Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 05

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

1. The cop was in a ________: Should he chase the criminal or help the victim?

a. quandary

b. litany

c. tatter

d. discord

e. plethora

2. The task of building the cabin was a ________ one, but Rob was up to the challenge.

a. laborious

b. venerable

c. archaic

d. cynical

e. unbiased

3. The subject matter was ________ because the mumbling professor spoke too quickly.

a. obscure

b. magnanimous

c. treacherous

d. vital

e. maximized

4. Given his ________ nature, it was appropriate that he decided to be a trial lawyer after law school.

a. lackluster

b. engrossed

c. penitent

d. litigious

e. obsolete

5. Wearing the designer’s latest fashions, the ________ clothing model sashayed down the runway.

a. jaunty

b. tranquil

c. fanatical

d. recessive

e. contemplative

6. Because Virgil had been so ________ as a child, he had an extremely difficult time adjusting when he enrolled in the military academy.

a. fettered

b. intrepid

c. coddled

d. pallid

e. odious

7. After the third relative was hired to an upper-level position, several people quit the company, claiming that ________ caused a decline in employee morale.

a. carrion

b. explicitness

c. skepticism

d. devotion

e. nepotism

8. Our cottage by the sea offers many days of relaxation with warm sunshine and soothing ________.

a. zephyrs

b. dervishes

c. stanchions

d. ebbs

e. torques

9. The close-up of the actor drinking the popular brand of cola in the movie was a ________ display of commercialism.

a. dispassionate

b. languid

c. apathetic

d. gratuitous

e. unpunctual

10. When the movie star slipped out the back door of the hotel, the paparazzi adroitly gathered their ________ and raced around the building to catch her.

a. pandemonium

b. tenor

c. paraphernalia

d. venue

e. propaganda