Sentence Completion Practice Flashcards by Edward Haines

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While watching the tree sloths in Ecuador, the field researcher found the assignment very ________ for they moved less than 8-meters a day.

A) tragic
B) presumptious
C) tedious
D) ambrosian
E) fastidious

C) tedious

Broad context: job watching tree sloth, which moves so very little during the day. BORING.

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Cell phones have ________ quickly, from simple phones to advanced smart phones, and every few years there’s a new _______\_ that replaces the old.

A) evolved…paradigm
B) stratifed…model
C) delighted…archetype
D) mollified…ulcer
E) castigated…conundrum

A) evolved…paradigm

Clues - from simple to smart, and, new replaces the old

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Charles Foster Kane, once a social ________, gradually draws back in his castillated mansion, Xanadu, and lives the life of a complete _______\_.

A) pariah…dilettante
B) demagogue…hermit
C) urbanite…recluse
D) sophist…philanthropist
E) philistine…meglomaniac

C) urbanite…recluse

Clues: once, social, draws back

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Being ________ gold-digger, Susan viewed the financial fortunes of the two men vying for her tender attentions as most ________.

A) a strident…an understated
B) an implausible…a preceptible
C) a brazen…a niggling
D) a fuscane…a fabricated
E) an unapologetic…a salient

E) an unapologetic…a salient

Clues: gold-digger, difference

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Though Donna was extremely attracted to Douglas, his ________ conversational style convinced her she preferred a man with a more lively personality.

A) flambouyant
B) enthralling
C) acerbic
D) vapid
E) esoteric

D) vapid

Clues: though extremely attracted, preferred more lively

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Although raised with good morals in a solid Southern family, Rebecca soon became _______\_, exposed to the depravity of the bar scene in Wooster.

A) a liberal
B) a provocateur
C) an asp
D) a wanton
E) an altruist

D) a wanton

Clues: although good morals, exposed to depravity

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With a good teacher, the ________ becomes comprehensible, while the simple becomes ________ with a bad teacher.

A) insatiable…disgestible
B) abstruse…inscrutable
C) pedantic…opaque
D) didactic…rigorous
E) erudite…eclectic

B) abstruse…inscrutable

Clues: good teacher, comprehensible, bad teacher, simple

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To select the piano, Lord Aston ________ his wife’s opinion, since she had studied at the conservatory.

A) relished in
B) denigrated
C) empathized with
D) touted
E) deferred to

E) deferred to

Clues: conservatory – she knew more about music

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Sen. Gearing was such a _______\_ politician that even his political opponents would often succumb to his powers of persuasion and support his position.

A) deft
B) resentful
C) bogus
D) compromising
E) enfranchised

A) deft

Clues: powers of persuasion

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Prince Pietro’s reputation for being _______\_ led to his kitchen staff preparing extra meals for him in case he declared his food inedible.

A) fastidious
B) nonchalant
C) prominent
D) egocentric
E) sycophantic

A) fastidious

Clues: extra meals, declared his food inedible

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The ________ soil only needed competent management and reasonable rainfall, and it would produce enough yield for the community’s needs.

A) garish
B) impoverished
C) fecund
D) paltry
E) capacious

C) fecund

Clues: soil, produce yield

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Danny went from committing petty ______ from the convenience stores in the neighborhood to finally a conviction for grand theft auto.

A) acrimony
B) larceny
C) baubles
D) sundry
E) serendipity

B) larceny

Clues: went from, finally grand theft

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Dr. Walker preferred working with colleagues on an equal footing rather than working with _______\_ assistants who admired him too much.

A) impermanent
B) interminable
C) moronic
D) obsequious
E) dependent

D) obsequious

Clues: equal footing, admired him too much

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The sergeant turned every ________ duty into the most serious _______\_ for his men for which, if neglected, they could face dire punishment.

A) trifling…imperative
B) paramount…endeavor
C) incontinent…evacuation
D) sequential…hodge-podge
E) odious…circumspection

A) trifling…imperative

Clues: sergeant made every, dire punishment

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The ______\_ of promising junior executives in the corporation caused management to seek talent from outside the company.

A) inequities
B) overabundance
C) quandary
D) foundation
E) paucity

E) paucity

Clues: seek talent from outside

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With the housing market crash, ________ furor has given way to ________ inactivity, as homes remain on the market for tens of months without any offers on them.

A) investment…elated
B) spurious…depressed
C) redoubtable…acoustic
D) wagering…vacillating
E) speculative…chary

E) speculative…chary

Clues: market crash, furor, inactivity

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At the ________ Julius Caesar, Marc Anthony uses such _______\_ language that the plebeians are moved to tears and then to riot against Marcus Brutus.

A) elegy for…billious
B) ode to…ominous
C) eulogy for…eloquent
D) tributary of…affecting
E) promenade of…articulate

C) eulogy for…eloquent

Clues: Julius Caesar, moved to tears, riot

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After the drought and widespread famine, the relief workers approached a scene of horror in which few were left alive among the _______\_ corpses.

A) mangled
B) emaciated
C) purged
D) sanctified
E) haggard

B) emaciated

Clues: drought, famine, corpses

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After being gutted by the fire, the church had to be ________, because the damage was too extensive.

