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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. A radical committed to social change - Reed had no patience with the conservative views _____ in the America of his day.
resigned
prevalent
garrulous
altruistic
2. The doctor assured the boy's parents that his fever would eventually _____.
arbitrary
subside
recount
exuberance
3. Though Aunt Bea at times had to _____ Opie for inattention in church - she believed he was at heart a God-fearing lad.
buttress
colloquial
inadvertently
reprove
4. In providing college scholarships for economically disadvantaged youths - Eugene Lang performed a truly _____ deed.
gravity
altruistic
explicit
furtive
5. 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.
fallacious
reserve
meticulous
autonomous
6. Judy's great fear was that she might _____ omit a question on the exam and mismark her entire answer sheet.
notoriety
placate
ascetic
inadvertently
7. The special prosecutor determined that the attorney general - though inept - had not intentionally set out to _____ the progress of the investigation.
impede
credulity
arbitrary
venerate
8. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.
delineate
decorum
incongruous
expedient
9. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.
disparage
document
fervor
endorse
10. A miser hoards money - not because he is _____ - but because he is stingy.
prudent
divergent
opportunist
abstract
11. After separating from Tony - Tina announced that she would _____ all debts incurred by her soon-to-be-ex-husband.
repudiate
prolific
whimsical
volatile
12. Their _____ in rank made no difference at all to the prince and Cinderella.
notoriety
abstract
disparity
surreptitious
13. The recent corruption scandals have _____ many people's faith in the city government.
enhance
undermine
rancor
lethargic
14. To John - who had never missed a meal - hunger was an _____ concept - one he understood only in theory.
eulogy
endorse
abstract
delineate
15. After a decade of popularity - Hurston's works had fallen into _____; no one bothered to read her novels and short stories any more.
ephemeral
oblivion
venerate
sporadic
16. The wealthy - self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict - _____ lifestyle practiced by members of some monastic orders.
ascetic
alleviate
disparity
innocuous
17. The defense called several respectable witnesses who were able to _____ the lying testimony of the prosecution's sole witness.
dogmatic
resolution
refute
adversity
18. Acetone is an extremely _____ liquid: it vaporizes instantly.
volatile
presumptuous
succinct
banal
19. Uncertain which suitor she ought to accept - the princess _____ - first favoring one and then the other.
insipid
meticulous
ambiguous
vacillate
20. Thoroughly baffled by Holmes's _____ remarks - Watson wondered whether Holmes was intentionally concealing his thoughts about the crime.
cryptic
superfluous
hypothetical
anecdote
21. In the film Funny Face - the bookish heroine _____ fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests.
buttress
innate
disdain
incite
22. Katya's _____ love of justice moved her to champion the cause of anyone she considered unfairly treated by society.
inherent
laconic
juxtaposition
fervor
23. Denying that she advocated total _____ - Katya maintained she wished only to change our government - not to destroy it utterly.
surpass
immutable
anarchy
reprimand
24. Because Webster's dictionary had grown so large and unwieldy - the publishers decided to _____ it and bring out a condensed version.
compliance
abridge
satirical
verbose
25. Using only a few descriptive phrases - Austen manages to _____ the character of Mr. Collins so deftly that we can predict his every move.
advocate
delineate
adulation
gregarious
26. Despite airing her clothes for several hours - she could not rid them of the _____ odor of mothballs that clung to them.
discrepancy
hyperbole
ephemeral
pervasive
27. Because Carmen believed in Juan's fidelity - she _____ the notion that he might be having an affair.
delineate
dismiss
substantiate
fastidious
28. 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.
buttress
reticent
benign
levity
29. The costume designer _____ the leading lady's ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.
immutable
exemplary
embellish
peripheral
30. With its worn-out dialogue and predictable plot - the sitcom struck me as unbearably _____.
inadvertently
superfluous
banal
induce
31. Seeking the end of slavery - the abolitionists _____ freedom for the slaves.
obdurate
advocate
redundant
decorum
32. The mayfly is an _____ creature; its adult life lasts little more than a day.
eulogy
pervasive
acclaim
ephemeral
33. The fact that the band was already booked to play in Hollywood on New year's Eve _____ their accepting the gig in London.
hierarchy
extraneous
preclude
esoteric
34. The museum curator placed the Eskimo-carved wooden totem pole in _____ with two contemporary stone masks from Africa - creating a stunning effect.
superficial
assumption
juxtaposition
opportunist
35. Though Widow Douglas had hopes of reforming Huck - Miss Watson considered him _____ and swore he would come to no good end.
abstract
exuberance
zealot
incorrigible
36. Some of the newer - less formal passages on the SAT have a _____ tone that is intended to make them more appealing to students.
gregarious
zealot
extol
colloquial
37. Othello's false friend lago uses considerable _____ to trick Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him
interpid
guile
heresy
reticent
38. When Johnny came down with a bad case of poison oak - the doctor recommended calamine lotion to _____ the itching.
exuberance
erudite
alleviate
profane
39. The reviewers heaped _____ on the novice playwright - ridiculing his pretentious dialogue - flat characters - and simple-minded plot.
derision
interpid
reprimand
metaphor
40. The stereotypical cowboy is a _____ soul - answering lengthy questions with a simple 'yep' or 'nope.'
taciturn
astute
incongruous
prudent
41. Psychoanalysts must maintain their professional _____ and stay uninvolved with their patients' personal lives.
detachment
homogeneous
proliferation
adversary
42. The store manager tried to _____ the angry customer by offering to replace the damaged merchandise or return her money.
conciliatory
concise
prevalent
placate
43. A firm believer in democratic government - she could not understand the _____ of people who never bothered to vote.
alleviate
abstract
apathy
furtive
44. In a fiery speech - Mario _____ his fellow students to go out on strike to protest the university's anti-affirmative action stand.
derivative
skeptic
debunk
incite
45. 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.
allusion
opulence
pervasive
disseminate
46. Disappointed in love - Miss Emily became a _____; she shut herself away in her empty mansion and refused to see another living soul.
endorse
recluse
superficial
refute
47. Rather than live in the crowded city center - we chose to buy a house in one of the _____ suburbs ringing the metropolis.
altruistic
peripheral
hyperbole
extraneous
48. Tourists are urged not to _____ the sanctity of holy places by wearing immodest garb.
ephemeral
inherent
profane
impeccable
49. 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.
abstract
soporific
mitigate
levity
50. The Head Start program attempts to _____ prekindergarten children so that they will do well when they enter elementary school.
hyperbole
digression
nurture
endorse