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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. Though Huck was quite willing to _____ Tom's story - Aunt Polly knew better than to believe either of them.
corroborate
laconic
debilitate
whimsical
2. Acetone is an extremely _____ liquid: it vaporizes instantly.
erudite
volatile
disparage
rhetorical
3. Cool - calm - and collected - James Bond shows remarkable _____ in the face of danger.
inherent
disparity
debilitate
nonchalance
4. Even the best-mannered students have trouble behaving with _____ on the last day of school.
nurture
decorum
discerning
impede
5. Pointing out that the candidate consistently had voted against strengthening antipollution legislation - the reporter _____ her claim that she was a fervent environmentalist.
incite
substantiate
debunk
peripheral
6. 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.
verbose
reserve
homogeneous
redundant
7. 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.
compliance
mitigate
elusive
altruistic
8. When I saw how Fred and his fraternity brothers had trashed the frat house - I decided to _____ my offer to let them use our summer cottage over spring break.
superficial
exacerbate
retract
dogmatic
9. 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.
acclaim
lethargic
pragmatic
proliferation
10. The classic cowboy hero is a _____ figure - someone generally described as the strong - silent type.
laconic
incorrigible
implement
profane
11. The rich new student tried to attract friends by making an _____ display of his wealth.
equivocal
contentious
prevalent
ostentatious
12. The defense called several respectable witnesses who were able to _____ the lying testimony of the prosecution's sole witness.
recount
refute
rancor
lavish
13. In a brief essay - describe a person you admire - someone whose virtues and achievements you would like to _____.
emulate
repudiate
garrulous
scrutiny
14. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.
exuberance
compliance
incongruous
allusion
15. Con artists take advantage of the _____ of inexperienced Internet users to gain access to their credit card information.
credulity
contentious
equivocal
feasible
16. The legendary athlete Jim Thorpe - who _____ all his competitors at the 1912 Olympic Games - made a name for himself in baseball - football - and track.
undermine
surpass
opportunist
buttress
17. The inquisitors used both physical and psychological _____ to force Joan of Arc to deny that her visions were sent by God.
coercion
gravity
renounce
vacillate
18. Because she was a firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy - Miss Post _____ the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.
advocate
endorse
deprecate
mitigate
19. By their use of the Internet - propagandists have been able to _____ their pet doctrines to new audiences around the globe.
detachment
disseminate
inadvertently
advocate
20. Thoroughly baffled by Holmes's _____ remarks - Watson wondered whether Holmes was intentionally concealing his thoughts about the crime.
scrutiny
profane
digression
cryptic
21. Politicians of both the extreme right and left annoy me because they do not sound like people but parrots mindlessly repeating _____ clich
dogmatic
digression
austere
ambivalence
22. You had better _____ your accounting errors before the auditors arrive.
elucidate
erudite
malicious
rectify
23. The store manager tried to _____ the angry customer by offering to replace the damaged merchandise or return her money.
adversary
placate
heresy
corroborate
24. A radical committed to social change - Reed had no patience with the conservative views _____ in the America of his day.
extricate
prevalent
laconic
divergent
25. In Tibet today - the common people still _____ their traditional spiritual leader - the Dalai Lama.
gravity
notoriety
venerate
profound
26. Instead of delivering a spoken _____ at Genny's memorial service - Jeff sang a song he had written in her honor.
retract
eulogy
innate
volatile
27. Government agents have been known to use wiretapping and other _____ methods to spy on suspected terrorists.
resolution
surreptitious
condone
nurture
28. The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Esther's _____ sense.
surpass
profane
hierarchy
aesthetic
29. Without additional funding - it may not be _____ to build a new stadium for the team on the city's highly developed West Side.
endorse
extol
metaphor
feasible
30. No wonder Ted doesn't think straight! His mind is so cluttered with _____ information that he can't concentrate on the essentials.
notoriety
redundant
erudite
extraneous
31. Even though she knew she would be burned at the stake as a witch - Joan of Arc refused to _____ her belief that her voices came from God.
conciliatory
renounce
vacillate
furtive
32. Everyone waited to see which one of the rival candidates for city council the mayor would _____.
haughtiness
endorse
banal
fervor
33. Though Glenn was devout - he was no _____; he never tried to force his beliefs on friends.
abridge
capricious
delineate
zealot
34. When you send a message on Twitter - be _____; a tweet cannot be more than 140 characters long.
jocular
divergent
mollify
concise
35. Michael's severe bout of the flue _____ him so much that for a week he was too tired to go back to work.
resigned
superficial
buttress
debilitate
36. 'Any publicity is good publicity - 'said the starlet. 'If I can't have a good reputation - I'll settle for _____.'
impede
notoriety
interpid
rancor
37. After a decade of popularity - Hurston's works had fallen into _____; no one bothered to read her novels and short stories any more.
oblivion
turbulent
advocate
retract
38. These endorsements written by satisfied customers _____ our claim that Barron's SAT is the best SAT-prep book on the market.
transient
substantiate
placate
hypothetical
39. Because Sal once had fallen asleep while reading War and Peace - he thought that all Russian novels were _____.
soporific
sporadic
skeptic
brevity
40. Denying that she advocated total _____ - Katya maintained she wished only to change our government - not to destroy it utterly.
anarchy
deprecate
eclectic
ironic
41. Noticing the _____ glance the customer gave the diamond bracelet on the counter - the clerk wondered whether he had a potential shoplifter in the store.
laconic
resolution
advocate
furtive
42. I was bowled over by the _____ of Amy's welcome. What an enthusiastic greeting!
fervor
rebuttal
exuberance
apathy
43. The reviewers heaped _____ on the novice playwright - ridiculing his pretentious dialogue - flat characters - and simple-minded plot.
capricious
derision
nurture
hierarchy
44. To be low man on the totem pole is to have a decidedly inferior place in the _____.
hierarchy
surpass
meticulous
vacillate
45. His coarse - hard-bitten exterior _____ his inner sensitivity.
predilection
belie
inherent
incite
46. Although her early poetry was clearly _____ in nature - the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.
hypothetical
criterion
abridge
derivative
47. At commencement - the dean praised Ellen for her _____ behavior as class president.
exemplary
preclude
predilection
sporadic
48. Paradoxically - _____ reasoning does not always produce incorrect results; even though your logic may be flawed - the conclusion you reach may still be correct.
fallacious
interpid
colloquial
predilection
49. The mayor was unwilling to _____ the plan until she was sure it had the governor's backing.
reprove
prevalent
implement
reticent
50. Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied; be _____ about what's bothering you.
compliance
insipid
explicit
implement