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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 inquisitors used both physical and psychological _____ to force Joan of Arc to deny that her visions were sent by God.
acclaim
condone
opulence
coercion
2. The rich new student tried to attract friends by making an _____ display of his wealth.
juxtaposition
equivocal
ostentatious
anecdote
3. You can _____ your chances of being admitted to the college of your choice by learning to write well.
immutable
enhance
incorrigible
ambiguous
4. Using only a few descriptive phrases - Austen manages to _____ the character of Mr. Collins so deftly that we can predict his every move.
exacerbate
interpid
anarchy
delineate
5. Unlike Widow Douglas - who _____ Huck's minor offenses - Miss Watson did nothing but scold.
relegate
condone
obdurate
exuberance
6. The BP oil spill has caused _____ damage to the entire Gulf Coast.
expedient
mundane
profound
laconic
7. In providing college scholarships for economically disadvantaged youths - Eugene Lang performed a truly _____ deed.
disdain
incongruous
discrepancy
altruistic
8. Pointing out that the candidate consistently had voted against strengthening antipollution legislation - the reporter _____ her claim that she was a fervent environmentalist.
verbose
gregarious
debunk
esoteric
9. Drinking alcohol can _____ your ability to drive safely; if you're going to drink - don't drive.
aesthetic
heresy
obdurate
impair
10. When Johnny came down with a bad case of poison oak - the doctor recommended calamine lotion to _____ the itching.
proliferation
alleviate
credulity
strident
11. Violently disagreeing with the referees' ruling - Coach Ben became so _____ that they threw him out of the game.
contentious
scrutiny
inane
gregarious
12. The senator was _____ for behavior inappropriate to a member of Congress.
gregarious
censure
terse
disseminate
13. The infant Mozart's parents quickly realized that their son had an _____ gift for music.
innate
hierarchy
constraint
usurp
14. Because she was a firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy - Miss Post _____ the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.
capricious
proximity
deprecate
digression
15. Politicians of both the extreme right and left annoy me because they do not sound like people but parrots mindlessly repeating _____ clich
mitigate
indifferent
induce
dogmatic
16. A firm believer in democratic government - she could not understand the _____ of people who never bothered to vote.
enhance
exemplary
hypothetical
apathy
17. It is _____ that his success came when he least wanted it.
elucidate
ironic
surpass
delineate
18. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.
anarchy
strident
turbulent
discrepancy
19. After medical school - the two doctors took widely _____ paths - one becoming a wealthy plastic surgeon - the other joining the nonprofit Doctors Without Borders.
usurp
erudite
divergent
inane
20. Denying that she advocated total _____ - Katya maintained she wished only to change our government - not to destroy it utterly.
buttress
anarchy
reprove
brevity
21. The defense called several respectable witnesses who were able to _____ the lying testimony of the prosecution's sole witness.
reprimand
explicit
refute
juxtaposition
22. Though Widow Douglas had hopes of reforming Huck - Miss Watson considered him _____ and swore he would come to no good end.
ascetic
incorrigible
extricate
ephemeral
23. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her _____.
rebuttal
derivative
rhetorical
subside
24. To John - who had never missed a meal - hunger was an _____ concept - one he understood only in theory.
innate
ambiguous
resolution
abstract
25. The wealthy - self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict - _____ lifestyle practiced by members of some monastic orders.
expedient
ascetic
ironic
usurp
26. Times of economic hardship inevitably encourage the _____ of countless get-rich-quick schemes.
elucidate
proliferation
inherent
implement
27. Is an old-fashioned hairstyle an apt _____ for being out of step with the times and in need of change?
metaphor
skeptic
debilitate
lethargic
28. Her wealthy suitors wooed her with _____ gifts.
lavish
buttress
placate
disseminate
29. Some of the newer - less formal passages on the SAT have a _____ tone that is intended to make them more appealing to students.
advocate
profound
colloquial
whimsical
30. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. he is the most _____ man in Cayuga County.
partisan
garrulous
impair
belie
31. Tourists are urged not to _____ the sanctity of holy places by wearing immodest garb.
garrulous
repudiate
embellish
profane
32. In a brief essay - describe a person you admire - someone whose virtues and achievements you would like to _____.
innate
turbulent
guile
emulate
33. The Beatles expressed themselves through capricious - flip humor and _____ displays of carefree abandon.
prevalent
surpass
decorum
whimsical
34. The airline customer service agent tried to _____ the angry passenger by offering her a seat in first class.
partisan
mollify
surpass
presumptuous
35. Youth's beauty is _____; it quickly fades with age.
anarchy
volatile
erudite
transient
36. Although defeat appeared inevitable - the general was _____ in his refusal to surrender.
obdurate
scrupulous
astute
disseminate
37. In a fiery speech - Mario _____ his fellow students to go out on strike to protest the university's anti-affirmative action stand.
incite
transient
expedient
concise
38. All things change over time; nothing is _____.
profound
abstract
immutable
assumption
39. The legendary athlete Jim Thorpe - who _____ all his competitors at the 1912 Olympic Games - made a name for himself in baseball - football - and track.
document
surpass
dogmatic
compliance
40. To be low man on the totem pole is to have a decidedly inferior place in the _____.
lethargic
reticent
feasible
hierarchy
41. Though his fellow students considered him a gifted scholar - Paul knew he would have to spend many years in serious study before he could consider himself truly _____.
erudite
recount
cryptic
skeptic
42. The young princess made the foolish _____ that the regent would not object to her taking the reins of power.
repudiate
assumption
anarchy
benign
43. Seeking the end of slavery - the abolitionists _____ freedom for the slaves.
advocate
corroborate
levity
peripheral
44. 'Judicial activism' is the alleged tendency of some judges to _____ the power of elected legislatures by making the law rather than merely interpreting it.
austere
jocular
predilection
usurp
45. Because Webster's dictionary had grown so large and unwieldy - the publishers decided to _____ it and bring out a condensed version.
abridge
rectify
skeptic
dismiss
46. Tina was still angry despite Tony's soft and _____ words.
predilection
equivocal
interpid
conciliatory
47. When you place a phone call from an airplane - _____ is essential; you are charged for every minute.
credulity
whimsical
elucidate
brevity
48. 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.
allusion
contentious
abridge
guile
49. After separating from Tony - Tina announced that she would _____ all debts incurred by her soon-to-be-ex-husband.
incongruous
repudiate
terse
censure
50. After a decade of popularity - Hurston's works had fallen into _____; no one bothered to read her novels and short stories any more.
alleviate
relegate
oblivion
placate