Sentence Completions -- Weeks 1-4
These questions test how well you can apply vocabulary words. For each question in this section, select the best answer from among the choices given.
- 1.She was exhausted and gave ________, almost rude, responses to any questions asked of her.
- A.
Terse
- B.
Incoherent
- C.
Sundry
- D.
Meticulous
- E.
Spurious
- 2.The ______ horse and buggy is an _________ in twenty-first century society.
- A.
Antiquated...archipelago
- B.
Liberal...acme
- C.
Archaic...anachronism
- D.
Ethereal...attribute
- E.
Equitable...opiate
- 3.Her orthodox response to the question was fairly _______ of such a crazy, ________ actress.
- A.
Atypical...eccentric
- B.
Venerable...doughty
- C.
Glum...misanthropic
- D.
Extemporaneous...grisly
- E.
Rhetorical...gregarious
- 4.Watching her child struggle caused her great _____.
- A.
Anguish
- B.
Joy
- C.
Jubilation
- D.
Egress
- E.
Buttress
- 5.A large media controversy sprung up within the past year over some schools' proposal to ________ some works that have offensive terms in them.
- A.
Hoot
- B.
Jinx
- C.
Entice
- D.
Cue
- E.
Bowdlerize
- 6.Because you have such a _________ job, it might be ______ for you to get up and take a walk.
- A.
Viscous…nubile
- B.
Crucial…dialectic
- C.
Sedentary…salubrious
- D.
Nautical...audible
- E.
Communal...winsome
- 7.Don't tell him that -- it will only _________ his grief!
- A.
Supersede
- B.
Filch
- C.
Exacerbate
- D.
Meander
- E.
Acquit
- 8.Your plan sounds _______ but it also seems like it will create an _______ task for us to complete.
- A.
Viable...arduous
- B.
Feisty...asinine
- C.
Feasible...insipid
- D.
Prim...arable
- E.
Rambunctious...oblivious
- 9.She was very _______ but proved to be completely ________ at handling business matters.
- A.
Contemporary...invincible
- B.
Amiable...scathing
- C.
Devious...sagacious
- D.
Affable...inept
- E.
Dogmatic...risible
- 10.He was a major ________ of the cause, and made multiple donations to organizations that worked to further the cause's research.
- A.
Mentor
- B.
Quotidian
- C.
Libertine
- D.
Amazon
- E.
Proponent
- 11.The politician called his young opponent an "inexperienced __________."
- A.
Fiasco
- B.
Nub
- C.
Neophyte
- D.
Missive
- E.
Felon
- 12.It was already a foregone conclusion that the ________, who just had to be different, would find a way to _________ the point (deemed reasonable by most observers) made by his colleague.
- A.
Demagogue...amalgamate
- B.
Maverick...disparage
- C.
Harlequin...reek
- D.
Novice...alter
- E.
Protagonist...wend
- 13.She was very _______ in checking her credit card statements so that she could make sure that no one used her cards without authorization.
- A.
Itinerant
- B.
Vigilant
- C.
Flexible
- D.
Verbose
- E.
Sibilant
- 14.In the _________ author's 35-year career, she wrote 130 short stories and 27 novels.
- A.
Acrid
- B.
Prolific
- C.
Indelible
- D.
Inflated
- E.
Kinetic
- 15.The ________ teenager believed her friend when he claimed that he was __________: he said he had the ability to perceive all things.
- A.
Voracious...recluse
- B.
Morose...arcane
- C.
Circumspect...ignominious
- D.
Gullible...omniscient
- E.
Stoic...pugnacious
- 16.There was a giant ________ between the amount of money he claimed to have and the amount of money actually in his bank account.
- A.
Scion
- B.
Quietus
- C.
Denouement
- D.
Disparity
- E.
Incursion
- 17.He gave a speech full of _______ sayings and ________.
- A.
Trite...aphorisms
- B.
Banal...iconoclasts
- C.
Consonant...maladies
- D.
Facetious...anterooms
- E.
Effervescent...ruptures
- 18.The politician called his ascendance to the Supreme Court a "_________ occasion" for his race and for the country.
- A.
Profane
- B.
Bristling
- C.
Circuitous
- D.
Diminutive
- E.
Momentous
- 19.Girl, you are so __________ !
- A.
Ostensible
- B.
Loquacious
- C.
Insidious
- D.
Innate
- E.
Diaphanous
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