Practice Test Set 1 (Sentence Completion)

1. The government was _____ of incompetence.

   1. charged
   2. accused
   3. impeached
   4. censured

2. The price of food here is _____.

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

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

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

4. He is _____ for promotion.

   1. illegible
   2. legible
   3. eligible
   4. ineligible

5. What a _____ you were not hurt in the accident.

   1. prayers
   2. praise
   3. blessing
   4. consecration

6. Whatever he does is always contrary ________ my wishes.

   1. with
   2. from
   3. to
   4. for

7. After his operation he was _____ to bed for a week.

   1. circumscribed
   2. cramped
   3. confined
   4. limited

8. 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

9. 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

10. Heavy _____ were reported in the battle

    1. depreciation
    2. despoliation
    3. obsolescence
    4. casualties

11. The thought of a nuclear ________ sparked by a misunderstanding poses an awesome ________.

    1. device . . . reverberation
    2. holocaust . . . specter
    3. danger . . . spectacle
    4. liaison . . . probability
    5. explosion . . . calamity

12. Failing the exam was a _____ disappointment to him.

    1. sour
    2. tart
    3. bitter
    4. acrid

13. If you wait here, I _____ if the Manager is in.

    1. would see
    2. will have seen
    3. would have seen
    4. will see

14. Non-violence is the law of saints as violence is the law of the _____.

    1. coward
    2. foolish
    3. brute
    4. ignorant

15. You must _____ yourself to the new conditions.

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

16. 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

17. Political dissidents complained of being _____ by the police.

    1. capitulated
    2. desecrated
    3. minimized
    4. harassed

18. This disease is _____ do not sit near him.

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

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

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

20. Advertisement will _____ your sale.

    1. boost
    2. hoist
    3. lift
    4. aid

21. An announcement of further increase in taxes is _____.

    1. imminent
    2. eminent
    3. immanent
    4. permanent

22. Virginia has adopted detailed new ________ for what students should know in English, history, mathematics, and science.

    1. maxims
    2. jurisdictions
    3. benchmarks
    4. affirmations
    5. vortices

23. He is such an _____ that he's sure he will soon find a job.

    1. pessimist
    2. optimist
    3. philanthropist
    4. profiteer

24. the child ________ crying for three hours.

    1. is
    2. has
    3. has been
    4. have been

25. Despite his illness, Inzamam was ________ in winning his team.

    1. disappointing
    2. useless
    3. vigorous
    4. instrumental

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