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english
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grammar
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Katya's _____ love of justice moved her to champion the cause of anyone she considered unfairly treated by society.
redundant
emulate
laconic
inherent
2. After medical school - the two doctors took widely _____ paths - one becoming a wealthy plastic surgeon - the other joining the nonprofit Doctors Without Borders.
divergent
digression
ephemeral
metaphor
3. As far as I'm concerned - Apple's claims about its new computer are pure _____; no machine is that good!
guile
inane
flagrant
hyperbole
4. The boss prefaced his speech by telling a pointless _____ about an encounter he'd had with former President Bush.
anecdote
prevalent
fervor
recount
5. Although her early poetry was clearly _____ in nature - the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.
notoriety
derivative
contentious
document
6. Instead of delivering a spoken _____ at Genny's memorial service - Jeff sang a song he had written in her honor.
buttress
eulogy
surreptitious
benign
7. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.
compliance
extraneous
resigned
juxtaposition
8. Con artists take advantage of the _____ of inexperienced Internet users to gain access to their credit card information.
garrulous
assumption
whimsical
credulity
9. The uncrowned queen of the fashion industry - Diana was famous for her _____ taste.
impeccable
digression
inherent
ironic
10. The stereotypical cowboy is a _____ soul - answering lengthy questions with a simple 'yep' or 'nope.'
undermine
taciturn
assumption
proliferation
11. No wonder Ted doesn't think straight! His mind is so cluttered with _____ information that he can't concentrate on the essentials.
contentious
extraneous
peripheral
extricate
12. Though Glenn was devout - he was no _____; he never tried to force his beliefs on friends.
decorum
preclude
corroborate
zealot
13. The mayfly is an _____ creature; its adult life lasts little more than a day.
ephemeral
hypothetical
presumptuous
proliferation
14. The special prosecutor determined that the attorney general - though inept - had not intentionally set out to _____ the progress of the investigation.
impede
garrulous
adulation
gregarious
15. Although defeat appeared inevitable - the general was _____ in his refusal to surrender.
feasible
elusive
concise
obdurate
16. Despite Tom's _____ of innocence - Aunt Polly suspected he had eaten the pie.
soporific
incongruous
apathy
affirmation
17. The doctor assured the boy's parents that his fever would eventually _____.
proliferation
substantiate
subside
rectify
18. Whenever Sue was angry - she tried to avoid raising her voice because she had no wish to sound _____.
fastidious
reprove
surreptitious
strident
19. The store manager tried to _____ the angry customer by offering to replace the damaged merchandise or return her money.
meticulous
hypothetical
placate
hierarchy
20. No matter how hard Darnell tried to lure the trout into taking the bait - the fish was too _____ to catch.
flagrant
elusive
substantiate
profane
21. There is a fine line between speech that is _____ and to the point and speech so abrupt that it verges on rudeness.
rectify
arbitrary
mitigate
terse
22. 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.
anarchy
autonomous
prudent
profane
23. In Tibet today - the common people still _____ their traditional spiritual leader - the Dalai Lama.
disparity
partisan
venerate
equivocal
24. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
lethargic
opportunist
deprecate
predilection
25. The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Esther's _____ sense.
aesthetic
mundane
superficial
censure
26. Since both interpretations seemed possible - the judge could not decide which way to interpret a particularly _____ passage in the law.
malicious
dogmatic
ambiguous
verbose
27. 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.
renounce
arbitrary
opulence
proximity
28. The costume designer _____ the leading lady's ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.
reserve
feasible
innate
embellish
29. Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their official them; his _____ were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.
satirical
digression
innate
gregarious
30. Though Widow Douglas had hopes of reforming Huck - Miss Watson considered him _____ and swore he would come to no good end.
condone
advocate
incorrigible
fastidious
31. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.
inane
gravity
disparage
juxtaposition
32. Don't bore your audience with excess verbiage; be _____.
succinct
altruistic
transient
emulate
33. At the protest rally - the students cheered the strikers and booed the dean with equal _____.
fervor
dismiss
constraint
retract
34. Jealous of Cinderella's beauty - her _____ stepsisters expressed their spite by forcing her to do menial tasks.
juxtaposition
digression
malicious
impeccable
35. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard - Stanford - and Yale. Which one would you attend? Remember - this is only a _____ situation.
juxtaposition
hypothetical
deprecate
surreptitious
36. Rejecting the candidate's _____ comments on tax reform - the reporter pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue.
equivocal
incongruous
malicious
hyperbole
37. Tina was still angry despite Tony's soft and _____ words.
hierarchy
disdain
conciliatory
austere
38. To win his audience - the speaker used every _____ trick in the book.
rhetorical
proliferation
mollify
acclaim
39. My editors must assume I'm a _____ writer; they expect me to revise six books this year.
resolution
astute
prolific
terse
40. The young princess made the foolish _____ that the regent would not object to her taking the reins of power.
assumption
metaphor
esoteric
brevity
41. Is an old-fashioned hairstyle an apt _____ for being out of step with the times and in need of change?
equivocal
usurp
metaphor
whimsical
42. When Amanda said to the ticket scalper - 'One hundred bucks? What do you want - a pound of flesh?' she was making an _____ to Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
flagrant
resigned
allusion
eulogy
43. Although Alfred _____ in fulfilling his duties at work - he is less conscientious about meeting his obligations at home.
preclude
scrupulous
extol
cursory
44. Through the comments of the characters in his cartoon strip - Doonesbury - Gary Trudeau ridicules political corruption; his humor is _____ in nature.
satirical
extraneous
insipid
fallacious
45. In providing college scholarships for economically disadvantaged youths - Eugene Lang performed a truly _____ deed.
altruistic
erudite
fastidious
divergent
46. His coarse - hard-bitten exterior _____ his inner sensitivity.
interpid
fallacious
belie
heresy
47. Though his fellow students considered him a gifted scholar - Paul knew he would have to spend many years in serious study before he could consider himself truly _____.
reprove
erudite
exemplary
debilitate
48. The legendary athlete Jim Thorpe - who _____ all his competitors at the 1912 Olympic Games - made a name for himself in baseball - football - and track.
opulence
impede
impeccable
surpass
49. Although Nancy enjoyed Bill's _____ - lighthearted companionship - she sometimes wondered whether he could ever be serious.
credulity
lavish
frivolous
condone
50. After a decade of popularity - Hurston's works had fallen into _____; no one bothered to read her novels and short stories any more.
dismiss
rhetorical
exemplary
oblivion
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