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english
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grammar
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The BP oil spill has caused _____ damage to the entire Gulf Coast.
profound
gregarious
exuberance
exacerbate
2. Please try not to include so many _____ details in your report; the bare facts are all I need.
guile
heresy
superfluous
dismiss
3. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.
lavish
dismiss
resigned
predilection
4. Unlike Widow Douglas - who _____ Huck's minor offenses - Miss Watson did nothing but scold.
rebuttal
condone
inane
colloquial
5. My editors must assume I'm a _____ writer; they expect me to revise six books this year.
extraneous
incite
acclaim
prolific
6. Youth's beauty is _____; it quickly fades with age.
transient
hyperbole
rhetorical
zealot
7. 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.
whimsical
belie
discrepancy
cursory
8. The mayfly is an _____ creature; its adult life lasts little more than a day.
deprecate
ephemeral
taciturn
fastidious
9. I am a _____ about the proposed new health plan; I want some proof that it will work.
succinct
guile
renounce
skeptic
10. The special prosecutor determined that the attorney general - though inept - had not intentionally set out to _____ the progress of the investigation.
enhance
whimsical
belie
impede
11. At evening block inspection - the recruits' bunk room - washroom - and gear come under the inspecting officer's close _____.
credulity
ironic
scrutiny
extol
12. Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next - she was confused by the _____ of her feelings.
superfluous
ascetic
ambivalence
anarchy
13. The conceited rap star relished the _____ he received from his groupies and yes-men.
adulation
pragmatic
resigned
abridge
14. The rich new student tried to attract friends by making an _____ display of his wealth.
pragmatic
ostentatious
colloquial
sporadic
15. Othello's false friend lago uses considerable _____ to trick Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him
guile
aesthetic
corroborate
relegate
16. Jealous of Cinderella's beauty - her _____ stepsisters expressed their spite by forcing her to do menial tasks.
gregarious
flagrant
metaphor
malicious
17. 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.
capricious
rancor
ambiguous
reserve
18. Mother was a _____ housekeeper - unwilling to allow a single speck of dirt to mar her perfect home.
buttress
meticulous
mundane
dismiss
19. Someone mute cannot talk; someone _____ can hardly stop talking.
repudiate
verbose
gravity
ephemeral
20. Disappointed in love - Miss Emily became a _____; she shut herself away in her empty mansion and refused to see another living soul.
recluse
exemplary
abstract
hierarchy
21. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.
turbulent
scrupulous
malicious
ironic
22. The glitter and _____ of the ballroom took Cinderella's breath away.
ephemeral
detachment
reserve
opulence
23. What _____ did you use when you selected this essay as the prizewinner?
zealot
verbose
implement
criterion
24. 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.
superfluous
presumptuous
quandary
ostentatious
25. Nothing could shake his _____ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.
satirical
resolution
jocular
zealot
26. The costume designer _____ the leading lady's ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.
embellish
capricious
criterion
relegate
27. Con artists take advantage of the _____ of inexperienced Internet users to gain access to their credit card information.
deprecate
constraint
credulity
alleviate
28. Shrewdly purchasing valuable plots of land for small sums - John Jacob Astor gained a reputation as an _____ investor.
volatile
meticulous
discrepancy
astute
29. Looking for any inconsistency in the testimony that might exonerate his client - the defense lawyer pounced on a _____ between the two witnesses' versions of what had occurred.
discrepancy
obdurate
recluse
substantiate
30. 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.
arbitrary
retract
innate
extricate
31. Thirty years after the war - she could not let go of the past but was still consumed with _____ against the foe.
surreptitious
impede
rancor
acclaim
32. After a decade of popularity - Hurston's works had fallen into _____; no one bothered to read her novels and short stories any more.
oblivion
renounce
ostentatious
embellish
33. The architect realized that her design for the new school had to be in _____ with the local building code.
disdain
compliance
opportunist
reticent
34. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. he is the most _____ man in Cayuga County.
presumptuous
adulation
garrulous
allusion
35. 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.
mitigate
verbose
condone
specious
36. You can _____ your chances of being admitted to the college of your choice by learning to write well.
enhance
autonomous
embellish
adulation
37. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard - Stanford - and Yale. Which one would you attend? Remember - this is only a _____ situation.
reprimand
guile
equivocal
hypothetical
38. In a brief essay - describe a person you admire - someone whose virtues and achievements you would like to _____.
brevity
derivative
emulate
innate
39. Although Alfred _____ in fulfilling his duties at work - he is less conscientious about meeting his obligations at home.
scrupulous
refute
preclude
buttress
40. 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.
proximity
hyperbole
debilitate
benign
41. The winter storm was ______; it changed course constantly.
predilection
capricious
ostentatious
hierarchy
42. The senator was _____ for behavior inappropriate to a member of Congress.
terse
benign
censure
haughtiness
43. In the film Funny Face - the bookish heroine _____ fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests.
disdain
digression
explicit
dismiss
44. Uncertain which suitor she ought to accept - the princess _____ - first favoring one and then the other.
advocate
vacillate
acclaim
ascetic
45. Because she was a firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy - Miss Post _____ the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.
concise
altruistic
deprecate
adulation
46. Despite Tom's _____ of innocence - Aunt Polly suspected he had eaten the pie.
superfluous
affirmation
succinct
pervasive
47. Government agents have been known to use wiretapping and other _____ methods to spy on suspected terrorists.
scrutiny
derivative
surreptitious
incorrigible
48. When Amanda said to the ticket scalper - 'One hundred bucks? What do you want - a pound of flesh?' she was making an _____ to Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
banal
alleviate
allusion
partisan
49. When you send a message on Twitter - be _____; a tweet cannot be more than 140 characters long.
concise
profane
heresy
guile
50. Katya's _____ love of justice moved her to champion the cause of anyone she considered unfairly treated by society.
disparage
oblivion
nonchalance
inherent
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