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grammar
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. In a brief essay - describe a person you admire - someone whose virtues and achievements you would like to _____.
emulate
lethargic
zealot
alleviate
2. Mother was a _____ housekeeper - unwilling to allow a single speck of dirt to mar her perfect home.
meticulous
juxtaposition
turbulent
pragmatic
3. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.
altruistic
explicit
incongruous
immutable
4. Tina was still angry despite Tony's soft and _____ words.
disparity
deprecate
conciliatory
pervasive
5. 'Any publicity is good publicity - 'said the starlet. 'If I can't have a good reputation - I'll settle for _____.'
notoriety
belie
capricious
peripheral
6. Everyone waited to see which one of the rival candidates for city council the mayor would _____.
exemplary
insipid
endorse
superficial
7. Jealous of Cinderella's beauty - her _____ stepsisters expressed their spite by forcing her to do menial tasks.
erudite
malicious
corroborate
eclectic
8. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her _____.
rebuttal
adulation
apathy
inherent
9. The wealthy - self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict - _____ lifestyle practiced by members of some monastic orders.
ascetic
hyperbole
turbulent
insipid
10. The mayfly is an _____ creature; its adult life lasts little more than a day.
inane
inadvertently
gravity
ephemeral
11. Seeking the end of slavery - the abolitionists _____ freedom for the slaves.
disparity
immutable
advocate
explicit
12. The coming trip to France should provide a _____ test of the value of my conversational French class.
decorum
extricate
allusion
pragmatic
13. In Tibet today - the common people still _____ their traditional spiritual leader - the Dalai Lama.
ambiguous
venerate
brevity
belie
14. Con artists take advantage of the _____ of inexperienced Internet users to gain access to their credit card information.
eclectic
credulity
brevity
aesthetic
15. Violently disagreeing with the referees' ruling - Coach Ben became so _____ that they threw him out of the game.
contentious
prudent
extraneous
disseminate
16. After medical school - the two doctors took widely _____ paths - one becoming a wealthy plastic surgeon - the other joining the nonprofit Doctors Without Borders.
divergent
contentious
levity
vacillate
17. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.
conciliatory
turbulent
resigned
ironic
18. The president _____ the astronauts - whom he called 'the pioneers of the Space Age.'
reprove
flagrant
volatile
extol
19. Katya's _____ love of justice moved her to champion the cause of anyone she considered unfairly treated by society.
elusive
taciturn
gravity
inherent
20. We made an _____ choice to eat at the first restaurant we saw.
prevalent
arbitrary
prudent
predilection
21. In the film Funny Face - the bookish heroine _____ fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests.
furtive
disdain
dogmatic
extricate
22. Compared to Jo - who was perfectly ready to chat with anyone about anything - Beth was _____ about what she considered personal matters.
reticent
emulate
resigned
reprimand
23. Bobby was such a _____ eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.
fastidious
lavish
inadvertently
innocuous
24. Government agents have been known to use wiretapping and other _____ methods to spy on suspected terrorists.
surreptitious
corroborate
enhance
undermine
25. An occasional glass of wine with dinner is relatively _____ and should have no ill effect on you.
reticent
delineate
allusion
innocuous
26. Because Ann felt no desire to marry - she was _____ to Carl's constant proposals.
strident
disparage
elucidate
indifferent
27. Nothing could shake his _____ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.
reprimand
resolution
incongruous
surreptitious
28. When Elizabeth realized that Darcy considered himself too good to dance with his inferiors - she took great offense at his _____.
haughtiness
heresy
turbulent
colloquial
29. Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next - she was confused by the _____ of her feelings.
superficial
disparity
ambivalence
jocular
30. The infant Mozart's parents quickly realized that their son had an _____ gift for music.
esoteric
predilection
innate
verbose
31. 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.
derision
reserve
discerning
resolution
32. By their use of the Internet - propagandists have been able to _____ their pet doctrines to new audiences around the globe.
anecdote
disseminate
alleviate
venerate
33. Even the best-mannered students have trouble behaving with _____ on the last day of school.
alleviate
reserve
decorum
disparage
34. Since both interpretations seemed possible - the judge could not decide which way to interpret a particularly _____ passage in the law.
inherent
satirical
acclaim
ambiguous
35. The bottle of wine I brought to Sharon's party was certainly _____: how was I to know that Sharon owned a winery?
reticent
redundant
impeccable
aesthetic
36. To win his audience - the speaker used every _____ trick in the book.
soporific
autonomous
rhetorical
satirical
37. No wonder Ted doesn't think straight! His mind is so cluttered with _____ information that he can't concentrate on the essentials.
constraint
specious
extraneous
eclectic
38. Pointing out that the candidate consistently had voted against strengthening antipollution legislation - the reporter _____ her claim that she was a fervent environmentalist.
debunk
indifferent
peripheral
preclude
39. 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.
relegate
acclaim
verbose
specious
40. At the protest rally - the students cheered the strikers and booed the dean with equal _____.
concise
fervor
venerate
elusive
41. The boss prefaced his speech by telling a pointless _____ about an encounter he'd had with former President Bush.
disparity
obdurate
ephemeral
anecdote
42. Rather than live in the crowded city center - we chose to buy a house in one of the _____ suburbs ringing the metropolis.
superfluous
peripheral
concise
resolution
43. 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.
debilitate
impair
mitigate
allusion
44. Acetone is an extremely _____ liquid: it vaporizes instantly.
soporific
superficial
prolific
volatile
45. In providing college scholarships for economically disadvantaged youths - Eugene Lang performed a truly _____ deed.
affirmation
impede
altruistic
interpid
46. The doctor assured the boy's parents that his fever would eventually _____.
proximity
subside
abridge
feasible
47. 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.
advocate
superficial
renounce
volatile
48. The mayor was unwilling to _____ the plan until she was sure it had the governor's backing.
resigned
proliferation
implement
discrepancy
49. Othello's false friend lago uses considerable _____ to trick Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him
guile
homogeneous
condone
interpid
50. Rejecting the candidate's _____ comments on tax reform - the reporter pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue.
fastidious
strident
reprimand
equivocal
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