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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. The classic cowboy hero is a _____ figure - someone generally described as the strong - silent type.
elusive
laconic
peripheral
anecdote
2. 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.
garrulous
renounce
instigate
deprecate
3. Pointing out that the candidate consistently had voted against strengthening antipollution legislation - the reporter _____ her claim that she was a fervent environmentalist.
predilection
proximity
aesthetic
debunk
4. Because Carmen believed in Juan's fidelity - she _____ the notion that he might be having an affair.
immutable
ephemeral
eclectic
dismiss
5. Con artists take advantage of the _____ of inexperienced Internet users to gain access to their credit card information.
credulity
rectify
usurp
notoriety
6. In providing college scholarships for economically disadvantaged youths - Eugene Lang performed a truly _____ deed.
resolution
condone
verbose
altruistic
7. 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
adversity
elucidate
placate
8. To be low man on the totem pole is to have a decidedly inferior place in the _____.
hierarchy
acclaim
levity
debilitate
9. Youth's beauty is _____; it quickly fades with age.
elusive
aesthetic
nonchalance
transient
10. Although her early poetry was clearly _____ in nature - the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.
scrutiny
nonchalance
derivative
hierarchy
11. We made an _____ choice to eat at the first restaurant we saw.
arbitrary
censure
cursory
rhetorical
12. The young princess made the foolish _____ that the regent would not object to her taking the reins of power.
rectify
colloquial
concise
assumption
13. Politicians of both the extreme right and left annoy me because they do not sound like people but parrots mindlessly repeating _____ clich
hierarchy
incite
dismiss
dogmatic
14. Although her _____ smile and gentle bearing made Miss Marple seem to be a sweet little old lady - in reality she was a tough-minded - shrewd observer of human nature.
benign
meticulous
reticent
cursory
15. '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
zealot
inane
hierarchy
16. An occasional glass of wine with dinner is relatively _____ and should have no ill effect on you.
incongruous
innocuous
opportunist
credulity
17. You can _____ your chances of being admitted to the college of your choice by learning to write well.
ambiguous
exacerbate
hyperbole
enhance
18. Josh is such a greedy _____ that - as soon as the earthquake struck - he tripled the price of bottled water at his store.
dogmatic
opportunist
extol
conciliatory
19. The special prosecutor determined that the attorney general - though inept - had not intentionally set out to _____ the progress of the investigation.
impede
apathy
guile
predilection
20. His coarse - hard-bitten exterior _____ his inner sensitivity.
astute
zealot
belie
malicious
21. Rather than live in the crowded city center - we chose to buy a house in one of the _____ suburbs ringing the metropolis.
document
exemplary
peripheral
hypothetical
22. The Head Start program attempts to _____ prekindergarten children so that they will do well when they enter elementary school.
discrepancy
belie
elusive
nurture
23. 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.
apathy
preclude
allusion
verbose
24. Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their official them; his _____ were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.
scrutiny
fastidious
abridge
digression
25. When the boys first met their new stepmother - they felt some _____ - but eventually they lost that initial awkwardness and talked with her comfortably.
discerning
constraint
recluse
levity
26. When acacias are in bloom - the increase of pollen in the air _____ Richard's hay fever.
exacerbate
mitigate
capricious
banal
27. 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 _____.
surreptitious
heresy
soporific
obdurate
28. The young wrestler struggled to defeat his formidable _____.
erudite
placate
opportunist
adversary
29. A radical committed to social change - Reed had no patience with the conservative views _____ in the America of his day.
implement
prevalent
mitigate
proliferation
30. The wealthy - self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict - _____ lifestyle practiced by members of some monastic orders.
incite
verbose
divergent
ascetic
31. Katya's _____ love of justice moved her to champion the cause of anyone she considered unfairly treated by society.
refute
prolific
inherent
debilitate
32. When you place a phone call from an airplane - _____ is essential; you are charged for every minute.
cryptic
brevity
advocate
derivative
33. After Ralph dropped his second try of drinks that week - the manager swiftly _____ him to a minor post behind the bar.
feasible
relegate
adversary
adversity
34. Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied; be _____ about what's bothering you.
explicit
turbulent
predilection
emulate
35. Jealous of Cinderella's beauty - her _____ stepsisters expressed their spite by forcing her to do menial tasks.
abridge
resigned
malicious
arbitrary
36. Judy's great fear was that she might _____ omit a question on the exam and mismark her entire answer sheet.
inadvertently
reserve
feasible
usurp
37. No matter how hard Darnell tried to lure the trout into taking the bait - the fish was too _____ to catch.
brevity
elusive
garrulous
esoteric
38. When both Harvard and Stanford accepted Laura - she was in a _____ as to which school she should attend.
quandary
extraneous
profound
scrutiny
39. Please try not to include so many _____ details in your report; the bare facts are all I need.
divergent
equivocal
superfluous
reserve
40. Their _____ in rank made no difference at all to the prince and Cinderella.
advocate
disparity
explicit
detachment
41. We could tell we were in serious trouble from the _____ of the principal's expression.
peripheral
abridge
gravity
recluse
42. Although Eric knew the boss had no sense of humor - he couldn't resist making one _____ remark.
jocular
opportunist
concise
abstract
43. The bottle of wine I brought to Sharon's party was certainly _____: how was I to know that Sharon owned a winery?
compliance
laconic
prudent
redundant
44. Thoroughly baffled by Holmes's _____ remarks - Watson wondered whether Holmes was intentionally concealing his thoughts about the crime.
alleviate
surpass
disseminate
cryptic
45. The reviewers heaped _____ on the novice playwright - ridiculing his pretentious dialogue - flat characters - and simple-minded plot.
derision
divergent
mundane
succinct
46. Though Huck was quite willing to _____ Tom's story - Aunt Polly knew better than to believe either of them.
rectify
corroborate
explicit
pervasive
47. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard - Stanford - and Yale. Which one would you attend? Remember - this is only a _____ situation.
undermine
capricious
decorum
hypothetical
48. Tourists are urged not to _____ the sanctity of holy places by wearing immodest garb.
innocuous
rhetorical
profane
gregarious
49. In a fiery speech - Mario _____ his fellow students to go out on strike to protest the university's anti-affirmative action stand.
compliance
incite
opulence
disparage
50. She kept all the receipts form her business trip in order to _____ her expenses for the Internal Revenue Service.
abstract
extraneous
document
concise