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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. Because she was a firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy - Miss Post _____ the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.
deprecate
erudite
elucidate
decorum
2. There is a fine line between speech that is _____ and to the point and speech so abrupt that it verges on rudeness.
altruistic
terse
relegate
gregarious
3. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard - Stanford - and Yale. Which one would you attend? Remember - this is only a _____ situation.
debilitate
soporific
hypothetical
apathy
4. 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.
malicious
lethargic
pragmatic
homogeneous
5. These endorsements written by satisfied customers _____ our claim that Barron's SAT is the best SAT-prep book on the market.
lavish
jocular
derision
substantiate
6. Dirt poor and out of work - she did not give up but continued to fight against _____.
furtive
adversity
indifferent
anarchy
7. I was bowled over by the _____ of Amy's welcome. What an enthusiastic greeting!
banal
extricate
substantiate
exuberance
8. The attorney came up with several far-fetched arguments in a vain attempt to _____ his weak case.
eulogy
homogeneous
hyperbole
buttress
9. Acetone is an extremely _____ liquid: it vaporizes instantly.
preclude
reprove
repudiate
volatile
10. After Ralph dropped his second try of drinks that week - the manager swiftly _____ him to a minor post behind the bar.
deprecate
relegate
reprimand
derision
11. Someone mute cannot talk; someone _____ can hardly stop talking.
extraneous
austere
abstract
verbose
12. Is an old-fashioned hairstyle an apt _____ for being out of step with the times and in need of change?
metaphor
nurture
undermine
esoteric
13. Psychoanalysts must maintain their professional _____ and stay uninvolved with their patients' personal lives.
interpid
rancor
aesthetic
detachment
14. Denying that she advocated total _____ - Katya maintained she wished only to change our government - not to destroy it utterly.
delineate
furtive
anarchy
concise
15. Instead of delivering a spoken _____ at Genny's memorial service - Jeff sang a song he had written in her honor.
anecdote
cursory
eulogy
homogeneous
16. When Johnny came down with a bad case of poison oak - the doctor recommended calamine lotion to _____ the itching.
prolific
alleviate
ascetic
relegate
17. Without additional funding - it may not be _____ to build a new stadium for the team on the city's highly developed West Side.
feasible
arbitrary
indifferent
obdurate
18. Typically - partygoers are _____; hermits are not.
credulity
pervasive
gregarious
eclectic
19. 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.
haughtiness
homogeneous
superficial
hypothetical
20. Compared to Jo - who was perfectly ready to chat with anyone about anything - Beth was _____ about what she considered personal matters.
substantiate
ironic
belie
reticent
21. Although Nancy enjoyed Bill's _____ - lighthearted companionship - she sometimes wondered whether he could ever be serious.
soporific
acclaim
recount
frivolous
22. She kept all the receipts form her business trip in order to _____ her expenses for the Internal Revenue Service.
sporadic
resolution
proliferation
document
23. My editors must assume I'm a _____ writer; they expect me to revise six books this year.
levity
profound
peripheral
prolific
24. The young princess made the foolish _____ that the regent would not object to her taking the reins of power.
altruistic
soporific
disseminate
assumption
25. 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.
mitigate
adversity
pragmatic
reserve
26. The reviewers praised the new restaurant's _____ selection of dishes - which ranged from Asian stir fries to French ragouts and stews.
strident
eclectic
terse
incorrigible
27. The museum curator placed the Eskimo-carved wooden totem pole in _____ with two contemporary stone masks from Africa - creating a stunning effect.
hierarchy
juxtaposition
usurp
conciliatory
28. To revise a textbook properly - you must do more than make a few _____ changes to the manuscript.
pervasive
ephemeral
superficial
predilection
29. Rather than live in the crowded city center - we chose to buy a house in one of the _____ suburbs ringing the metropolis.
peripheral
metaphor
incorrigible
opportunist
30. The infant Mozart's parents quickly realized that their son had an _____ gift for music.
prudent
belie
innate
garrulous
31. To John - who had never missed a meal - hunger was an _____ concept - one he understood only in theory.
garrulous
retract
hyperbole
abstract
32. The airline customer service agent tried to _____ the angry passenger by offering her a seat in first class.
coercion
reprimand
scrutiny
mollify
33. A radical committed to social change - Reed had no patience with the conservative views _____ in the America of his day.
banal
sporadic
prevalent
haughtiness
34. Nothing could shake his _____ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.
discerning
resolution
ambiguous
ascetic
35. Paradoxically - _____ reasoning does not always produce incorrect results; even though your logic may be flawed - the conclusion you reach may still be correct.
proximity
transient
fallacious
aesthetic
36. 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.
allusion
divergent
buttress
apathy
37. The headmaster's _____ demeanor tended to care off the more timid students - who never visited his study willingly.
austere
lavish
substantiate
delineate
38. It is _____ that his success came when he least wanted it.
ironic
impair
hierarchy
strident
39. We could tell we were in serious trouble from the _____ of the principal's expression.
hypothetical
volatile
ostentatious
gravity
40. Katya's _____ love of justice moved her to champion the cause of anyone she considered unfairly treated by society.
abstract
austere
inherent
garrulous
41. The rich new student tried to attract friends by making an _____ display of his wealth.
ostentatious
predilection
debunk
anecdote
42. Though Glenn was devout - he was no _____; he never tried to force his beliefs on friends.
substantiate
mollify
interpid
zealot
43. Since both interpretations seemed possible - the judge could not decide which way to interpret a particularly _____ passage in the law.
ambiguous
superficial
prolific
dogmatic
44. In Tibet today - the common people still _____ their traditional spiritual leader - the Dalai Lama.
venerate
enhance
endorse
surreptitious
45. No matter how hard Darnell tried to lure the trout into taking the bait - the fish was too _____ to catch.
jocular
turbulent
lavish
elusive
46. Because Ann felt no desire to marry - she was _____ to Carl's constant proposals.
ambivalence
indifferent
explicit
acclaim
47. The winter storm was ______; it changed course constantly.
surpass
capricious
peripheral
corroborate
48. Rumors of police corruption led the mayor to _____ an investigation into the department's activities.
ironic
cryptic
instigate
assumption
49. You can _____ your chances of being admitted to the college of your choice by learning to write well.
refute
enhance
preclude
inadvertently
50. Stories in The New York Times often include _____ allusions to obscure people and events.
elusive
esoteric
fallacious
dismiss