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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. When both Harvard and Stanford accepted Laura - she was in a _____ as to which school she should attend.
undermine
quandary
deprecate
embellish
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.
ironic
lethargic
implement
allusion
3. A born storyteller - my father loved to _____ anecdotes about his early years in New York.
gregarious
nurture
anecdote
recount
4. Even the best-mannered students have trouble behaving with _____ on the last day of school.
skeptic
indifferent
decorum
austere
5. I am a _____ about the proposed new health plan; I want some proof that it will work.
transient
nurture
interpid
skeptic
6. Though Aunt Bea at times had to _____ Opie for inattention in church - she believed he was at heart a God-fearing lad.
document
heresy
expedient
reprove
7. Someone mute cannot talk; someone _____ can hardly stop talking.
renounce
verbose
implement
credulity
8. After medical school - the two doctors took widely _____ paths - one becoming a wealthy plastic surgeon - the other joining the nonprofit Doctors Without Borders.
divergent
concise
incite
extraneous
9. Disappointed in love - Miss Emily became a _____; she shut herself away in her empty mansion and refused to see another living soul.
prolific
recluse
conciliatory
transient
10. The bottle of wine I brought to Sharon's party was certainly _____: how was I to know that Sharon owned a winery?
redundant
resigned
immutable
resolution
11. Everyone waited to see which one of the rival candidates for city council the mayor would _____.
endorse
scrupulous
jocular
opulence
12. Rumors of police corruption led the mayor to _____ an investigation into the department's activities.
venerate
instigate
innate
embellish
13. Paradoxically - _____ reasoning does not always produce incorrect results; even though your logic may be flawed - the conclusion you reach may still be correct.
specious
resigned
fallacious
inadvertently
14. The president _____ the astronauts - whom he called 'the pioneers of the Space Age.'
extol
redundant
buttress
surpass
15. Josh is such a greedy _____ that - as soon as the earthquake struck - he tripled the price of bottled water at his store.
cursory
haughtiness
opportunist
superfluous
16. As far as I'm concerned - Apple's claims about its new computer are pure _____; no machine is that good!
turbulent
hyperbole
explicit
elucidate
17. These endorsements written by satisfied customers _____ our claim that Barron's SAT is the best SAT-prep book on the market.
exacerbate
substantiate
elucidate
undermine
18. Despite Tom's _____ of innocence - Aunt Polly suspected he had eaten the pie.
belie
affirmation
implement
nonchalance
19. Since both interpretations seemed possible - the judge could not decide which way to interpret a particularly _____ passage in the law.
prevalent
criterion
concise
ambiguous
20. The infant Mozart's parents quickly realized that their son had an _____ gift for music.
innate
innocuous
impede
colloquial
21. When Johnny came down with a bad case of poison oak - the doctor recommended calamine lotion to _____ the itching.
contentious
pervasive
subside
alleviate
22. The classic cowboy hero is a _____ figure - someone generally described as the strong - silent type.
opulence
recluse
laconic
vacillate
23. 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.
subside
disparity
ostentatious
cursory
24. The boss prefaced his speech by telling a pointless _____ about an encounter he'd had with former President Bush.
juxtaposition
nonchalance
ostentatious
anecdote
25. Nothing could shake his _____ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.
placate
resolution
ostentatious
skeptic
26. Despite airing her clothes for several hours - she could not rid them of the _____ odor of mothballs that clung to them.
ascetic
furtive
substantiate
pervasive
27. 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.
relegate
homogeneous
document
benign
28. Bobby was such a _____ eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.
fastidious
opulence
lethargic
adversity
29. Please try not to include so many _____ details in your report; the bare facts are all I need.
superfluous
specious
resigned
reserve
30. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.
elucidate
disparage
enhance
impair
31. Although her early poetry was clearly _____ in nature - the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.
reprove
derivative
prolific
buttress
32. In Tibet today - the common people still _____ their traditional spiritual leader - the Dalai Lama.
impeccable
rancor
turbulent
venerate
33. Seeking the end of slavery - the abolitionists _____ freedom for the slaves.
taciturn
profane
advocate
esoteric
34. Government agents have been known to use wiretapping and other _____ methods to spy on suspected terrorists.
rectify
surreptitious
equivocal
exemplary
35. All things change over time; nothing is _____.
endorse
lethargic
interpid
immutable
36. Tina was still angry despite Tony's soft and _____ words.
disseminate
implement
conciliatory
resigned
37. Without additional funding - it may not be _____ to build a new stadium for the team on the city's highly developed West Side.
allusion
exemplary
banal
feasible
38. The museum curator placed the Eskimo-carved wooden totem pole in _____ with two contemporary stone masks from Africa - creating a stunning effect.
opulence
digression
juxtaposition
conciliatory
39. My editors must assume I'm a _____ writer; they expect me to revise six books this year.
nonchalance
anecdote
nurture
prolific
40. Icebreakers were needed to _____ the trapped whales from the icy floes that closed them in.
extricate
mitigate
colloquial
feasible
41. The headmaster's _____ demeanor tended to care off the more timid students - who never visited his study willingly.
austere
repudiate
inadvertently
concise
42. Thirty years after the war - she could not let go of the past but was still consumed with _____ against the foe.
altruistic
inadvertently
jocular
rancor
43. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
proximity
predilection
substantiate
ironic
44. The reviewers heaped _____ on the novice playwright - ridiculing his pretentious dialogue - flat characters - and simple-minded plot.
adversary
inherent
hypothetical
derision
45. The legendary athlete Jim Thorpe - who _____ all his competitors at the 1912 Olympic Games - made a name for himself in baseball - football - and track.
surpass
prolific
disdain
predilection
46. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.
placate
predilection
anecdote
resigned
47. Thoroughly baffled by Holmes's _____ remarks - Watson wondered whether Holmes was intentionally concealing his thoughts about the crime.
cryptic
malicious
constraint
taciturn
48. On certain issues of principle - the senator refused to take a _____ stand - but let her conscience be her guide.
impede
eclectic
partisan
impeccable
49. The fact that the band was already booked to play in Hollywood on New year's Eve _____ their accepting the gig in London.
usurp
predilection
preclude
hierarchy
50. We could tell we were in serious trouble from the _____ of the principal's expression.
nurture
interpid
gravity
jocular