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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. At commencement - the dean praised Ellen for her _____ behavior as class president.
impede
scrutiny
exemplary
proximity
2. Uncertain which suitor she ought to accept - the princess _____ - first favoring one and then the other.
derision
incongruous
jocular
vacillate
3. 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 _____.
erudite
decorum
rancor
aesthetic
4. We could tell we were in serious trouble from the _____ of the principal's expression.
capricious
succinct
prudent
gravity
5. After medical school - the two doctors took widely _____ paths - one becoming a wealthy plastic surgeon - the other joining the nonprofit Doctors Without Borders.
retract
divergent
taciturn
ostentatious
6. Unlike Widow Douglas - who _____ Huck's minor offenses - Miss Watson did nothing but scold.
condone
corroborate
embellish
ambiguous
7. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her _____.
ascetic
rebuttal
turbulent
elusive
8. Shrewdly purchasing valuable plots of land for small sums - John Jacob Astor gained a reputation as an _____ investor.
delineate
profane
astute
emulate
9. 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.
rancor
conciliatory
mundane
benign
10. The governor's appointment of his brother-in-law to the State Supreme Court was a _____ violation of the state laws against nepotism.
rectify
flagrant
allusion
equivocal
11. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.
incongruous
advocate
concise
abstract
12. She kept all the receipts form her business trip in order to _____ her expenses for the Internal Revenue Service.
superfluous
credulity
homogeneous
document
13. When the boys first met their new stepmother - they felt some _____ - but eventually they lost that initial awkwardness and talked with her comfortably.
cryptic
inherent
constraint
recluse
14. 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.
substantiate
astute
prudent
renounce
15. Everyone waited to see which one of the rival candidates for city council the mayor would _____.
endorse
recluse
advocate
rhetorical
16. To revise a textbook properly - you must do more than make a few _____ changes to the manuscript.
heresy
levity
superficial
relegate
17. A pragmatic politician - he was guided more by what was _____ than by what was right.
expedient
oblivion
specious
instigate
18. It is _____ that his success came when he least wanted it.
exacerbate
dogmatic
substantiate
ironic
19. The doctor assured the boy's parents that his fever would eventually _____.
surpass
subside
debunk
volatile
20. The costume designer _____ the leading lady's ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.
colloquial
embellish
credulity
ephemeral
21. The bottle of wine I brought to Sharon's party was certainly _____: how was I to know that Sharon owned a winery?
innate
redundant
deprecate
discerning
22. The legendary athlete Jim Thorpe - who _____ all his competitors at the 1912 Olympic Games - made a name for himself in baseball - football - and track.
subside
surpass
advocate
disseminate
23. When Johnny came down with a bad case of poison oak - the doctor recommended calamine lotion to _____ the itching.
ambivalence
vacillate
alleviate
obdurate
24. His coarse - hard-bitten exterior _____ his inner sensitivity.
belie
eclectic
verbose
document
25. Pointing out that the candidate consistently had voted against strengthening antipollution legislation - the reporter _____ her claim that she was a fervent environmentalist.
debunk
renounce
indifferent
proliferation
26. Mother was a _____ housekeeper - unwilling to allow a single speck of dirt to mar her perfect home.
fervor
meticulous
fastidious
cursory
27. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.
succinct
resigned
censure
affirmation
28. Despite airing her clothes for several hours - she could not rid them of the _____ odor of mothballs that clung to them.
pervasive
hyperbole
refute
credulity
29. As far as I'm concerned - Apple's claims about its new computer are pure _____; no machine is that good!
contentious
hyperbole
extraneous
conciliatory
30. When acacias are in bloom - the increase of pollen in the air _____ Richard's hay fever.
exacerbate
acclaim
frivolous
fallacious
31. Nothing could shake his _____ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.
resolution
indifferent
transient
altruistic
32. The conceited rap star relished the _____ he received from his groupies and yes-men.
disdain
ostentatious
adulation
implement
33. Without additional funding - it may not be _____ to build a new stadium for the team on the city's highly developed West Side.
mitigate
compliance
predilection
feasible
34. In providing college scholarships for economically disadvantaged youths - Eugene Lang performed a truly _____ deed.
benign
altruistic
terse
adulation
35. To John - who had never missed a meal - hunger was an _____ concept - one he understood only in theory.
laconic
abstract
mundane
insipid
36. Acetone is an extremely _____ liquid: it vaporizes instantly.
superfluous
anarchy
volatile
strident
37. The glitter and _____ of the ballroom took Cinderella's breath away.
immutable
opulence
adulation
reprove
38. Because Sal once had fallen asleep while reading War and Peace - he thought that all Russian novels were _____.
instigate
turbulent
superficial
soporific
39. 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.
quandary
terse
homogeneous
turbulent
40. In a brief essay - describe a person you admire - someone whose virtues and achievements you would like to _____.
emulate
jocular
document
superficial
41. Con artists take advantage of the _____ of inexperienced Internet users to gain access to their credit card information.
coercion
credulity
elusive
obdurate
42. The coming trip to France should provide a _____ test of the value of my conversational French class.
pragmatic
jocular
brevity
haughtiness
43. Michael's severe bout of the flue _____ him so much that for a week he was too tired to go back to work.
debilitate
hypothetical
juxtaposition
recluse
44. The boss prefaced his speech by telling a pointless _____ about an encounter he'd had with former President Bush.
anecdote
prolific
innocuous
ambivalence
45. A radical committed to social change - Reed had no patience with the conservative views _____ in the America of his day.
adversary
prevalent
exemplary
profound
46. Tina was still angry despite Tony's soft and _____ words.
peripheral
elucidate
indifferent
conciliatory
47. Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their official them; his _____ were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.
digression
incorrigible
frivolous
gravity
48. 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.
reserve
proximity
vacillate
malicious
49. Instead of delivering a spoken _____ at Genny's memorial service - Jeff sang a song he had written in her honor.
eulogy
allusion
guile
dismiss
50. Whenever Sue was angry - she tried to avoid raising her voice because she had no wish to sound _____.
gregarious
strident
ambiguous
redundant