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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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 senator was _____ for behavior inappropriate to a member of Congress.
altruistic
constraint
censure
volatile
2. Please try not to include so many _____ details in your report; the bare facts are all I need.
affirmation
nonchalance
hypothetical
superfluous
3. After a decade of popularity - Hurston's works had fallen into _____; no one bothered to read her novels and short stories any more.
derision
apathy
oblivion
criterion
4. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.
turbulent
pervasive
concise
extol
5. There's no point to what you're saying. Why are you bothering to make such _____ remarks?
inane
arbitrary
corroborate
hypothetical
6. At commencement - the dean praised Ellen for her _____ behavior as class president.
recluse
exemplary
constraint
prevalent
7. The doctor assured the boy's parents that his fever would eventually _____.
subside
erudite
resolution
strident
8. Because Webster's dictionary had grown so large and unwieldy - the publishers decided to _____ it and bring out a condensed version.
impede
abridge
detachment
furtive
9. Icebreakers were needed to _____ the trapped whales from the icy floes that closed them in.
incorrigible
embellish
extricate
assumption
10. In class - she tried to stay alert and listen to the professor - but the stuffy room made her _____; she felt as if she were about to nod off.
lethargic
induce
erudite
rancor
11. The young princess made the foolish _____ that the regent would not object to her taking the reins of power.
cursory
usurp
reticent
assumption
12. When Elizabeth realized that Darcy considered himself too good to dance with his inferiors - she took great offense at his _____.
criterion
hypothetical
haughtiness
inherent
13. 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 _____.
dismiss
heresy
substantiate
disparity
14. With its worn-out dialogue and predictable plot - the sitcom struck me as unbearably _____.
contentious
banal
exacerbate
explicit
15. In a brief essay - describe a person you admire - someone whose virtues and achievements you would like to _____.
garrulous
banal
decorum
emulate
16. The governor's appointment of his brother-in-law to the State Supreme Court was a _____ violation of the state laws against nepotism.
adulation
concise
flagrant
refute
17. Violently disagreeing with the referees' ruling - Coach Ben became so _____ that they threw him out of the game.
impeccable
contentious
repudiate
erudite
18. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard - Stanford - and Yale. Which one would you attend? Remember - this is only a _____ situation.
rectify
impair
discerning
hypothetical
19. The reviewers praised the new restaurant's _____ selection of dishes - which ranged from Asian stir fries to French ragouts and stews.
surreptitious
eclectic
terse
embellish
20. Thirty years after the war - she could not let go of the past but was still consumed with _____ against the foe.
heresy
rancor
pervasive
brevity
21. To John - who had never missed a meal - hunger was an _____ concept - one he understood only in theory.
constraint
colloquial
abstract
meticulous
22. Her wealthy suitors wooed her with _____ gifts.
censure
fervor
lavish
advocate
23. Though Glenn was devout - he was no _____; he never tried to force his beliefs on friends.
hypothetical
taciturn
austere
zealot
24. 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.
renounce
obdurate
metaphor
surpass
25. After the quarrel - Gina said nothing could _____ her to talk to Pedro again.
induce
notoriety
eulogy
fastidious
26. Nothing could shake his _____ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.
resolution
rancor
apathy
haughtiness
27. The mayor was unwilling to _____ the plan until she was sure it had the governor's backing.
implement
extricate
soporific
cryptic
28. Uninterested in philosophical or spiritual discussions - Max talked only of _____ matters - such as the daily weather forecast or the latest basketball results.
implement
capricious
anecdote
mundane
29. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her _____.
deprecate
assumption
mundane
rebuttal
30. As far as I'm concerned - Apple's claims about its new computer are pure _____; no machine is that good!
hierarchy
frivolous
hyperbole
obdurate
31. The Beatles expressed themselves through capricious - flip humor and _____ displays of carefree abandon.
insipid
resolution
disdain
whimsical
32. Noticing the _____ glance the customer gave the diamond bracelet on the counter - the clerk wondered whether he had a potential shoplifter in the store.
retract
furtive
inadvertently
cryptic
33. Disappointed in love - Miss Emily became a _____; she shut herself away in her empty mansion and refused to see another living soul.
debunk
surpass
recluse
elusive
34. 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
proliferation
sporadic
mundane
35. 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.
recluse
anarchy
autonomous
retract
36. Psychoanalysts must maintain their professional _____ and stay uninvolved with their patients' personal lives.
detachment
assumption
cryptic
instigate
37. An occasional glass of wine with dinner is relatively _____ and should have no ill effect on you.
reprove
vacillate
discerning
innocuous
38. To win his audience - the speaker used every _____ trick in the book.
reprimand
rhetorical
credulity
fastidious
39. Because Carmen believed in Juan's fidelity - she _____ the notion that he might be having an affair.
hypothetical
usurp
substantiate
dismiss
40. The reviewers heaped _____ on the novice playwright - ridiculing his pretentious dialogue - flat characters - and simple-minded plot.
substantiate
zealot
reserve
derision
41. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. he is the most _____ man in Cayuga County.
transient
explicit
levity
garrulous
42. Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied; be _____ about what's bothering you.
surpass
notoriety
buttress
explicit
43. 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.
discrepancy
aesthetic
prevalent
equivocal
44. It is _____ that his success came when he least wanted it.
embellish
assumption
ironic
impair
45. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.
incongruous
elusive
disdain
eclectic
46. The BP oil spill has caused _____ damage to the entire Gulf Coast.
flagrant
superfluous
profound
levity
47. The fact that the band was already booked to play in Hollywood on New year's Eve _____ their accepting the gig in London.
preclude
anarchy
impair
sporadic
48. The headmaster's _____ demeanor tended to care off the more timid students - who never visited his study willingly.
concise
austere
relegate
prevalent
49. Unlike Widow Douglas - who _____ Huck's minor offenses - Miss Watson did nothing but scold.
rectify
prevalent
levity
condone
50. Politicians of both the extreme right and left annoy me because they do not sound like people but parrots mindlessly repeating _____ clich
meticulous
dogmatic
ironic
proximity