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. 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

2. The dictator used propaganda and intimidation to ________ the revolution.

a. prelude

b. intimate

c. congregate

d. irradiate

e. quell

3. After weeks of heavy rains, the earth gave way; mud and trees ________ down the mountain swallowing cars and houses in their path.

a. ascended

b. inculcated

c. aspersed

d. hurtled

e. entreated

4. It was ________ to think that it could possibly snow in the middle of the desert.

a. advantageous

b. philosophical

c. eroding

d. preventative

e. preposterous

5. In such a small office setting, the office manager found he had ________ responsibilities that required knowledge in a variety of different topics.

a. heedless

b. complementary

c. mutual

d. manifold

e. correlative

6. Diane, always teasing, was known for her ________ , but as a result, nobody knew when to take her seriously.

a. jocularity

b. servitude

c. logic

d. austerity

e. inclemency

7. When people are in love, they may find their beloved’s ________— often annoying to or disparaged by others—to be charming and endearing.