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english
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grammar
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Although you can still hear _____ outbursts of laughter and signing outside - the Halloween parade has passed; the party is over till next year.
sporadic
strident
profound
condone
2. 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.
presumptuous
criterion
rancor
reserve
3. Typically - partygoers are _____; hermits are not.
jocular
gregarious
equivocal
specious
4. Shrewdly purchasing valuable plots of land for small sums - John Jacob Astor gained a reputation as an _____ investor.
censure
vacillate
astute
immutable
5. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.
abstract
derivative
resigned
anarchy
6. No matter how hard Darnell tried to lure the trout into taking the bait - the fish was too _____ to catch.
ambivalence
ambiguous
transient
elusive
7. We could tell we were in serious trouble from the _____ of the principal's expression.
exacerbate
extricate
gravity
malicious
8. Although defeat appeared inevitable - the general was _____ in his refusal to surrender.
obdurate
embellish
credulity
erudite
9. With its worn-out dialogue and predictable plot - the sitcom struck me as unbearably _____.
astute
banal
mitigate
volatile
10. The classic cowboy hero is a _____ figure - someone generally described as the strong - silent type.
laconic
ephemeral
substantiate
interpid
11. Without additional funding - it may not be _____ to build a new stadium for the team on the city's highly developed West Side.
feasible
recount
fallacious
nonchalance
12. The reviewers heaped _____ on the novice playwright - ridiculing his pretentious dialogue - flat characters - and simple-minded plot.
derision
rebuttal
cursory
meticulous
13. We made an _____ choice to eat at the first restaurant we saw.
detachment
arbitrary
discerning
explicit
14. 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.
rhetorical
partisan
benign
digression
15. Is an old-fashioned hairstyle an apt _____ for being out of step with the times and in need of change?
equivocal
metaphor
proliferation
whimsical
16. Since both interpretations seemed possible - the judge could not decide which way to interpret a particularly _____ passage in the law.
relegate
ambiguous
profane
condone
17. The architect realized that her design for the new school had to be in _____ with the local building code.
compliance
rectify
obdurate
detachment
18. Please try not to include so many _____ details in your report; the bare facts are all I need.
superfluous
prolific
profane
terse
19. Though Widow Douglas had hopes of reforming Huck - Miss Watson considered him _____ and swore he would come to no good end.
instigate
incorrigible
placate
feasible
20. Covering the Olympic Games - the sportscasters _____ every American victory and grumbled about every American defeat.
soporific
surpass
rebuttal
acclaim
21. Rather than live in the crowded city center - we chose to buy a house in one of the _____ suburbs ringing the metropolis.
peripheral
rhetorical
esoteric
hypothetical
22. A born storyteller - my father loved to _____ anecdotes about his early years in New York.
recount
prolific
derivative
venerate
23. Unlike Widow Douglas - who _____ Huck's minor offenses - Miss Watson did nothing but scold.
condone
notoriety
interpid
apathy
24. There is a fine line between speech that is _____ and to the point and speech so abrupt that it verges on rudeness.
acclaim
obdurate
terse
meticulous
25. Icebreakers were needed to _____ the trapped whales from the icy floes that closed them in.
impair
hierarchy
immutable
extricate
26. When you send a message on Twitter - be _____; a tweet cannot be more than 140 characters long.
concise
exacerbate
decorum
recluse
27. After separating from Tony - Tina announced that she would _____ all debts incurred by her soon-to-be-ex-husband.
obdurate
repudiate
presumptuous
prudent
28. The rich new student tried to attract friends by making an _____ display of his wealth.
ostentatious
indifferent
fervor
preclude
29. Compared to Jo - who was perfectly ready to chat with anyone about anything - Beth was _____ about what she considered personal matters.
derision
extricate
discrepancy
reticent
30. The costume designer _____ the leading lady's ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.
pervasive
lethargic
extricate
embellish
31. In the film Funny Face - the bookish heroine _____ fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests.
surreptitious
disdain
notoriety
gregarious
32. Don't bore your audience with excess verbiage; be _____.
soporific
ostentatious
innocuous
succinct
33. Con artists take advantage of the _____ of inexperienced Internet users to gain access to their credit card information.
eulogy
credulity
sporadic
decorum
34. You had better _____ your accounting errors before the auditors arrive.
pervasive
prolific
rectify
delineate
35. 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.
ascetic
reserve
advocate
disparage
36. The boss prefaced his speech by telling a pointless _____ about an encounter he'd had with former President Bush.
verbose
gregarious
anecdote
notoriety
37. All things change over time; nothing is _____.
turbulent
subside
benign
immutable
38. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted many subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
lavish
buttress
laconic
predilection
39. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard - Stanford - and Yale. Which one would you attend? Remember - this is only a _____ situation.
immutable
disdain
hypothetical
peripheral
40. Youth's beauty is _____; it quickly fades with age.
ambiguous
transient
impede
prevalent
41. Uninterested in philosophical or spiritual discussions - Max talked only of _____ matters - such as the daily weather forecast or the latest basketball results.
decorum
expedient
ambiguous
mundane
42. 'Any publicity is good publicity - 'said the starlet. 'If I can't have a good reputation - I'll settle for _____.'
notoriety
peripheral
predilection
predilection
43. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.
pragmatic
disparity
equivocal
turbulent
44. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. he is the most _____ man in Cayuga County.
scrutiny
reserve
garrulous
decorum
45. Stories in The New York Times often include _____ allusions to obscure people and events.
derision
adversity
deprecate
esoteric
46. Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied; be _____ about what's bothering you.
explicit
compliance
substantiate
inadvertently
47. What _____ did you use when you selected this essay as the prizewinner?
censure
recount
advocate
criterion
48. Stop giggling and wriggling around in the pew; such _____ is improper in church.
levity
altruistic
nurture
acclaim
49. Tourists are urged not to _____ the sanctity of holy places by wearing immodest garb.
haughtiness
profane
indifferent
brevity
50. Judy's great fear was that she might _____ omit a question on the exam and mismark her entire answer sheet.
apathy
exacerbate
inadvertently
juxtaposition
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