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. Eels swim using a rapid ________ motion that propels them through the water.

a. dissipating

b. undulating

c. eradicating

d. objurgating

e. irritating

2. Jillian was ________ by the contradictory diagnoses she received and decided she needed a third opinion.

a. intimidated

b. effaced

c. girded

d. usurped

e. bemused

3. After her extended illness, Delia experienced a long period of ________ when she did not want to work, exercise, or clean.

a. languor

b. arrogance

c. insolence

d. forethought

e. recompense

4. 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

5. ________ laughter came from the upstairs apartment where Trang was having a graduation party.

a. Scurrilous

b. Deleterious

c. Fatuous

d. Uproarious

e. Malicious

6. Meredith used the ________ to steer the horse and keep him in line.

a. jolt

b. bristle

c. chine

d. quirt

e. hearth

7. Antonello searched the forest around his campsite for small branches to ________ the fire, so he could eventually cook his dinner.

a. stifle

b. kindle

c. suppress

d. dissipate

e. prohibit

8. After being cleared of all charges for slander, the attorney was able to go back to work and ________ his role as a prosecutor.

a. inhibit

b. reprimand

c. remand

d. resume

e. dissipate

9. It was such a beautiful day that I decided to go for a ________ on my bike down to the local park.

a. expedition

b. jaunt

c. pilgrimage

d. repast

e. intimation

10. 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