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english
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grammar
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An occasional glass of wine with dinner is relatively _____ and should have no ill effect on you.
juxtaposition
innocuous
gregarious
specious
2. A firm believer in democratic government - she could not understand the _____ of people who never bothered to vote.
exacerbate
predilection
recount
apathy
3. Shrewdly purchasing valuable plots of land for small sums - John Jacob Astor gained a reputation as an _____ investor.
peripheral
inane
astute
undermine
4. 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.
disparage
autonomous
incorrigible
reserve
5. When you place a phone call from an airplane - _____ is essential; you are charged for every minute.
brevity
proximity
opulence
detachment
6. Othello's false friend lago uses considerable _____ to trick Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him
opportunist
dogmatic
guile
disdain
7. Thoroughly baffled by Holmes's _____ remarks - Watson wondered whether Holmes was intentionally concealing his thoughts about the crime.
cryptic
guile
renounce
rancor
8. The coming trip to France should provide a _____ test of the value of my conversational French class.
advocate
digression
pragmatic
enhance
9. A miser hoards money - not because he is _____ - but because he is stingy.
prudent
benign
austere
transient
10. Because Ann felt no desire to marry - she was _____ to Carl's constant proposals.
recluse
extol
indifferent
predilection
11. In a fiery speech - Mario _____ his fellow students to go out on strike to protest the university's anti-affirmative action stand.
incite
equivocal
strident
instigate
12. Government agents have been known to use wiretapping and other _____ methods to spy on suspected terrorists.
retract
austere
surreptitious
adversary
13. These endorsements written by satisfied customers _____ our claim that Barron's SAT is the best SAT-prep book on the market.
dismiss
disseminate
substantiate
prevalent
14. Rejecting the candidate's _____ comments on tax reform - the reporter pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue.
detachment
equivocal
ironic
proliferation
15. Since both interpretations seemed possible - the judge could not decide which way to interpret a particularly _____ passage in the law.
satirical
ambiguous
refute
whimsical
16. Without additional funding - it may not be _____ to build a new stadium for the team on the city's highly developed West Side.
decorum
feasible
derivative
digression
17. With its worn-out dialogue and predictable plot - the sitcom struck me as unbearably _____.
surreptitious
banal
abstract
usurp
18. The museum curator placed the Eskimo-carved wooden totem pole in _____ with two contemporary stone masks from Africa - creating a stunning effect.
juxtaposition
cursory
verbose
inherent
19. Unlike Widow Douglas - who _____ Huck's minor offenses - Miss Watson did nothing but scold.
condone
volatile
extraneous
peripheral
20. The defense called several respectable witnesses who were able to _____ the lying testimony of the prosecution's sole witness.
debunk
refute
resigned
divergent
21. The inquisitors used both physical and psychological _____ to force Joan of Arc to deny that her visions were sent by God.
coercion
inherent
retract
exuberance
22. When acacias are in bloom - the increase of pollen in the air _____ Richard's hay fever.
exacerbate
debilitate
inane
prevalent
23. Whenever Sue was angry - she tried to avoid raising her voice because she had no wish to sound _____.
abridge
strident
elusive
alleviate
24. When the boys first met their new stepmother - they felt some _____ - but eventually they lost that initial awkwardness and talked with her comfortably.
ostentatious
constraint
aesthetic
extricate
25. The young wrestler struggled to defeat his formidable _____.
fastidious
nonchalance
adversary
resigned
26. Paradoxically - _____ reasoning does not always produce incorrect results; even though your logic may be flawed - the conclusion you reach may still be correct.
fallacious
acclaim
decorum
delineate
27. To revise a textbook properly - you must do more than make a few _____ changes to the manuscript.
recount
mitigate
interpid
superficial
28. Flat prose and flat ginger are equally _____; both lack sparkle.
renounce
insipid
affirmation
rebuttal
29. Through the comments of the characters in his cartoon strip - Doonesbury - Gary Trudeau ridicules political corruption; his humor is _____ in nature.
turbulent
satirical
skeptic
sporadic
30. Don't bore your audience with excess verbiage; be _____.
digression
profane
succinct
zealot
31. The BP oil spill has caused _____ damage to the entire Gulf Coast.
criterion
profound
proliferation
retract
32. There is a fine line between speech that is _____ and to the point and speech so abrupt that it verges on rudeness.
terse
venerate
haughtiness
rhetorical
33. Using only a few descriptive phrases - Austen manages to _____ the character of Mr. Collins so deftly that we can predict his every move.
ambivalence
belie
fastidious
delineate
34. Although her early poetry was clearly _____ in nature - the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.
derivative
advocate
refute
disparity
35. Dirt poor and out of work - she did not give up but continued to fight against _____.
credulity
haughtiness
adversity
incite
36. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.
resigned
pervasive
disdain
anarchy
37. No matter how hard Darnell tried to lure the trout into taking the bait - the fish was too _____ to catch.
hypothetical
impair
ironic
elusive
38. It is _____ that his success came when he least wanted it.
expedient
altruistic
ironic
guile
39. Though Aunt Bea at times had to _____ Opie for inattention in church - she believed he was at heart a God-fearing lad.
constraint
verbose
reprove
surpass
40. Uncertain which suitor she ought to accept - the princess _____ - first favoring one and then the other.
strident
apathy
turbulent
vacillate
41. His coarse - hard-bitten exterior _____ his inner sensitivity.
compliance
discrepancy
belie
inadvertently
42. Because Webster's dictionary had grown so large and unwieldy - the publishers decided to _____ it and bring out a condensed version.
soporific
abridge
disseminate
conciliatory
43. Thirty years after the war - she could not let go of the past but was still consumed with _____ against the foe.
abridge
digression
opportunist
rancor
44. The architect realized that her design for the new school had to be in _____ with the local building code.
compliance
elucidate
undermine
dogmatic
45. 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.
frivolous
profane
quandary
mitigate
46. Bobby was such a _____ eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.
redundant
haughtiness
equivocal
fastidious
47. Mother was a _____ housekeeper - unwilling to allow a single speck of dirt to mar her perfect home.
meticulous
ambivalence
constraint
proliferation
48. The fact that the band was already booked to play in Hollywood on New year's Eve _____ their accepting the gig in London.
jocular
preclude
endorse
superfluous
49. 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
implement
inane
terse
50. A pragmatic politician - he was guided more by what was _____ than by what was right.
expedient
digression
discrepancy
retract
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