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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. At the protest rally - the students cheered the strikers and booed the dean with equal _____.
fervor
abstract
arbitrary
preclude
2. The recent corruption scandals have _____ many people's faith in the city government.
induce
impede
undermine
apathy
3. 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.
homogeneous
arbitrary
dismiss
elucidate
4. Because Sal once had fallen asleep while reading War and Peace - he thought that all Russian novels were _____.
soporific
haughtiness
discrepancy
derivative
5. What _____ did you use when you selected this essay as the prizewinner?
innate
criterion
presumptuous
partisan
6. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.
anarchy
fallacious
resigned
emulate
7. In the film Funny Face - the bookish heroine _____ fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests.
exemplary
relegate
derision
disdain
8. Judy's great fear was that she might _____ omit a question on the exam and mismark her entire answer sheet.
proliferation
inadvertently
incongruous
credulity
9. When Johnny came down with a bad case of poison oak - the doctor recommended calamine lotion to _____ the itching.
alleviate
digression
prolific
gregarious
10. Uncertain which suitor she ought to accept - the princess _____ - first favoring one and then the other.
vacillate
cryptic
condone
allusion
11. Cool - calm - and collected - James Bond shows remarkable _____ in the face of danger.
exacerbate
nonchalance
disdain
notoriety
12. Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied; be _____ about what's bothering you.
rebuttal
explicit
opulence
venerate
13. The inquisitors used both physical and psychological _____ to force Joan of Arc to deny that her visions were sent by God.
aesthetic
incongruous
censure
coercion
14. Stop giggling and wriggling around in the pew; such _____ is improper in church.
levity
induce
divergent
indifferent
15. Rumors of police corruption led the mayor to _____ an investigation into the department's activities.
instigate
zealot
extol
fervor
16. Flat prose and flat ginger are equally _____; both lack sparkle.
belie
aesthetic
insipid
resigned
17. 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 _____.
erudite
prudent
conciliatory
opportunist
18. 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 _____.
discerning
guile
impeccable
heresy
19. With its worn-out dialogue and predictable plot - the sitcom struck me as unbearably _____.
notoriety
banal
prolific
proliferation
20. The special prosecutor determined that the attorney general - though inept - had not intentionally set out to _____ the progress of the investigation.
taciturn
impede
inadvertently
sporadic
21. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.
feasible
ascetic
turbulent
autonomous
22. When you place a phone call from an airplane - _____ is essential; you are charged for every minute.
reticent
brevity
instigate
pervasive
23. There's no point to what you're saying. Why are you bothering to make such _____ remarks?
inane
inherent
zealot
credulity
24. Because Webster's dictionary had grown so large and unwieldy - the publishers decided to _____ it and bring out a condensed version.
abridge
ironic
retract
exacerbate
25. The bottle of wine I brought to Sharon's party was certainly _____: how was I to know that Sharon owned a winery?
advocate
affirmation
redundant
austere
26. Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their official them; his _____ were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.
retract
apathy
digression
substantiate
27. I was bowled over by the _____ of Amy's welcome. What an enthusiastic greeting!
exuberance
obdurate
pragmatic
inherent
28. When you send a message on Twitter - be _____; a tweet cannot be more than 140 characters long.
impeccable
concise
juxtaposition
extol
29. At evening block inspection - the recruits' bunk room - washroom - and gear come under the inspecting officer's close _____.
acclaim
dogmatic
superficial
scrutiny
30. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.
disparage
mollify
resolution
astute
31. Blind people sometimes develop a compensatory ability to sense the _____ of objects around them.
explicit
ephemeral
specious
proximity
32. 'Judicial activism' is the alleged tendency of some judges to _____ the power of elected legislatures by making the law rather than merely interpreting it.
derision
usurp
prevalent
credulity
33. As far as I'm concerned - Apple's claims about its new computer are pure _____; no machine is that good!
extricate
hyperbole
scrupulous
debunk
34. Icebreakers were needed to _____ the trapped whales from the icy floes that closed them in.
condone
resigned
elusive
extricate
35. Someone mute cannot talk; someone _____ can hardly stop talking.
verbose
exacerbate
fastidious
rebuttal
36. These endorsements written by satisfied customers _____ our claim that Barron's SAT is the best SAT-prep book on the market.
autonomous
redundant
partisan
substantiate
37. Rather than live in the crowded city center - we chose to buy a house in one of the _____ suburbs ringing the metropolis.
aesthetic
zealot
peripheral
corroborate
38. After the quarrel - Gina said nothing could _____ her to talk to Pedro again.
autonomous
reprimand
prevalent
induce
39. Though Widow Douglas had hopes of reforming Huck - Miss Watson considered him _____ and swore he would come to no good end.
guile
frivolous
incorrigible
banal
40. Tourists are urged not to _____ the sanctity of holy places by wearing immodest garb.
satirical
discerning
equivocal
profane
41. Their _____ in rank made no difference at all to the prince and Cinderella.
impair
coercion
feasible
disparity
42. Despite airing her clothes for several hours - she could not rid them of the _____ odor of mothballs that clung to them.
elusive
banal
brevity
pervasive
43. In a brief essay - describe a person you admire - someone whose virtues and achievements you would like to _____.
impede
implement
emulate
disdain
44. The glitter and _____ of the ballroom took Cinderella's breath away.
fervor
opulence
contentious
mitigate
45. Don't bore your audience with excess verbiage; be _____.
affirmation
succinct
resolution
adversity
46. The young princess made the foolish _____ that the regent would not object to her taking the reins of power.
assumption
proliferation
document
emulate
47. Although her early poetry was clearly _____ in nature - the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.
derivative
benign
gravity
interpid
48. The governor's appointment of his brother-in-law to the State Supreme Court was a _____ violation of the state laws against nepotism.
conciliatory
reprove
flagrant
arbitrary
49. 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.
whimsical
proliferation
allusion
innate
50. Violently disagreeing with the referees' ruling - Coach Ben became so _____ that they threw him out of the game.
garrulous
contentious
induce
fastidious