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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.
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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. We made an _____ choice to eat at the first restaurant we saw.
inherent
arbitrary
autonomous
deprecate
2. The reviewers praised the new restaurant's _____ selection of dishes - which ranged from Asian stir fries to French ragouts and stews.
induce
ambiguous
eclectic
affirmation
3. When you send a message on Twitter - be _____; a tweet cannot be more than 140 characters long.
concise
autonomous
austere
gregarious
4. Denying that she advocated total _____ - Katya maintained she wished only to change our government - not to destroy it utterly.
anarchy
prolific
deprecate
fastidious
5. Although defeat appeared inevitable - the general was _____ in his refusal to surrender.
quandary
frivolous
mundane
obdurate
6. 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.
aesthetic
lethargic
impede
scrutiny
7. The museum curator placed the Eskimo-carved wooden totem pole in _____ with two contemporary stone masks from Africa - creating a stunning effect.
refute
juxtaposition
resigned
disparage
8. The wealthy - self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict - _____ lifestyle practiced by members of some monastic orders.
superficial
taciturn
ascetic
strident
9. The BP oil spill has caused _____ damage to the entire Gulf Coast.
terse
soporific
profound
colloquial
10. The classic cowboy hero is a _____ figure - someone generally described as the strong - silent type.
reserve
laconic
preclude
inadvertently
11. 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.
prolific
adversity
sporadic
benign
12. Acetone is an extremely _____ liquid: it vaporizes instantly.
astute
digression
volatile
constraint
13. Since both interpretations seemed possible - the judge could not decide which way to interpret a particularly _____ passage in the law.
usurp
corroborate
ambiguous
surreptitious
14. She kept all the receipts form her business trip in order to _____ her expenses for the Internal Revenue Service.
conciliatory
insipid
document
indifferent
15. Youth's beauty is _____; it quickly fades with age.
transient
strident
elusive
resigned
16. The young princess made the foolish _____ that the regent would not object to her taking the reins of power.
frivolous
terse
assumption
flagrant
17. Uninterested in philosophical or spiritual discussions - Max talked only of _____ matters - such as the daily weather forecast or the latest basketball results.
zealot
retract
extricate
mundane
18. To John - who had never missed a meal - hunger was an _____ concept - one he understood only in theory.
discrepancy
explicit
feasible
abstract
19. The coming trip to France should provide a _____ test of the value of my conversational French class.
succinct
extol
pragmatic
malicious
20. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.
incongruous
austere
fastidious
laconic
21. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.
resigned
superfluous
taciturn
enhance
22. The doctor assured the boy's parents that his fever would eventually _____.
subside
specious
lethargic
zealot
23. Noticing the _____ glance the customer gave the diamond bracelet on the counter - the clerk wondered whether he had a potential shoplifter in the store.
adversary
furtive
incongruous
eulogy
24. Bobby was such a _____ eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.
proliferation
resigned
frivolous
fastidious
25. When both Harvard and Stanford accepted Laura - she was in a _____ as to which school she should attend.
coercion
incongruous
quandary
hypothetical
26. Nothing could shake his _____ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.
innocuous
repudiate
resolution
alleviate
27. Katya's _____ love of justice moved her to champion the cause of anyone she considered unfairly treated by society.
inherent
contentious
compliance
impair
28. Instead of delivering a spoken _____ at Genny's memorial service - Jeff sang a song he had written in her honor.
incongruous
discerning
fallacious
eulogy
29. Without additional funding - it may not be _____ to build a new stadium for the team on the city's highly developed West Side.
furtive
concise
feasible
credulity
30. Typically - partygoers are _____; hermits are not.
skeptic
gregarious
instigate
profound
31. The Head Start program attempts to _____ prekindergarten children so that they will do well when they enter elementary school.
ironic
nurture
eulogy
prevalent
32. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted many subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
succinct
deprecate
predilection
guile
33. Othello's false friend lago uses considerable _____ to trick Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him
contentious
proximity
guile
scrupulous
34. The legendary athlete Jim Thorpe - who _____ all his competitors at the 1912 Olympic Games - made a name for himself in baseball - football - and track.
rectify
surpass
taciturn
impede
35. The costume designer _____ the leading lady's ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.
satirical
pragmatic
embellish
affirmation
36. Times of economic hardship inevitably encourage the _____ of countless get-rich-quick schemes.
proliferation
reticent
coercion
rhetorical
37. Politicians of both the extreme right and left annoy me because they do not sound like people but parrots mindlessly repeating _____ clich
lavish
adversary
fastidious
dogmatic
38. A firm believer in democratic government - she could not understand the _____ of people who never bothered to vote.
apathy
predilection
renounce
rectify
39. The glitter and _____ of the ballroom took Cinderella's breath away.
disdain
opulence
notoriety
benign
40. Because Carmen believed in Juan's fidelity - she _____ the notion that he might be having an affair.
dismiss
equivocal
contentious
juxtaposition
41. To be low man on the totem pole is to have a decidedly inferior place in the _____.
meticulous
extricate
rancor
hierarchy
42. All things change over time; nothing is _____.
taciturn
immutable
usurp
heresy
43. When Elizabeth realized that Darcy considered himself too good to dance with his inferiors - she took great offense at his _____.
retract
profane
haughtiness
preclude
44. Psychoanalysts must maintain their professional _____ and stay uninvolved with their patients' personal lives.
detachment
deprecate
buttress
affirmation
45. Although Eric knew the boss had no sense of humor - he couldn't resist making one _____ remark.
mitigate
jocular
strident
abstract
46. No wonder Ted doesn't think straight! His mind is so cluttered with _____ information that he can't concentrate on the essentials.
compliance
extraneous
frivolous
conciliatory
47. There is a fine line between speech that is _____ and to the point and speech so abrupt that it verges on rudeness.
terse
taciturn
contentious
obdurate
48. You can _____ your chances of being admitted to the college of your choice by learning to write well.
enhance
abstract
inane
garrulous
49. Rumors of police corruption led the mayor to _____ an investigation into the department's activities.
instigate
scrutiny
discrepancy
disparage
50. Cool - calm - and collected - James Bond shows remarkable _____ in the face of danger.
hyperbole
nurture
pragmatic
nonchalance