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Complete Advanced Sentences
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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. Using only a few descriptive phrases - Austen manages to _____ the character of Mr. Collins so deftly that we can predict his every move.
delineate
impede
acclaim
scrupulous
2. At evening block inspection - the recruits' bunk room - washroom - and gear come under the inspecting officer's close _____.
advocate
recluse
superfluous
scrutiny
3. The Beatles expressed themselves through capricious - flip humor and _____ displays of carefree abandon.
whimsical
austere
exemplary
capricious
4. It is _____ that his success came when he least wanted it.
inherent
fervor
ironic
discerning
5. A born storyteller - my father loved to _____ anecdotes about his early years in New York.
recount
inadvertently
gravity
rancor
6. 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.
impeccable
flagrant
reserve
malicious
7. The classic cowboy hero is a _____ figure - someone generally described as the strong - silent type.
laconic
retract
derivative
endorse
8. 'Any publicity is good publicity - 'said the starlet. 'If I can't have a good reputation - I'll settle for _____.'
incite
digression
coercion
notoriety
9. Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied; be _____ about what's bothering you.
erudite
obdurate
debunk
explicit
10. The recent corruption scandals have _____ many people's faith in the city government.
adversary
hyperbole
undermine
equivocal
11. The infant Mozart's parents quickly realized that their son had an _____ gift for music.
innate
incorrigible
delineate
divergent
12. Times of economic hardship inevitably encourage the _____ of countless get-rich-quick schemes.
proliferation
prudent
lethargic
decorum
13. The young princess made the foolish _____ that the regent would not object to her taking the reins of power.
embellish
assumption
mitigate
affirmation
14. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. he is the most _____ man in Cayuga County.
adulation
preclude
affirmation
garrulous
15. Though Glenn was devout - he was no _____; he never tried to force his beliefs on friends.
deprecate
brevity
alleviate
zealot
16. Tourists are urged not to _____ the sanctity of holy places by wearing immodest garb.
mollify
scrupulous
profane
hypothetical
17. Tina was still angry despite Tony's soft and _____ words.
profound
conciliatory
compliance
censure
18. At the protest rally - the students cheered the strikers and booed the dean with equal _____.
fervor
extricate
inherent
metaphor
19. Rather than live in the crowded city center - we chose to buy a house in one of the _____ suburbs ringing the metropolis.
peripheral
austere
impair
heresy
20. The headmaster's _____ demeanor tended to care off the more timid students - who never visited his study willingly.
subside
austere
condone
eulogy
21. 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.
advocate
instigate
reprove
benign
22. Although her early poetry was clearly _____ in nature - the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.
adversity
brevity
derivative
verbose
23. The reviewers heaped _____ on the novice playwright - ridiculing his pretentious dialogue - flat characters - and simple-minded plot.
abridge
explicit
derision
delineate
24. All things change over time; nothing is _____.
compliance
immutable
superficial
banal
25. I was bowled over by the _____ of Amy's welcome. What an enthusiastic greeting!
cryptic
scrupulous
exuberance
profound
26. I am a _____ about the proposed new health plan; I want some proof that it will work.
impede
incongruous
resolution
skeptic
27. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.
indifferent
benign
resigned
lethargic
28. Michael's severe bout of the flue _____ him so much that for a week he was too tired to go back to work.
deprecate
satirical
rancor
debilitate
29. Stories in The New York Times often include _____ allusions to obscure people and events.
immutable
laconic
esoteric
undermine
30. Josh is such a greedy _____ that - as soon as the earthquake struck - he tripled the price of bottled water at his store.
anecdote
levity
dogmatic
opportunist
31. Is an old-fashioned hairstyle an apt _____ for being out of step with the times and in need of change?
retract
compliance
metaphor
innocuous
32. With its worn-out dialogue and predictable plot - the sitcom struck me as unbearably _____.
banal
predilection
endorse
abstract
33. Don't bore your audience with excess verbiage; be _____.
innocuous
hypothetical
impede
succinct
34. Thirty years after the war - she could not let go of the past but was still consumed with _____ against the foe.
contentious
anecdote
debilitate
rancor
35. Covering the Olympic Games - the sportscasters _____ every American victory and grumbled about every American defeat.
compliance
acclaim
guile
eulogy
36. Stop giggling and wriggling around in the pew; such _____ is improper in church.
levity
esoteric
anarchy
eclectic
37. Instead of delivering a spoken _____ at Genny's memorial service - Jeff sang a song he had written in her honor.
elusive
disdain
hypothetical
eulogy
38. After Ralph dropped his second try of drinks that week - the manager swiftly _____ him to a minor post behind the bar.
ostentatious
prevalent
relegate
cursory
39. Because a _____ examination of the ruins indicates the possibility of arson - we believe the insurance agency should undertake a more thorough investigation of the fire's cause.
impair
cursory
inane
adulation
40. After the quarrel - Gina said nothing could _____ her to talk to Pedro again.
elusive
induce
buttress
abstract
41. Seeking the end of slavery - the abolitionists _____ freedom for the slaves.
coercion
advocate
taciturn
specious
42. Although defeat appeared inevitable - the general was _____ in his refusal to surrender.
expedient
advocate
obdurate
whimsical
43. After medical school - the two doctors took widely _____ paths - one becoming a wealthy plastic surgeon - the other joining the nonprofit Doctors Without Borders.
compliance
divergent
affirmation
prolific
44. Othello's false friend lago uses considerable _____ to trick Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him
guile
opulence
ostentatious
acclaim
45. Dirt poor and out of work - she did not give up but continued to fight against _____.
contentious
adversity
ascetic
prudent
46. Psychoanalysts must maintain their professional _____ and stay uninvolved with their patients' personal lives.
extraneous
coercion
scrutiny
detachment
47. The inquisitors used both physical and psychological _____ to force Joan of Arc to deny that her visions were sent by God.
verbose
coercion
alleviate
adversity
48. When both Harvard and Stanford accepted Laura - she was in a _____ as to which school she should attend.
indifferent
fervor
proximity
quandary
49. Cool - calm - and collected - James Bond shows remarkable _____ in the face of danger.
fervor
nonchalance
digression
debilitate
50. Unlike Widow Douglas - who _____ Huck's minor offenses - Miss Watson did nothing but scold.
condone
surreptitious
rectify
profane