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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. Because Carmen believed in Juan's fidelity - she _____ the notion that he might be having an affair.
satirical
rancor
ephemeral
dismiss
2. Uncertain which suitor she ought to accept - the princess _____ - first favoring one and then the other.
constraint
vacillate
peripheral
placate
3. The headmaster's _____ demeanor tended to care off the more timid students - who never visited his study willingly.
heresy
austere
transient
belie
4. The mayor was unwilling to _____ the plan until she was sure it had the governor's backing.
implement
disparity
skeptic
haughtiness
5. Because Webster's dictionary had grown so large and unwieldy - the publishers decided to _____ it and bring out a condensed version.
abridge
ascetic
recount
rectify
6. Judy's great fear was that she might _____ omit a question on the exam and mismark her entire answer sheet.
alleviate
lethargic
inadvertently
reticent
7. A pragmatic politician - he was guided more by what was _____ than by what was right.
expedient
nurture
concise
document
8. My editors must assume I'm a _____ writer; they expect me to revise six books this year.
endorse
brevity
prolific
capricious
9. Noticing the _____ glance the customer gave the diamond bracelet on the counter - the clerk wondered whether he had a potential shoplifter in the store.
capricious
surpass
furtive
peripheral
10. Jealous of Cinderella's beauty - her _____ stepsisters expressed their spite by forcing her to do menial tasks.
peripheral
malicious
fastidious
subside
11. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.
retract
implement
ironic
resigned
12. The stereotypical cowboy is a _____ soul - answering lengthy questions with a simple 'yep' or 'nope.'
relegate
taciturn
discrepancy
rebuttal
13. 'Judicial activism' is the alleged tendency of some judges to _____ the power of elected legislatures by making the law rather than merely interpreting it.
apathy
autonomous
usurp
debilitate
14. No wonder Ted doesn't think straight! His mind is so cluttered with _____ information that he can't concentrate on the essentials.
extraneous
immutable
recluse
predilection
15. Tourists are urged not to _____ the sanctity of holy places by wearing immodest garb.
homogeneous
disparity
discrepancy
profane
16. The glitter and _____ of the ballroom took Cinderella's breath away.
delineate
soporific
surpass
opulence
17. We made an _____ choice to eat at the first restaurant we saw.
arbitrary
belie
discrepancy
adulation
18. Denying that she advocated total _____ - Katya maintained she wished only to change our government - not to destroy it utterly.
superficial
redundant
anarchy
predilection
19. Othello's false friend lago uses considerable _____ to trick Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him
reprimand
whimsical
impede
guile
20. The president _____ the astronauts - whom he called 'the pioneers of the Space Age.'
disparage
rectify
heresy
extol
21. To John - who had never missed a meal - hunger was an _____ concept - one he understood only in theory.
immutable
abstract
anecdote
gravity
22. Unlike Widow Douglas - who _____ Huck's minor offenses - Miss Watson did nothing but scold.
condone
malicious
undermine
repudiate
23. Katya's _____ love of justice moved her to champion the cause of anyone she considered unfairly treated by society.
ephemeral
venerate
acclaim
inherent
24. The fact that the band was already booked to play in Hollywood on New year's Eve _____ their accepting the gig in London.
preclude
obdurate
predilection
debilitate
25. 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.
impair
specious
zealot
homogeneous
26. The architect realized that her design for the new school had to be in _____ with the local building code.
banal
fastidious
compliance
colloquial
27. It is _____ that his success came when he least wanted it.
ironic
frivolous
abridge
mitigate
28. The winter storm was ______; it changed course constantly.
capricious
prevalent
dogmatic
ephemeral
29. You had better _____ your accounting errors before the auditors arrive.
metaphor
rectify
emulate
strident
30. Although defeat appeared inevitable - the general was _____ in his refusal to surrender.
preclude
fastidious
incorrigible
obdurate
31. Politicians of both the extreme right and left annoy me because they do not sound like people but parrots mindlessly repeating _____ clich
dogmatic
furtive
colloquial
coercion
32. An occasional glass of wine with dinner is relatively _____ and should have no ill effect on you.
innocuous
oblivion
astute
levity
33. After medical school - the two doctors took widely _____ paths - one becoming a wealthy plastic surgeon - the other joining the nonprofit Doctors Without Borders.
divergent
extricate
pragmatic
nonchalance
34. Don't bore your audience with excess verbiage; be _____.
succinct
lavish
fervor
taciturn
35. What _____ did you use when you selected this essay as the prizewinner?
vacillate
decorum
resigned
criterion
36. Because Ann felt no desire to marry - she was _____ to Carl's constant proposals.
extricate
indifferent
incorrigible
insipid
37. In the film Funny Face - the bookish heroine _____ fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests.
mollify
disdain
insipid
terse
38. Times of economic hardship inevitably encourage the _____ of countless get-rich-quick schemes.
proliferation
inane
embellish
transient
39. The senator was _____ for behavior inappropriate to a member of Congress.
credulity
colloquial
quandary
censure
40. Thoroughly baffled by Holmes's _____ remarks - Watson wondered whether Holmes was intentionally concealing his thoughts about the crime.
exuberance
adulation
cryptic
soporific
41. Through the comments of the characters in his cartoon strip - Doonesbury - Gary Trudeau ridicules political corruption; his humor is _____ in nature.
heresy
satirical
guile
relegate
42. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.
profane
elusive
turbulent
disdain
43. The uncrowned queen of the fashion industry - Diana was famous for her _____ taste.
colloquial
impeccable
disparage
austere
44. The young princess made the foolish _____ that the regent would not object to her taking the reins of power.
assumption
incorrigible
contentious
undermine
45. Because Sal once had fallen asleep while reading War and Peace - he thought that all Russian novels were _____.
ephemeral
aesthetic
succinct
soporific
46. Please try not to include so many _____ details in your report; the bare facts are all I need.
superfluous
brevity
apathy
soporific
47. Despite airing her clothes for several hours - she could not rid them of the _____ odor of mothballs that clung to them.
compliance
pervasive
incongruous
sporadic
48. Rejecting the candidate's _____ comments on tax reform - the reporter pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue.
equivocal
divergent
fallacious
discerning
49. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted many subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
predilection
corroborate
discrepancy
concise
50. After Ralph dropped his second try of drinks that week - the manager swiftly _____ him to a minor post behind the bar.
censure
affirmation
relegate
feasible