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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. Bobby was such a _____ eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.
preclude
fastidious
deprecate
juxtaposition
2. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.
eclectic
decorum
resigned
terse
3. Josh is such a greedy _____ that - as soon as the earthquake struck - he tripled the price of bottled water at his store.
opportunist
esoteric
ambiguous
embellish
4. The airline customer service agent tried to _____ the angry passenger by offering her a seat in first class.
cursory
mollify
elusive
coercion
5. Because Sal once had fallen asleep while reading War and Peace - he thought that all Russian novels were _____.
reserve
repudiate
erudite
soporific
6. A firm believer in democratic government - she could not understand the _____ of people who never bothered to vote.
disparage
apathy
impede
scrupulous
7. After separating from Tony - Tina announced that she would _____ all debts incurred by her soon-to-be-ex-husband.
subside
hyperbole
repudiate
obdurate
8. The wealthy - self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict - _____ lifestyle practiced by members of some monastic orders.
presumptuous
ascetic
ironic
scrupulous
9. Though Huck was quite willing to _____ Tom's story - Aunt Polly knew better than to believe either of them.
sporadic
corroborate
gravity
retract
10. When acacias are in bloom - the increase of pollen in the air _____ Richard's hay fever.
exacerbate
esoteric
presumptuous
strident
11. Rather than live in the crowded city center - we chose to buy a house in one of the _____ suburbs ringing the metropolis.
peripheral
rhetorical
rebuttal
reserve
12. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.
austere
peripheral
anarchy
disparage
13. The coming trip to France should provide a _____ test of the value of my conversational French class.
hierarchy
delineate
pragmatic
hypothetical
14. Disappointed in love - Miss Emily became a _____; she shut herself away in her empty mansion and refused to see another living soul.
equivocal
recluse
deprecate
usurp
15. Thirty years after the war - she could not let go of the past but was still consumed with _____ against the foe.
cryptic
belie
rancor
strident
16. The fact that the band was already booked to play in Hollywood on New year's Eve _____ their accepting the gig in London.
preclude
expedient
eulogy
compliance
17. No matter how hard Darnell tried to lure the trout into taking the bait - the fish was too _____ to catch.
aesthetic
elusive
document
condone
18. The museum curator placed the Eskimo-carved wooden totem pole in _____ with two contemporary stone masks from Africa - creating a stunning effect.
predilection
discrepancy
innocuous
juxtaposition
19. Because Ann felt no desire to marry - she was _____ to Carl's constant proposals.
cursory
erudite
reprove
indifferent
20. Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied; be _____ about what's bothering you.
document
explicit
mitigate
extol
21. The Head Start program attempts to _____ prekindergarten children so that they will do well when they enter elementary school.
ambiguous
nurture
erudite
disparity
22. 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 _____.
rancor
opulence
juxtaposition
heresy
23. This alleged fiscal crisis is no crisis at all. it is based on _____ claims about financial institutions and on scare stories about impending economic ruin.
disseminate
specious
affirmation
taciturn
24. Despite airing her clothes for several hours - she could not rid them of the _____ odor of mothballs that clung to them.
pervasive
volatile
debunk
whimsical
25. Paradoxically - _____ reasoning does not always produce incorrect results; even though your logic may be flawed - the conclusion you reach may still be correct.
aesthetic
fallacious
insipid
expedient
26. Katya's _____ love of justice moved her to champion the cause of anyone she considered unfairly treated by society.
homogeneous
pervasive
inherent
disseminate
27. The winter storm was ______; it changed course constantly.
ambivalence
substantiate
altruistic
capricious
28. Unlike Widow Douglas - who _____ Huck's minor offenses - Miss Watson did nothing but scold.
debunk
whimsical
condone
jocular
29. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. he is the most _____ man in Cayuga County.
garrulous
placate
taciturn
disparage
30. The president _____ the astronauts - whom he called 'the pioneers of the Space Age.'
superfluous
extol
terse
assumption
31. To win his audience - the speaker used every _____ trick in the book.
corroborate
explicit
emulate
rhetorical
32. Rumors of police corruption led the mayor to _____ an investigation into the department's activities.
induce
endorse
instigate
reprimand
33. 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.
allusion
credulity
autonomous
cryptic
34. It is _____ that his success came when he least wanted it.
impeccable
discrepancy
ironic
constraint
35. Whenever Sue was angry - she tried to avoid raising her voice because she had no wish to sound _____.
strident
succinct
venerate
cursory
36. The infant Mozart's parents quickly realized that their son had an _____ gift for music.
innate
adversary
oblivion
metaphor
37. The doctor assured the boy's parents that his fever would eventually _____.
profane
subside
scrutiny
preclude
38. Historically - traders and missionaries often proved themselves to be _____ explorers - bravely venturing into new territories despite the dangers involved.
recluse
reprove
decorum
interpid
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.
taciturn
nurture
surpass
predilection
40. In a fiery speech - Mario _____ his fellow students to go out on strike to protest the university's anti-affirmative action stand.
belie
incite
constraint
relegate
41. We made an _____ choice to eat at the first restaurant we saw.
affirmation
opportunist
arbitrary
guile
42. Stories in The New York Times often include _____ allusions to obscure people and events.
esoteric
detachment
discerning
assumption
43. By their use of the Internet - propagandists have been able to _____ their pet doctrines to new audiences around the globe.
debilitate
disseminate
garrulous
superfluous
44. Through the comments of the characters in his cartoon strip - Doonesbury - Gary Trudeau ridicules political corruption; his humor is _____ in nature.
satirical
instigate
recount
austere
45. Although some girls were attracted by Mark's air of _____ - Judy was put off by it - for she felt his aloofness indicated a lack of openness.
reserve
buttress
adulation
usurp
46. In the film Funny Face - the bookish heroine _____ fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests.
criterion
disdain
expedient
endorse
47. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her _____.
disseminate
scrutiny
altruistic
rebuttal
48. Flat prose and flat ginger are equally _____; both lack sparkle.
turbulent
flagrant
insipid
endorse
49. 'Any publicity is good publicity - 'said the starlet. 'If I can't have a good reputation - I'll settle for _____.'
notoriety
feasible
pervasive
credulity
50. Mother was a _____ housekeeper - unwilling to allow a single speck of dirt to mar her perfect home.
meticulous
taciturn
cursory
incongruous