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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. 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.
document
benign
specious
innocuous
2. Pointing out that the candidate consistently had voted against strengthening antipollution legislation - the reporter _____ her claim that she was a fervent environmentalist.
debunk
immutable
resolution
ephemeral
3. Youth's beauty is _____; it quickly fades with age.
usurp
discerning
transient
soporific
4. Judy's great fear was that she might _____ omit a question on the exam and mismark her entire answer sheet.
inadvertently
succinct
induce
implement
5. The legendary athlete Jim Thorpe - who _____ all his competitors at the 1912 Olympic Games - made a name for himself in baseball - football - and track.
credulity
ironic
surpass
innate
6. Rumors of police corruption led the mayor to _____ an investigation into the department's activities.
incite
reprimand
vacillate
instigate
7. The architect realized that her design for the new school had to be in _____ with the local building code.
instigate
impede
opportunist
compliance
8. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.
peripheral
adversity
malicious
resigned
9. Paradoxically - _____ reasoning does not always produce incorrect results; even though your logic may be flawed - the conclusion you reach may still be correct.
compliance
malicious
fallacious
divergent
10. These endorsements written by satisfied customers _____ our claim that Barron's SAT is the best SAT-prep book on the market.
inane
surpass
substantiate
nurture
11. The winter storm was ______; it changed course constantly.
capricious
gravity
superficial
predilection
12. Unlike Widow Douglas - who _____ Huck's minor offenses - Miss Watson did nothing but scold.
laconic
apathy
gregarious
condone
13. Rejecting the candidate's _____ comments on tax reform - the reporter pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue.
equivocal
conciliatory
homogeneous
extraneous
14. The boss prefaced his speech by telling a pointless _____ about an encounter he'd had with former President Bush.
profound
zealot
acclaim
anecdote
15. In providing college scholarships for economically disadvantaged youths - Eugene Lang performed a truly _____ deed.
undermine
altruistic
incorrigible
opulence
16. The uncrowned queen of the fashion industry - Diana was famous for her _____ taste.
lavish
predilection
compliance
impeccable
17. The wealthy - self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict - _____ lifestyle practiced by members of some monastic orders.
opulence
inherent
allusion
ascetic
18. The headmaster's _____ demeanor tended to care off the more timid students - who never visited his study willingly.
flagrant
document
austere
brevity
19. Stop giggling and wriggling around in the pew; such _____ is improper in church.
flagrant
preclude
impede
levity
20. The special prosecutor determined that the attorney general - though inept - had not intentionally set out to _____ the progress of the investigation.
impede
disparage
anarchy
proximity
21. Even the best-mannered students have trouble behaving with _____ on the last day of school.
substantiate
decorum
conciliatory
erudite
22. 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.
subside
retract
fervor
adversary
23. The senator was _____ for behavior inappropriate to a member of Congress.
censure
extol
ephemeral
profane
24. Looking for any inconsistency in the testimony that might exonerate his client - the defense lawyer pounced on a _____ between the two witnesses' versions of what had occurred.
corroborate
discrepancy
usurp
apathy
25. When both Harvard and Stanford accepted Laura - she was in a _____ as to which school she should attend.
austere
aesthetic
quandary
vacillate
26. Jealous of Cinderella's beauty - her _____ stepsisters expressed their spite by forcing her to do menial tasks.
endorse
incorrigible
mundane
malicious
27. Everyone waited to see which one of the rival candidates for city council the mayor would _____.
exuberance
compliance
endorse
satirical
28. Blind people sometimes develop a compensatory ability to sense the _____ of objects around them.
repudiate
censure
proximity
immutable
29. Bobby was such a _____ eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.
lavish
fastidious
induce
scrutiny
30. Covering the Olympic Games - the sportscasters _____ every American victory and grumbled about every American defeat.
advocate
oblivion
acclaim
presumptuous
31. To win his audience - the speaker used every _____ trick in the book.
lethargic
rhetorical
turbulent
implement
32. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard - Stanford - and Yale. Which one would you attend? Remember - this is only a _____ situation.
coercion
hypothetical
ascetic
zealot
33. Noticing the _____ glance the customer gave the diamond bracelet on the counter - the clerk wondered whether he had a potential shoplifter in the store.
resigned
incite
furtive
insipid
34. The museum curator placed the Eskimo-carved wooden totem pole in _____ with two contemporary stone masks from Africa - creating a stunning effect.
esoteric
dismiss
juxtaposition
ambivalence
35. There is a fine line between speech that is _____ and to the point and speech so abrupt that it verges on rudeness.
rhetorical
terse
arbitrary
zealot
36. Though Widow Douglas had hopes of reforming Huck - Miss Watson considered him _____ and swore he would come to no good end.
extraneous
concise
furtive
incorrigible
37. Because Sal once had fallen asleep while reading War and Peace - he thought that all Russian novels were _____.
quandary
constraint
ambivalence
soporific
38. Denying that she advocated total _____ - Katya maintained she wished only to change our government - not to destroy it utterly.
abridge
anarchy
repudiate
aesthetic
39. Although Alfred _____ in fulfilling his duties at work - he is less conscientious about meeting his obligations at home.
reserve
eclectic
criterion
scrupulous
40. The defense called several respectable witnesses who were able to _____ the lying testimony of the prosecution's sole witness.
disdain
innocuous
refute
cursory
41. The president _____ the astronauts - whom he called 'the pioneers of the Space Age.'
extol
flagrant
innocuous
hyperbole
42. In Tibet today - the common people still _____ their traditional spiritual leader - the Dalai Lama.
incongruous
venerate
affirmation
rebuttal
43. Someone mute cannot talk; someone _____ can hardly stop talking.
discrepancy
partisan
verbose
lethargic
44. We made an _____ choice to eat at the first restaurant we saw.
recluse
reticent
induce
arbitrary
45. At commencement - the dean praised Ellen for her _____ behavior as class president.
rebuttal
credulity
retract
exemplary
46. Thoroughly baffled by Holmes's _____ remarks - Watson wondered whether Holmes was intentionally concealing his thoughts about the crime.
quandary
arbitrary
cryptic
rhetorical
47. At the protest rally - the students cheered the strikers and booed the dean with equal _____.
benign
altruistic
fervor
emulate
48. Though Glenn was devout - he was no _____; he never tried to force his beliefs on friends.
zealot
interpid
enhance
furtive
49. The infant Mozart's parents quickly realized that their son had an _____ gift for music.
innate
proximity
meticulous
succinct
50. Politicians of both the extreme right and left annoy me because they do not sound like people but parrots mindlessly repeating _____ clich
eulogy
specious
hyperbole
dogmatic