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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. Everyone waited to see which one of the rival candidates for city council the mayor would _____.
laconic
gregarious
endorse
acclaim
2. Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their official them; his _____ were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.
succinct
digression
specious
gregarious
3. The glitter and _____ of the ballroom took Cinderella's breath away.
nurture
reprove
opulence
mundane
4. 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.
substantiate
exemplary
lethargic
affirmation
5. Nothing could shake his _____ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.
pragmatic
constraint
resolution
usurp
6. A miser hoards money - not because he is _____ - but because he is stingy.
ascetic
predilection
adulation
prudent
7. After the quarrel - Gina said nothing could _____ her to talk to Pedro again.
induce
turbulent
rebuttal
buttress
8. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard - Stanford - and Yale. Which one would you attend? Remember - this is only a _____ situation.
surreptitious
prolific
hypothetical
fervor
9. The reviewers praised the new restaurant's _____ selection of dishes - which ranged from Asian stir fries to French ragouts and stews.
mollify
ambivalence
emulate
eclectic
10. The attorney came up with several far-fetched arguments in a vain attempt to _____ his weak case.
coercion
buttress
debunk
opulence
11. Bobby was such a _____ eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.
relegate
allusion
fastidious
placate
12. Although defeat appeared inevitable - the general was _____ in his refusal to surrender.
obdurate
nonchalance
allusion
ambivalence
13. Con artists take advantage of the _____ of inexperienced Internet users to gain access to their credit card information.
succinct
verbose
scrupulous
credulity
14. 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.
allusion
frivolous
mitigate
usurp
15. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. he is the most _____ man in Cayuga County.
erudite
innate
garrulous
whimsical
16. Because the student body at their daughter's prep school was so _____ - they decided to send her to a school that offered greater cultural diversity.
homogeneous
relegate
deprecate
flagrant
17. 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
dismiss
proximity
inherent
18. The doctor assured the boy's parents that his fever would eventually _____.
subside
capricious
vacillate
guile
19. Every time Ermengarde made a mistake in class - she was terrified that she would receive a harsh _____ from Miss Minchin.
censure
retract
reprimand
frivolous
20. When Elizabeth realized that Darcy considered himself too good to dance with his inferiors - she took great offense at his _____.
benign
nonchalance
haughtiness
specious
21. Although you can still hear _____ outbursts of laughter and signing outside - the Halloween parade has passed; the party is over till next year.
gravity
incite
sporadic
embellish
22. Icebreakers were needed to _____ the trapped whales from the icy floes that closed them in.
extricate
substantiate
explicit
resolution
23. There's no point to what you're saying. Why are you bothering to make such _____ remarks?
rhetorical
elusive
brevity
inane
24. The senator was _____ for behavior inappropriate to a member of Congress.
profound
eulogy
transient
censure
25. The infant Mozart's parents quickly realized that their son had an _____ gift for music.
allusion
mitigate
opulence
innate
26. Historically - traders and missionaries often proved themselves to be _____ explorers - bravely venturing into new territories despite the dangers involved.
haughtiness
mollify
interpid
malicious
27. Please try not to include so many _____ details in your report; the bare facts are all I need.
credulity
laconic
oblivion
superfluous
28. Instead of delivering a spoken _____ at Genny's memorial service - Jeff sang a song he had written in her honor.
innocuous
nonchalance
discrepancy
eulogy
29. The fact that the band was already booked to play in Hollywood on New year's Eve _____ their accepting the gig in London.
advocate
preclude
concise
expedient
30. Because she was a firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy - Miss Post _____ the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.
relegate
esoteric
surreptitious
deprecate
31. Because Ann felt no desire to marry - she was _____ to Carl's constant proposals.
indifferent
ambivalence
fastidious
ambiguous
32. When the boys first met their new stepmother - they felt some _____ - but eventually they lost that initial awkwardness and talked with her comfortably.
constraint
acclaim
ironic
peripheral
33. No matter how hard Darnell tried to lure the trout into taking the bait - the fish was too _____ to catch.
heresy
placate
pervasive
elusive
34. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted many subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
debilitate
predilection
inadvertently
profane
35. Since both interpretations seemed possible - the judge could not decide which way to interpret a particularly _____ passage in the law.
gravity
advocate
affirmation
ambiguous
36. Because Webster's dictionary had grown so large and unwieldy - the publishers decided to _____ it and bring out a condensed version.
juxtaposition
abstract
discrepancy
abridge
37. She kept all the receipts form her business trip in order to _____ her expenses for the Internal Revenue Service.
ambivalence
redundant
peripheral
document
38. 'Any publicity is good publicity - 'said the starlet. 'If I can't have a good reputation - I'll settle for _____.'
redundant
notoriety
disseminate
discrepancy
39. Stop giggling and wriggling around in the pew; such _____ is improper in church.
furtive
rebuttal
levity
nurture
40. The Beatles expressed themselves through capricious - flip humor and _____ displays of carefree abandon.
inane
whimsical
prudent
impeccable
41. After a decade of popularity - Hurston's works had fallen into _____; no one bothered to read her novels and short stories any more.
predilection
proliferation
oblivion
banal
42. Disappointed in love - Miss Emily became a _____; she shut herself away in her empty mansion and refused to see another living soul.
recluse
malicious
document
metaphor
43. Denying that she advocated total _____ - Katya maintained she wished only to change our government - not to destroy it utterly.
oblivion
superficial
taciturn
anarchy
44. The legendary athlete Jim Thorpe - who _____ all his competitors at the 1912 Olympic Games - made a name for himself in baseball - football - and track.
lethargic
corroborate
surpass
renounce
45. The rich new student tried to attract friends by making an _____ display of his wealth.
advocate
exacerbate
abstract
ostentatious
46. Shrewdly purchasing valuable plots of land for small sums - John Jacob Astor gained a reputation as an _____ investor.
astute
laconic
extol
rhetorical
47. The mayfly is an _____ creature; its adult life lasts little more than a day.
ephemeral
banal
malicious
alleviate
48. The reviewers heaped _____ on the novice playwright - ridiculing his pretentious dialogue - flat characters - and simple-minded plot.
delineate
corroborate
derision
hyperbole
49. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.
exemplary
resigned
exacerbate
fastidious
50. Unlike Widow Douglas - who _____ Huck's minor offenses - Miss Watson did nothing but scold.
ephemeral
juxtaposition
condone
advocate