.
resolution
buttress
venerate
undermine
12. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. he is the most _____ man in Cayuga County.
hypothetical
proliferation
abstract
garrulous
13. 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.
nonchalance
brevity
benign
autonomous
14. Every time Ermengarde made a mistake in class - she was terrified that she would receive a harsh _____ from Miss Minchin.
soporific
digression
explicit
reprimand
15. Her wealthy suitors wooed her with _____ gifts.
benign
lavish
mollify
satirical
16. Politicians of both the extreme right and left annoy me because they do not sound like people but parrots mindlessly repeating _____ clich
detachment
dogmatic
astute
volatile
17. The coming trip to France should provide a _____ test of the value of my conversational French class.
ephemeral
taciturn
arbitrary
pragmatic
18. Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied; be _____ about what's bothering you.
prolific
rectify
explicit
flagrant
19. When acacias are in bloom - the increase of pollen in the air _____ Richard's hay fever.
exacerbate
skeptic
cursory
criterion
20. There is a fine line between speech that is _____ and to the point and speech so abrupt that it verges on rudeness.
recount
terse
reprove
refute
21. The winter storm was ______; it changed course constantly.
rancor
censure
capricious
induce
22. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.
prudent
turbulent
reprimand
banal
23. Although Alfred _____ in fulfilling his duties at work - he is less conscientious about meeting his obligations at home.
gravity
indifferent
extricate
scrupulous
24. In the film Funny Face - the bookish heroine _____ fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests.
extricate
fervor
disdain
pervasive
25. Noticing the _____ glance the customer gave the diamond bracelet on the counter - the clerk wondered whether he had a potential shoplifter in the store.
relegate
disdain
digression
furtive
26. The Beatles expressed themselves through capricious - flip humor and _____ displays of carefree abandon.
prolific
nonchalance
whimsical
extricate
27. Rejecting the candidate's _____ comments on tax reform - the reporter pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue.
discerning
equivocal
superficial
benign
28. Michael's severe bout of the flue _____ him so much that for a week he was too tired to go back to work.
debilitate
specious
hyperbole
affirmation
29. Though his fellow students considered him a gifted scholar - Paul knew he would have to spend many years in serious study before he could consider himself truly _____.
erudite
aesthetic
inane
laconic
30. To John - who had never missed a meal - hunger was an _____ concept - one he understood only in theory.
indifferent
sporadic
assumption
abstract
31. On certain issues of principle - the senator refused to take a _____ stand - but let her conscience be her guide.
abridge
partisan
discerning
discrepancy
32. Historically - traders and missionaries often proved themselves to be _____ explorers - bravely venturing into new territories despite the dangers involved.
resigned
juxtaposition
reserve
interpid
33. Tourists are urged not to _____ the sanctity of holy places by wearing immodest garb.
discerning
gregarious
profane
capricious
34. The young princess made the foolish _____ that the regent would not object to her taking the reins of power.
assumption
scrutiny
strident
profound
35. Their _____ in rank made no difference at all to the prince and Cinderella.
renounce
alleviate
incongruous
disparity
36. With its worn-out dialogue and predictable plot - the sitcom struck me as unbearably _____.
banal
cryptic
opulence
guile
37. His coarse - hard-bitten exterior _____ his inner sensitivity.
oblivion
belie
homogeneous
fallacious
38. The classic cowboy hero is a _____ figure - someone generally described as the strong - silent type.
laconic
subside
nonchalance
redundant
39. The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Esther's _____ sense.
interpid
aesthetic
preclude
reticent
40. In providing college scholarships for economically disadvantaged youths - Eugene Lang performed a truly _____ deed.
concise
altruistic
lavish
colloquial
41. Dirt poor and out of work - she did not give up but continued to fight against _____.
eulogy
decorum
metaphor
adversity
42. The conceited rap star relished the _____ he received from his groupies and yes-men.
impair
rhetorical
nurture
adulation
43. Drinking alcohol can _____ your ability to drive safely; if you're going to drink - don't drive.
abstract
impair
implement
sporadic
44. 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.
ambiguous
vacillate
coercion
specious
45. 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 _____.
disparage
superficial
heresy
eclectic
46. 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.
ambivalence
adversity
homogeneous
extraneous
47. 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.
elucidate
eclectic
document
credulity
48. The glitter and _____ of the ballroom took Cinderella's breath away.
scrutiny
whimsical
coercion
opulence
49. She kept all the receipts form her business trip in order to _____ her expenses for the Internal Revenue Service.
dogmatic
document
concise
impeccable
50. The president _____ the astronauts - whom he called 'the pioneers of the Space Age.'
inherent
extol
immutable
verbose