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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. Everyone waited to see which one of the rival candidates for city council the mayor would _____.
astute
erudite
sporadic
endorse
2. A miser hoards money - not because he is _____ - but because he is stingy.
immutable
substantiate
prudent
feasible
3. The Beatles expressed themselves through capricious - flip humor and _____ displays of carefree abandon.
exuberance
decorum
enhance
whimsical
4. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.
skeptic
scrupulous
capricious
resigned
5. Although Nancy enjoyed Bill's _____ - lighthearted companionship - she sometimes wondered whether he could ever be serious.
meticulous
frivolous
dogmatic
instigate
6. The bottle of wine I brought to Sharon's party was certainly _____: how was I to know that Sharon owned a winery?
redundant
usurp
enhance
prolific
7. 'Any publicity is good publicity - 'said the starlet. 'If I can't have a good reputation - I'll settle for _____.'
disdain
exemplary
notoriety
pervasive
8. The defense called several respectable witnesses who were able to _____ the lying testimony of the prosecution's sole witness.
corroborate
refute
hypothetical
disparage
9. Government agents have been known to use wiretapping and other _____ methods to spy on suspected terrorists.
hypothetical
surreptitious
rebuttal
inane
10. Although her early poetry was clearly _____ in nature - the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.
laconic
pervasive
derivative
ironic
11. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her _____.
extol
anecdote
rebuttal
relegate
12. Shrewdly purchasing valuable plots of land for small sums - John Jacob Astor gained a reputation as an _____ investor.
astute
predilection
incite
extol
13. 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.
divergent
jocular
innocuous
allusion
14. Pointing out that the candidate consistently had voted against strengthening antipollution legislation - the reporter _____ her claim that she was a fervent environmentalist.
abstract
dismiss
rhetorical
debunk
15. 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
relegate
adulation
dismiss
16. By their use of the Internet - propagandists have been able to _____ their pet doctrines to new audiences around the globe.
impair
disseminate
partisan
meticulous
17. Stories in The New York Times often include _____ allusions to obscure people and events.
explicit
adversary
laconic
esoteric
18. 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.
constraint
discrepancy
resolution
meticulous
19. Judy's great fear was that she might _____ omit a question on the exam and mismark her entire answer sheet.
skeptic
embellish
inadvertently
assumption
20. Disappointed in love - Miss Emily became a _____; she shut herself away in her empty mansion and refused to see another living soul.
recluse
verbose
reticent
esoteric
21. Psychoanalysts must maintain their professional _____ and stay uninvolved with their patients' personal lives.
detachment
expedient
fervor
innate
22. What _____ did you use when you selected this essay as the prizewinner?
cryptic
astute
criterion
nonchalance
23. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.
disparage
retract
belie
homogeneous
24. The headmaster's _____ demeanor tended to care off the more timid students - who never visited his study willingly.
instigate
abridge
austere
superficial
25. Michael's severe bout of the flue _____ him so much that for a week he was too tired to go back to work.
derision
acclaim
debilitate
mundane
26. Uncertain which suitor she ought to accept - the princess _____ - first favoring one and then the other.
vacillate
peripheral
assumption
notoriety
27. Covering the Olympic Games - the sportscasters _____ every American victory and grumbled about every American defeat.
acclaim
advocate
prevalent
satirical
28. Cool - calm - and collected - James Bond shows remarkable _____ in the face of danger.
emulate
reticent
interpid
nonchalance
29. Denying that she advocated total _____ - Katya maintained she wished only to change our government - not to destroy it utterly.
delineate
anarchy
disparity
ambivalence
30. The young princess made the foolish _____ that the regent would not object to her taking the reins of power.
exemplary
assumption
terse
adversary
31. The young wrestler struggled to defeat his formidable _____.
elucidate
adversary
incorrigible
cursory
32. Tourists are urged not to _____ the sanctity of holy places by wearing immodest garb.
induce
corroborate
homogeneous
profane
33. Typically - partygoers are _____; hermits are not.
rebuttal
extricate
affirmation
gregarious
34. Don't bore your audience with excess verbiage; be _____.
disdain
succinct
adulation
eulogy
35. Though Glenn was devout - he was no _____; he never tried to force his beliefs on friends.
recluse
fastidious
zealot
specious
36. After a decade of popularity - Hurston's works had fallen into _____; no one bothered to read her novels and short stories any more.
superficial
advocate
oblivion
divergent
37. The coming trip to France should provide a _____ test of the value of my conversational French class.
pragmatic
guile
scrupulous
exacerbate
38. When you send a message on Twitter - be _____; a tweet cannot be more than 140 characters long.
exuberance
induce
relegate
concise
39. You can _____ your chances of being admitted to the college of your choice by learning to write well.
impeccable
vacillate
enhance
abridge
40. Because she was a firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy - Miss Post _____ the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.
meticulous
deprecate
hierarchy
concise
41. Although the movie star was no genius - she was sufficiently _____ to tell her true friends from the countless phonies who flattered her.
anecdote
hyperbole
disparage
discerning
42. In providing college scholarships for economically disadvantaged youths - Eugene Lang performed a truly _____ deed.
esoteric
predilection
altruistic
arbitrary
43. The architect realized that her design for the new school had to be in _____ with the local building code.
gravity
coercion
discerning
compliance
44. When Elizabeth realized that Darcy considered himself too good to dance with his inferiors - she took great offense at his _____.
haughtiness
eulogy
banal
homogeneous
45. Though Widow Douglas had hopes of reforming Huck - Miss Watson considered him _____ and swore he would come to no good end.
dogmatic
incorrigible
aesthetic
ironic
46. Con artists take advantage of the _____ of inexperienced Internet users to gain access to their credit card information.
prevalent
incite
arbitrary
credulity
47. Although defeat appeared inevitable - the general was _____ in his refusal to surrender.
dogmatic
obdurate
reprove
apathy
48. A pragmatic politician - he was guided more by what was _____ than by what was right.
discerning
interpid
scrupulous
expedient
49. Times of economic hardship inevitably encourage the _____ of countless get-rich-quick schemes.
prolific
repudiate
flagrant
proliferation
50. 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.
adversary
exuberance
mitigate
allusion