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Practice Test Set 2 (Sentence Completion)

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

    1. specious
    2. intemperate
    3. spurious
    4. convincing
  2. Some historians contend that the ________ Germany was forced to pay after World War I ________ made possible the rise of Nazism.

    1. restorations . . . indefinitely
    2. recriminations . . . finally
    3. expenditures . . . gratuitously
    4. reparations . . . ultimately
    5. disbursements . . . immediately
  3. 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
  4. It is _____ to steal.

    1. sinful
    2. corrupt
    3. immoral
    4. wicked
  5. Beauty is to ugliness and adversity is to _____.

    1. prosperity
    2. cowardice
    3. miser
    4. happiness
  6. He has _____ all the miseries heroically.

    1. born
    2. borne
    3. bane
    4. boon
  7. Ozone in the Earth's atmosphere ________ living organisms from damaging ultraviolet radiation.

    1. protects
    2. warms
    3. reflects
    4. absorbs
  8. A legislation was passed to punish brokers who _____ their clients funds.

    1. defalcate
    2. devastate
    3. devour
    4. embezzle
  9. There is _____ among the members of the party.

    1. contention
    2. discord
    3. battle
    4. war
  10. The Oxford research team was afraid that sensationalized television reports of its work on paranormal phenomena would undermine its academic ________.

    1. responsibility
    2. questioning
    3. credibility
    4. freedom
    5. credulousness
  11. The belief in life after death is prevalent in both primitive societies _____ advanced culture.

    1. and
    2. and in
    3. and also
    4. also
  12. The Govt must _____ the suffering of the people.

    1. ally
    2. allay
    3. rid
    4. palliate
  13. In one fierce battle the enemy were completely wiped _____.

    1. out
    2. off
    3. away
    4. over
  14. The bacteria in milk is destroyed when _____ to at least 62 C.

    1. it be heated
    2. it heated
    3. it is heated
    4. it will be heated
  15. There seems to be a _____ of good young players at the moment.

    1. plague
    2. series
    3. plethora
    4. dearth
  16. They refuse to _____ defeat.

    1. grant
    2. yield
    3. own
    4. acknowledge
  17. Do not keep asking me what to do, use your own _____.

    1. unconstrained
    2. voluntary
    3. discretion
    4. gratuitous
  18. The book is out of print and difficult to _____.

    1. achieve
    2. procure
    3. acquire
    4. attain
  19. All communication with outside world has been cut _____.

    1. out
    2. away
    3. down
    4. off
  20. His argument is quite _____.

    1. sickly
    2. unconvincing
    3. fragile
    4. infirm
  21. What a _____ you were not hurt in the accident.

    1. prayers
    2. praise
    3. blessing
    4. consecration
  22. An _____ agreement was reached between both the parties.

    1. amiable
    2. amicable
    3. likeable
    4. desirable
  23. He became very _____ and started arguing with me angrily.

    1. subservient
    2. truculent
    3. pellucid
    4. stringent
  24. He often _____ from the subject while lecturing.

    1. rambles
    2. roams
    3. digresses
    4. ranges
  25. Death is preferable ________ dishonor.

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

Answers

1 A 2 D 3 D 4 C 5 B
6 B 7 A 8 D 9 B 10 C
11 A 12 B 13 A 14 B 15 D
16 D 17 C 18 B 19 D 20 B
21 C 22 B 23 B 24 C 25 B

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