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. Keith was ________ in his giving to friends and charities throughout the year, not just during the holidays.

a. munificent

b. portly

c. amphibious

d. guileful

e. forensic

2. Some would say Muzak is a(n) ________ form of music, a kind of background noise designed to be heard but not listened to.

a. arable

b. degenerate

c. volatile

d. pivotal

e. exemplary

3. When we were renovating the old house, we found a(n) ________ of $10 and $20 bills hidden inside the old laundry chute.

a. odyssey

b. matrix

c. lament

d. fodder

e. cache

4. ________ 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

5. Patrick, who was always joking, added ________ to the formal dinner, which his sedate employer did not appreciate.

a. contemplation

b. ordinance

c. tutelage

d. levity

e. sincerity

6. The spectacular presentation by a rainforest adventurer ________ Simon with the desire to travel to South America to see the jungles for himself.

a. disheartened

b. inhibited

c. imbued

d. reconstituted

e. abhorred

7. The old bridge’s steel ________ were rusty and in need of repair.

a. piers

b. campaniles

c. manacles

d. girders

e. spindles

8. The new actress’s talents were severely ________ by the local critics; she went on to be a distinguished member of a well-respected acting company.

a. underrated

b. berated

c. placated

d. dissuaded

e. interred

9. Claudia’s ________ face gave no clue to her hard, cold heart.

a. winsome

b. gruesome

c. fatuous

d. ironic

e. flaccid

10. Nina called the humane society when she saw her neighbor ________ his dog.