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grammar
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1. Psychoanalysts must maintain their professional _____ and stay uninvolved with their patients' personal lives.
hyperbole
detachment
profane
erudite
2. By their use of the Internet - propagandists have been able to _____ their pet doctrines to new audiences around the globe.
frivolous
gravity
indifferent
disseminate
3. Rather than live in the crowded city center - we chose to buy a house in one of the _____ suburbs ringing the metropolis.
substantiate
peripheral
constraint
affirmation
4. Despite airing her clothes for several hours - she could not rid them of the _____ odor of mothballs that clung to them.
rectify
pervasive
extricate
repudiate
5. The young wrestler struggled to defeat his formidable _____.
innocuous
austere
dogmatic
adversary
6. The defense called several respectable witnesses who were able to _____ the lying testimony of the prosecution's sole witness.
eulogy
instigate
refute
homogeneous
7. Youth's beauty is _____; it quickly fades with age.
transient
succinct
hypothetical
metaphor
8. Through the comments of the characters in his cartoon strip - Doonesbury - Gary Trudeau ridicules political corruption; his humor is _____ in nature.
assumption
metaphor
satirical
recluse
9. Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their official them; his _____ were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.
rancor
venerate
malicious
digression
10. Please try not to include so many _____ details in your report; the bare facts are all I need.
buttress
impede
superfluous
capricious
11. The infant Mozart's parents quickly realized that their son had an _____ gift for music.
levity
brevity
exemplary
innate
12. Violently disagreeing with the referees' ruling - Coach Ben became so _____ that they threw him out of the game.
contentious
emulate
allusion
disparage
13. Although her early poetry was clearly _____ in nature - the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.
capricious
dismiss
ostentatious
derivative
14. According to Sherlock Homes - the very point that appears to complicate a case - when duly considered and scientifically handled - is the one most likely to _____ it.
eclectic
condone
elucidate
gregarious
15. Disappointed in love - Miss Emily became a _____; she shut herself away in her empty mansion and refused to see another living soul.
derivative
relegate
recluse
debilitate
16. A pragmatic politician - he was guided more by what was _____ than by what was right.
ascetic
expedient
refute
inherent
17. Seeking the end of slavery - the abolitionists _____ freedom for the slaves.
delineate
advocate
vacillate
nonchalance
18. No wonder Ted doesn't think straight! His mind is so cluttered with _____ information that he can't concentrate on the essentials.
extraneous
lavish
scrutiny
prudent
19. At evening block inspection - the recruits' bunk room - washroom - and gear come under the inspecting officer's close _____.
disdain
divergent
rebuttal
scrutiny
20. The inquisitors used both physical and psychological _____ to force Joan of Arc to deny that her visions were sent by God.
criterion
coercion
proximity
superfluous
21. Paradoxically - _____ reasoning does not always produce incorrect results; even though your logic may be flawed - the conclusion you reach may still be correct.
specious
mundane
fallacious
equivocal
22. In providing college scholarships for economically disadvantaged youths - Eugene Lang performed a truly _____ deed.
levity
inane
altruistic
resolution
23. Michael's severe bout of the flue _____ him so much that for a week he was too tired to go back to work.
presumptuous
debilitate
immutable
eclectic
24. Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied; be _____ about what's bothering you.
haughtiness
explicit
corroborate
erudite
25. Covering the Olympic Games - the sportscasters _____ every American victory and grumbled about every American defeat.
subside
enhance
astute
acclaim
26. Times of economic hardship inevitably encourage the _____ of countless get-rich-quick schemes.
proliferation
garrulous
feasible
disdain
27. 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.
hypothetical
incongruous
renounce
rhetorical
28. Nothing could shake his _____ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.
abridge
corroborate
resolution
mollify
29. Someone mute cannot talk; someone _____ can hardly stop talking.
gregarious
placate
volatile
verbose
30. Though Huck was quite willing to _____ Tom's story - Aunt Polly knew better than to believe either of them.
corroborate
hypothetical
impede
alleviate
31. Everyone waited to see which one of the rival candidates for city council the mayor would _____.
garrulous
surpass
endorse
haughtiness
32. The uncrowned queen of the fashion industry - Diana was famous for her _____ taste.
insipid
impeccable
detachment
corroborate
33. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard - Stanford - and Yale. Which one would you attend? Remember - this is only a _____ situation.
adulation
scrutiny
gravity
hypothetical
34. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.
disparage
lethargic
gregarious
assumption
35. Judy's great fear was that she might _____ omit a question on the exam and mismark her entire answer sheet.
notoriety
anecdote
specious
inadvertently
36. Con artists take advantage of the _____ of inexperienced Internet users to gain access to their credit card information.
corroborate
credulity
incorrigible
dogmatic
37. Drinking alcohol can _____ your ability to drive safely; if you're going to drink - don't drive.
opportunist
disseminate
impair
superfluous
38. You had better _____ your accounting errors before the auditors arrive.
mundane
rectify
inadvertently
prolific
39. There's no point to what you're saying. Why are you bothering to make such _____ remarks?
debilitate
inane
endorse
aesthetic
40. The mayor was unwilling to _____ the plan until she was sure it had the governor's backing.
constraint
meticulous
implement
emulate
41. Thirty years after the war - she could not let go of the past but was still consumed with _____ against the foe.
autonomous
rancor
detachment
satirical
42. After a decade of popularity - Hurston's works had fallen into _____; no one bothered to read her novels and short stories any more.
divergent
dismiss
colloquial
oblivion
43. The coming trip to France should provide a _____ test of the value of my conversational French class.
resigned
malicious
pragmatic
apathy
44. After the quarrel - Gina said nothing could _____ her to talk to Pedro again.
subside
strident
recluse
induce
45. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.
turbulent
proliferation
criterion
cursory
46. Although the movie star was no genius - she was sufficiently _____ to tell her true friends from the countless phonies who flattered her.
zealot
discerning
vacillate
nonchalance
47. We made an _____ choice to eat at the first restaurant we saw.
gravity
assumption
ascetic
arbitrary
48. A miser hoards money - not because he is _____ - but because he is stingy.
prudent
innocuous
opulence
oblivion
49. Dirt poor and out of work - she did not give up but continued to fight against _____.
volatile
adversity
conciliatory
superfluous
50. Her wealthy suitors wooed her with _____ gifts.
censure
corroborate
lavish
proximity
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