The driver needs to ________ his anger before someone becomes a victim of road rage. (a) ameliorate (b) protract (c) embrace (d) venerate (e) escalate Here again we have a sentence completion question that is doing nothing other than testing your vocabulary. We know we’re looking for a word that has something to do with [...]
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To register as a free member, the individual has to complete a long questionnaire where a _______ of personal information has to be _______. A. plethora..divulged B. calumny..concealed C. phenomena..publicized D. dearth..disclosed E. penury..delineated If it is a long questionnaire, then it must be asking for a significant amount of personal information. The first blank needs to [...]
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It is astonishing to see such extraordinary results from a mere _______. A. epicure B. connoisseur C. glutton D. confidant E. tyro First of all, an epicure is one who delights in earthly pleasures. A connoisseur is an expert in something. A glutton is one who overindulges, especially in eating. A confidant is [...]
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Whereas the Senator has proven herself a great ________, the Governor is ________ and refuses to consider any opinions other than his own. a) compromiser…intransigent b) autocrat…inflexible c) arbitrator…compliant d) mediator…conciliatory e) negotiator…indulgent Like “although,” or “however,” “whereas” is a word that implies contrast, so the respective descriptions of the [...]
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After all her effort, the writer was ________ to learn that her poem had been ________ for publication. a) elated…disallowed b) dismayed…approved c) troubled…recommended d) enthralled…refused e) distraught…rejected The phrase “After all her effort. . .” could be followed by a reference to the writer’s elation over having been published, or [...]
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To register as a free member, the individual has to complete a long questionnaire where a _______ of personal information has to be _______. A. plethora..divulged B. calumny..concealed C. phenomena..publicized D. dearth..disclosed E. penury..delineated If it is a long questionnaire, then it must be asking for a significant amount of personal information. The first blank needs to [...]
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The questions are based on the following passage: The ground is full of seeds that cannot rise into seedlings; the seedlings rob one another of air, light and water, the strongest robber winning the day, and extinguishing his competitors. Year after year, the wild animals with which 5 [...]
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Choose the word pairing that works best in this sentence: A newborn infant’s _______ skills are not fully _______, for it cannot discern images more than 10 inches away. A. perceptual..stimulated B. visual..developed C. descriptive..ripened D. olfactory..shared E. average..familiar This should not have been terribly difficult, especially if you’ve been doing a lot of practice [...]
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After all her effort, the writer was ________ to learn that her poem had been ________ for publication. a) elated…disallowed b) dismayed…approved c) troubled…recommended d) enthralled…refused e) distraught…rejected The phrase “After all her effort. . .” could be followed by a reference to the writer’s elation over having been published, or [...]
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The voters first thought the candidate was ________, so they were horrified to discover the level of his ________. a) honorable…veracity b) tiresome…nonchalance c) principled…perfidy d) reprobate…wantonness e) corrupt…turpitude “First” is a very important word here. The implication is that voters had a certain view of this person which then [...]
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There is great unevenness in his later plays; there are moments of the greatest ____ in the midst of great ____. A. lucidity – enlightenment B. frivolity – triteness C. insight – banality D. obscurity – ambivalence E. profundity – wisdom If his later plays demonstrate “unevenness,” then what follows is going to be a [...]
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For decades many scientists ________ that global warming posed a grave risk to the planet, but in the twenty-first century nearly all of them ________ that the threat is real. a) agreed…insist b) denied…concur c) argued…accede d) contended…acknowledge e) disaffirmed…reject When you see the word “but” on a sentence completion [...]
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The questions below are based on the following passage: That well-imagined nightmare in which a bloodthirsty Tyrannosaurus rex is chasing the family car down a lonely road in the red-rock desert as the children scream and the gas gauge hovers on empty and the dinosaur gnashes at the rear bumper is just that: a bad [...]
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The parliamentary session degenerated into ____ with politicians hurling ____ at each other and refusing to come to order. A. mayhem – banter B. disarray – pleasantries C. tranquillity – invectives D. chaos – aphorisms E. anarchy – insults First of all, we can eliminate (C), since it would make no sense for something to [...]
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Iodine deficiency is ____ in these remote mountain regions; however, it is no longer ____ in the lowlands where iodized salt is available. A. recorded – unusual B. rare – sporadic C. eradicated – common D. endemic – prevalent E. diagnosed – controlled It would be helpful here to look at the second part of [...]
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