Practice Test Set 2 (Sentence Completion)

1. The laboratory has a _____ of equipment.

   1. large amount
   2. large number
   3. little amount
   4. big amount

2. _____ the gulf stream is warmer than the ocean water surrounding it.

   1. wholly
   2. whole
   3. as whole
   4. a whole as

3. The _____ from the mountain is dangerous.

   1. decent
   2. descent
   3. ascent
   4. jump

4. He has _____ all the miseries heroically.

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

5. You must _____ after hard work.

   1. relax
   2. repose
   3. compose
   4. depose

6. He is _____ for promotion.

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

7. Time and time again, the power of the mob in Chicago appears to have been annihilated, but it has always ________ itself.

   1. reappeared
   2. eliminated
   3. returned
   4. regenerated
   5. exhumed

8. Face _____ with courage.

   1. misery
   2. poverty
   3. adversity
   4. affliction

9. Unlike most historians, an anthropologist may not share the conventional ________ that the written word is more ________ than a tale told by a campfire.

   1. belief . . . prolix
   2. assumption . . . authentic
   3. idea . . . incredible
   4. tenet . . . specious
   5. canon . . . interesting

10. Ignoring the increasing cloudiness and the ________ rumblings in the sky, they opened the picnic basket on the shore of the lake.

    1. ominous
    2. blithe
    3. monetary
    4. arduous
    5. auspicious

11. He was _____ a member of Assembly.

    1. formerly
    2. formally
    3. lastly
    4. old

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

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

13. They refuse to _____ defeat.

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

14. In one fierce battle the enemy were completely wiped _____.

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

15. Lahore is a city of gardens _____?

    1. doesn't it
    2. isn't it
    3. hasn't it
    4. didn't it

16. You must apply ________ the judge for pardon.

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

17. Do not keep asking me what to do, use your own _____.

    1. unconstrained
    2. voluntary
    3. discretion
    4. gratuitous

18. The officer waited until the clerks ________ busily.

    1. worked
    2. were working
    3. had worked
    4. are working

19. If one know the facts one ________ not be so quiet to criticize.

    1. could
    2. can
    3. would
    4. will

20. You must _____ enough evidence to ensure his conviction.

    1. hoard
    2. store
    3. rallied
    4. accumulate

21. Your remarks are not _____ to the matter we are discussing.

    1. pertinent
    2. prolix
    3. prolonged
    4. acrimonious

22. If one helps a criminal, he is also considered _____ of the crime.

    1. suspicious
    2. daring
    3. guilty
    4. culpable

23. The government was _____ of incompetence.

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

24. A legislation was passed to punish brokers who _____ their clients funds.

    1. defalcate
    2. devastate
    3. devour
    4. embezzle

25. The writing is awkward, even ________, but the novel has nonetheless attracted a large ________.

    1. felicitous . . . following
    2. grotesque . . . vacuity
    3. elegant . . . repertoire
    4. graceful . . . audience
    5. ungainly . . . readership

Answers

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