Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

1. Truman tried to continue Roosevelt’s ________ approach to the Soviet Union, but by 1946, he had adopted a much tougher policy toward the Russians.

   1. cursory
   2. strict
   3. obligatory
   4. uncompromising
   5. conciliatory

2. It became _____ that he was going to die.

   1. visible
   2. distinct
   3. apparent
   4. manifest

3. Neither the officer nor the clerks _____ absent.

   1. was
   2. were
   3. have been
   4. are

4. My land is _____ to your Land.

   1. contagious
   2. contiguous
   3. infectious
   4. touchy

5. You _____ care of your health.

   1. had better to take
   2. had better take
   3. had better taken
   4. had taken better

6. My wealthy aunt is more than economical; she is so ________ that she washes paper plates to be used again.

   1. affluent
   2. parsimonious
   3. indigent
   4. impoverished
   5. selfish

7. The _____ arguments put forth for not disclosing the facts did not impress anybody.

   1. specious
   2. intemperate
   3. spurious
   4. convincing

8. Enemy movement on the border look a bit _____.

   1. acute
   2. ominous
   3. unusual
   4. insipid

9. He has _____ all the miseries heroically.

   1. born
   2. borne
   3. bane
   4. boon

10. The eruption of the volcano in January was only ________ of the much larger event in March.

    1. an advent
    2. a ukase
    3. an elision
    4. a precursor
    5. a subtext

11. He could not _____ the incident from his memory.

    1. emboss
    2. paramount
    3. exculpate
    4. expunge

12. Pretending in his works to be gauche, uneducated, and ________, the real Chaucer was a sophisticated, widely read, and ________ man.

    1. provincial . . . cosmopolitan
    2. exiguous . . . vigorous
    3. avuncular . . . shrewd
    4. inept . . . dauntless
    5. incompetent . . . flaccid

13. He said that there was no going back because his decision was _____.

    1. palatable
    2. peremptory
    3. premeditated
    4. revolutionary

14. The book is out of print and difficult to _____.

    1. achieve
    2. procure
    3. acquire
    4. attain

15. Loyalty tests are ________ in their consequences because they distract attention from truly disloyal activities, and they ________ the criticism that true loyalty inspires.

    1. salutary . . . intimidate
    2. cautionary . . . mute
    3. pernicious . . . silence
    4. unexceptional . . . abstract
    5. perilous . . . augment

16. They refuse to _____ defeat.

    1. grant
    2. yield
    3. own
    4. acknowledge

17. Praise always _____ him to make greater efforts.

    1. bores
    2. stimulates
    3. entices
    4. enervates

18. We were _____ by the result.

    1. surprise
    2. surprised
    3. surprising
    4. to surprise of

19. We congratulate him _____.

    1. on his success
    2. for his success
    3. at his success
    4. in his success

20. Vitamin _____ can lead to illness.

    1. shortage
    2. deficiency
    3. poverty
    4. want

21. Though it lasted only half an hour, the ponderous lecture seemed ________ to most of the students.

    1. interminable
    2. cabalistic
    3. waggish
    4. vendible
    5. expressive

22. He flew into a _____ when I would not lend him any money.

    1. overt
    2. sporadic
    3. furtive
    4. fury

23. If the teams were not so evenly matched, it would be easier to _____ the outcome of the match.

    1. argue
    2. predict
    3. discuss
    4. influence

24. I am intent ________.

    1. to win
    2. of winning
    3. on winning
    4. for winning

25. You must apply ________ the judge for pardon.

    1. to
    2. with
    3. upon
    4. over
    5. in

Answers

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