Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 07

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

1. Niall’s ________ attitude toward the boss is embarrassing; he does nearly everything for him except scratch his nose!

a. subservient

b. subversive

c. subtle

d. sundry

e. surly

2. Sick and tired of her boring job, Cecilia began to ________ what it would be like to quit.

a. ponder

b. disengage

c. negate

d. relinquish

e. alleviate

3. Through ________, the chef created a creamy sauce by combining brown sugar, butter, and cinnamon in a pan and cooking them over medium-high heat.

a. impasse

b. obscurity

c. decadence

d. diversion

e. liquefaction

4. Ethan’s responses when he spoke on the telephone were ________ and he nearly always made his customers think he was rude.

a. receptive

b. laconic

c. uncanny

d. suave

e. ponderous

5. As Ramiro strolled through his old neighborhood, he noticed sounds and smells that were ________ of his childhood.

a. belligerent

b. malleable

c. reminiscent

d. recondite

e. incessant

6. The ________ of the successful product idea was attributed to the extraordinarily creative company president.

a. demise

b. genesis

c. symmetry

d. repletion

e. dominion

7. The devoted fans paid ________ to the late singer by placing flowers on his memorial and by holding burning votive candles.

a. tariffs

b. accouterment

c. retrospection

d. appraisement

e. homage

8. This summer’s movies are ________ for audiences of escape-the-heat mindless entertainment—not one film offers a substantive or even plausible plot.

a. privation

b. dulcet

c. jargon

d. fodder

e. germane

9. Walking through the ________ forest in spring was a welcome escape from the cold, gray winter we had spent in the city.

a. pliant

b. verdant

c. factious

d. bland

e. innocuous

10. I am ________ of the problems that this solution will cause, but I still believe that this is the best possible solution.