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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. When Elizabeth realized that Darcy considered himself too good to dance with his inferiors - she took great offense at his _____.
meticulous
haughtiness
arbitrary
reprimand
2. Although Nancy enjoyed Bill's _____ - lighthearted companionship - she sometimes wondered whether he could ever be serious.
meticulous
frivolous
anecdote
discerning
3. 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.
mitigate
banal
inherent
ambivalence
4. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard - Stanford - and Yale. Which one would you attend? Remember - this is only a _____ situation.
quandary
hypothetical
inane
partisan
5. After separating from Tony - Tina announced that she would _____ all debts incurred by her soon-to-be-ex-husband.
eclectic
redundant
implement
repudiate
6. Thoroughly baffled by Holmes's _____ remarks - Watson wondered whether Holmes was intentionally concealing his thoughts about the crime.
alleviate
reprove
cryptic
surreptitious
7. At evening block inspection - the recruits' bunk room - washroom - and gear come under the inspecting officer's close _____.
redundant
endorse
scrutiny
succinct
8. You can _____ your chances of being admitted to the college of your choice by learning to write well.
apathy
abridge
enhance
refute
9. I was bowled over by the _____ of Amy's welcome. What an enthusiastic greeting!
interpid
exuberance
superfluous
guile
10. Acetone is an extremely _____ liquid: it vaporizes instantly.
surpass
volatile
feasible
buttress
11. The store manager tried to _____ the angry customer by offering to replace the damaged merchandise or return her money.
succinct
derivative
placate
nonchalance
12. The recent corruption scandals have _____ many people's faith in the city government.
scrutiny
undermine
enhance
partisan
13. A radical committed to social change - Reed had no patience with the conservative views _____ in the America of his day.
volatile
prevalent
taciturn
constraint
14. After the quarrel - Gina said nothing could _____ her to talk to Pedro again.
condone
ephemeral
explicit
induce
15. The president _____ the astronauts - whom he called 'the pioneers of the Space Age.'
benign
nurture
extol
explicit
16. Despite Tom's _____ of innocence - Aunt Polly suspected he had eaten the pie.
endorse
derision
affirmation
indifferent
17. 'Judicial activism' is the alleged tendency of some judges to _____ the power of elected legislatures by making the law rather than merely interpreting it.
usurp
endorse
emulate
esoteric
18. On certain issues of principle - the senator refused to take a _____ stand - but let her conscience be her guide.
ambivalence
partisan
inadvertently
recluse
19. Paradoxically - _____ reasoning does not always produce incorrect results; even though your logic may be flawed - the conclusion you reach may still be correct.
fallacious
inadvertently
inherent
benign
20. No matter how hard Darnell tried to lure the trout into taking the bait - the fish was too _____ to catch.
surreptitious
nonchalance
elusive
inane
21. We made an _____ choice to eat at the first restaurant we saw.
incite
prolific
arbitrary
rancor
22. All things change over time; nothing is _____.
gravity
immutable
heresy
reserve
23. Jealous of Cinderella's beauty - her _____ stepsisters expressed their spite by forcing her to do menial tasks.
malicious
disdain
equivocal
ambiguous
24. Typically - partygoers are _____; hermits are not.
inadvertently
advocate
preclude
gregarious
25. There's no point to what you're saying. Why are you bothering to make such _____ remarks?
inane
opportunist
erudite
taciturn
26. Disappointed in love - Miss Emily became a _____; she shut herself away in her empty mansion and refused to see another living soul.
capricious
impair
frivolous
recluse
27. The architect realized that her design for the new school had to be in _____ with the local building code.
whimsical
conciliatory
compliance
incongruous
28. The legendary athlete Jim Thorpe - who _____ all his competitors at the 1912 Olympic Games - made a name for himself in baseball - football - and track.
induce
mollify
frivolous
surpass
29. 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.
rhetorical
recount
compliance
retract
30. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her _____.
mitigate
rebuttal
deprecate
homogeneous
31. Tina was still angry despite Tony's soft and _____ words.
corroborate
expedient
conciliatory
innocuous
32. Everyone waited to see which one of the rival candidates for city council the mayor would _____.
endorse
emulate
censure
venerate
33. A pragmatic politician - he was guided more by what was _____ than by what was right.
satirical
expedient
dismiss
gregarious
34. The headmaster's _____ demeanor tended to care off the more timid students - who never visited his study willingly.
austere
turbulent
insipid
derivative
35. The attorney came up with several far-fetched arguments in a vain attempt to _____ his weak case.
reprove
digression
buttress
frivolous
36. Someone mute cannot talk; someone _____ can hardly stop talking.
verbose
benign
peripheral
oblivion
37. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.
exemplary
incongruous
mitigate
ambivalence
38. Flat prose and flat ginger are equally _____; both lack sparkle.
zealot
insipid
quandary
explicit
39. Though Huck was quite willing to _____ Tom's story - Aunt Polly knew better than to believe either of them.
corroborate
ascetic
eulogy
obdurate
40. Rather than live in the crowded city center - we chose to buy a house in one of the _____ suburbs ringing the metropolis.
peripheral
furtive
derivative
endorse
41. Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their official them; his _____ were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.
elusive
digression
extraneous
impede
42. Drinking alcohol can _____ your ability to drive safely; if you're going to drink - don't drive.
impair
discrepancy
immutable
opportunist
43. Although the University of California at Berkeley is just one part of the state university system - in many ways - Cal Berkeley is _____ - for it runs several programs that are not subject to state control.
autonomous
elucidate
superfluous
turbulent
44. With its worn-out dialogue and predictable plot - the sitcom struck me as unbearably _____.
feasible
proliferation
ambivalence
banal
45. The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Esther's _____ sense.
embellish
allusion
aesthetic
endorse
46. The defense called several respectable witnesses who were able to _____ the lying testimony of the prosecution's sole witness.
pervasive
prudent
refute
laconic
47. Mother was a _____ housekeeper - unwilling to allow a single speck of dirt to mar her perfect home.
dogmatic
meticulous
ambivalence
extol
48. Uncertain which suitor she ought to accept - the princess _____ - first favoring one and then the other.
pragmatic
recount
dogmatic
vacillate
49. When both Harvard and Stanford accepted Laura - she was in a _____ as to which school she should attend.
quandary
superficial
fervor
succinct
50. After medical school - the two doctors took widely _____ paths - one becoming a wealthy plastic surgeon - the other joining the nonprofit Doctors Without Borders.
hypothetical
guile
divergent
elusive