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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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1. Although defeat appeared inevitable - the general was _____ in his refusal to surrender.
cursory
obdurate
ephemeral
metaphor
2. The mayor was unwilling to _____ the plan until she was sure it had the governor's backing.
sporadic
innocuous
lethargic
implement
3. When Elizabeth realized that Darcy considered himself too good to dance with his inferiors - she took great offense at his _____.
abstract
haughtiness
impair
debunk
4. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted many subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
altruistic
incorrigible
predilection
homogeneous
5. These endorsements written by satisfied customers _____ our claim that Barron's SAT is the best SAT-prep book on the market.
aesthetic
compliance
substantiate
partisan
6. At evening block inspection - the recruits' bunk room - washroom - and gear come under the inspecting officer's close _____.
metaphor
scrutiny
reserve
malicious
7. All things change over time; nothing is _____.
lavish
equivocal
fervor
immutable
8. The conceited rap star relished the _____ he received from his groupies and yes-men.
adulation
heresy
partisan
corroborate
9. When Johnny came down with a bad case of poison oak - the doctor recommended calamine lotion to _____ the itching.
recluse
alleviate
conciliatory
mundane
10. You can _____ your chances of being admitted to the college of your choice by learning to write well.
enhance
emulate
recount
belie
11. 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.
mundane
fastidious
jocular
cursory
12. Katya's _____ love of justice moved her to champion the cause of anyone she considered unfairly treated by society.
preclude
specious
quandary
inherent
13. The infant Mozart's parents quickly realized that their son had an _____ gift for music.
preclude
frivolous
rhetorical
innate
14. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. he is the most _____ man in Cayuga County.
reserve
garrulous
innocuous
heresy
15. Tourists are urged not to _____ the sanctity of holy places by wearing immodest garb.
exemplary
inherent
debilitate
profane
16. Covering the Olympic Games - the sportscasters _____ every American victory and grumbled about every American defeat.
whimsical
affirmation
rebuttal
acclaim
17. In a fiery speech - Mario _____ his fellow students to go out on strike to protest the university's anti-affirmative action stand.
indifferent
elusive
incite
capricious
18. A born storyteller - my father loved to _____ anecdotes about his early years in New York.
disdain
recount
anecdote
abridge
19. In the film Funny Face - the bookish heroine _____ fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests.
quandary
mollify
disdain
immutable
20. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.
incongruous
detachment
oblivion
renounce
21. The bottle of wine I brought to Sharon's party was certainly _____: how was I to know that Sharon owned a winery?
transient
austere
redundant
compliance
22. No wonder Ted doesn't think straight! His mind is so cluttered with _____ information that he can't concentrate on the essentials.
extraneous
relegate
induce
ostentatious
23. Because she was a firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy - Miss Post _____ the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.
censure
discrepancy
extol
deprecate
24. In class - she tried to stay alert and listen to the professor - but the stuffy room made her _____; she felt as if she were about to nod off.
lethargic
allusion
scrupulous
meticulous
25. The reviewers heaped _____ on the novice playwright - ridiculing his pretentious dialogue - flat characters - and simple-minded plot.
lavish
jocular
undermine
derision
26. Although her early poetry was clearly _____ in nature - the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.
mitigate
derivative
disdain
abridge
27. Shrewdly purchasing valuable plots of land for small sums - John Jacob Astor gained a reputation as an _____ investor.
pragmatic
disseminate
ambivalence
astute
28. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard - Stanford - and Yale. Which one would you attend? Remember - this is only a _____ situation.
colloquial
taciturn
hypothetical
sporadic
29. After medical school - the two doctors took widely _____ paths - one becoming a wealthy plastic surgeon - the other joining the nonprofit Doctors Without Borders.
divergent
benign
conciliatory
strident
30. When you send a message on Twitter - be _____; a tweet cannot be more than 140 characters long.
contentious
concise
arbitrary
volatile
31. Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied; be _____ about what's bothering you.
gravity
explicit
scrupulous
rancor
32. Her wealthy suitors wooed her with _____ gifts.
divergent
lavish
satirical
reticent
33. The defense called several respectable witnesses who were able to _____ the lying testimony of the prosecution's sole witness.
indifferent
impeccable
guile
refute
34. The BP oil spill has caused _____ damage to the entire Gulf Coast.
profound
oblivion
proximity
surpass
35. The costume designer _____ the leading lady's ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.
notoriety
embellish
meticulous
eclectic
36. Instead of delivering a spoken _____ at Genny's memorial service - Jeff sang a song he had written in her honor.
derivative
eclectic
eulogy
conciliatory
37. Though Glenn was devout - he was no _____; he never tried to force his beliefs on friends.
zealot
anecdote
superfluous
furtive
38. Politicians of both the extreme right and left annoy me because they do not sound like people but parrots mindlessly repeating _____ clich
incite
satirical
capricious
dogmatic
39. Using only a few descriptive phrases - Austen manages to _____ the character of Mr. Collins so deftly that we can predict his every move.
extraneous
malicious
delineate
equivocal
40. The boss prefaced his speech by telling a pointless _____ about an encounter he'd had with former President Bush.
incongruous
anecdote
satirical
conciliatory
41. Jealous of Cinderella's beauty - her _____ stepsisters expressed their spite by forcing her to do menial tasks.
malicious
quandary
profound
predilection
42. After a decade of popularity - Hurston's works had fallen into _____; no one bothered to read her novels and short stories any more.
disparage
oblivion
emulate
innate
43. Paradoxically - _____ reasoning does not always produce incorrect results; even though your logic may be flawed - the conclusion you reach may still be correct.
inherent
pragmatic
fastidious
fallacious
44. Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next - she was confused by the _____ of her feelings.
resigned
venerate
flagrant
ambivalence
45. Othello's false friend lago uses considerable _____ to trick Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him
rebuttal
guile
disparity
altruistic
46. Dirt poor and out of work - she did not give up but continued to fight against _____.
instigate
undermine
vacillate
adversity
47. Rather than live in the crowded city center - we chose to buy a house in one of the _____ suburbs ringing the metropolis.
peripheral
adversity
surreptitious
elucidate
48. Acetone is an extremely _____ liquid: it vaporizes instantly.
volatile
banal
expedient
peripheral
49. The rich new student tried to attract friends by making an _____ display of his wealth.
rectify
mollify
ostentatious
credulity
50. Flat prose and flat ginger are equally _____; both lack sparkle.
insipid
inadvertently
affirmation
mollify