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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. The stereotypical cowboy is a _____ soul - answering lengthy questions with a simple 'yep' or 'nope.'
prevalent
redundant
taciturn
compliance
2. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. he is the most _____ man in Cayuga County.
rectify
acclaim
hierarchy
garrulous
3. Judy's great fear was that she might _____ omit a question on the exam and mismark her entire answer sheet.
guile
brevity
rectify
inadvertently
4. Historically - traders and missionaries often proved themselves to be _____ explorers - bravely venturing into new territories despite the dangers involved.
embellish
interpid
inane
brevity
5. Instead of delivering a spoken _____ at Genny's memorial service - Jeff sang a song he had written in her honor.
censure
eulogy
oblivion
frivolous
6. At the protest rally - the students cheered the strikers and booed the dean with equal _____.
hyperbole
extol
predilection
fervor
7. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.
repudiate
fallacious
turbulent
incite
8. The inquisitors used both physical and psychological _____ to force Joan of Arc to deny that her visions were sent by God.
meticulous
allusion
coercion
impeccable
9. We made an _____ choice to eat at the first restaurant we saw.
incongruous
arbitrary
benign
elusive
10. The governor's appointment of his brother-in-law to the State Supreme Court was a _____ violation of the state laws against nepotism.
aesthetic
oblivion
flagrant
undermine
11. 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.
reticent
allusion
debunk
impair
12. To be low man on the totem pole is to have a decidedly inferior place in the _____.
fervor
hierarchy
debunk
meticulous
13. With its worn-out dialogue and predictable plot - the sitcom struck me as unbearably _____.
resigned
banal
esoteric
incite
14. I am a _____ about the proposed new health plan; I want some proof that it will work.
prevalent
malicious
skeptic
laconic
15. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard - Stanford - and Yale. Which one would you attend? Remember - this is only a _____ situation.
ephemeral
prolific
hypothetical
adversary
16. The defense called several respectable witnesses who were able to _____ the lying testimony of the prosecution's sole witness.
presumptuous
surreptitious
refute
apathy
17. When Elizabeth realized that Darcy considered himself too good to dance with his inferiors - she took great offense at his _____.
haughtiness
heresy
pervasive
fallacious
18. The museum curator placed the Eskimo-carved wooden totem pole in _____ with two contemporary stone masks from Africa - creating a stunning effect.
austere
surreptitious
juxtaposition
coercion
19. Typically - partygoers are _____; hermits are not.
anecdote
gregarious
affirmation
allusion
20. After medical school - the two doctors took widely _____ paths - one becoming a wealthy plastic surgeon - the other joining the nonprofit Doctors Without Borders.
renounce
preclude
divergent
disdain
21. A miser hoards money - not because he is _____ - but because he is stingy.
resolution
prudent
divergent
delineate
22. When Johnny came down with a bad case of poison oak - the doctor recommended calamine lotion to _____ the itching.
abstract
affirmation
zealot
alleviate
23. Stop giggling and wriggling around in the pew; such _____ is improper in church.
ascetic
mollify
levity
pervasive
24. 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.
belie
succinct
renounce
conciliatory
25. Jealous of Cinderella's beauty - her _____ stepsisters expressed their spite by forcing her to do menial tasks.
fervor
cursory
mundane
malicious
26. At evening block inspection - the recruits' bunk room - washroom - and gear come under the inspecting officer's close _____.
derivative
superfluous
alleviate
scrutiny
27. Cool - calm - and collected - James Bond shows remarkable _____ in the face of danger.
ambivalence
ostentatious
nonchalance
belie
28. We could tell we were in serious trouble from the _____ of the principal's expression.
gravity
fallacious
predilection
brevity
29. In a brief essay - describe a person you admire - someone whose virtues and achievements you would like to _____.
criterion
venerate
emulate
pervasive
30. In the film Funny Face - the bookish heroine _____ fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests.
disdain
lavish
laconic
scrupulous
31. Since both interpretations seemed possible - the judge could not decide which way to interpret a particularly _____ passage in the law.
presumptuous
substantiate
ambiguous
ascetic
32. The bottle of wine I brought to Sharon's party was certainly _____: how was I to know that Sharon owned a winery?
disdain
insipid
redundant
innocuous
33. The legendary athlete Jim Thorpe - who _____ all his competitors at the 1912 Olympic Games - made a name for himself in baseball - football - and track.
skeptic
surpass
sporadic
peripheral
34. A firm believer in democratic government - she could not understand the _____ of people who never bothered to vote.
apathy
superficial
innocuous
reserve
35. Shrewdly purchasing valuable plots of land for small sums - John Jacob Astor gained a reputation as an _____ investor.
extricate
fastidious
astute
disdain
36. Don't bore your audience with excess verbiage; be _____.
derision
succinct
metaphor
satirical
37. The costume designer _____ the leading lady's ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.
embellish
presumptuous
juxtaposition
debilitate
38. 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.
impeccable
guile
mitigate
enhance
39. On certain issues of principle - the senator refused to take a _____ stand - but let her conscience be her guide.
levity
partisan
cursory
eulogy
40. The Beatles expressed themselves through capricious - flip humor and _____ displays of carefree abandon.
divergent
elusive
colloquial
whimsical
41. An occasional glass of wine with dinner is relatively _____ and should have no ill effect on you.
autonomous
innocuous
lethargic
derision
42. Tourists are urged not to _____ the sanctity of holy places by wearing immodest garb.
adversary
profane
terse
levity
43. 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.
abridge
discrepancy
surpass
usurp
44. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.
incongruous
resolution
mundane
whimsical
45. Uninterested in philosophical or spiritual discussions - Max talked only of _____ matters - such as the daily weather forecast or the latest basketball results.
fallacious
mundane
terse
heresy
46. Though Glenn was devout - he was no _____; he never tried to force his beliefs on friends.
exemplary
zealot
credulity
disseminate
47. Because the student body at their daughter's prep school was so _____ - they decided to send her to a school that offered greater cultural diversity.
relegate
garrulous
homogeneous
rebuttal
48. Despite Tom's _____ of innocence - Aunt Polly suspected he had eaten the pie.
affirmation
reticent
aesthetic
immutable
49. Although her early poetry was clearly _____ in nature - the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.
presumptuous
derivative
censure
malicious
50. What _____ did you use when you selected this essay as the prizewinner?
soporific
cryptic
criterion
mundane