Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 09

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

1. The deadline has been moved to this Friday, so we must ________ our efforts and complete the project earlier than we had planned.

a. wane

b. ruminate

c. burnish

d. pilfer

e. expedite

2. Oscar ________ his sister not to tell their mother what he had done, for he knew his punishment would be severe.

a. beguiled

b. vied

c. exhorted

d. maligned

e. corroborated

3. The ________ newspaper accounts of the city scandal caused some readers to question the truth of the stories.

a. lurid

b. vivacious

c. blithesome

d. prolific

e. amicable

4. Jackson’s poor typing skills were a ________ to finding employment at the nearby office complex.

a. benefit

b. hindrance

c. partiality

d. temptation

e. canon

5. With her ________ eyesight, Krystyna spotted a trio of deer on the hillside and she reduced the speed of her car.

a. inferior

b. keen

c. impressionable

d. ductile

e. conspiratorial

6. Amanda’s parents were shocked by her ________ decision to quit her job without notice and move to Hollywood.

a. conscientious

b. affable

c. placid

d. languid

e. impetuous

7. The ________wallpaper in his living room makes it difficult to find curtains and furniture that will match it.

a. blunt

b. fatuous

c. verbose

d. variegated

e. meticulous

8. Going away for spring break was not in the ________ of possibility, since neither Helga nor Olga had any money.

a. fascism

b. fulcrum

c. introversion

d. realm

e. nadir

9. In an attempt to ________ the enemy, Braveheart rallied hundreds of fierce warriors.

a. alienate

b. scoff

c. obliterate

d. ostracize

e. minimize

10. I have always admired Seymour’s ________; I’ve never seen him rattled by anything.

a. aplomb

b. confluence

c. propriety

d. compunction

e. nostalgia

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