Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 02

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

1. Her ________ display of tears at work did not impress her new boss, who felt she should try to control her emotions.

a. maudlin

b. meritorious

c. precarious

d. plausible

e. schematic

2. Since she had not exercised in five years, Margarita attempt to jog five miles on her first day of cardio-training was a little ________.

a. pessimistic

b. irrelevant

c. trivial

d. quixotic

e. relieved

3. “Absolute power corrupts absolutely,” said Haines. “There is no such thing as a(n) ________ who is not a corrupt and cruel ruler.”

a. imbroglio

b. pedant

c. despot

d. agnostic

e. archetype

4. Sunlight shining through a window was an obvious ________ in the nearly every one of the artist’s works.

a. disjunction

b. hindrance

c. repugnance

d. motif

e. variance

5. Sean would ________ whenever it became his turn to do the dishes.

a. premeditate

b. palter

c. reform

d. distend

e. ponder

6. Shakespeare, a(n) ________ writer, entertained audiences by writing many tragic and comic plays.

a. numeric

b. obstinate

c. dutiful

d. prolific

e. generic

7. When Arnold’s grandmother began to complain about the excruciating pain in her knees and legs, she was referred to an ________ specialist for a diagnosis.

a. optical

b. oral

c. archeological

d. osteopathic

e. psychological

8. According to pirate lore, a terrible ________ would follow whoever opened the treasure chest.

a. precursor

b. precession

c. rendition

d. insurgence

e. malediction

9. Candace would ________ her little sister into an argument by teasing her and calling her names.