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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. Though his fellow students considered him a gifted scholar - Paul knew he would have to spend many years in serious study before he could consider himself truly _____.
mollify
pragmatic
erudite
enhance
2. Her wealthy suitors wooed her with _____ gifts.
levity
turbulent
gravity
lavish
3. Uncertain which suitor she ought to accept - the princess _____ - first favoring one and then the other.
laconic
esoteric
proximity
vacillate
4. At commencement - the dean praised Ellen for her _____ behavior as class president.
hyperbole
soporific
quandary
exemplary
5. The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Esther's _____ sense.
adversary
esoteric
aesthetic
censure
6. A firm believer in democratic government - she could not understand the _____ of people who never bothered to vote.
specious
opportunist
retract
apathy
7. With its worn-out dialogue and predictable plot - the sitcom struck me as unbearably _____.
censure
banal
venerate
inane
8. Noticing the _____ glance the customer gave the diamond bracelet on the counter - the clerk wondered whether he had a potential shoplifter in the store.
inherent
mollify
furtive
mitigate
9. To be low man on the totem pole is to have a decidedly inferior place in the _____.
delineate
hierarchy
gregarious
disparage
10. The young wrestler struggled to defeat his formidable _____.
homogeneous
volatile
mundane
adversary
11. To win his audience - the speaker used every _____ trick in the book.
haughtiness
disparity
sporadic
rhetorical
12. By their use of the Internet - propagandists have been able to _____ their pet doctrines to new audiences around the globe.
reticent
jocular
disseminate
inadvertently
13. Typically - partygoers are _____; hermits are not.
incongruous
fastidious
eulogy
gregarious
14. The wealthy - self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict - _____ lifestyle practiced by members of some monastic orders.
ascetic
disparage
interpid
hypothetical
15. Bobby was such a _____ eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.
coercion
fastidious
recount
fervor
16. 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.
volatile
indifferent
turbulent
autonomous
17. Some of the newer - less formal passages on the SAT have a _____ tone that is intended to make them more appealing to students.
colloquial
inherent
ephemeral
adversity
18. A born storyteller - my father loved to _____ anecdotes about his early years in New York.
juxtaposition
recount
hypothetical
acclaim
19. According to Sherlock Homes - the very point that appears to complicate a case - when duly considered and scientifically handled - is the one most likely to _____ it.
obdurate
venerate
elucidate
specious
20. Stop giggling and wriggling around in the pew; such _____ is improper in church.
levity
rectify
lethargic
document
21. At evening block inspection - the recruits' bunk room - washroom - and gear come under the inspecting officer's close _____.
scrutiny
ephemeral
cursory
compliance
22. Historically - traders and missionaries often proved themselves to be _____ explorers - bravely venturing into new territories despite the dangers involved.
interpid
innocuous
superficial
enhance
23. Judy's great fear was that she might _____ omit a question on the exam and mismark her entire answer sheet.
interpid
resigned
recluse
inadvertently
24. Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied; be _____ about what's bothering you.
explicit
colloquial
ephemeral
mitigate
25. The classic cowboy hero is a _____ figure - someone generally described as the strong - silent type.
laconic
erudite
prolific
nurture
26. To revise a textbook properly - you must do more than make a few _____ changes to the manuscript.
superficial
guile
surpass
coercion
27. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.
gravity
colloquial
turbulent
haughtiness
28. On certain issues of principle - the senator refused to take a _____ stand - but let her conscience be her guide.
delineate
partisan
extol
astute
29. 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.
abstract
ambiguous
cursory
hypothetical
30. To John - who had never missed a meal - hunger was an _____ concept - one he understood only in theory.
abstract
resigned
advocate
extraneous
31. Is an old-fashioned hairstyle an apt _____ for being out of step with the times and in need of change?
relegate
adversity
repudiate
metaphor
32. When you send a message on Twitter - be _____; a tweet cannot be more than 140 characters long.
succinct
concise
mundane
flagrant
33. Although Alfred _____ in fulfilling his duties at work - he is less conscientious about meeting his obligations at home.
adversary
scrupulous
proliferation
immutable
34. Denying that she advocated total _____ - Katya maintained she wished only to change our government - not to destroy it utterly.
opportunist
anarchy
volatile
resolution
35. Dirt poor and out of work - she did not give up but continued to fight against _____.
adversity
cryptic
mundane
scrutiny
36. There is a fine line between speech that is _____ and to the point and speech so abrupt that it verges on rudeness.
brevity
allusion
terse
repudiate
37. I am a _____ about the proposed new health plan; I want some proof that it will work.
skeptic
opportunist
altruistic
rebuttal
38. Josh is such a greedy _____ that - as soon as the earthquake struck - he tripled the price of bottled water at his store.
deprecate
opportunist
endorse
arbitrary
39. You had better _____ your accounting errors before the auditors arrive.
opportunist
explicit
rectify
mundane
40. A miser hoards money - not because he is _____ - but because he is stingy.
lavish
adversity
ostentatious
prudent
41. When Elizabeth realized that Darcy considered himself too good to dance with his inferiors - she took great offense at his _____.
discerning
elucidate
levity
haughtiness
42. After separating from Tony - Tina announced that she would _____ all debts incurred by her soon-to-be-ex-husband.
repudiate
whimsical
exacerbate
decorum
43. The architect realized that her design for the new school had to be in _____ with the local building code.
volatile
compliance
strident
inherent
44. You can _____ your chances of being admitted to the college of your choice by learning to write well.
censure
enhance
taciturn
abstract
45. Though Huck was quite willing to _____ Tom's story - Aunt Polly knew better than to believe either of them.
austere
corroborate
condone
divergent
46. Looking for any inconsistency in the testimony that might exonerate his client - the defense lawyer pounced on a _____ between the two witnesses' versions of what had occurred.
adversity
divergent
inane
discrepancy
47. When acacias are in bloom - the increase of pollen in the air _____ Richard's hay fever.
ironic
dogmatic
fastidious
exacerbate
48. At the protest rally - the students cheered the strikers and booed the dean with equal _____.
fervor
indifferent
altruistic
volatile
49. The uncrowned queen of the fashion industry - Diana was famous for her _____ taste.
nurture
credulity
impeccable
contentious
50. We could tell we were in serious trouble from the _____ of the principal's expression.
gravity
superficial
soporific
decorum