Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 06

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

1. Homeless people often lead a(n) ________ lifestyle because they repeatedly get uprooted from the streets and alleys where they live.

a. aristocratic

b. platonic

c. analytic

d. nomadic

e. ballistic

2. After the fire, there were ashes in every ________ of the old farmhouse.

a. belfry

b. reprieve

c. tangent

d. orifice

e. tribunal

3. Sheila’s grueling hike included passing through numerous ________. a. terrariums

a. b. neoprene

b. c. jurisdictions

c. d. ravines

d. e. belfries

e. Chapter 4

4. The con man used his ________ to convince the elderly woman to sign over her life savings to him.

a. estuary

b. melee

c. flagrancy

d. malleability

e. wile

5. Keeping hot peppers in the olive oil ________ it with a spicy kick.

a. contemplates

b. stigmatizes

c. scrutinizes

d. infuses

e. defames

6. The ________ man with amnesia was unable to recognize where he was.

a. endogenous

b. euphoric

c. nonplussed

d. amicable

e. pliable

7. The postcard advertised a free cruise to anyone who bought a magazine subscription, but after reading the fine print Sasha found the cruise was just a ________.

a. petition

b. gimmick

c. compromise

d. reference

e. motif

8. Observing his sister’s ________ behavior of riding without a helmet, Jorge ran to get his mother.

a. contemptuous

b. contented

c. fictitious

d. parlous

e. pensive

9. Steven is always ________ about showing up for work because he feels that tardiness is a sign of irresponsibility.