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english
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grammar
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.
censure
relegate
resigned
reprimand
2. The young princess made the foolish _____ that the regent would not object to her taking the reins of power.
assumption
banal
disparity
turbulent
3. The fact that the band was already booked to play in Hollywood on New year's Eve _____ their accepting the gig in London.
furtive
interpid
preclude
meticulous
4. Although the University of California at Berkeley is just one part of the state university system - in many ways - Cal Berkeley is _____ - for it runs several programs that are not subject to state control.
autonomous
recount
acclaim
predilection
5. Dirt poor and out of work - she did not give up but continued to fight against _____.
fastidious
laconic
adversity
fallacious
6. 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.
deprecate
furtive
transient
homogeneous
7. There is a fine line between speech that is _____ and to the point and speech so abrupt that it verges on rudeness.
terse
autonomous
cryptic
conciliatory
8. Though Huck was quite willing to _____ Tom's story - Aunt Polly knew better than to believe either of them.
disparage
hyperbole
apathy
corroborate
9. The headmaster's _____ demeanor tended to care off the more timid students - who never visited his study willingly.
austere
exacerbate
extraneous
renounce
10. 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.
retract
embellish
brevity
reserve
11. The airline customer service agent tried to _____ the angry passenger by offering her a seat in first class.
notoriety
fervor
inherent
mollify
12. When both Harvard and Stanford accepted Laura - she was in a _____ as to which school she should attend.
subside
expedient
induce
quandary
13. 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
mollify
impeccable
colloquial
14. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.
derivative
incongruous
buttress
reticent
15. Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next - she was confused by the _____ of her feelings.
guile
ambivalence
subside
turbulent
16. The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Esther's _____ sense.
constraint
eclectic
aesthetic
profane
17. The Beatles expressed themselves through capricious - flip humor and _____ displays of carefree abandon.
malicious
whimsical
surreptitious
induce
18. After medical school - the two doctors took widely _____ paths - one becoming a wealthy plastic surgeon - the other joining the nonprofit Doctors Without Borders.
strident
surreptitious
ambivalence
divergent
19. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. he is the most _____ man in Cayuga County.
discerning
debilitate
metaphor
garrulous
20. The attorney came up with several far-fetched arguments in a vain attempt to _____ his weak case.
proliferation
buttress
constraint
disparity
21. A firm believer in democratic government - she could not understand the _____ of people who never bothered to vote.
apathy
opulence
ambiguous
credulity
22. At the protest rally - the students cheered the strikers and booed the dean with equal _____.
fervor
predilection
mollify
detachment
23. 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
adulation
debunk
explicit
24. When acacias are in bloom - the increase of pollen in the air _____ Richard's hay fever.
whimsical
exacerbate
redundant
constraint
25. In the film Funny Face - the bookish heroine _____ fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests.
disdain
incite
vacillate
laconic
26. Bobby was such a _____ eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.
fastidious
reticent
pragmatic
disparage
27. The BP oil spill has caused _____ damage to the entire Gulf Coast.
profound
resolution
brevity
zealot
28. Though Widow Douglas had hopes of reforming Huck - Miss Watson considered him _____ and swore he would come to no good end.
predilection
incorrigible
hierarchy
opulence
29. Rather than live in the crowded city center - we chose to buy a house in one of the _____ suburbs ringing the metropolis.
predilection
oblivion
peripheral
immutable
30. Some of the newer - less formal passages on the SAT have a _____ tone that is intended to make them more appealing to students.
terse
hierarchy
colloquial
skeptic
31. Please try not to include so many _____ details in your report; the bare facts are all I need.
elusive
superfluous
turbulent
transient
32. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.
compliance
surpass
mitigate
disparage
33. Using only a few descriptive phrases - Austen manages to _____ the character of Mr. Collins so deftly that we can predict his every move.
derivative
dogmatic
capricious
delineate
34. Drinking alcohol can _____ your ability to drive safely; if you're going to drink - don't drive.
placate
impair
reprove
vacillate
35. An occasional glass of wine with dinner is relatively _____ and should have no ill effect on you.
debunk
laconic
innocuous
emulate
36. Covering the Olympic Games - the sportscasters _____ every American victory and grumbled about every American defeat.
dogmatic
enhance
nurture
acclaim
37. Because Sal once had fallen asleep while reading War and Peace - he thought that all Russian novels were _____.
soporific
succinct
assumption
mollify
38. A born storyteller - my father loved to _____ anecdotes about his early years in New York.
recount
contentious
document
incongruous
39. The recent corruption scandals have _____ many people's faith in the city government.
undermine
prevalent
ostentatious
meticulous
40. 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.
digression
anarchy
divergent
allusion
41. Because Webster's dictionary had grown so large and unwieldy - the publishers decided to _____ it and bring out a condensed version.
vacillate
abridge
immutable
juxtaposition
42. Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied; be _____ about what's bothering you.
jocular
opulence
refute
explicit
43. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her _____.
incite
rebuttal
concise
recount
44. To win his audience - the speaker used every _____ trick in the book.
immutable
censure
interpid
rhetorical
45. What _____ did you use when you selected this essay as the prizewinner?
pragmatic
transient
endorse
criterion
46. I am a _____ about the proposed new health plan; I want some proof that it will work.
eclectic
criterion
skeptic
subside
47. She kept all the receipts form her business trip in order to _____ her expenses for the Internal Revenue Service.
abstract
instigate
document
recount
48. My editors must assume I'm a _____ writer; they expect me to revise six books this year.
enhance
induce
digression
prolific
49. Typically - partygoers are _____; hermits are not.
debilitate
gregarious
opportunist
elusive
50. With its worn-out dialogue and predictable plot - the sitcom struck me as unbearably _____.
inane
redundant
banal
ephemeral
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