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. Furious that Lou had lied about his references, Noi ________ her decision to promote him to assistant manager.

a. elevated

b. incriminated

c. complied

d. rescinded

e. fortified

2. 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

3. 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

4. The young girl was so full of enthusiasm and ________ that she infected the room with energy.

a. languidness

b. apathy

c. vivacity

d. blandness

e. tenacity

5. We could not describe the scene before us; it was filled with such ________ beauty.

a. inexorable

b. unutterable

c. uproarious

d. mnemonic

e. fretful

6. The college professor was known on campus as a ________ character—bland but harmless and noble in his ideals.

a. staid

b. stagnant

c. auspicious

d. sterile

e. dogmatic

7. Even though he was only in kindergarten, Joel was very ________ and could intuit when his teacher was not pleased with his behavior.

a. obtuse

b. oblivious

c. inept

d. perceptive

e. indolent

8. ________ 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

9. In the famous balcony scene, Romeo ________ Juliet’s beauty in one of the most romantic soliloquies ever written.

a. sanctions

b. extols

c. peruses

d. beguiles

e. fetters

10. 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