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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. No wonder Ted doesn't think straight! His mind is so cluttered with _____ information that he can't concentrate on the essentials.
usurp
presumptuous
frivolous
extraneous
2. The doctor assured the boy's parents that his fever would eventually _____.
buttress
prolific
subside
dogmatic
3. Looking for any inconsistency in the testimony that might exonerate his client - the defense lawyer pounced on a _____ between the two witnesses' versions of what had occurred.
discrepancy
laconic
debunk
fervor
4. In Tibet today - the common people still _____ their traditional spiritual leader - the Dalai Lama.
advocate
venerate
debilitate
peripheral
5. A pragmatic politician - he was guided more by what was _____ than by what was right.
adversary
lethargic
lavish
expedient
6. When both Harvard and Stanford accepted Laura - she was in a _____ as to which school she should attend.
turbulent
divergent
quandary
expedient
7. As far as I'm concerned - Apple's claims about its new computer are pure _____; no machine is that good!
hyperbole
cursory
renounce
prolific
8. The attorney came up with several far-fetched arguments in a vain attempt to _____ his weak case.
buttress
debunk
affirmation
explicit
9. Even the best-mannered students have trouble behaving with _____ on the last day of school.
anarchy
relegate
exemplary
decorum
10. Her wealthy suitors wooed her with _____ gifts.
austere
lavish
superfluous
opportunist
11. We could tell we were in serious trouble from the _____ of the principal's expression.
belie
reprimand
document
gravity
12. Despite Tom's _____ of innocence - Aunt Polly suspected he had eaten the pie.
nurture
ambiguous
refute
affirmation
13. Judy's great fear was that she might _____ omit a question on the exam and mismark her entire answer sheet.
fervor
proliferation
inadvertently
impede
14. The classic cowboy hero is a _____ figure - someone generally described as the strong - silent type.
alleviate
prudent
furtive
laconic
15. 'Any publicity is good publicity - 'said the starlet. 'If I can't have a good reputation - I'll settle for _____.'
adversity
sporadic
discrepancy
notoriety
16. Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next - she was confused by the _____ of her feelings.
ambivalence
prudent
laconic
censure
17. Othello's false friend lago uses considerable _____ to trick Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him
guile
succinct
taciturn
constraint
18. Uninterested in philosophical or spiritual discussions - Max talked only of _____ matters - such as the daily weather forecast or the latest basketball results.
embellish
discerning
buttress
mundane
19. The headmaster's _____ demeanor tended to care off the more timid students - who never visited his study willingly.
austere
notoriety
verbose
volatile
20. A miser hoards money - not because he is _____ - but because he is stingy.
impeccable
opulence
prudent
credulity
21. Acetone is an extremely _____ liquid: it vaporizes instantly.
decorum
expedient
opulence
volatile
22. To John - who had never missed a meal - hunger was an _____ concept - one he understood only in theory.
homogeneous
abstract
inane
affirmation
23. In a fiery speech - Mario _____ his fellow students to go out on strike to protest the university's anti-affirmative action stand.
prolific
profound
incite
banal
24. The airline customer service agent tried to _____ the angry passenger by offering her a seat in first class.
mollify
predilection
adversity
pragmatic
25. Through the comments of the characters in his cartoon strip - Doonesbury - Gary Trudeau ridicules political corruption; his humor is _____ in nature.
mitigate
extricate
redundant
satirical
26. Violently disagreeing with the referees' ruling - Coach Ben became so _____ that they threw him out of the game.
contentious
jocular
esoteric
volatile
27. Don't bore your audience with excess verbiage; be _____.
superficial
exemplary
opportunist
succinct
28. Rather than live in the crowded city center - we chose to buy a house in one of the _____ suburbs ringing the metropolis.
apathy
ironic
peripheral
adversary
29. The infant Mozart's parents quickly realized that their son had an _____ gift for music.
inane
innate
levity
alleviate
30. 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.
prudent
frivolous
allusion
impair
31. Although Nancy enjoyed Bill's _____ - lighthearted companionship - she sometimes wondered whether he could ever be serious.
deprecate
exemplary
frivolous
prevalent
32. Politicians of both the extreme right and left annoy me because they do not sound like people but parrots mindlessly repeating _____ clich
dogmatic
coercion
succinct
rectify
33. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.
disparage
assumption
satirical
surreptitious
34. The young wrestler struggled to defeat his formidable _____.
verbose
adversary
derision
superficial
35. Although Alfred _____ in fulfilling his duties at work - he is less conscientious about meeting his obligations at home.
ephemeral
scrupulous
deprecate
profound
36. Youth's beauty is _____; it quickly fades with age.
fastidious
prolific
transient
opportunist
37. The BP oil spill has caused _____ damage to the entire Gulf Coast.
soporific
garrulous
impede
profound
38. Rejecting the candidate's _____ comments on tax reform - the reporter pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue.
partisan
insipid
equivocal
ironic
39. Bobby was such a _____ eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.
fastidious
derivative
subside
obdurate
40. Flat prose and flat ginger are equally _____; both lack sparkle.
hierarchy
insipid
anecdote
prevalent
41. The coming trip to France should provide a _____ test of the value of my conversational French class.
anarchy
pragmatic
innocuous
debunk
42. Using only a few descriptive phrases - Austen manages to _____ the character of Mr. Collins so deftly that we can predict his every move.
reprimand
reserve
incorrigible
delineate
43. The young princess made the foolish _____ that the regent would not object to her taking the reins of power.
surreptitious
assumption
ambivalence
banal
44. A firm believer in democratic government - she could not understand the _____ of people who never bothered to vote.
anarchy
apathy
haughtiness
taciturn
45. The stereotypical cowboy is a _____ soul - answering lengthy questions with a simple 'yep' or 'nope.'
guile
disparity
taciturn
extraneous
46. A born storyteller - my father loved to _____ anecdotes about his early years in New York.
contentious
recount
erudite
criterion
47. The bottle of wine I brought to Sharon's party was certainly _____: how was I to know that Sharon owned a winery?
sporadic
erudite
adversary
redundant
48. Cool - calm - and collected - James Bond shows remarkable _____ in the face of danger.
adulation
benign
surpass
nonchalance
49. These endorsements written by satisfied customers _____ our claim that Barron's SAT is the best SAT-prep book on the market.
satirical
substantiate
dismiss
volatile
50. There's no point to what you're saying. Why are you bothering to make such _____ remarks?
inane
undermine
placate
heresy