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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. After the quarrel - Gina said nothing could _____ her to talk to Pedro again.
exemplary
vacillate
induce
whimsical
2. The boss prefaced his speech by telling a pointless _____ about an encounter he'd had with former President Bush.
profane
malicious
coercion
anecdote
3. After a decade of popularity - Hurston's works had fallen into _____; no one bothered to read her novels and short stories any more.
rebuttal
oblivion
indifferent
innocuous
4. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. he is the most _____ man in Cayuga County.
haughtiness
preclude
garrulous
pervasive
5. The winter storm was ______; it changed course constantly.
heresy
capricious
discrepancy
insipid
6. Although the movie star was no genius - she was sufficiently _____ to tell her true friends from the countless phonies who flattered her.
astute
expedient
homogeneous
discerning
7. The store manager tried to _____ the angry customer by offering to replace the damaged merchandise or return her money.
adulation
rancor
placate
refute
8. 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.
emulate
specious
impeccable
induce
9. Covering the Olympic Games - the sportscasters _____ every American victory and grumbled about every American defeat.
furtive
capricious
acclaim
brevity
10. The young wrestler struggled to defeat his formidable _____.
impair
adversary
elusive
ostentatious
11. Tourists are urged not to _____ the sanctity of holy places by wearing immodest garb.
adversary
profane
strident
ephemeral
12. A pragmatic politician - he was guided more by what was _____ than by what was right.
exemplary
expedient
credulity
condone
13. The young princess made the foolish _____ that the regent would not object to her taking the reins of power.
assumption
impair
ironic
resolution
14. 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.
cryptic
belie
elucidate
benign
15. Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their official them; his _____ were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.
presumptuous
notoriety
anecdote
digression
16. Although Nancy enjoyed Bill's _____ - lighthearted companionship - she sometimes wondered whether he could ever be serious.
frivolous
embellish
hypothetical
opulence
17. Without additional funding - it may not be _____ to build a new stadium for the team on the city's highly developed West Side.
rectify
whimsical
feasible
prolific
18. We made an _____ choice to eat at the first restaurant we saw.
mitigate
incongruous
arbitrary
redundant
19. No wonder Ted doesn't think straight! His mind is so cluttered with _____ information that he can't concentrate on the essentials.
refute
extraneous
autonomous
credulity
20. 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
placate
peripheral
inadvertently
21. Since both interpretations seemed possible - the judge could not decide which way to interpret a particularly _____ passage in the law.
enhance
dismiss
debilitate
ambiguous
22. After medical school - the two doctors took widely _____ paths - one becoming a wealthy plastic surgeon - the other joining the nonprofit Doctors Without Borders.
extol
divergent
prudent
exacerbate
23. The senator was _____ for behavior inappropriate to a member of Congress.
prudent
exacerbate
censure
preclude
24. Compared to Jo - who was perfectly ready to chat with anyone about anything - Beth was _____ about what she considered personal matters.
specious
satirical
enhance
reticent
25. An occasional glass of wine with dinner is relatively _____ and should have no ill effect on you.
benign
extricate
compliance
innocuous
26. Because Sal once had fallen asleep while reading War and Peace - he thought that all Russian novels were _____.
extraneous
astute
soporific
credulity
27. To revise a textbook properly - you must do more than make a few _____ changes to the manuscript.
superficial
superfluous
reprimand
instigate
28. Disappointed in love - Miss Emily became a _____; she shut herself away in her empty mansion and refused to see another living soul.
fastidious
homogeneous
recluse
verbose
29. When the boys first met their new stepmother - they felt some _____ - but eventually they lost that initial awkwardness and talked with her comfortably.
resolution
constraint
prolific
surpass
30. The reviewers heaped _____ on the novice playwright - ridiculing his pretentious dialogue - flat characters - and simple-minded plot.
opulence
derision
extol
hyperbole
31. Paradoxically - _____ reasoning does not always produce incorrect results; even though your logic may be flawed - the conclusion you reach may still be correct.
superfluous
austere
proliferation
fallacious
32. Using only a few descriptive phrases - Austen manages to _____ the character of Mr. Collins so deftly that we can predict his every move.
mitigate
reprove
delineate
benign
33. With its worn-out dialogue and predictable plot - the sitcom struck me as unbearably _____.
banal
placate
satirical
laconic
34. When you place a phone call from an airplane - _____ is essential; you are charged for every minute.
mundane
jocular
quandary
brevity
35. Denying that she advocated total _____ - Katya maintained she wished only to change our government - not to destroy it utterly.
rebuttal
erudite
anarchy
criterion
36. His coarse - hard-bitten exterior _____ his inner sensitivity.
placate
decorum
belie
deprecate
37. When you send a message on Twitter - be _____; a tweet cannot be more than 140 characters long.
obdurate
discerning
innate
concise
38. Jealous of Cinderella's beauty - her _____ stepsisters expressed their spite by forcing her to do menial tasks.
malicious
corroborate
disparity
prolific
39. The attorney came up with several far-fetched arguments in a vain attempt to _____ his weak case.
obdurate
exemplary
buttress
partisan
40. Though Aunt Bea at times had to _____ Opie for inattention in church - she believed he was at heart a God-fearing lad.
haughtiness
expedient
zealot
reprove
41. All things change over time; nothing is _____.
ephemeral
mollify
embellish
immutable
42. Although some girls were attracted by Mark's air of _____ - Judy was put off by it - for she felt his aloofness indicated a lack of openness.
reserve
delineate
dismiss
implement
43. Drinking alcohol can _____ your ability to drive safely; if you're going to drink - don't drive.
aesthetic
surpass
incorrigible
impair
44. 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.
presumptuous
cryptic
autonomous
sporadic
45. When Elizabeth realized that Darcy considered himself too good to dance with his inferiors - she took great offense at his _____.
scrutiny
haughtiness
belie
erudite
46. Acetone is an extremely _____ liquid: it vaporizes instantly.
adulation
adversary
volatile
gregarious
47. Con artists take advantage of the _____ of inexperienced Internet users to gain access to their credit card information.
extol
profane
subside
credulity
48. Although her early poetry was clearly _____ in nature - the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.
condone
altruistic
frivolous
derivative
49. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.
incongruous
flagrant
dismiss
succinct
50. Her wealthy suitors wooed her with _____ gifts.
vacillate
sporadic
juxtaposition
lavish