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grammar
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1. The BP oil spill has caused _____ damage to the entire Gulf Coast.
profound
skeptic
proximity
autonomous
2. In Tibet today - the common people still _____ their traditional spiritual leader - the Dalai Lama.
venerate
scrutiny
proximity
contentious
3. Though Aunt Bea at times had to _____ Opie for inattention in church - she believed he was at heart a God-fearing lad.
esoteric
scrupulous
reprove
vacillate
4. As far as I'm concerned - Apple's claims about its new computer are pure _____; no machine is that good!
extricate
substantiate
venerate
hyperbole
5. A miser hoards money - not because he is _____ - but because he is stingy.
prudent
exemplary
scrupulous
recluse
6. My editors must assume I'm a _____ writer; they expect me to revise six books this year.
prolific
assumption
meticulous
pragmatic
7. The conceited rap star relished the _____ he received from his groupies and yes-men.
adulation
opportunist
emulate
innate
8. Disappointed in love - Miss Emily became a _____; she shut herself away in her empty mansion and refused to see another living soul.
contentious
aesthetic
emulate
recluse
9. When Elizabeth realized that Darcy considered himself too good to dance with his inferiors - she took great offense at his _____.
haughtiness
adversity
astute
garrulous
10. When acacias are in bloom - the increase of pollen in the air _____ Richard's hay fever.
satirical
exacerbate
disparage
notoriety
11. Psychoanalysts must maintain their professional _____ and stay uninvolved with their patients' personal lives.
benign
detachment
anecdote
ostentatious
12. I was bowled over by the _____ of Amy's welcome. What an enthusiastic greeting!
exuberance
impede
obdurate
arbitrary
13. The classic cowboy hero is a _____ figure - someone generally described as the strong - silent type.
ascetic
scrutiny
laconic
verbose
14. Tourists are urged not to _____ the sanctity of holy places by wearing immodest garb.
anecdote
interpid
profane
reprimand
15. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.
extricate
endorse
skeptic
disparage
16. Though Widow Douglas had hopes of reforming Huck - Miss Watson considered him _____ and swore he would come to no good end.
oblivion
abstract
incorrigible
partisan
17. I am a _____ about the proposed new health plan; I want some proof that it will work.
skeptic
scrutiny
substantiate
instigate
18. Some of the newer - less formal passages on the SAT have a _____ tone that is intended to make them more appealing to students.
colloquial
ephemeral
explicit
mollify
19. Compared to Jo - who was perfectly ready to chat with anyone about anything - Beth was _____ about what she considered personal matters.
venerate
reticent
discerning
substantiate
20. When the boys first met their new stepmother - they felt some _____ - but eventually they lost that initial awkwardness and talked with her comfortably.
constraint
feasible
corroborate
eulogy
21. Although Eric knew the boss had no sense of humor - he couldn't resist making one _____ remark.
pervasive
jocular
assumption
ironic
22. 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.
notoriety
specious
buttress
derision
23. A pragmatic politician - he was guided more by what was _____ than by what was right.
eulogy
extol
banal
expedient
24. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.
adversary
condone
fervor
turbulent
25. Othello's false friend lago uses considerable _____ to trick Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him
guile
scrupulous
rectify
oblivion
26. When Johnny came down with a bad case of poison oak - the doctor recommended calamine lotion to _____ the itching.
discerning
ephemeral
predilection
alleviate
27. Uncertain which suitor she ought to accept - the princess _____ - first favoring one and then the other.
undermine
disparage
vacillate
autonomous
28. 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.
allusion
subside
taciturn
verbose
29. Youth's beauty is _____; it quickly fades with age.
transient
autonomous
zealot
reticent
30. Because Webster's dictionary had grown so large and unwieldy - the publishers decided to _____ it and bring out a condensed version.
abridge
colloquial
condone
flagrant
31. In a fiery speech - Mario _____ his fellow students to go out on strike to protest the university's anti-affirmative action stand.
volatile
taciturn
banal
incite
32. The governor's appointment of his brother-in-law to the State Supreme Court was a _____ violation of the state laws against nepotism.
obdurate
presumptuous
eulogy
flagrant
33. In a brief essay - describe a person you admire - someone whose virtues and achievements you would like to _____.
emulate
allusion
ambivalence
condone
34. After a decade of popularity - Hurston's works had fallen into _____; no one bothered to read her novels and short stories any more.
compliance
contentious
recount
oblivion
35. Unlike Widow Douglas - who _____ Huck's minor offenses - Miss Watson did nothing but scold.
peripheral
brevity
condone
conciliatory
36. Because Sal once had fallen asleep while reading War and Peace - he thought that all Russian novels were _____.
censure
soporific
peripheral
turbulent
37. The reviewers heaped _____ on the novice playwright - ridiculing his pretentious dialogue - flat characters - and simple-minded plot.
mollify
impeccable
anecdote
derision
38. Michael's severe bout of the flue _____ him so much that for a week he was too tired to go back to work.
debilitate
pervasive
notoriety
homogeneous
39. Bobby was such a _____ eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.
buttress
document
fastidious
disparity
40. The coming trip to France should provide a _____ test of the value of my conversational French class.
pragmatic
digression
exemplary
advocate
41. Although defeat appeared inevitable - the general was _____ in his refusal to surrender.
divergent
volatile
obdurate
verbose
42. Don't bore your audience with excess verbiage; be _____.
credulity
compliance
disparity
succinct
43. Stop giggling and wriggling around in the pew; such _____ is improper in church.
metaphor
levity
advocate
ascetic
44. The young wrestler struggled to defeat his formidable _____.
adversary
opportunist
esoteric
levity
45. You can _____ your chances of being admitted to the college of your choice by learning to write well.
mitigate
reprimand
enhance
incongruous
46. She kept all the receipts form her business trip in order to _____ her expenses for the Internal Revenue Service.
levity
scrutiny
document
criterion
47. Their _____ in rank made no difference at all to the prince and Cinderella.
benign
fastidious
disparity
abstract
48. When you send a message on Twitter - be _____; a tweet cannot be more than 140 characters long.
jocular
flagrant
concise
emulate
49. Though Huck was quite willing to _____ Tom's story - Aunt Polly knew better than to believe either of them.
corroborate
profane
altruistic
ascetic
50. Seeking the end of slavery - the abolitionists _____ freedom for the slaves.
recluse
constraint
advocate
incite
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