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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. Even the best-mannered students have trouble behaving with _____ on the last day of school.
decorum
rectify
resigned
quandary
2. Pointing out that the candidate consistently had voted against strengthening antipollution legislation - the reporter _____ her claim that she was a fervent environmentalist.
retract
divergent
ephemeral
debunk
3. When Elizabeth realized that Darcy considered himself too good to dance with his inferiors - she took great offense at his _____.
haughtiness
concise
notoriety
surpass
4. Don't bore your audience with excess verbiage; be _____.
dismiss
inadvertently
succinct
venerate
5. 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
recount
sporadic
autonomous
6. Thirty years after the war - she could not let go of the past but was still consumed with _____ against the foe.
rancor
verbose
superficial
indifferent
7. I am a _____ about the proposed new health plan; I want some proof that it will work.
quandary
debilitate
skeptic
undermine
8. Shrewdly purchasing valuable plots of land for small sums - John Jacob Astor gained a reputation as an _____ investor.
anarchy
astute
fallacious
assumption
9. What _____ did you use when you selected this essay as the prizewinner?
ironic
immutable
capricious
criterion
10. 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.
rancor
presumptuous
erudite
abstract
11. Typically - partygoers are _____; hermits are not.
gregarious
immutable
homogeneous
prolific
12. The glitter and _____ of the ballroom took Cinderella's breath away.
discrepancy
scrutiny
opulence
disparity
13. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted many subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
incorrigible
ephemeral
recluse
predilection
14. Icebreakers were needed to _____ the trapped whales from the icy floes that closed them in.
extricate
extraneous
erudite
exemplary
15. The headmaster's _____ demeanor tended to care off the more timid students - who never visited his study willingly.
austere
impair
abridge
induce
16. As far as I'm concerned - Apple's claims about its new computer are pure _____; no machine is that good!
jocular
hyperbole
deprecate
mitigate
17. 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.
adulation
satirical
transient
mitigate
18. 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.
specious
disseminate
ambiguous
debunk
19. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.
adversity
anecdote
obdurate
turbulent
20. Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied; be _____ about what's bothering you.
quandary
inane
explicit
embellish
21. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.
incongruous
pervasive
zealot
prolific
22. Uninterested in philosophical or spiritual discussions - Max talked only of _____ matters - such as the daily weather forecast or the latest basketball results.
mundane
incite
retract
homogeneous
23. To win his audience - the speaker used every _____ trick in the book.
innate
guile
ascetic
rhetorical
24. Drinking alcohol can _____ your ability to drive safely; if you're going to drink - don't drive.
partisan
impair
nonchalance
ironic
25. The president _____ the astronauts - whom he called 'the pioneers of the Space Age.'
levity
brevity
usurp
extol
26. Unlike Widow Douglas - who _____ Huck's minor offenses - Miss Watson did nothing but scold.
inadvertently
condone
metaphor
superficial
27. Covering the Olympic Games - the sportscasters _____ every American victory and grumbled about every American defeat.
discerning
reserve
terse
acclaim
28. Some of the newer - less formal passages on the SAT have a _____ tone that is intended to make them more appealing to students.
resolution
strident
colloquial
superfluous
29. Disappointed in love - Miss Emily became a _____; she shut herself away in her empty mansion and refused to see another living soul.
recluse
mollify
disparity
resigned
30. Although the movie star was no genius - she was sufficiently _____ to tell her true friends from the countless phonies who flattered her.
hyperbole
discerning
dogmatic
exuberance
31. On certain issues of principle - the senator refused to take a _____ stand - but let her conscience be her guide.
impeccable
resolution
partisan
derision
32. At commencement - the dean praised Ellen for her _____ behavior as class president.
flagrant
erudite
opulence
exemplary
33. Paradoxically - _____ reasoning does not always produce incorrect results; even though your logic may be flawed - the conclusion you reach may still be correct.
fallacious
furtive
opulence
exacerbate
34. The bottle of wine I brought to Sharon's party was certainly _____: how was I to know that Sharon owned a winery?
redundant
elusive
acclaim
repudiate
35. Is an old-fashioned hairstyle an apt _____ for being out of step with the times and in need of change?
pragmatic
transient
metaphor
innate
36. To be low man on the totem pole is to have a decidedly inferior place in the _____.
scrutiny
malicious
discerning
hierarchy
37. After the quarrel - Gina said nothing could _____ her to talk to Pedro again.
explicit
endorse
delineate
induce
38. The senator was _____ for behavior inappropriate to a member of Congress.
disseminate
censure
reserve
incite
39. Youth's beauty is _____; it quickly fades with age.
volatile
usurp
transient
hierarchy
40. 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
substantiate
insipid
discerning
41. 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.
satirical
homogeneous
autonomous
rancor
42. Bobby was such a _____ eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.
fastidious
ostentatious
refute
equivocal
43. 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
mollify
garrulous
inane
44. The defense called several respectable witnesses who were able to _____ the lying testimony of the prosecution's sole witness.
disdain
incongruous
renounce
refute
45. Though Aunt Bea at times had to _____ Opie for inattention in church - she believed he was at heart a God-fearing lad.
reprove
explicit
banal
transient
46. Although Alfred _____ in fulfilling his duties at work - he is less conscientious about meeting his obligations at home.
garrulous
scrupulous
proximity
repudiate
47. Although Eric knew the boss had no sense of humor - he couldn't resist making one _____ remark.
incorrigible
resolution
jocular
recluse
48. In Tibet today - the common people still _____ their traditional spiritual leader - the Dalai Lama.
constraint
venerate
extraneous
ironic
49. Instead of delivering a spoken _____ at Genny's memorial service - Jeff sang a song he had written in her honor.
metaphor
ambivalence
proliferation
eulogy
50. Despite Tom's _____ of innocence - Aunt Polly suspected he had eaten the pie.
esoteric
undermine
incongruous
affirmation