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

a. authorize

b. stimulate

c. overrule

d. plagiarize

e. meditate

2. The dissatisfied workers spread their ________ attitudes among themselves until there was a danger of a full-scale rebellion against the owners of the factory.

a. paradoxical

b. monochromatic

c. benign

d. virulent

e. portentous

3. Tonya found Isaac’s public declarations of his love for her ________ and embarrassing.

a. necrotic

b. intriguing

c. witless

d. malodorous

e. pliant

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

a. viscosity

b. brawn

c. timbre

d. diadem

e. ingenuity

5. After the powerful windstorm, Marie discovered a splintered and fallen tree limb had ________ the vinyl lining of her swimming pool.

a. extenuated

b. calculated

c. retaliated

d. lacerated

e. curtailed

6. Henley’s ________ remarks about my presentation did not bother me because I knew I’d done a good job.

a. derogatory

b. voracious

c. tactile

d. capricious

e. amiable

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

a. renege

b. begrudge

c. excise

d. staunch

e. vaunt

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. It is helpful for salesmen to develop a good ________ with their customers in order to gain their trust.

a. platitude

b. rapport

c. ire

d. tribute

e. disinclination

10. 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