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 meeting is ________; everyone must attend.

a. palatable

b. compulsory

c. reciprocal

d. resilient

e. ancillary

2. 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

3. 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

4. The police officer ________ the crowd to step back from the fire so that no one would get hurt.

a. undulated

b. enjoined

c. stagnated

d. permeated

e. delineated

5. 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

6. The cozy beach cottage was only ________ for summer tenants because it lacked the insulation to make a winter stay comfortable.

a. stagnant

b. erroneous

c. resilient

d. habitable

e. ineffective

7. Teachers should not only be knowledgeable but also ________; students should feel comfortable approaching them with questions or problems.

a. wheedling

b. patronizing

c. laconic

d. affable

e. frugal

8. Tai was ________ by a series of setbacks that nearly made him miss his deadline.

a. ensconced

b. relegated

c. beleaguered

d. solicited

e. winnowed

9. 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

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

a. judicious

b. intimate

c. pragmatic

d. melancholy

e. primal