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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.
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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 wealthy - self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict - _____ lifestyle practiced by members of some monastic orders.
ascetic
anecdote
ostentatious
compliance
2. Denying that she advocated total _____ - Katya maintained she wished only to change our government - not to destroy it utterly.
detachment
nonchalance
venerate
anarchy
3. 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.
immutable
renounce
substantiate
ostentatious
4. Jealous of Cinderella's beauty - her _____ stepsisters expressed their spite by forcing her to do menial tasks.
malicious
prudent
exuberance
nonchalance
5. Michael's severe bout of the flue _____ him so much that for a week he was too tired to go back to work.
contentious
altruistic
debilitate
levity
6. The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Esther's _____ sense.
credulity
aesthetic
extricate
mollify
7. 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.
reprove
inherent
reserve
heresy
8. The uncrowned queen of the fashion industry - Diana was famous for her _____ taste.
scrupulous
impede
impeccable
obdurate
9. A born storyteller - my father loved to _____ anecdotes about his early years in New York.
delineate
notoriety
affirmation
recount
10. At evening block inspection - the recruits' bunk room - washroom - and gear come under the inspecting officer's close _____.
adversity
coercion
scrutiny
reprove
11. Blind people sometimes develop a compensatory ability to sense the _____ of objects around them.
proximity
censure
adversary
recluse
12. Youth's beauty is _____; it quickly fades with age.
disdain
mitigate
frivolous
transient
13. The conceited rap star relished the _____ he received from his groupies and yes-men.
exacerbate
taciturn
placate
adulation
14. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her _____.
skeptic
rebuttal
reticent
garrulous
15. Icebreakers were needed to _____ the trapped whales from the icy floes that closed them in.
extricate
ambivalence
apathy
undermine
16. 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 _____.
heresy
condone
corroborate
soporific
17. By their use of the Internet - propagandists have been able to _____ their pet doctrines to new audiences around the globe.
volatile
pervasive
disseminate
equivocal
18. Compared to Jo - who was perfectly ready to chat with anyone about anything - Beth was _____ about what she considered personal matters.
censure
terse
heresy
reticent
19. 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.
specious
undermine
recount
elusive
20. Politicians of both the extreme right and left annoy me because they do not sound like people but parrots mindlessly repeating _____ clich
criterion
dogmatic
ephemeral
malicious
21. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.
expedient
emulate
turbulent
volatile
22. Don't bore your audience with excess verbiage; be _____.
repudiate
belie
succinct
advocate
23. The architect realized that her design for the new school had to be in _____ with the local building code.
usurp
elucidate
specious
compliance
24. At commencement - the dean praised Ellen for her _____ behavior as class president.
exemplary
predilection
ephemeral
adversary
25. There is a fine line between speech that is _____ and to the point and speech so abrupt that it verges on rudeness.
terse
condone
rectify
concise
26. We made an _____ choice to eat at the first restaurant we saw.
recount
arbitrary
decorum
adversity
27. Josh is such a greedy _____ that - as soon as the earthquake struck - he tripled the price of bottled water at his store.
opportunist
rancor
ascetic
taciturn
28. You had better _____ your accounting errors before the auditors arrive.
rectify
criterion
turbulent
fastidious
29. No wonder Ted doesn't think straight! His mind is so cluttered with _____ information that he can't concentrate on the essentials.
surpass
extraneous
incite
laconic
30. Though Aunt Bea at times had to _____ Opie for inattention in church - she believed he was at heart a God-fearing lad.
adversity
levity
ambiguous
reprove
31. The young princess made the foolish _____ that the regent would not object to her taking the reins of power.
assumption
expedient
surpass
mitigate
32. The mayfly is an _____ creature; its adult life lasts little more than a day.
dismiss
strident
ephemeral
brevity
33. The museum curator placed the Eskimo-carved wooden totem pole in _____ with two contemporary stone masks from Africa - creating a stunning effect.
erudite
inherent
brevity
juxtaposition
34. Disappointed in love - Miss Emily became a _____; she shut herself away in her empty mansion and refused to see another living soul.
expedient
recluse
profound
usurp
35. After the quarrel - Gina said nothing could _____ her to talk to Pedro again.
meticulous
heresy
induce
debunk
36. Despite airing her clothes for several hours - she could not rid them of the _____ odor of mothballs that clung to them.
opulence
eclectic
pervasive
allusion
37. Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next - she was confused by the _____ of her feelings.
resigned
ambivalence
conciliatory
abstract
38. His coarse - hard-bitten exterior _____ his inner sensitivity.
belie
inadvertently
surreptitious
preclude
39. Mother was a _____ housekeeper - unwilling to allow a single speck of dirt to mar her perfect home.
meticulous
arbitrary
alleviate
rhetorical
40. Is an old-fashioned hairstyle an apt _____ for being out of step with the times and in need of change?
explicit
repudiate
volatile
metaphor
41. Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied; be _____ about what's bothering you.
disparity
juxtaposition
explicit
erudite
42. The costume designer _____ the leading lady's ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.
retract
embellish
impair
contentious
43. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.
rebuttal
buttress
incongruous
resolution
44. The coming trip to France should provide a _____ test of the value of my conversational French class.
buttress
delineate
rancor
pragmatic
45. Flat prose and flat ginger are equally _____; both lack sparkle.
gravity
nurture
extraneous
insipid
46. Covering the Olympic Games - the sportscasters _____ every American victory and grumbled about every American defeat.
anarchy
laconic
acclaim
hierarchy
47. Government agents have been known to use wiretapping and other _____ methods to spy on suspected terrorists.
surreptitious
immutable
ascetic
metaphor
48. Because Sal once had fallen asleep while reading War and Peace - he thought that all Russian novels were _____.
transient
soporific
subside
inadvertently
49. As far as I'm concerned - Apple's claims about its new computer are pure _____; no machine is that good!
conciliatory
laconic
hyperbole
ascetic
50. I was bowled over by the _____ of Amy's welcome. What an enthusiastic greeting!
exemplary
rectify
criterion
exuberance