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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. Their _____ in rank made no difference at all to the prince and Cinderella.
disparity
corroborate
adversity
subside
2. There is a fine line between speech that is _____ and to the point and speech so abrupt that it verges on rudeness.
taciturn
terse
pervasive
elusive
3. Because Carmen believed in Juan's fidelity - she _____ the notion that he might be having an affair.
innocuous
autonomous
ostentatious
dismiss
4. Because she was a firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy - Miss Post _____ the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.
acclaim
compliance
document
deprecate
5. The uncrowned queen of the fashion industry - Diana was famous for her _____ taste.
satirical
nonchalance
impeccable
resigned
6. Through the comments of the characters in his cartoon strip - Doonesbury - Gary Trudeau ridicules political corruption; his humor is _____ in nature.
explicit
meticulous
satirical
quandary
7. By their use of the Internet - propagandists have been able to _____ their pet doctrines to new audiences around the globe.
prevalent
disseminate
fallacious
capricious
8. At commencement - the dean praised Ellen for her _____ behavior as class president.
rhetorical
repudiate
exemplary
adversary
9. When Elizabeth realized that Darcy considered himself too good to dance with his inferiors - she took great offense at his _____.
ambiguous
ephemeral
haughtiness
decorum
10. The president _____ the astronauts - whom he called 'the pioneers of the Space Age.'
extol
belie
whimsical
furtive
11. Historically - traders and missionaries often proved themselves to be _____ explorers - bravely venturing into new territories despite the dangers involved.
ostentatious
gregarious
interpid
colloquial
12. Tina was still angry despite Tony's soft and _____ words.
apathy
affirmation
debunk
conciliatory
13. Some of the newer - less formal passages on the SAT have a _____ tone that is intended to make them more appealing to students.
colloquial
hyperbole
incongruous
benign
14. An occasional glass of wine with dinner is relatively _____ and should have no ill effect on you.
innocuous
affirmation
adversity
debunk
15. Although you can still hear _____ outbursts of laughter and signing outside - the Halloween parade has passed; the party is over till next year.
sporadic
acclaim
scrutiny
innate
16. In the film Funny Face - the bookish heroine _____ fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests.
disdain
proliferation
derivative
jocular
17. At the protest rally - the students cheered the strikers and booed the dean with equal _____.
endorse
peripheral
fervor
dismiss
18. Although the movie star was no genius - she was sufficiently _____ to tell her true friends from the countless phonies who flattered her.
discerning
retract
feasible
mitigate
19. The boss prefaced his speech by telling a pointless _____ about an encounter he'd had with former President Bush.
disparity
presumptuous
anecdote
lavish
20. Because the student body at their daughter's prep school was so _____ - they decided to send her to a school that offered greater cultural diversity.
homogeneous
benign
exemplary
extricate
21. The young princess made the foolish _____ that the regent would not object to her taking the reins of power.
sporadic
nonchalance
assumption
recluse
22. Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied; be _____ about what's bothering you.
nonchalance
specious
explicit
embellish
23. Josh is such a greedy _____ that - as soon as the earthquake struck - he tripled the price of bottled water at his store.
satirical
quandary
opportunist
decorum
24. To be low man on the totem pole is to have a decidedly inferior place in the _____.
preclude
hierarchy
innocuous
vacillate
25. Using only a few descriptive phrases - Austen manages to _____ the character of Mr. Collins so deftly that we can predict his every move.
delineate
quandary
jocular
eclectic
26. 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.
inane
credulity
reserve
coercion
27. The young wrestler struggled to defeat his formidable _____.
erudite
opportunist
adversary
ephemeral
28. His coarse - hard-bitten exterior _____ his inner sensitivity.
belie
volatile
preclude
impair
29. The coming trip to France should provide a _____ test of the value of my conversational French class.
pragmatic
surpass
allusion
instigate
30. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.
juxtaposition
disparage
inane
prolific
31. Politicians of both the extreme right and left annoy me because they do not sound like people but parrots mindlessly repeating _____ clich
embellish
preclude
heresy
dogmatic
32. A pragmatic politician - he was guided more by what was _____ than by what was right.
expedient
eulogy
compliance
opulence
33. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard - Stanford - and Yale. Which one would you attend? Remember - this is only a _____ situation.
hypothetical
indifferent
recount
guile
34. The architect realized that her design for the new school had to be in _____ with the local building code.
prolific
proliferation
compliance
affirmation
35. Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next - she was confused by the _____ of her feelings.
superfluous
arbitrary
profane
ambivalence
36. Michael's severe bout of the flue _____ him so much that for a week he was too tired to go back to work.
hyperbole
debilitate
innocuous
obdurate
37. Stories in The New York Times often include _____ allusions to obscure people and events.
juxtaposition
peripheral
esoteric
repudiate
38. The Head Start program attempts to _____ prekindergarten children so that they will do well when they enter elementary school.
skeptic
usurp
juxtaposition
nurture
39. Mother was a _____ housekeeper - unwilling to allow a single speck of dirt to mar her perfect home.
reprove
contentious
meticulous
altruistic
40. The fact that the band was already booked to play in Hollywood on New year's Eve _____ their accepting the gig in London.
hierarchy
preclude
gravity
ephemeral
41. Thirty years after the war - she could not let go of the past but was still consumed with _____ against the foe.
volatile
incite
rebuttal
rancor
42. The conceited rap star relished the _____ he received from his groupies and yes-men.
adulation
compliance
discrepancy
constraint
43. 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.
capricious
recount
mitigate
rhetorical
44. Unlike Widow Douglas - who _____ Huck's minor offenses - Miss Watson did nothing but scold.
subside
condone
astute
notoriety
45. 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.
peripheral
cursory
volatile
detachment
46. Instead of delivering a spoken _____ at Genny's memorial service - Jeff sang a song he had written in her honor.
anarchy
specious
criterion
eulogy
47. Stop giggling and wriggling around in the pew; such _____ is improper in church.
turbulent
homogeneous
haughtiness
levity
48. Despite Tom's _____ of innocence - Aunt Polly suspected he had eaten the pie.
skeptic
affirmation
hyperbole
altruistic
49. In a brief essay - describe a person you admire - someone whose virtues and achievements you would like to _____.
recluse
emulate
debunk
incorrigible
50. Nothing could shake his _____ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.
resolution
expedient
constraint
reprove