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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. You had better _____ your accounting errors before the auditors arrive.
ephemeral
rectify
surpass
enhance
2. When both Harvard and Stanford accepted Laura - she was in a _____ as to which school she should attend.
scrutiny
coercion
quandary
undermine
3. Despite Tom's _____ of innocence - Aunt Polly suspected he had eaten the pie.
disparage
affirmation
extraneous
volatile
4. Cool - calm - and collected - James Bond shows remarkable _____ in the face of danger.
nonchalance
buttress
repudiate
pragmatic
5. It is _____ that his success came when he least wanted it.
fallacious
ironic
decorum
anarchy
6. A born storyteller - my father loved to _____ anecdotes about his early years in New York.
recount
anecdote
redundant
digression
7. Although defeat appeared inevitable - the general was _____ in his refusal to surrender.
quandary
ascetic
immutable
obdurate
8. Othello's false friend lago uses considerable _____ to trick Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him
taciturn
mitigate
placate
guile
9. Thoroughly baffled by Holmes's _____ remarks - Watson wondered whether Holmes was intentionally concealing his thoughts about the crime.
retract
cryptic
autonomous
fervor
10. Rather than live in the crowded city center - we chose to buy a house in one of the _____ suburbs ringing the metropolis.
obdurate
peripheral
presumptuous
skeptic
11. Pointing out that the candidate consistently had voted against strengthening antipollution legislation - the reporter _____ her claim that she was a fervent environmentalist.
undermine
proximity
debunk
immutable
12. Even the best-mannered students have trouble behaving with _____ on the last day of school.
rebuttal
exuberance
expedient
decorum
13. Shrewdly purchasing valuable plots of land for small sums - John Jacob Astor gained a reputation as an _____ investor.
cursory
ascetic
fastidious
astute
14. Uncertain which suitor she ought to accept - the princess _____ - first favoring one and then the other.
condone
cursory
scrupulous
vacillate
15. When you send a message on Twitter - be _____; a tweet cannot be more than 140 characters long.
detachment
adulation
concise
disparity
16. Tina was still angry despite Tony's soft and _____ words.
conciliatory
mundane
jocular
reserve
17. Without additional funding - it may not be _____ to build a new stadium for the team on the city's highly developed West Side.
venerate
rhetorical
feasible
recount
18. Stop giggling and wriggling around in the pew; such _____ is improper in church.
garrulous
hyperbole
relegate
levity
19. To win his audience - the speaker used every _____ trick in the book.
rhetorical
interpid
instigate
digression
20. Uninterested in philosophical or spiritual discussions - Max talked only of _____ matters - such as the daily weather forecast or the latest basketball results.
extol
brevity
specious
mundane
21. In a brief essay - describe a person you admire - someone whose virtues and achievements you would like to _____.
censure
emulate
ironic
dismiss
22. In providing college scholarships for economically disadvantaged youths - Eugene Lang performed a truly _____ deed.
colloquial
resigned
recluse
altruistic
23. Rumors of police corruption led the mayor to _____ an investigation into the department's activities.
compliance
instigate
metaphor
refute
24. The legendary athlete Jim Thorpe - who _____ all his competitors at the 1912 Olympic Games - made a name for himself in baseball - football - and track.
incongruous
banal
adulation
surpass
25. In a fiery speech - Mario _____ his fellow students to go out on strike to protest the university's anti-affirmative action stand.
incite
embellish
volatile
predilection
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.
specious
predilection
fallacious
digression
27. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. he is the most _____ man in Cayuga County.
furtive
garrulous
lavish
credulity
28. At commencement - the dean praised Ellen for her _____ behavior as class president.
exemplary
interpid
belie
hyperbole
29. At the protest rally - the students cheered the strikers and booed the dean with equal _____.
elusive
fervor
compliance
cursory
30. Because Webster's dictionary had grown so large and unwieldy - the publishers decided to _____ it and bring out a condensed version.
abridge
resolution
transient
banal
31. The defense called several respectable witnesses who were able to _____ the lying testimony of the prosecution's sole witness.
condone
lavish
refute
credulity
32. Though Glenn was devout - he was no _____; he never tried to force his beliefs on friends.
zealot
document
apathy
mitigate
33. The inquisitors used both physical and psychological _____ to force Joan of Arc to deny that her visions were sent by God.
meticulous
gregarious
coercion
proximity
34. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard - Stanford - and Yale. Which one would you attend? Remember - this is only a _____ situation.
banal
inane
strident
hypothetical
35. The infant Mozart's parents quickly realized that their son had an _____ gift for music.
derivative
predilection
innate
debunk
36. Jealous of Cinderella's beauty - her _____ stepsisters expressed their spite by forcing her to do menial tasks.
malicious
abstract
condone
contentious
37. Con artists take advantage of the _____ of inexperienced Internet users to gain access to their credit card information.
credulity
criterion
juxtaposition
partisan
38. Blind people sometimes develop a compensatory ability to sense the _____ of objects around them.
strident
interpid
furtive
proximity
39. A radical committed to social change - Reed had no patience with the conservative views _____ in the America of his day.
extol
prevalent
furtive
prudent
40. The doctor assured the boy's parents that his fever would eventually _____.
subside
exacerbate
zealot
extraneous
41. Despite airing her clothes for several hours - she could not rid them of the _____ odor of mothballs that clung to them.
pervasive
credulity
juxtaposition
levity
42. Thirty years after the war - she could not let go of the past but was still consumed with _____ against the foe.
meticulous
induce
rancor
austere
43. With its worn-out dialogue and predictable plot - the sitcom struck me as unbearably _____.
mundane
banal
garrulous
aesthetic
44. The museum curator placed the Eskimo-carved wooden totem pole in _____ with two contemporary stone masks from Africa - creating a stunning effect.
juxtaposition
incorrigible
conciliatory
fastidious
45. Instead of delivering a spoken _____ at Genny's memorial service - Jeff sang a song he had written in her honor.
erudite
reprove
mitigate
eulogy
46. Paradoxically - _____ reasoning does not always produce incorrect results; even though your logic may be flawed - the conclusion you reach may still be correct.
fallacious
eulogy
immutable
equivocal
47. Judy's great fear was that she might _____ omit a question on the exam and mismark her entire answer sheet.
inadvertently
compliance
vacillate
obdurate
48. When Elizabeth realized that Darcy considered himself too good to dance with his inferiors - she took great offense at his _____.
incongruous
lavish
haughtiness
substantiate
49. The architect realized that her design for the new school had to be in _____ with the local building code.
relegate
reprimand
austere
compliance
50. 'Judicial activism' is the alleged tendency of some judges to _____ the power of elected legislatures by making the law rather than merely interpreting it.
recount
surreptitious
usurp
reserve