Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 01

Vocabulary Examination - Sentence Completion
These tests improve your vocabulary, ability to follow the internal logic of sentences and elimination skill process.

1. I was bored with the ________ conversation of my roommates and longed for some intellectual stimulation.

a. egregious

b. pronounced

c. vapid

d. intriguing

e. exonerating

2. I had to call the repairman because the washing machine was off ________—it began making terrible sounds and failed to clean the clothes thoroughly.

a. detriment

b. preferment

c. prevision

d. kilter

e. quandary

3. She hadn’t eaten all day, and by the time she got home she was ________.

a. blighted

b. confutative

c. ravenous

d. ostentatious

e. blissful

4. Losing his entire business to the flood, Bill’s only ________ was to file bankruptcy.

a. dross

b. enigma

c. fervor

d. imprecation

e. recourse

5. The proposed design includes many ________ features that are not functional and can be eliminated to cut costs.

a. jovial

b. germane

c. kinetic

d. nonchalant

e. extrinsic

6. The workers attempted to ________ the supervisor’s authority by negotiating terms with the clients themselves.

a. contradict

b. instigate

c. resonate

d. placate

e. undermine

7. As the ________ in Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is a hero able to capture the audience’s sympathy by continually professing his love for Juliet.

a. protagonist

b. enigma

c. facade

d. activist

e. catechist

8. Tomas is a(n) ________ businessman who knows a good opportunity when he sees it.

a. insolent

b. astute

c. mercurial

d. indifferent

e. volatile

9. I will write a rough draft of the proposal, and then you can edit it for any ________ material so that it is as convincing and concise as possible.

a. grandiose

b. incontrovertible

c. extraneous

d. abysmal

e. pensive

10. Only a small number of people in the audience laughed at the comic’s ________ sense of humor, while the rest found him to be too sarcastic.

a. consequential

b. avaricious

c. venturous

d. dauntless

e. mordant