Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 03

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

1. As ________ beings we live each day conscious of our shortcomings and victories.

a. sensational

b. sentient

c. sentimental

d. static

e. senile

2. The architect designed the ceiling using wood ________ that would remain uncovered, creating a rustic ambience in the living room.

a. pediments

b. joists

c. mullions

d. banisters

e. abutments

3. Please don’t ________ me my success—I’ve worked hard to earn this promotion!

a. renege

b. begrudge

c. excise

d. staunch

e. vaunt

4. Blaine had a tendency to ________ certain details of his evenings out when he didn’t want his parents to know where he had been.

a. excel

b. oscillate

c. corroborate

d. juxtapose

e. omit

5. The meeting is ________; everyone must attend.

a. palatable

b. compulsory

c. reciprocal

d. resilient

e. ancillary

6. The ________ instinct of a watchdog is to attack strangers who enter its home.

a. judicious

b. intimate

c. pragmatic

d. melancholy

e. primal

7. The artist attempted to ________ the painting by adding people dressed in bright colors in the foreground.

a. excoriate

b. amplify

c. eradicate

d. vivify

e. inculcate

8. Sanji went abroad as a ________ young man; when he returned two years later, he seemed like an experienced man of the world.

a. sardonic

b. egalitarian

c. reticent

d. callow

e. loquacious

9. Floyd has a distinctive ________ to his voice—easily recognizable over the phone.

a. viscosity

b. brawn

c. timbre

d. diadem

e. ingenuity

10. She realized mortgage rates had declined and decided it was ________ to continue paying rent when she could now afford a monthly payment for her own home.

a. referable

b. relative

c. subsequent

d. episodic

e. inexpedient