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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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1. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.
rectify
disparage
redundant
disparity
2. Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their official them; his _____ were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.
rebuttal
digression
divergent
detachment
3. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.
incongruous
reticent
soporific
placate
4. Every time Ermengarde made a mistake in class - she was terrified that she would receive a harsh _____ from Miss Minchin.
decorum
nurture
reprimand
guile
5. We could tell we were in serious trouble from the _____ of the principal's expression.
gravity
preclude
aesthetic
censure
6. The conceited rap star relished the _____ he received from his groupies and yes-men.
adulation
profound
venerate
disparage
7. The store manager tried to _____ the angry customer by offering to replace the damaged merchandise or return her money.
placate
pragmatic
advocate
hierarchy
8. Because Ann felt no desire to marry - she was _____ to Carl's constant proposals.
belie
zealot
indifferent
surpass
9. Nothing could shake his _____ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.
debunk
fervor
resolution
refute
10. The recent corruption scandals have _____ many people's faith in the city government.
coercion
obdurate
undermine
concise
11. Although Nancy enjoyed Bill's _____ - lighthearted companionship - she sometimes wondered whether he could ever be serious.
ironic
banal
frivolous
equivocal
12. Thirty years after the war - she could not let go of the past but was still consumed with _____ against the foe.
satirical
zealot
superficial
rancor
13. The glitter and _____ of the ballroom took Cinderella's breath away.
frivolous
opulence
venerate
apathy
14. The Beatles expressed themselves through capricious - flip humor and _____ displays of carefree abandon.
whimsical
fallacious
delineate
surreptitious
15. Josh is such a greedy _____ that - as soon as the earthquake struck - he tripled the price of bottled water at his store.
vacillate
opportunist
anarchy
delineate
16. After the quarrel - Gina said nothing could _____ her to talk to Pedro again.
impeccable
disseminate
induce
inherent
17. The classic cowboy hero is a _____ figure - someone generally described as the strong - silent type.
derision
presumptuous
rectify
laconic
18. When Elizabeth realized that Darcy considered himself too good to dance with his inferiors - she took great offense at his _____.
anarchy
impeccable
haughtiness
rancor
19. Tourists are urged not to _____ the sanctity of holy places by wearing immodest garb.
volatile
profane
zealot
profound
20. To John - who had never missed a meal - hunger was an _____ concept - one he understood only in theory.
abstract
pragmatic
indifferent
decorum
21. You had better _____ your accounting errors before the auditors arrive.
abridge
dogmatic
decorum
rectify
22. Seeking the end of slavery - the abolitionists _____ freedom for the slaves.
hypothetical
malicious
advocate
succinct
23. 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.
ironic
corroborate
discrepancy
interpid
24. Violently disagreeing with the referees' ruling - Coach Ben became so _____ that they threw him out of the game.
innate
gregarious
eclectic
contentious
25. His coarse - hard-bitten exterior _____ his inner sensitivity.
disdain
banal
allusion
belie
26. Because she was a firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy - Miss Post _____ the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.
deprecate
exuberance
refute
frivolous
27. Michael's severe bout of the flue _____ him so much that for a week he was too tired to go back to work.
incongruous
debilitate
pervasive
retract
28. Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied; be _____ about what's bothering you.
meticulous
disdain
explicit
nonchalance
29. Is an old-fashioned hairstyle an apt _____ for being out of step with the times and in need of change?
metaphor
surpass
scrutiny
whimsical
30. Everyone waited to see which one of the rival candidates for city council the mayor would _____.
endorse
eclectic
extricate
nonchalance
31. The costume designer _____ the leading lady's ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.
metaphor
embellish
advocate
recount
32. After a decade of popularity - Hurston's works had fallen into _____; no one bothered to read her novels and short stories any more.
oblivion
criterion
vacillate
levity
33. Because Carmen believed in Juan's fidelity - she _____ the notion that he might be having an affair.
scrutiny
preclude
dismiss
detachment
34. The special prosecutor determined that the attorney general - though inept - had not intentionally set out to _____ the progress of the investigation.
relegate
impede
innocuous
dogmatic
35. Through the comments of the characters in his cartoon strip - Doonesbury - Gary Trudeau ridicules political corruption; his humor is _____ in nature.
impair
exacerbate
belie
satirical
36. Despite Tom's _____ of innocence - Aunt Polly suspected he had eaten the pie.
divergent
affirmation
taciturn
explicit
37. What _____ did you use when you selected this essay as the prizewinner?
refute
venerate
criterion
induce
38. To be low man on the totem pole is to have a decidedly inferior place in the _____.
hierarchy
superficial
garrulous
decorum
39. 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.
sporadic
superfluous
enhance
retract
40. Although the movie star was no genius - she was sufficiently _____ to tell her true friends from the countless phonies who flattered her.
discerning
digression
recluse
endorse
41. She kept all the receipts form her business trip in order to _____ her expenses for the Internal Revenue Service.
gregarious
elucidate
document
dogmatic
42. Even though she knew she would be burned at the stake as a witch - Joan of Arc refused to _____ her belief that her voices came from God.
specious
renounce
guile
notoriety
43. When you send a message on Twitter - be _____; a tweet cannot be more than 140 characters long.
cursory
succinct
concise
furtive
44. The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Esther's _____ sense.
substantiate
aesthetic
extricate
opulence
45. In Tibet today - the common people still _____ their traditional spiritual leader - the Dalai Lama.
strident
venerate
turbulent
rhetorical
46. The uncrowned queen of the fashion industry - Diana was famous for her _____ taste.
impeccable
benign
arbitrary
mitigate
47. Because Webster's dictionary had grown so large and unwieldy - the publishers decided to _____ it and bring out a condensed version.
volatile
scrupulous
renounce
abridge
48. Pointing out that the candidate consistently had voted against strengthening antipollution legislation - the reporter _____ her claim that she was a fervent environmentalist.
allusion
pragmatic
debunk
transient
49. At commencement - the dean praised Ellen for her _____ behavior as class president.
exemplary
placate
lavish
criterion
50. The boss prefaced his speech by telling a pointless _____ about an encounter he'd had with former President Bush.
anecdote
dogmatic
cryptic
meticulous