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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.
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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. 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
detachment
rancor
levity
2. Without additional funding - it may not be _____ to build a new stadium for the team on the city's highly developed West Side.
feasible
apathy
constraint
predilection
3. Katya's _____ love of justice moved her to champion the cause of anyone she considered unfairly treated by society.
inherent
prudent
capricious
constraint
4. Some of the newer - less formal passages on the SAT have a _____ tone that is intended to make them more appealing to students.
assumption
colloquial
discrepancy
whimsical
5. The mayor was unwilling to _____ the plan until she was sure it had the governor's backing.
fastidious
brevity
deprecate
implement
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.
scrupulous
benign
levity
heresy
7. Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied; be _____ about what's bothering you.
incorrigible
homogeneous
explicit
enhance
8. 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.
proliferation
allusion
guile
surpass
9. The defense called several respectable witnesses who were able to _____ the lying testimony of the prosecution's sole witness.
rectify
refute
exuberance
austere
10. Government agents have been known to use wiretapping and other _____ methods to spy on suspected terrorists.
jocular
immutable
surpass
surreptitious
11. To John - who had never missed a meal - hunger was an _____ concept - one he understood only in theory.
oblivion
subside
abstract
terse
12. The legendary athlete Jim Thorpe - who _____ all his competitors at the 1912 Olympic Games - made a name for himself in baseball - football - and track.
peripheral
impeccable
surpass
mitigate
13. Stories in The New York Times often include _____ allusions to obscure people and events.
esoteric
reprove
reprimand
proximity
14. When Johnny came down with a bad case of poison oak - the doctor recommended calamine lotion to _____ the itching.
mitigate
incorrigible
transient
alleviate
15. It is _____ that his success came when he least wanted it.
exuberance
ironic
derivative
expedient
16. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.
detachment
innate
turbulent
substantiate
17. When you place a phone call from an airplane - _____ is essential; you are charged for every minute.
brevity
incorrigible
reserve
predilection
18. After the quarrel - Gina said nothing could _____ her to talk to Pedro again.
induce
impede
notoriety
lethargic
19. Since both interpretations seemed possible - the judge could not decide which way to interpret a particularly _____ passage in the law.
ambiguous
nonchalance
specious
gravity
20. The recent corruption scandals have _____ many people's faith in the city government.
undermine
jocular
succinct
preclude
21. The wealthy - self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict - _____ lifestyle practiced by members of some monastic orders.
ascetic
mundane
inadvertently
retract
22. As far as I'm concerned - Apple's claims about its new computer are pure _____; no machine is that good!
exemplary
hyperbole
verbose
garrulous
23. Uncertain which suitor she ought to accept - the princess _____ - first favoring one and then the other.
adversary
vacillate
rectify
digression
24. Acetone is an extremely _____ liquid: it vaporizes instantly.
arbitrary
juxtaposition
digression
volatile
25. I was bowled over by the _____ of Amy's welcome. What an enthusiastic greeting!
contentious
prolific
exuberance
discrepancy
26. You can _____ your chances of being admitted to the college of your choice by learning to write well.
censure
enhance
extraneous
oblivion
27. To win his audience - the speaker used every _____ trick in the book.
debunk
relegate
impeccable
rhetorical
28. Noticing the _____ glance the customer gave the diamond bracelet on the counter - the clerk wondered whether he had a potential shoplifter in the store.
refute
belie
furtive
derivative
29. The classic cowboy hero is a _____ figure - someone generally described as the strong - silent type.
laconic
reticent
rancor
autonomous
30. Because Sal once had fallen asleep while reading War and Peace - he thought that all Russian novels were _____.
resolution
exemplary
soporific
alleviate
31. The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Esther's _____ sense.
aesthetic
disdain
ironic
induce
32. Her wealthy suitors wooed her with _____ gifts.
verbose
prolific
lavish
elusive
33. Although you can still hear _____ outbursts of laughter and signing outside - the Halloween parade has passed; the party is over till next year.
sporadic
ironic
elucidate
implement
34. Though Aunt Bea at times had to _____ Opie for inattention in church - she believed he was at heart a God-fearing lad.
rebuttal
adversity
advocate
reprove
35. You had better _____ your accounting errors before the auditors arrive.
rectify
placate
feasible
astute
36. The doctor assured the boy's parents that his fever would eventually _____.
renounce
proximity
subside
divergent
37. The governor's appointment of his brother-in-law to the State Supreme Court was a _____ violation of the state laws against nepotism.
ostentatious
turbulent
buttress
flagrant
38. His coarse - hard-bitten exterior _____ his inner sensitivity.
belie
feasible
levity
lethargic
39. The glitter and _____ of the ballroom took Cinderella's breath away.
pragmatic
opulence
sporadic
inadvertently
40. In Tibet today - the common people still _____ their traditional spiritual leader - the Dalai Lama.
frivolous
autonomous
venerate
adversary
41. The uncrowned queen of the fashion industry - Diana was famous for her _____ taste.
impeccable
ascetic
derision
abstract
42. Josh is such a greedy _____ that - as soon as the earthquake struck - he tripled the price of bottled water at his store.
opportunist
arbitrary
usurp
endorse
43. Everyone waited to see which one of the rival candidates for city council the mayor would _____.
eclectic
endorse
resolution
fastidious
44. The young princess made the foolish _____ that the regent would not object to her taking the reins of power.
adulation
inane
assumption
document
45. On certain issues of principle - the senator refused to take a _____ stand - but let her conscience be her guide.
lethargic
partisan
renounce
coercion
46. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. he is the most _____ man in Cayuga County.
lethargic
garrulous
repudiate
decorum
47. When acacias are in bloom - the increase of pollen in the air _____ Richard's hay fever.
notoriety
exacerbate
pervasive
lethargic
48. Drinking alcohol can _____ your ability to drive safely; if you're going to drink - don't drive.
heresy
equivocal
censure
impair
49. Cool - calm - and collected - James Bond shows remarkable _____ in the face of danger.
embellish
affirmation
anarchy
nonchalance
50. 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
innocuous
impair
metaphor