Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

1. His knowledge of the subject is _____.

   1. expensive
   2. extensive
   3. spacious
   4. spatial

2. So long you are not well avoid _____ exercise.

   1. strong
   2. lusty
   3. vigorous
   4. powerful

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

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

4. Thermometer is a _____ to measure one's temperature.

   1. philosophy
   2. conviction
   3. device
   4. tendency

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

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

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

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

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. If teaching _____ more, fewer teachers would leave profession.

   1. pays
   2. is paying
   3. paid
   4. had paid

9. His argument is quite _____.

   1. sickly
   2. unconvincing
   3. fragile
   4. infirm

10. His ______ capacity for food was abnormal.

    1. venal
    2. venial
    3. voracious
    4. veracious

11. Slovenia’s declared intention to ________ and Croatia’s decision to ________ the conference, aimed at preventing the breakup of the federation, are twin blows to Yugoslavian unity.

    1. secede . . . boycott
    2. withdraw . . . foster
    3. divide . . . consolidate
    4. recede . . . avoid
    5. patronize . . . exclude

12. The jury _____ him of murder.

    1. discharged
    2. acquitted
    3. absolved
    4. finished

13. 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

14. He was _____ a member of Assembly.

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

15. 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

16. He keeps forgetting things: I think he is getting _____.

    1. feeble
    2. an octogenarian
    3. forgetful
    4. senile

17. Comparing him to P.T. Barnum, Mencken called William Jennings Bryan a ________, a mountebank, a fake without shame or dignity.

    1. coward
    2. charlatan
    3. poltroon
    4. craven
    5. demigod

18. Advertisement will _____ your sale.

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

19. Ozone in the Earth's atmosphere ________ living organisms from damaging ultraviolet radiation.

    1. protects
    2. warms
    3. reflects
    4. absorbs

20. There is _____ among the members of the party.

    1. contention
    2. discord
    3. battle
    4. war

21. The price of food here is _____.

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

22. We must _____ this accord.

    1. greet
    2. hail
    3. salute
    4. receive

23. Although we often use "speed" and "velocity" interchangeably, in a technical sense "speed" is not always _____ "velocity".

    1. alike
    2. the same as
    3. similar
    4. as

24. Everyone in this universe is accountable to God _____ his actions.

    1. of
    2. against
    3. for
    4. about

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

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

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