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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. The classic cowboy hero is a _____ figure - someone generally described as the strong - silent type.
gravity
acclaim
laconic
skeptic
2. Thoroughly baffled by Holmes's _____ remarks - Watson wondered whether Holmes was intentionally concealing his thoughts about the crime.
aesthetic
cryptic
corroborate
preclude
3. 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 _____.
corroborate
terse
ascetic
erudite
4. To John - who had never missed a meal - hunger was an _____ concept - one he understood only in theory.
abstract
homogeneous
metaphor
derivative
5. Although the movie star was no genius - she was sufficiently _____ to tell her true friends from the countless phonies who flattered her.
discerning
exacerbate
eclectic
explicit
6. The uncrowned queen of the fashion industry - Diana was famous for her _____ taste.
impeccable
prevalent
proximity
anecdote
7. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted many subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
notoriety
reprove
furtive
predilection
8. Drinking alcohol can _____ your ability to drive safely; if you're going to drink - don't drive.
impair
proliferation
abstract
predilection
9. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her _____.
ambivalence
contentious
volatile
rebuttal
10. In a fiery speech - Mario _____ his fellow students to go out on strike to protest the university's anti-affirmative action stand.
corroborate
document
scrutiny
incite
11. Michael's severe bout of the flue _____ him so much that for a week he was too tired to go back to work.
allusion
debilitate
prolific
pervasive
12. After Ralph dropped his second try of drinks that week - the manager swiftly _____ him to a minor post behind the bar.
predilection
taciturn
relegate
skeptic
13. 'Any publicity is good publicity - 'said the starlet. 'If I can't have a good reputation - I'll settle for _____.'
notoriety
fastidious
inherent
impeccable
14. Flat prose and flat ginger are equally _____; both lack sparkle.
insipid
abstract
ambiguous
compliance
15. You had better _____ your accounting errors before the auditors arrive.
disdain
fastidious
rectify
cursory
16. These endorsements written by satisfied customers _____ our claim that Barron's SAT is the best SAT-prep book on the market.
lavish
hypothetical
substantiate
brevity
17. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.
predilection
pragmatic
capricious
garrulous
18. Disappointed in love - Miss Emily became a _____; she shut herself away in her empty mansion and refused to see another living soul.
recluse
abridge
eulogy
turbulent
19. Everyone waited to see which one of the rival candidates for city council the mayor would _____.
lavish
belie
inadvertently
endorse
20. A firm believer in democratic government - she could not understand the _____ of people who never bothered to vote.
impair
criterion
skeptic
apathy
21. 'Judicial activism' is the alleged tendency of some judges to _____ the power of elected legislatures by making the law rather than merely interpreting it.
immutable
adulation
rhetorical
usurp
22. Someone mute cannot talk; someone _____ can hardly stop talking.
sporadic
opportunist
transient
verbose
23. Icebreakers were needed to _____ the trapped whales from the icy floes that closed them in.
superficial
extricate
contentious
extraneous
24. The attorney came up with several far-fetched arguments in a vain attempt to _____ his weak case.
renounce
buttress
exemplary
incongruous
25. Matilda thought it was somewhat _____ of the young man to have addressed her without first having been introduced. Perhaps manners were freer here in the New World.
mitigate
obdurate
presumptuous
impede
26. Cool - calm - and collected - James Bond shows remarkable _____ in the face of danger.
embellish
affirmation
nonchalance
reserve
27. After separating from Tony - Tina announced that she would _____ all debts incurred by her soon-to-be-ex-husband.
levity
buttress
repudiate
relegate
28. The airline customer service agent tried to _____ the angry passenger by offering her a seat in first class.
mollify
insipid
obdurate
disseminate
29. Stories in The New York Times often include _____ allusions to obscure people and events.
profound
superficial
esoteric
transient
30. Times of economic hardship inevitably encourage the _____ of countless get-rich-quick schemes.
proliferation
predilection
rhetorical
debilitate
31. Although her _____ smile and gentle bearing made Miss Marple seem to be a sweet little old lady - in reality she was a tough-minded - shrewd observer of human nature.
benign
equivocal
soporific
garrulous
32. Because Ann felt no desire to marry - she was _____ to Carl's constant proposals.
reserve
indifferent
dogmatic
discrepancy
33. When both Harvard and Stanford accepted Laura - she was in a _____ as to which school she should attend.
digression
corroborate
mundane
quandary
34. 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.
usurp
reprove
prudent
discrepancy
35. The special prosecutor determined that the attorney general - though inept - had not intentionally set out to _____ the progress of the investigation.
impede
presumptuous
implement
credulity
36. There is a fine line between speech that is _____ and to the point and speech so abrupt that it verges on rudeness.
retract
scrupulous
acclaim
terse
37. You can _____ your chances of being admitted to the college of your choice by learning to write well.
peripheral
resigned
enhance
debilitate
38. In the film Funny Face - the bookish heroine _____ fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests.
disdain
induce
inadvertently
renounce
39. Josh is such a greedy _____ that - as soon as the earthquake struck - he tripled the price of bottled water at his store.
rancor
mundane
opportunist
derision
40. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.
indifferent
ephemeral
ascetic
resigned
41. The wealthy - self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict - _____ lifestyle practiced by members of some monastic orders.
heresy
opulence
ascetic
superfluous
42. In a brief essay - describe a person you admire - someone whose virtues and achievements you would like to _____.
discrepancy
emulate
condone
debunk
43. I am a _____ about the proposed new health plan; I want some proof that it will work.
prudent
skeptic
homogeneous
altruistic
44. Even the best-mannered students have trouble behaving with _____ on the last day of school.
decorum
endorse
ephemeral
heresy
45. Politicians of both the extreme right and left annoy me because they do not sound like people but parrots mindlessly repeating _____ clich
surreptitious
dogmatic
notoriety
disdain
46. A radical committed to social change - Reed had no patience with the conservative views _____ in the America of his day.
opulence
rancor
extricate
prevalent
47. The stereotypical cowboy is a _____ soul - answering lengthy questions with a simple 'yep' or 'nope.'
explicit
taciturn
eclectic
buttress
48. No matter how hard Darnell tried to lure the trout into taking the bait - the fish was too _____ to catch.
elusive
fallacious
dismiss
taciturn
49. Con artists take advantage of the _____ of inexperienced Internet users to gain access to their credit card information.
partisan
prevalent
ostentatious
credulity
50. The doctor assured the boy's parents that his fever would eventually _____.
cursory
adversary
dismiss
subside