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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 Widow Douglas had hopes of reforming Huck - Miss Watson considered him _____ and swore he would come to no good end.
hierarchy
mollify
equivocal
incorrigible
2. Though Aunt Bea at times had to _____ Opie for inattention in church - she believed he was at heart a God-fearing lad.
presumptuous
ostentatious
reprove
adversary
3. The rich new student tried to attract friends by making an _____ display of his wealth.
anarchy
ostentatious
whimsical
feasible
4. Though Glenn was devout - he was no _____; he never tried to force his beliefs on friends.
scrupulous
skeptic
profane
zealot
5. In Tibet today - the common people still _____ their traditional spiritual leader - the Dalai Lama.
credulity
criterion
volatile
venerate
6. By their use of the Internet - propagandists have been able to _____ their pet doctrines to new audiences around the globe.
disseminate
altruistic
extraneous
banal
7. After separating from Tony - Tina announced that she would _____ all debts incurred by her soon-to-be-ex-husband.
fastidious
repudiate
affirmation
profane
8. The stereotypical cowboy is a _____ soul - answering lengthy questions with a simple 'yep' or 'nope.'
taciturn
dismiss
cursory
recluse
9. You had better _____ your accounting errors before the auditors arrive.
acclaim
exuberance
rectify
discerning
10. As far as I'm concerned - Apple's claims about its new computer are pure _____; no machine is that good!
hyperbole
disparage
austere
detachment
11. Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their official them; his _____ were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.
redundant
proliferation
digression
erudite
12. A pragmatic politician - he was guided more by what was _____ than by what was right.
apathy
colloquial
expedient
belie
13. Although you can still hear _____ outbursts of laughter and signing outside - the Halloween parade has passed; the party is over till next year.
sporadic
astute
ambivalence
exacerbate
14. At evening block inspection - the recruits' bunk room - washroom - and gear come under the inspecting officer's close _____.
heresy
indifferent
scrutiny
expedient
15. Stop giggling and wriggling around in the pew; such _____ is improper in church.
superfluous
superficial
levity
astute
16. Psychoanalysts must maintain their professional _____ and stay uninvolved with their patients' personal lives.
assumption
quandary
detachment
anecdote
17. The defense called several respectable witnesses who were able to _____ the lying testimony of the prosecution's sole witness.
redundant
gravity
refute
incongruous
18. Paradoxically - _____ reasoning does not always produce incorrect results; even though your logic may be flawed - the conclusion you reach may still be correct.
ambivalence
relegate
fallacious
transient
19. The BP oil spill has caused _____ damage to the entire Gulf Coast.
derision
profound
gravity
insipid
20. The recent corruption scandals have _____ many people's faith in the city government.
undermine
superfluous
reprimand
ostentatious
21. Katya's _____ love of justice moved her to champion the cause of anyone she considered unfairly treated by society.
dogmatic
partisan
inherent
digression
22. 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 _____.
cursory
erudite
mundane
equivocal
23. Unlike Widow Douglas - who _____ Huck's minor offenses - Miss Watson did nothing but scold.
soporific
condone
affirmation
extol
24. An occasional glass of wine with dinner is relatively _____ and should have no ill effect on you.
concise
innocuous
superfluous
volatile
25. Judy's great fear was that she might _____ omit a question on the exam and mismark her entire answer sheet.
inadvertently
derivative
flagrant
transient
26. Youth's beauty is _____; it quickly fades with age.
rebuttal
transient
scrupulous
peripheral
27. The special prosecutor determined that the attorney general - though inept - had not intentionally set out to _____ the progress of the investigation.
impede
quandary
surreptitious
immutable
28. Even the best-mannered students have trouble behaving with _____ on the last day of school.
decorum
exacerbate
preclude
surpass
29. When the boys first met their new stepmother - they felt some _____ - but eventually they lost that initial awkwardness and talked with her comfortably.
belie
constraint
extol
laconic
30. Rejecting the candidate's _____ comments on tax reform - the reporter pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue.
apathy
nurture
assumption
equivocal
31. Bobby was such a _____ eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.
alleviate
partisan
fastidious
haughtiness
32. Denying that she advocated total _____ - Katya maintained she wished only to change our government - not to destroy it utterly.
impair
anarchy
prolific
censure
33. The president _____ the astronauts - whom he called 'the pioneers of the Space Age.'
extol
altruistic
fallacious
exuberance
34. Because she was a firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy - Miss Post _____ the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.
deprecate
superficial
undermine
reticent
35. Using only a few descriptive phrases - Austen manages to _____ the character of Mr. Collins so deftly that we can predict his every move.
substantiate
prudent
recluse
delineate
36. 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.
volatile
taciturn
mitigate
detachment
37. 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
compliance
malicious
laconic
38. The legendary athlete Jim Thorpe - who _____ all his competitors at the 1912 Olympic Games - made a name for himself in baseball - football - and track.
conciliatory
surpass
ascetic
discrepancy
39. Government agents have been known to use wiretapping and other _____ methods to spy on suspected terrorists.
surreptitious
eclectic
resigned
nurture
40. The architect realized that her design for the new school had to be in _____ with the local building code.
lethargic
discrepancy
substantiate
compliance
41. Their _____ in rank made no difference at all to the prince and Cinderella.
disparity
arbitrary
contentious
affirmation
42. The winter storm was ______; it changed course constantly.
allusion
capricious
corroborate
colloquial
43. Everyone waited to see which one of the rival candidates for city council the mayor would _____.
endorse
derivative
astute
pervasive
44. Jealous of Cinderella's beauty - her _____ stepsisters expressed their spite by forcing her to do menial tasks.
incite
disseminate
abstract
malicious
45. We could tell we were in serious trouble from the _____ of the principal's expression.
gravity
decorum
erudite
succinct
46. In providing college scholarships for economically disadvantaged youths - Eugene Lang performed a truly _____ deed.
guile
malicious
altruistic
allusion
47. Since both interpretations seemed possible - the judge could not decide which way to interpret a particularly _____ passage in the law.
disparity
assumption
oblivion
ambiguous
48. A miser hoards money - not because he is _____ - but because he is stingy.
prudent
insipid
pervasive
garrulous
49. Despite airing her clothes for several hours - she could not rid them of the _____ odor of mothballs that clung to them.
pervasive
rebuttal
incorrigible
ambivalence
50. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
lethargic
venerate
partisan
predilection