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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. In the film Funny Face - the bookish heroine _____ fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests.
insipid
belie
jocular
disdain
2. Don't bore your audience with excess verbiage; be _____.
eclectic
succinct
anarchy
ephemeral
3. Typically - partygoers are _____; hermits are not.
austere
gregarious
assumption
presumptuous
4. The mayfly is an _____ creature; its adult life lasts little more than a day.
venerate
guile
ephemeral
garrulous
5. Please try not to include so many _____ details in your report; the bare facts are all I need.
superfluous
reprove
strident
mollify
6. Historically - traders and missionaries often proved themselves to be _____ explorers - bravely venturing into new territories despite the dangers involved.
pervasive
impair
interpid
apathy
7. Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next - she was confused by the _____ of her feelings.
extraneous
ambivalence
verbose
inherent
8. When Johnny came down with a bad case of poison oak - the doctor recommended calamine lotion to _____ the itching.
benign
alleviate
zealot
digression
9. Despite Tom's _____ of innocence - Aunt Polly suspected he had eaten the pie.
affirmation
gregarious
ironic
discrepancy
10. After separating from Tony - Tina announced that she would _____ all debts incurred by her soon-to-be-ex-husband.
repudiate
conciliatory
arbitrary
incongruous
11. It is _____ that his success came when he least wanted it.
implement
apathy
ironic
surreptitious
12. Thirty years after the war - she could not let go of the past but was still consumed with _____ against the foe.
predilection
scrutiny
disparage
rancor
13. Instead of delivering a spoken _____ at Genny's memorial service - Jeff sang a song he had written in her honor.
ambivalence
eulogy
divergent
coercion
14. Although Alfred _____ in fulfilling his duties at work - he is less conscientious about meeting his obligations at home.
scrupulous
homogeneous
conciliatory
equivocal
15. The winter storm was ______; it changed course constantly.
ambiguous
capricious
disparage
flagrant
16. Despite airing her clothes for several hours - she could not rid them of the _____ odor of mothballs that clung to them.
dismiss
compliance
debilitate
pervasive
17. The coming trip to France should provide a _____ test of the value of my conversational French class.
document
abridge
astute
pragmatic
18. As far as I'm concerned - Apple's claims about its new computer are pure _____; no machine is that good!
inherent
hyperbole
disparage
autonomous
19. Because a _____ examination of the ruins indicates the possibility of arson - we believe the insurance agency should undertake a more thorough investigation of the fire's cause.
cursory
subside
homogeneous
prudent
20. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.
censure
opulence
feasible
disparage
21. My editors must assume I'm a _____ writer; they expect me to revise six books this year.
belie
prolific
proximity
surpass
22. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted many subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
eclectic
predilection
discrepancy
altruistic
23. After a decade of popularity - Hurston's works had fallen into _____; no one bothered to read her novels and short stories any more.
oblivion
assumption
volatile
disparity
24. To revise a textbook properly - you must do more than make a few _____ changes to the manuscript.
prevalent
constraint
superficial
juxtaposition
25. Nothing could shake his _____ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.
resolution
inadvertently
enhance
ostentatious
26. Because solar energy has the power to reduce greenhouse gases and increase energy efficiency - conversion to the use of solar energy may help _____ the threat of global warming.
immutable
brevity
transient
mitigate
27. Tourists are urged not to _____ the sanctity of holy places by wearing immodest garb.
affirmation
profane
profound
specious
28. Covering the Olympic Games - the sportscasters _____ every American victory and grumbled about every American defeat.
extricate
acclaim
impede
resolution
29. Rather than live in the crowded city center - we chose to buy a house in one of the _____ suburbs ringing the metropolis.
ambivalence
vacillate
peripheral
skeptic
30. The classic cowboy hero is a _____ figure - someone generally described as the strong - silent type.
predilection
debilitate
verbose
laconic
31. There is a fine line between speech that is _____ and to the point and speech so abrupt that it verges on rudeness.
terse
austere
exemplary
adversity
32. Though Huck was quite willing to _____ Tom's story - Aunt Polly knew better than to believe either of them.
detachment
corroborate
disparity
soporific
33. We could tell we were in serious trouble from the _____ of the principal's expression.
substantiate
homogeneous
censure
gravity
34. Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their official them; his _____ were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.
malicious
digression
meticulous
surreptitious
35. His coarse - hard-bitten exterior _____ his inner sensitivity.
adversity
belie
scrupulous
interpid
36. You can _____ your chances of being admitted to the college of your choice by learning to write well.
altruistic
autonomous
scrupulous
enhance
37. The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Esther's _____ sense.
aesthetic
nonchalance
peripheral
elusive
38. The young princess made the foolish _____ that the regent would not object to her taking the reins of power.
assumption
frivolous
brevity
prolific
39. 'Judicial activism' is the alleged tendency of some judges to _____ the power of elected legislatures by making the law rather than merely interpreting it.
fallacious
usurp
sporadic
alleviate
40. Because Sal once had fallen asleep while reading War and Peace - he thought that all Russian novels were _____.
gregarious
soporific
prudent
incorrigible
41. The governor's appointment of his brother-in-law to the State Supreme Court was a _____ violation of the state laws against nepotism.
eclectic
flagrant
nurture
incongruous
42. Uncertain which suitor she ought to accept - the princess _____ - first favoring one and then the other.
pervasive
vacillate
profound
metaphor
43. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.
incongruous
specious
rebuttal
soporific
44. To John - who had never missed a meal - hunger was an _____ concept - one he understood only in theory.
brevity
embellish
abstract
surreptitious
45. Judy's great fear was that she might _____ omit a question on the exam and mismark her entire answer sheet.
inadvertently
specious
verbose
rebuttal
46. When acacias are in bloom - the increase of pollen in the air _____ Richard's hay fever.
impair
exacerbate
exuberance
allusion
47. The reviewers praised the new restaurant's _____ selection of dishes - which ranged from Asian stir fries to French ragouts and stews.
inane
hypothetical
discerning
eclectic
48. Pointing out that the candidate consistently had voted against strengthening antipollution legislation - the reporter _____ her claim that she was a fervent environmentalist.
rebuttal
retract
constraint
debunk
49. No wonder Ted doesn't think straight! His mind is so cluttered with _____ information that he can't concentrate on the essentials.
malicious
extraneous
verbose
opulence
50. Psychoanalysts must maintain their professional _____ and stay uninvolved with their patients' personal lives.
venerate
benign
immutable
detachment