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english
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grammar
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1. The infant Mozart's parents quickly realized that their son had an _____ gift for music.
innate
cursory
endorse
laconic
2. 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.
discerning
inherent
adversary
lethargic
3. The architect realized that her design for the new school had to be in _____ with the local building code.
abstract
compliance
exuberance
explicit
4. Pointing out that the candidate consistently had voted against strengthening antipollution legislation - the reporter _____ her claim that she was a fervent environmentalist.
mundane
impede
incongruous
debunk
5. Covering the Olympic Games - the sportscasters _____ every American victory and grumbled about every American defeat.
acclaim
dismiss
impede
partisan
6. The boss prefaced his speech by telling a pointless _____ about an encounter he'd had with former President Bush.
brevity
arbitrary
credulity
anecdote
7. A pragmatic politician - he was guided more by what was _____ than by what was right.
decorum
superfluous
opulence
expedient
8. Everyone waited to see which one of the rival candidates for city council the mayor would _____.
endorse
placate
anarchy
retract
9. 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.
satirical
benign
relegate
terse
10. We made an _____ choice to eat at the first restaurant we saw.
adversary
arbitrary
renounce
criterion
11. The governor's appointment of his brother-in-law to the State Supreme Court was a _____ violation of the state laws against nepotism.
frivolous
soporific
strident
flagrant
12. Is an old-fashioned hairstyle an apt _____ for being out of step with the times and in need of change?
aesthetic
immutable
disparity
metaphor
13. When both Harvard and Stanford accepted Laura - she was in a _____ as to which school she should attend.
quandary
hierarchy
satirical
credulity
14. Rejecting the candidate's _____ comments on tax reform - the reporter pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue.
inane
decorum
equivocal
heresy
15. She kept all the receipts form her business trip in order to _____ her expenses for the Internal Revenue Service.
recount
incongruous
document
reserve
16. By their use of the Internet - propagandists have been able to _____ their pet doctrines to new audiences around the globe.
rhetorical
disseminate
prevalent
banal
17. Though Aunt Bea at times had to _____ Opie for inattention in church - she believed he was at heart a God-fearing lad.
eulogy
reprove
enhance
volatile
18. Violently disagreeing with the referees' ruling - Coach Ben became so _____ that they threw him out of the game.
contentious
placate
impeccable
enhance
19. You can _____ your chances of being admitted to the college of your choice by learning to write well.
enhance
preclude
reprove
buttress
20. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.
colloquial
impeccable
reprimand
resigned
21. Because she was a firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy - Miss Post _____ the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.
mitigate
deprecate
hyperbole
whimsical
22. Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next - she was confused by the _____ of her feelings.
deprecate
censure
buttress
ambivalence
23. Denying that she advocated total _____ - Katya maintained she wished only to change our government - not to destroy it utterly.
anarchy
skeptic
banal
placate
24. With its worn-out dialogue and predictable plot - the sitcom struck me as unbearably _____.
banal
apathy
innocuous
emulate
25. Jealous of Cinderella's beauty - her _____ stepsisters expressed their spite by forcing her to do menial tasks.
autonomous
anecdote
malicious
profane
26. Because Carmen believed in Juan's fidelity - she _____ the notion that he might be having an affair.
innate
dismiss
debunk
heresy
27. These endorsements written by satisfied customers _____ our claim that Barron's SAT is the best SAT-prep book on the market.
advocate
adversary
substantiate
explicit
28. The store manager tried to _____ the angry customer by offering to replace the damaged merchandise or return her money.
substantiate
reprove
quandary
placate
29. The classic cowboy hero is a _____ figure - someone generally described as the strong - silent type.
altruistic
resigned
laconic
inherent
30. In Tibet today - the common people still _____ their traditional spiritual leader - the Dalai Lama.
altruistic
venerate
furtive
impeccable
31. The costume designer _____ the leading lady's ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.
incite
scrupulous
embellish
juxtaposition
32. Because a _____ examination of the ruins indicates the possibility of arson - we believe the insurance agency should undertake a more thorough investigation of the fire's cause.
debilitate
implement
cursory
affirmation
33. Please try not to include so many _____ details in your report; the bare facts are all I need.
superfluous
sporadic
reticent
astute
34. The reviewers heaped _____ on the novice playwright - ridiculing his pretentious dialogue - flat characters - and simple-minded plot.
derision
nonchalance
censure
skeptic
35. The recent corruption scandals have _____ many people's faith in the city government.
undermine
taciturn
constraint
juxtaposition
36. After the quarrel - Gina said nothing could _____ her to talk to Pedro again.
predilection
induce
rebuttal
esoteric
37. Although you can still hear _____ outbursts of laughter and signing outside - the Halloween parade has passed; the party is over till next year.
sporadic
feasible
advocate
embellish
38. The young princess made the foolish _____ that the regent would not object to her taking the reins of power.
predilection
emulate
assumption
notoriety
39. It is _____ that his success came when he least wanted it.
reprove
ironic
refute
affirmation
40. All things change over time; nothing is _____.
impede
immutable
redundant
fallacious
41. My editors must assume I'm a _____ writer; they expect me to revise six books this year.
proliferation
corroborate
prolific
hyperbole
42. 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.
inherent
dismiss
decorum
presumptuous
43. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.
censure
expedient
opportunist
disparage
44. Although Eric knew the boss had no sense of humor - he couldn't resist making one _____ remark.
rebuttal
equivocal
garrulous
jocular
45. Psychoanalysts must maintain their professional _____ and stay uninvolved with their patients' personal lives.
adversity
credulity
exacerbate
detachment
46. The glitter and _____ of the ballroom took Cinderella's breath away.
malicious
apathy
opulence
mollify
47. Although her early poetry was clearly _____ in nature - the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.
derivative
pragmatic
discerning
undermine
48. Con artists take advantage of the _____ of inexperienced Internet users to gain access to their credit card information.
meticulous
incite
predilection
credulity
49. Disappointed in love - Miss Emily became a _____; she shut herself away in her empty mansion and refused to see another living soul.
disdain
instigate
meticulous
recluse
50. 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.
venerate
censure
allusion
gregarious
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