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Complete Advanced Sentences
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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. Since both interpretations seemed possible - the judge could not decide which way to interpret a particularly _____ passage in the law.
heresy
rancor
pragmatic
ambiguous
2. A miser hoards money - not because he is _____ - but because he is stingy.
ambiguous
cryptic
prudent
capricious
3. To revise a textbook properly - you must do more than make a few _____ changes to the manuscript.
subside
digression
superficial
opportunist
4. These endorsements written by satisfied customers _____ our claim that Barron's SAT is the best SAT-prep book on the market.
substantiate
surreptitious
impeccable
hypothetical
5. 'Judicial activism' is the alleged tendency of some judges to _____ the power of elected legislatures by making the law rather than merely interpreting it.
immutable
aesthetic
usurp
recluse
6. Because Ann felt no desire to marry - she was _____ to Carl's constant proposals.
feasible
indifferent
immutable
skeptic
7. 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.
juxtaposition
mitigate
retract
superfluous
8. Youth's beauty is _____; it quickly fades with age.
frivolous
strident
preclude
transient
9. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
predilection
prudent
colloquial
incongruous
10. Because she was a firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy - Miss Post _____ the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.
reprove
exuberance
autonomous
deprecate
11. In the film Funny Face - the bookish heroine _____ fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests.
eulogy
disdain
derision
surreptitious
12. The BP oil spill has caused _____ damage to the entire Gulf Coast.
emulate
obdurate
haughtiness
profound
13. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.
deprecate
subside
resigned
verbose
14. The young princess made the foolish _____ that the regent would not object to her taking the reins of power.
esoteric
reprimand
assumption
notoriety
15. The legendary athlete Jim Thorpe - who _____ all his competitors at the 1912 Olympic Games - made a name for himself in baseball - football - and track.
verbose
endorse
coercion
surpass
16. Though Widow Douglas had hopes of reforming Huck - Miss Watson considered him _____ and swore he would come to no good end.
placate
taciturn
incorrigible
benign
17. The stereotypical cowboy is a _____ soul - answering lengthy questions with a simple 'yep' or 'nope.'
austere
prolific
taciturn
homogeneous
18. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.
jocular
partisan
incongruous
astute
19. 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 _____.
adversary
heresy
innocuous
terse
20. His coarse - hard-bitten exterior _____ his inner sensitivity.
anarchy
homogeneous
belie
heresy
21. The store manager tried to _____ the angry customer by offering to replace the damaged merchandise or return her money.
placate
surpass
lethargic
acclaim
22. The headmaster's _____ demeanor tended to care off the more timid students - who never visited his study willingly.
ephemeral
gregarious
austere
disseminate
23. Because Sal once had fallen asleep while reading War and Peace - he thought that all Russian novels were _____.
reticent
colloquial
soporific
embellish
24. At commencement - the dean praised Ellen for her _____ behavior as class president.
credulity
insipid
disseminate
exemplary
25. Dirt poor and out of work - she did not give up but continued to fight against _____.
exuberance
adversity
concise
taciturn
26. Everyone waited to see which one of the rival candidates for city council the mayor would _____.
endorse
inane
interpid
concise
27. Katya's _____ love of justice moved her to champion the cause of anyone she considered unfairly treated by society.
usurp
derivative
inherent
presumptuous
28. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her _____.
homogeneous
compliance
succinct
rebuttal
29. The young wrestler struggled to defeat his formidable _____.
proliferation
discrepancy
adversary
mitigate
30. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard - Stanford - and Yale. Which one would you attend? Remember - this is only a _____ situation.
endorse
hypothetical
lavish
document
31. The classic cowboy hero is a _____ figure - someone generally described as the strong - silent type.
discrepancy
incongruous
laconic
credulity
32. When you place a phone call from an airplane - _____ is essential; you are charged for every minute.
criterion
aesthetic
disparage
brevity
33. Using only a few descriptive phrases - Austen manages to _____ the character of Mr. Collins so deftly that we can predict his every move.
cursory
embellish
delineate
lethargic
34. The costume designer _____ the leading lady's ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.
embellish
emulate
ascetic
exemplary
35. Don't bore your audience with excess verbiage; be _____.
divergent
succinct
advocate
reserve
36. Denying that she advocated total _____ - Katya maintained she wished only to change our government - not to destroy it utterly.
anarchy
prolific
partisan
conciliatory
37. Although Eric knew the boss had no sense of humor - he couldn't resist making one _____ remark.
endorse
flagrant
jocular
apathy
38. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.
apathy
turbulent
superficial
enhance
39. Acetone is an extremely _____ liquid: it vaporizes instantly.
allusion
succinct
fervor
volatile
40. With its worn-out dialogue and predictable plot - the sitcom struck me as unbearably _____.
specious
banal
recount
prolific
41. Tina was still angry despite Tony's soft and _____ words.
conciliatory
superficial
pervasive
strident
42. At evening block inspection - the recruits' bunk room - washroom - and gear come under the inspecting officer's close _____.
scrutiny
vacillate
eclectic
repudiate
43. The attorney came up with several far-fetched arguments in a vain attempt to _____ his weak case.
quandary
buttress
condone
banal
44. My editors must assume I'm a _____ writer; they expect me to revise six books this year.
reticent
prolific
malicious
conciliatory
45. 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.
discrepancy
aesthetic
retract
metaphor
46. Whenever Sue was angry - she tried to avoid raising her voice because she had no wish to sound _____.
strident
nonchalance
autonomous
aesthetic
47. 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.
levity
predilection
allusion
elucidate
48. When Johnny came down with a bad case of poison oak - the doctor recommended calamine lotion to _____ the itching.
rectify
alleviate
abridge
equivocal
49. Jealous of Cinderella's beauty - her _____ stepsisters expressed their spite by forcing her to do menial tasks.
garrulous
enhance
malicious
laconic
50. 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.
eulogy
cursory
derision
prevalent