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. The catlike movements of the sneaky ________ served him well when he picked pockets among the tourists on the crowded boardwalk.

a. forerunner

b. knave

c. vigilante

d. dignitary

e. bureaucrat

2. Genevieve’s stunning debut performance at the city opera has earned her ________ from some of the city’s toughest critics.

a. antipathy

b. insinuations

c. destitution

d. lamentations

e. accolades

3. The protesters were concerned that the proposed legislation would have a(n) ________ effect on the state’s nature preserves.

a. scintillating

b. deleterious

c. insipid

d. punctilious

e. parsimonious

4. Wedding ceremonies often include the exchange of ________ rings to symbolize the couple’s promises to each other.

a. hirsute

b. acrimonious

c. plaintive

d. deciduous

e. votive

5. The captain ________ the cargo to keep his ship afloat.

a. rebuked

b. listed

c. disunited

d. flanked

e. jettisoned

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

a. sensational

b. sentient

c. sentimental

d. static

e. senile

7. After performing a ________ of the cow, scientists determined that it did not have mad cow disease, and there was no need to notify the board of health.

a. extrapolation

b. interrogation

c. interment

d. elongation

e. vivisection

8. The surgeon placed a ________ on the femoral artery to bind it during the long and exhausting surgery.

a. ligature

b. doctrine

c. premise

d. synopsis

e. degeneration

9. The student failed his research paper because he chose to ________ material from a another author’s work.