Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 10

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

1. As she walked through the halls of her old grade school, Madeline became ________, remembering her old friends and teachers.

a. prolific

b. nostalgic

c. credulous

d. precocious

e. ambitious

2. The soldiers received a military ________ to inspect all their vehicles before traveling.

a. allotment

b. dominion

c. affectation

d. calculation

e. mandate

3. When the company reached it’s ________ of hiring one hundred college graduates, they proceeded to recruit older, more experienced candidates.

a. quota

b. hybrid

c. detriment

d. fiasco

e. malady

4. The cruise ship’s deliciously appetizing dinner buffets encouraged ________ among the vacationing passengers.

a. gluttony

b. squabbling

c. equivocation

d. restraint

e. queries

5. Must we be subjected to your ________ complaints all day long?

a. tiresome

b. fearsome

c. awesome

d. gleesome

e. wholesome

6. When we first meet Romeo, he is ________ over his unrequited love for Rosaline.

a. brooding

b. ogling

c. meandering

d. embellishing

e. groveling

7. Every evening at the restaurant, the reporter would eavesdrop on the Mayor’s conversations in order to ________ any information that could make headlines.

a. ignore

b. glean

c. extol

d. extend

e. narrate

8. The haunted house displayed ________ scenes in every room, causing squeamish visitors to scream.

a. preparatory

b. archaic

c. macabre

d. precocious

e. impetuous

9. The veteran lieutenant was not happy with his ________ rank behind the two inexperienced men.