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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard - Stanford - and Yale. Which one would you attend? Remember - this is only a _____ situation.
hypothetical
dismiss
nonchalance
reserve
2. Although Nancy enjoyed Bill's _____ - lighthearted companionship - she sometimes wondered whether he could ever be serious.
disparity
conciliatory
gravity
frivolous
3. 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.
substantiate
censure
homogeneous
disparage
4. Though Aunt Bea at times had to _____ Opie for inattention in church - she believed he was at heart a God-fearing lad.
oblivion
reprove
mollify
prevalent
5. Because she was a firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy - Miss Post _____ the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.
innate
buttress
deprecate
reprimand
6. Don't bore your audience with excess verbiage; be _____.
succinct
delineate
levity
fallacious
7. What _____ did you use when you selected this essay as the prizewinner?
prudent
meticulous
criterion
guile
8. Stop giggling and wriggling around in the pew; such _____ is improper in church.
levity
obdurate
gregarious
strident
9. 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.
opportunist
specious
levity
benign
10. Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied; be _____ about what's bothering you.
gregarious
explicit
reserve
partisan
11. Though Huck was quite willing to _____ Tom's story - Aunt Polly knew better than to believe either of them.
specious
metaphor
credulity
corroborate
12. I was bowled over by the _____ of Amy's welcome. What an enthusiastic greeting!
prudent
lethargic
exuberance
resigned
13. 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.
reprimand
placate
flagrant
elucidate
14. To John - who had never missed a meal - hunger was an _____ concept - one he understood only in theory.
abstract
alleviate
concise
garrulous
15. Every time Ermengarde made a mistake in class - she was terrified that she would receive a harsh _____ from Miss Minchin.
adversity
scrutiny
levity
reprimand
16. In a fiery speech - Mario _____ his fellow students to go out on strike to protest the university's anti-affirmative action stand.
incite
terse
disseminate
satirical
17. A miser hoards money - not because he is _____ - but because he is stingy.
soporific
reprove
apathy
prudent
18. 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.
profane
corroborate
innate
reserve
19. The defense called several respectable witnesses who were able to _____ the lying testimony of the prosecution's sole witness.
ephemeral
exuberance
refute
coercion
20. With its worn-out dialogue and predictable plot - the sitcom struck me as unbearably _____.
banal
interpid
pragmatic
meticulous
21. The inquisitors used both physical and psychological _____ to force Joan of Arc to deny that her visions were sent by God.
homogeneous
rebuttal
coercion
eulogy
22. Shrewdly purchasing valuable plots of land for small sums - John Jacob Astor gained a reputation as an _____ investor.
astute
impeccable
induce
emulate
23. When the boys first met their new stepmother - they felt some _____ - but eventually they lost that initial awkwardness and talked with her comfortably.
emulate
proximity
satirical
constraint
24. The senator was _____ for behavior inappropriate to a member of Congress.
fallacious
prudent
censure
interpid
25. Though his fellow students considered him a gifted scholar - Paul knew he would have to spend many years in serious study before he could consider himself truly _____.
proximity
criterion
resigned
erudite
26. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.
turbulent
surreptitious
taciturn
extricate
27. Tourists are urged not to _____ the sanctity of holy places by wearing immodest garb.
profane
document
taciturn
rebuttal
28. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
satirical
dogmatic
superficial
predilection
29. 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.
affirmation
flagrant
nurture
renounce
30. A pragmatic politician - he was guided more by what was _____ than by what was right.
corroborate
rectify
preclude
expedient
31. When Elizabeth realized that Darcy considered himself too good to dance with his inferiors - she took great offense at his _____.
fervor
haughtiness
colloquial
contentious
32. Bobby was such a _____ eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.
aesthetic
fastidious
proliferation
conciliatory
33. The fact that the band was already booked to play in Hollywood on New year's Eve _____ their accepting the gig in London.
vacillate
preclude
abstract
derision
34. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. he is the most _____ man in Cayuga County.
benign
indifferent
garrulous
arbitrary
35. The store manager tried to _____ the angry customer by offering to replace the damaged merchandise or return her money.
placate
enhance
mollify
fastidious
36. Though Glenn was devout - he was no _____; he never tried to force his beliefs on friends.
zealot
coercion
malicious
exemplary
37. 'Judicial activism' is the alleged tendency of some judges to _____ the power of elected legislatures by making the law rather than merely interpreting it.
contentious
usurp
explicit
exuberance
38. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted many subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
predilection
venerate
nurture
hierarchy
39. Although her early poetry was clearly _____ in nature - the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.
quandary
derivative
feasible
compliance
40. Although the University of California at Berkeley is just one part of the state university system - in many ways - Cal Berkeley is _____ - for it runs several programs that are not subject to state control.
autonomous
rebuttal
homogeneous
divergent
41. Con artists take advantage of the _____ of inexperienced Internet users to gain access to their credit card information.
rancor
credulity
reticent
terse
42. Tina was still angry despite Tony's soft and _____ words.
elusive
mollify
conciliatory
rectify
43. Rumors of police corruption led the mayor to _____ an investigation into the department's activities.
discrepancy
instigate
inherent
affirmation
44. Although Eric knew the boss had no sense of humor - he couldn't resist making one _____ remark.
impede
enhance
reserve
jocular
45. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.
instigate
undermine
resigned
garrulous
46. Their _____ in rank made no difference at all to the prince and Cinderella.
ostentatious
concise
debunk
disparity
47. To win his audience - the speaker used every _____ trick in the book.
rhetorical
whimsical
disdain
volatile
48. The legendary athlete Jim Thorpe - who _____ all his competitors at the 1912 Olympic Games - made a name for himself in baseball - football - and track.
surpass
proliferation
presumptuous
concise
49. A born storyteller - my father loved to _____ anecdotes about his early years in New York.
renounce
recount
indifferent
austere
50. Pointing out that the candidate consistently had voted against strengthening antipollution legislation - the reporter _____ her claim that she was a fervent environmentalist.
mundane
debunk
strident
flagrant