Practice Test Set 2 (Sentence Completion)

1. 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

2. 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

3. The Govt must _____ the suffering of the people.

   1. ally
   2. allay
   3. rid
   4. palliate

4. Death is preferable ________ dishonor.

   1. than
   2. to
   3. from
   4. of

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

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

6. I don't know _____ to value your qualities.

   1. only how
   2. how
   3. so how
   4. that how

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

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

8. I insisted ________ my fee paid.

   1. to have
   2. on having
   3. to having
   4. in having
   5. with having

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

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

10. This legend has been _____ from father to son.

    1. handed down
    2. handed for
    3. handed in
    4. handed over

11. Briefly popular in the ’40s, the ’60s, and the ’80s, Brazilian music is now making one of its periodic ________ into the American ________.

    1. forays . . . consciousness
    2. escapes . . . miasma
    3. appearances . . . discourse
    4. eclipses . . . scene
    5. invasions . . . liturgy

12. 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

13. The ____ of the headlights of the car almost blinded me.

    1. shine
    2. glare
    3. dazzle
    4. luminosity

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

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

15. Heavy _____ were reported in the battle

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

16. So many servants attended _____ him during his illness.

    1. only how
    2. with
    3. at
    4. upon

17. God is kind and _____ to all sinners who repent.

    1. graceful
    2. gracious
    3. gaseous
    4. guessful

18. There seems to be a _____ of good young players at the moment.

    1. plague
    2. series
    3. plethora
    4. dearth

19. The examiner made us _____ our identification in order to be admitted to the test center.

    1. showing
    2. show
    3. showed
    4. to show

20. Vitamin _____ can lead to illness.

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

21. The price of food here is _____.

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

22. The primary ________ of the region’s cuisine, such as beans, legumes, and pasta, provide high levels of complex carbohydrates and often ________ meat as the primary source of protein in the diet.

    1. requirements . . . supplement
    2. components . . . replace
    3. fads . . . subjoin
    4. facet . . . duplicate
    5. ingredients . . . indemnify

23. So ________ was the sales person's tone about the qualities of the new computer system that Najam nearly missed the ________ in its calculations in his budget.

    1. Persuasive ... flaw
    2. adopted ... accuracy
    3. harsh ... amount
    4. irritating ... greatness

24. He was fined Rs. 100 for _____ driving.

    1. lavish
    2. prodigal
    3. reckless
    4. unthrifty

25. It is now believed that some damage to tissues may result _____ them to frequent X-rays.

    1. the exposing
    2. from exposing
    3. from exposure
    4. expose

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