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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. The uncrowned queen of the fashion industry - Diana was famous for her _____ taste.
repudiate
impeccable
divergent
recluse
2. The president _____ the astronauts - whom he called 'the pioneers of the Space Age.'
aesthetic
oblivion
extol
usurp
3. Despite Tom's _____ of innocence - Aunt Polly suspected he had eaten the pie.
affirmation
taciturn
lethargic
exuberance
4. In the film Funny Face - the bookish heroine _____ fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests.
ambiguous
criterion
disdain
disseminate
5. Josh is such a greedy _____ that - as soon as the earthquake struck - he tripled the price of bottled water at his store.
explicit
opportunist
substantiate
ambivalence
6. When you place a phone call from an airplane - _____ is essential; you are charged for every minute.
renounce
brevity
indifferent
garrulous
7. The special prosecutor determined that the attorney general - though inept - had not intentionally set out to _____ the progress of the investigation.
haughtiness
lethargic
instigate
impede
8. After Ralph dropped his second try of drinks that week - the manager swiftly _____ him to a minor post behind the bar.
prevalent
relegate
extricate
autonomous
9. Because Ann felt no desire to marry - she was _____ to Carl's constant proposals.
fallacious
indifferent
colloquial
detachment
10. The mayfly is an _____ creature; its adult life lasts little more than a day.
specious
preclude
immutable
ephemeral
11. Uncertain which suitor she ought to accept - the princess _____ - first favoring one and then the other.
redundant
recount
vacillate
erudite
12. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her _____.
rebuttal
opportunist
altruistic
capricious
13. Historically - traders and missionaries often proved themselves to be _____ explorers - bravely venturing into new territories despite the dangers involved.
fastidious
induce
interpid
advocate
14. 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.
elucidate
gregarious
adulation
endorse
15. The Head Start program attempts to _____ prekindergarten children so that they will do well when they enter elementary school.
garrulous
nurture
zealot
notoriety
16. Thirty years after the war - she could not let go of the past but was still consumed with _____ against the foe.
anecdote
scrutiny
embellish
rancor
17. Whenever Sue was angry - she tried to avoid raising her voice because she had no wish to sound _____.
extol
strident
resigned
mollify
18. Times of economic hardship inevitably encourage the _____ of countless get-rich-quick schemes.
ostentatious
dogmatic
juxtaposition
proliferation
19. There is a fine line between speech that is _____ and to the point and speech so abrupt that it verges on rudeness.
embellish
sporadic
interpid
terse
20. Disappointed in love - Miss Emily became a _____; she shut herself away in her empty mansion and refused to see another living soul.
recluse
ascetic
rebuttal
incite
21. A miser hoards money - not because he is _____ - but because he is stingy.
quandary
conciliatory
enhance
prudent
22. The boss prefaced his speech by telling a pointless _____ about an encounter he'd had with former President Bush.
rebuttal
derision
gregarious
anecdote
23. To revise a textbook properly - you must do more than make a few _____ changes to the manuscript.
superficial
esoteric
levity
eclectic
24. Rejecting the candidate's _____ comments on tax reform - the reporter pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue.
specious
equivocal
proximity
succinct
25. After a decade of popularity - Hurston's works had fallen into _____; no one bothered to read her novels and short stories any more.
decorum
discrepancy
oblivion
adversary
26. The reviewers heaped _____ on the novice playwright - ridiculing his pretentious dialogue - flat characters - and simple-minded plot.
exuberance
derision
capricious
austere
27. In providing college scholarships for economically disadvantaged youths - Eugene Lang performed a truly _____ deed.
altruistic
rancor
anarchy
predilection
28. The mayor was unwilling to _____ the plan until she was sure it had the governor's backing.
implement
metaphor
mollify
colloquial
29. Someone mute cannot talk; someone _____ can hardly stop talking.
ambivalence
divergent
verbose
induce
30. After medical school - the two doctors took widely _____ paths - one becoming a wealthy plastic surgeon - the other joining the nonprofit Doctors Without Borders.
divergent
esoteric
soporific
flagrant
31. Tina was still angry despite Tony's soft and _____ words.
reticent
aesthetic
conciliatory
nurture
32. To win his audience - the speaker used every _____ trick in the book.
autonomous
retract
ambiguous
rhetorical
33. 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.
specious
elusive
anecdote
disdain
34. The stereotypical cowboy is a _____ soul - answering lengthy questions with a simple 'yep' or 'nope.'
predilection
abstract
surreptitious
taciturn
35. In Tibet today - the common people still _____ their traditional spiritual leader - the Dalai Lama.
nonchalance
astute
assumption
venerate
36. Because Sal once had fallen asleep while reading War and Peace - he thought that all Russian novels were _____.
guile
buttress
pervasive
soporific
37. Pointing out that the candidate consistently had voted against strengthening antipollution legislation - the reporter _____ her claim that she was a fervent environmentalist.
debunk
lethargic
austere
eclectic
38. The winter storm was ______; it changed course constantly.
condone
altruistic
inherent
capricious
39. The rich new student tried to attract friends by making an _____ display of his wealth.
rancor
levity
malicious
ostentatious
40. 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.
lavish
exacerbate
compliance
reserve
41. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. he is the most _____ man in Cayuga County.
endorse
garrulous
adulation
credulity
42. The wealthy - self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict - _____ lifestyle practiced by members of some monastic orders.
debunk
ascetic
exemplary
heresy
43. Through the comments of the characters in his cartoon strip - Doonesbury - Gary Trudeau ridicules political corruption; his humor is _____ in nature.
satirical
adulation
elucidate
predilection
44. The governor's appointment of his brother-in-law to the State Supreme Court was a _____ violation of the state laws against nepotism.
surreptitious
incite
flagrant
debunk
45. Othello's false friend lago uses considerable _____ to trick Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him
fallacious
altruistic
indifferent
guile
46. Katya's _____ love of justice moved her to champion the cause of anyone she considered unfairly treated by society.
predilection
credulity
inherent
prolific
47. You had better _____ your accounting errors before the auditors arrive.
prolific
innate
metaphor
rectify
48. Without additional funding - it may not be _____ to build a new stadium for the team on the city's highly developed West Side.
peripheral
erudite
constraint
feasible
49. Is an old-fashioned hairstyle an apt _____ for being out of step with the times and in need of change?
oblivion
discerning
coercion
metaphor
50. Although Nancy enjoyed Bill's _____ - lighthearted companionship - she sometimes wondered whether he could ever be serious.
exemplary
frivolous
emulate
nurture