Sentence Completion Flashcards
1
Q
- She hadn’t eaten all day, and by the time she got home she was
______.
a. blighted
b. confutative
c. ravenous
d. ostentatious
e. blissful
A
- c. Ravenous (adj.) means extremely hungry.
2
Q
- The movie offended many of the parents of its younger viewers by
including unnecessary ______ in the dialogue.
a. vulgarity
b. verbosity
c. vocalizations
d. garishness
e. tonality
A
- a. Vulgarity (n.) means offensive speech or conduct
3
Q
- His neighbors found his ______ manner bossy and irritating, and
they stopped inviting him to backyard barbeques.
a. insentient
b. magisterial
c. reparatory
d. restorative
e. modest
A
- b. Magisterial (adj.) means overbearing or offensively self-assured.
4
Q
- Steven is always ______ about showing up for work because he
feels that tardiness is a sign of irresponsibility.
a. legible
b. tolerable
c. punctual
d. literal
e. belligerent
A
- c. Punctual (adj.) means arriving exactly on time
5
Q
- Candace would ______ her little sister into an argument by teasing
her and calling her names.
a. advocate
b. provoke
c. perforate
d. lamente
e. expunge
A
- b. To provoke (v.) is to incite anger or resentment; to call forth a
feeling or action.
6
Q
- The dress Ariel wore ______ with small, glassy beads, creating a
shimmering effect.
a. titillated
b. reiterated
c. scintillated
d. enthralled
e. striated
A
- c. To scintillate (v.) means to emit or send forth sparks or little
flashes of light, creating a shimmering effect; to sparkle.
7
Q
- Being able to afford this luxury car will ______ getting a betterpaying job.
a. maximize
b. recombinant
c. reiterate
d. necessitate
e. reciprocate
A
- d. To necessitate (v.) means to make necessary, especially as a result.
8
Q
- Levina unknowingly ______ the thief by holding open the elevator
doors and ensuring his escape.
a. coerced
b. proclaimed
c. abetted
d. sanctioned
e. solicited
A
- c. To abet (v.) means to assist, encourage, urge, or aid, usually an
act of wrongdoing.
9
Q
- Shakespeare, a(n) ______ writer, entertained audiences by writing
many tragic and comic plays.
a. numeric
b. obstinate
c. dutiful
d. prolific
e. generic
A
- d. Prolific (adj.) means abundantly creative.
10
Q
- I had the ______ experience of sitting next to an over-talkative
passenger on my flight home from Brussels.
a. satisfactory
b. commendable
c. galling
d. acceptable
e. acute
A
- c. Galling (adj.) means irritating, annoying, or exasperating.
11
Q
- Prince Phillip had to choose: marry the woman he loved and ______
his right to the throne, or marry Lady Fiona and inherit the crown.
a. reprimand
b. upbraid
c. abdicate
d. winnow
e. extol
A
- c. To abdicate (v.) means to formally relinquish or surrender power,
office, or responsibility.
12
Q
- If you will not do your work of your own ______, I have no choice
but to penalize you if it is not done on time.
a. predilection
b. coercion
c. excursion
d. volition
e. infusion
A
- d. Volition (n.) means accord; an act or exercise of will.
13
Q
- After sitting in the sink for several days, the dirty, food-encrusted
dishes became ______.
a. malodorous
b. prevalent
c. imposing
d. perforated
e. emphatic
A
- a. Malodorous (adj.) means having a foul-smelling odor.
14
Q
- Giulia soon discovered the source of the ______ smell in the room:
a week-old tuna sandwich that one of the children had hidden in
the closet.
a. quaint
b. fastidious
c. clandestine
d. laconic
e. fetid
A
- e. Fetid (adj.) means having a foul or offensive odor, putrid.
15
Q
- After making ______ remarks to the President, the reporter was
not invited to return to the White House pressroom.
a. hospitable
b. itinerant
c. enterprising
d. chivalrous
e. irreverent
A
- e. Irreverent (adj.) means lacking respect or seriousness; not
reverent.
