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english
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grammar
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1. Acetone is an extremely _____ liquid: it vaporizes instantly.
skeptic
volatile
abridge
recluse
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.
ostentatious
presumptuous
mollify
capricious
3. To win his audience - the speaker used every _____ trick in the book.
fastidious
jocular
cursory
rhetorical
4. 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.
benign
banal
scrupulous
mollify
5. The classic cowboy hero is a _____ figure - someone generally described as the strong - silent type.
innate
resolution
laconic
incongruous
6. Although the movie star was no genius - she was sufficiently _____ to tell her true friends from the countless phonies who flattered her.
equivocal
discerning
succinct
metaphor
7. The infant Mozart's parents quickly realized that their son had an _____ gift for music.
mundane
homogeneous
innate
scrutiny
8. The winter storm was ______; it changed course constantly.
expedient
detachment
capricious
mitigate
9. It is _____ that his success came when he least wanted it.
equivocal
condone
allusion
ironic
10. Uncertain which suitor she ought to accept - the princess _____ - first favoring one and then the other.
decorum
profound
austere
vacillate
11. 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.
resigned
acclaim
cryptic
retract
12. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her _____.
relegate
redundant
ambivalence
rebuttal
13. Times of economic hardship inevitably encourage the _____ of countless get-rich-quick schemes.
proliferation
gravity
derision
opportunist
14. Tina was still angry despite Tony's soft and _____ words.
extraneous
sporadic
debunk
conciliatory
15. Her wealthy suitors wooed her with _____ gifts.
exemplary
credulity
quandary
lavish
16. The stereotypical cowboy is a _____ soul - answering lengthy questions with a simple 'yep' or 'nope.'
instigate
laconic
fastidious
taciturn
17. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.
austere
disparage
debilitate
succinct
18. After medical school - the two doctors took widely _____ paths - one becoming a wealthy plastic surgeon - the other joining the nonprofit Doctors Without Borders.
alleviate
aesthetic
divergent
debilitate
19. Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their official them; his _____ were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.
superficial
ephemeral
digression
incorrigible
20. The mayfly is an _____ creature; its adult life lasts little more than a day.
verbose
implement
censure
ephemeral
21. Michael's severe bout of the flue _____ him so much that for a week he was too tired to go back to work.
aesthetic
elusive
debilitate
adversity
22. Drinking alcohol can _____ your ability to drive safely; if you're going to drink - don't drive.
arbitrary
impair
autonomous
reprove
23. 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.
discerning
elusive
mollify
allusion
24. The attorney came up with several far-fetched arguments in a vain attempt to _____ his weak case.
digression
coercion
corroborate
buttress
25. The costume designer _____ the leading lady's ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.
embellish
altruistic
scrutiny
ambiguous
26. 'Judicial activism' is the alleged tendency of some judges to _____ the power of elected legislatures by making the law rather than merely interpreting it.
concise
ambiguous
malicious
usurp
27. Is an old-fashioned hairstyle an apt _____ for being out of step with the times and in need of change?
metaphor
flagrant
pragmatic
malicious
28. Jealous of Cinderella's beauty - her _____ stepsisters expressed their spite by forcing her to do menial tasks.
astute
interpid
dogmatic
malicious
29. Thirty years after the war - she could not let go of the past but was still consumed with _____ against the foe.
placate
dogmatic
rancor
transient
30. Though Aunt Bea at times had to _____ Opie for inattention in church - she believed he was at heart a God-fearing lad.
hyperbole
guile
reprove
partisan
31. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.
aesthetic
hypothetical
alleviate
turbulent
32. Whenever Sue was angry - she tried to avoid raising her voice because she had no wish to sound _____.
profane
insipid
gravity
strident
33. On certain issues of principle - the senator refused to take a _____ stand - but let her conscience be her guide.
partisan
insipid
cryptic
delineate
34. A radical committed to social change - Reed had no patience with the conservative views _____ in the America of his day.
predilection
prevalent
profound
astute
35. Galileo's assertion that the earth moved around the sun directly contradicted the religious teachings of his day; as a result - he was tried for _____.
impeccable
laconic
heresy
apathy
36. Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied; be _____ about what's bothering you.
predilection
explicit
debilitate
brevity
37. The inquisitors used both physical and psychological _____ to force Joan of Arc to deny that her visions were sent by God.
coercion
brevity
incongruous
mundane
38. Everyone waited to see which one of the rival candidates for city council the mayor would _____.
instigate
endorse
undermine
ephemeral
39. Despite airing her clothes for several hours - she could not rid them of the _____ odor of mothballs that clung to them.
incorrigible
pervasive
decorum
reprimand
40. Othello's false friend lago uses considerable _____ to trick Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him
corroborate
censure
guile
impair
41. The headmaster's _____ demeanor tended to care off the more timid students - who never visited his study willingly.
austere
esoteric
heresy
rancor
42. Youth's beauty is _____; it quickly fades with age.
lavish
indifferent
extol
transient
43. At the protest rally - the students cheered the strikers and booed the dean with equal _____.
nurture
strident
fervor
furtive
44. Unlike Widow Douglas - who _____ Huck's minor offenses - Miss Watson did nothing but scold.
contentious
malicious
condone
recluse
45. When the boys first met their new stepmother - they felt some _____ - but eventually they lost that initial awkwardness and talked with her comfortably.
constraint
gregarious
reprimand
opportunist
46. Through the comments of the characters in his cartoon strip - Doonesbury - Gary Trudeau ridicules political corruption; his humor is _____ in nature.
venerate
brevity
satirical
adversity
47. 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 _____.
advocate
malicious
terse
erudite
48. The reviewers heaped _____ on the novice playwright - ridiculing his pretentious dialogue - flat characters - and simple-minded plot.
derision
zealot
ambiguous
eulogy
49. In class - she tried to stay alert and listen to the professor - but the stuffy room made her _____; she felt as if she were about to nod off.
pervasive
ostentatious
delineate
lethargic
50. A firm believer in democratic government - she could not understand the _____ of people who never bothered to vote.
apathy
homogeneous
dismiss
anarchy
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