Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

1. Those cottages _____ perfectly with the landscape.

   1. mix
   2. blend
   3. unite
   4. compound

2. It is _____ to steal.

   1. sinful
   2. corrupt
   3. immoral
   4. wicked

3. That so shameless, sentimental, and dishonest a film attracts a large and enthusiastic audience is ________ of how low the popular taste has ________.

   1. an indication . . . soared
   2. a gauge . . . refined
   3. a signatory . . . fallen
   4. a refutation . . . descended
   5. a barometer . . . plummeted

4. We should try to avoid one who is brave in words but not in _____.

   1. actions
   2. reaction
   3. job
   4. fighting

5. 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

6. We were caught in the storm and got _____.

   1. soaked
   2. drenched
   3. damped
   4. moistened

7. Neither the officer nor the clerks _____ absent.

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

8. Union leader tried to calm down _____ workers.

   1. turbid
   2. turgid
   3. torpid
   4. turbulent

9. He has _____ knowledge of the subject.

   1. exceptional
   2. exceptionable
   3. exhaustible
   4. exhaustive

10. The ________ songs of Irving Berlin captured the uninhibited joy and ________ verve of New York in the twenties.

    1. jaunty . . . insouciant
    2. tuneful . . . timorous
    3. cacophonous . . . careless
    4. catchy . . . lurid
    5. popular . . . flagrant

11. He was quite able _____ after himself.

    1. to looking
    2. for looking
    3. to look
    4. of looking

12. Although they are now commercially ________, caper bushes are still found growing wild in many ________ Mediterranean areas.

    1. exported . . . fertile
    2. marketed . . . urban
    3. preempted . . . fluvial
    4. eluded . . . indigenous
    5. cultivated . . . remote

13. The Supreme Court has a reputation for being _____.

    1. stubborn
    2. capricious
    3. just
    4. humorous

14. All communication with outside world has been cut _____.

    1. out
    2. away
    3. down
    4. off

15. The price of food here is _____.

    1. askance
    2. exorbitant
    3. outlandish
    4. usury

16. Slavery is the ____ of freedom.

    1. oxymoron
    2. paradox
    3. metaphor
    4. antithesis

17. Like human, animals must have a dentist _____ their teeth.

    1. fill
    2. filled
    3. filling
    4. to be filled

18. Alarmist newspaper stories present the pit bull terrier as ________ killer, but owners insist that the dog is friendly and ________.

    1. an invidious . . . malleable
    2. a malign . . . philanthropic
    3. a ferocious . . . docile
    4. an infamous . . . self-serving
    5. a dissolute . . . venal

19. The meager ruins of the castle, which once covered 6 acres of ground, can now be of interest only to ________.

    1. antiques
    2. antiquaries
    3. reliquaries
    4. patricians
    5. histrionics

20. We were _____ by the result.

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

21. You must _____ yourself to the new conditions.

    1. adopt
    2. adept
    3. adapt
    4. convert

22. I will meet him when he _____ .

    1. will come
    2. had come
    3. would have come
    4. comes

23. That new law went into _____ last month.

    1. affect
    2. effect
    3. action
    4. selection

24. Praise always _____ him to make greater efforts.

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

25. 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

Answers

Practice Test Set 1
Practice Test Set 2
Practice Test Set 3