Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 08

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

1. NaQuan had a terrible habit of boasting so much about his smallest accomplishments that his ________ became renowned throughout the small college campus.

a. vainglory

b. timidity

c. diffidence

d. tempestuousness

e. mockery

2. When the senator’s popularity suffered in the polls, he ________ his decision to raise taxes.

a. recanted

b. pulverized

c. enveloped

d. detracted

e. extenuated

3. Being able to afford this luxury car will ________ getting a betterpaying job.

a. maximize

b. recombinant

c. reiterate

d. necessitate

e. reciprocate

4. We both knew our summer romance was ________ , and we would just be memories in each other’s minds by the winter.

a. restorative

b. tempting

c. temporal

d. understated

e. indecisive

5. Since the judge hearing the case was related to one of the defendants, she felt she could not offer a truly ________ opinion.

a. unbiased

b. indifferent

c. unilateral

d. uninterested

e. understated

6. Because of the ________ of reliable information, Quentin’s report was comprised mostly of speculation.

a. dearth

b. diatribe

c. myriad

d. juxtaposition

e. tirade

7. ________ animals are able to survive easily in the wilderness because, for example, they can live on berries or insects.

a. Omnipotent

b. Omnivorous

c. Luminous

d. Lavish

e. Precarious

8. Acting in the high school play served to ________ Ander’s appetite for professional acting.

a. satiate

b. whet

c. purport

d. incriminate

e. corral

9. Moving swiftly and gracefully through the backyard, the cat suddenly ________ when she hit the thorny bush.

a. recoiled

b. recuperated

c. invigorated

d. fabricated

e. throttled

10. The drama workshop’s efforts ________ in the final production of a play written, directed, and acted by the students for the entire school.

a. finalized

b. languished

c. teemed

d. discerned

e. culminated

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