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grammar
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1. Cool - calm - and collected - James Bond shows remarkable _____ in the face of danger.
elusive
nonchalance
ephemeral
compliance
2. The stereotypical cowboy is a _____ soul - answering lengthy questions with a simple 'yep' or 'nope.'
insipid
assumption
buttress
taciturn
3. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
usurp
predilection
inherent
oblivion
4. Blind people sometimes develop a compensatory ability to sense the _____ of objects around them.
feasible
proximity
gravity
alleviate
5. Using only a few descriptive phrases - Austen manages to _____ the character of Mr. Collins so deftly that we can predict his every move.
delineate
cursory
surpass
autonomous
6. In class - she tried to stay alert and listen to the professor - but the stuffy room made her _____; she felt as if she were about to nod off.
divergent
contentious
lethargic
frivolous
7. Psychoanalysts must maintain their professional _____ and stay uninvolved with their patients' personal lives.
allusion
capricious
detachment
cryptic
8. When acacias are in bloom - the increase of pollen in the air _____ Richard's hay fever.
corroborate
endorse
presumptuous
exacerbate
9. The uncrowned queen of the fashion industry - Diana was famous for her _____ taste.
oblivion
impeccable
alleviate
frivolous
10. In the film Funny Face - the bookish heroine _____ fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests.
disseminate
incite
disdain
erudite
11. Tina was still angry despite Tony's soft and _____ words.
whimsical
conciliatory
rancor
partisan
12. The museum curator placed the Eskimo-carved wooden totem pole in _____ with two contemporary stone masks from Africa - creating a stunning effect.
belie
juxtaposition
eclectic
equivocal
13. Dirt poor and out of work - she did not give up but continued to fight against _____.
adversity
benign
profound
disparage
14. Every time Ermengarde made a mistake in class - she was terrified that she would receive a harsh _____ from Miss Minchin.
lavish
corroborate
ostentatious
reprimand
15. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her _____.
adversary
rebuttal
embellish
refute
16. The legendary athlete Jim Thorpe - who _____ all his competitors at the 1912 Olympic Games - made a name for himself in baseball - football - and track.
benign
surpass
taciturn
elusive
17. No wonder Ted doesn't think straight! His mind is so cluttered with _____ information that he can't concentrate on the essentials.
taciturn
extraneous
garrulous
indifferent
18. Government agents have been known to use wiretapping and other _____ methods to spy on suspected terrorists.
succinct
debilitate
cursory
surreptitious
19. Paradoxically - _____ reasoning does not always produce incorrect results; even though your logic may be flawed - the conclusion you reach may still be correct.
guile
altruistic
adulation
fallacious
20. Though Glenn was devout - he was no _____; he never tried to force his beliefs on friends.
derivative
placate
esoteric
zealot
21. The bottle of wine I brought to Sharon's party was certainly _____: how was I to know that Sharon owned a winery?
feasible
buttress
redundant
sporadic
22. Galileo's assertion that the earth moved around the sun directly contradicted the religious teachings of his day; as a result - he was tried for _____.
heresy
aesthetic
criterion
censure
23. All things change over time; nothing is _____.
extol
debilitate
immutable
abstract
24. Though Huck was quite willing to _____ Tom's story - Aunt Polly knew better than to believe either of them.
discerning
corroborate
dismiss
extricate
25. Whenever Sue was angry - she tried to avoid raising her voice because she had no wish to sound _____.
constraint
strident
inherent
instigate
26. Flat prose and flat ginger are equally _____; both lack sparkle.
insipid
belie
metaphor
explicit
27. The BP oil spill has caused _____ damage to the entire Gulf Coast.
juxtaposition
profound
prevalent
rebuttal
28. Compared to Jo - who was perfectly ready to chat with anyone about anything - Beth was _____ about what she considered personal matters.
reticent
apathy
subside
fallacious
29. I am a _____ about the proposed new health plan; I want some proof that it will work.
skeptic
furtive
substantiate
allusion
30. There's no point to what you're saying. Why are you bothering to make such _____ remarks?
abridge
inane
adversary
laconic
31. The reviewers praised the new restaurant's _____ selection of dishes - which ranged from Asian stir fries to French ragouts and stews.
document
venerate
eclectic
laconic
32. To John - who had never missed a meal - hunger was an _____ concept - one he understood only in theory.
abstract
renounce
peripheral
guile
33. Someone mute cannot talk; someone _____ can hardly stop talking.
debilitate
ambivalence
corroborate
verbose
34. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.
vacillate
ambiguous
oblivion
disparage
35. As far as I'm concerned - Apple's claims about its new computer are pure _____; no machine is that good!
exacerbate
hyperbole
profound
rancor
36. Noticing the _____ glance the customer gave the diamond bracelet on the counter - the clerk wondered whether he had a potential shoplifter in the store.
peripheral
surreptitious
adulation
furtive
37. The boss prefaced his speech by telling a pointless _____ about an encounter he'd had with former President Bush.
anecdote
resolution
mundane
inherent
38. Politicians of both the extreme right and left annoy me because they do not sound like people but parrots mindlessly repeating _____ clich
hypothetical
reticent
dogmatic
innocuous
39. Covering the Olympic Games - the sportscasters _____ every American victory and grumbled about every American defeat.
incite
instigate
acclaim
mundane
40. Through the comments of the characters in his cartoon strip - Doonesbury - Gary Trudeau ridicules political corruption; his humor is _____ in nature.
assumption
satirical
extricate
decorum
41. Although Eric knew the boss had no sense of humor - he couldn't resist making one _____ remark.
divergent
incorrigible
notoriety
jocular
42. Although defeat appeared inevitable - the general was _____ in his refusal to surrender.
discerning
obdurate
exemplary
ironic
43. Rumors of police corruption led the mayor to _____ an investigation into the department's activities.
mundane
verbose
instigate
lavish
44. A radical committed to social change - Reed had no patience with the conservative views _____ in the America of his day.
opulence
prevalent
innocuous
anecdote
45. By their use of the Internet - propagandists have been able to _____ their pet doctrines to new audiences around the globe.
brevity
disseminate
soporific
pragmatic
46. Youth's beauty is _____; it quickly fades with age.
cryptic
surpass
scrupulous
transient
47. 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.
opulence
mundane
discrepancy
reprimand
48. Please try not to include so many _____ details in your report; the bare facts are all I need.
allusion
expedient
arbitrary
superfluous
49. The special prosecutor determined that the attorney general - though inept - had not intentionally set out to _____ the progress of the investigation.
adversary
retract
prolific
impede
50. Since both interpretations seemed possible - the judge could not decide which way to interpret a particularly _____ passage in the law.
ambiguous
superficial
emulate
dismiss
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