16
Q
- 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
A
- b. Keen (adj.) means being extremely sensitive or responsive;
having strength of perception.
17
Q
- With a(n) ______ grin, the boy quickly slipped the candy into his
pocket without his mother’s knowledge.
a. jaundiced
b. nefarious
c. stereotypical
d. sentimental
e. impartial
A
- b. Nefarious (adj.) means wicked, vicious, or evil.
18
Q
- Her ______ display of tears at work did not impress her new boss,
who felt she should try to control her emotions.
a. maudlin
b. meritorious
c. precarious
d. plausible
e. schematic
A
- a. Maudlin (adj.) means excessively and weakly sentimental or
tearfully emotional.
19
Q
- Johan argued, “If you know about a crime but don’t report it, you
are ______ in that crime because you allowed it to happen.”
a. acquitted
b. steadfast
c. tenuous
d. complicit
e. nullified
A
- d. Complicit (adj.) means participating in or associated with a
questionable act or a crime.
20
Q
- The authorities, fearing a ______ of their power, called for a
military state in the hopes of restoring order.
a. subversion
b. premonition
c. predilection
d. infusion
e. inversion
A
- a. Subversion (n.) means an overthrow, as from the foundation.
21
Q
- The story’s bitter antagonist felt such great ______ for all of the other
characters that as a result, his life was very lonely and he died alone.
a. insurgence
b. malevolence
c. reciprocation
d. declamation
e. preference
A
- b. Malevolence (n.) means ill will or malice toward others; hate.
22
Q
- It is difficult to believe that charging 20% on an outstanding credit
card balance isn’t ______!
a. bankruptcy
b. usury
c. novice
d. kleptomania
e. flagrancy
A
- b. Usury (n.) is the lending of money at exorbitant interest rates.
23
Q
- The ______ weather patterns of the tropical island meant tourists
had to carry both umbrellas and sunglasses.
a. impertinent
b. supplicant
c. preeminent
d. illustrative
e. kaleidoscopic
A
- e. Kaleidoscopic (adj.) means continually changing or quickly
24
Q
- Wedding ceremonies often include the exchange of ______ rings
to symbolize the couple’s promises to each other.
a. hirsute
b. acrimonious
c. plaintive
d. deciduous
e. votive
A
- e. Votive (adj.) means dedicated by a vow.
25
Q
- Kym was ______ in choosing her friends, so her parties were
attended by vastly different and sometimes bizarre personalities.
a. indispensable
b. indiscriminate
c. commensurate
d. propulsive
e. indisputable
A
- b. Indiscriminate (adj.) means not discriminating or choosing
randomly; haphazard; without distinction.
26
Q
- Phillip’s ______ tone endeared him to his comical friends, but
irritated his serious father.
a. aloof
b. jesting
c. grave
d. earnest
e. conservative
A
- b. Jesting (adj.) means characterized by making jests; joking;
playful
27
Q
- Brian’s pale Irish skin was ______ to burn if he spent too much
time in the sun.
a. prone
b. urbane
c. eminent
d. erect
e. daunted
A
- a. Prone (adj.) means a tendency or inclination to something.
28
Q
- A fan of historical fiction, Joline is now reading a novel about
slavery in the ______ South.
a. decorous
b. rogue
c. droll
d. antebellum
e. onerous
A
- d. Antebellum (adj.) means belonging to the period before a war,
especially the American Civil War.
29
Q
- Over the years the Wilsons slowly ______ upon the Jacksons’
property, moving the stone markers that divided their lots farther
and farther onto the Jacksons’ land.
a. encroached
b. jettisoned
c. conjoined
d. repudiated
e. teemed
A
- a. To encroach (v.) means to gradually or stealthily take the rights
or possessions of another; to advance beyond proper or formal
limits; trespass
30
Q
- Mary became ______ at typing because she practiced every day for
six months.
a. proficient
b. reflective
c. dormant
d. redundant
e. valiant
A
- a. Proficient (adj.) means well-versed in any business or branch of
learning; adept.