A) razed
B) expurgated
C) euthanized
D) upgraded
E) renovated

A) razed

Clues: damage was too extensive

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Although she feels Charlie isn’t sorry enough for what he did, Marion greets him as a _______\_ member of the family rather than a menacing ________.

A) obstinate…pariah
B) reclusive…heir
C) blithe…stranger
D) unrepentant…patriarch
E) recalcitrant…outsider

E) recalcitrant…outsider

Clues: Although, isn’t sorry, member of the family,

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Despite _______\_ criticisms that presidents endure during their administrations, many have a gradual resurgence in their popularity after political life.

A) deserved
B) measured
C) scathing
D) bogus
E) austere

C) scathing

Clues: despite, criticisms, endure

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In order to protect his public image, he ________ settlement terms that he considered outrageous.

A) acquiesced to
B) colluded with
C) bellowed at
D) protested over
E) advocated for

A) acquiesced to

Clues: though, outrageous, protect his image

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At the castle, the _______\_ fields strewn with decaying corpses add to the misery of the starving inhabitants and their ________ future.

A) fertile…pessimistic
B) blasted…upbeat
C) fetid…bleak
D) barren…bombastic
E) arid…copious

C) fetid…bleak

Clues: decaying corpses, misery, poor

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Certain comedies are so _______\_ that, though appealling at first, the material becomes flatly unamusing on the second viewing.

A) sacrosanct
B) vulgar
C) profane
D) inane
E) ribald

D) inane

Clues: comedies, appealling, flatly unamusing

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# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The principal punished the students for their _\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\__ behavior during exams, since everyone had been ________ told to maintain quiet in the halls. A) odious...agressively B) innocuous...indirectly C) malignant...obliviously D) surreptitious...passively E) obstreperous...expressly

E) obstreperous...expressly ## Footnote Clues: punished, during exams, told

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Blanche found the rich man she married so _\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\__ that she despaired of ever being ________ money for travel, fashion, or refined amusements. A) rarefied...bestowed B) penurious...allotted C) stingy...bereft D) parsimonious...transfered E) ostentatious...compensated

B) penurious...allotted ## Footnote Clues: rich, despaired

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The _\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\__ desire for only locally grown organic food in the world's food supply, thinking demographically, can only lead to hundreds of millions of starving people. A) quixotic B) probative C) imaginary D) insincere E) insubstantial

A) quixotic ## Footnote Clues: desire, thinking demographically

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Dexter couldn’t wait to end the day’s work among those \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, boring suits to mingle with the ________ smiles and evening gowns of the night. A) corpulent...enchanting B) insignificant...enthralling C) stodgy...winsome D) fecund...scintallating E) tailored...deceptive

C) stodgy...winsome ## Footnote Clues: couldn't wait, boring, smiles

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. When coach Herb Brooks first _\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\__ his ________ hockey style to the 1980 USA Olympic Team, his players had no idea how he wanted them to play. A) adumbrated...hybrid B) related...regimented C) unveiled...ecletic D) deseminated...abstract E) expounded...lacrymous

A) adumbrated...hybrid ## Footnote Clues: first, style, no idea

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. They were forced to pledge the family farm in Marthasville as ________ for the loan to pay the legal expenses. A) assistance B) behemoth C) deliberation D) collateral E) demarcation

D) collateral ## Footnote Clues - pledge, farm, loan

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The jewelry store heist was done so _\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\__ that only the boss knew the names of the nine professional thieves involved. A) stealthily B) artfully C) robustly D) clandestinely E) manifestly

D) clandestinely ## Footnote Clues: heist, only the boss knew

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The jury was given \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ time to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ upon the verdict, so the judge declared a hung jury, and ordered a retrial. A) inadequate...ruminate B) ample...deliberate C) fortunate...delineate D) insufficient...decide E) egotistical...ponder

B) ample...deliberate ## Footnote Clues - jury, verdict, hung jury, retrial

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The two men in Lee's life were such opposites: one \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, cynical rebel, and the other a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, optismistic placater. A) an idealistic...billowing B) an irrascible...gloomy C) an acerbic...cloying D) an acrid...partisan E) a rippling...castigating

C) an acerbic...cloying ## Footnote Clues: cynical rebel, optimistic placater

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Keeping the repressive and corrupt though mildly effective dictator in charge is preferable to supporting ________ government. A) an inchoate B) a representitive C) a decrepit D) a delinquent E) an insecure

A) an inchoate ## Footnote Clues: mildly effective dictator

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. With numerous detentions and three suspensions on his record, the ________ boy faced the disciplinarian and principal who considered \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A) incarcerated...deportation B) enamored...expurgation C) delinquent...ossification D) incorrigible...expulsion E) degraded...admonishment

D) incorrigible...expulsion ## Footnote Clues: numerous detentions, suspensions, principal

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Generally, political independence is rewarded at the polls, because the voters seem to prefer a ________ to a wonk when it comes to decision making. A) maverick B) pedestrian C) mavin D) cog E) neophyte

A) maverick ## Footnote Clues: independence

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Mr. Collins had hoped that Elizabeth would ________ her ________ opinions while visiting Lady Catherine Du Bourg who liked flattering agreement. A) alienate...dissociative B) litigate...inglorious C) appreciate...ingenious D) tolerate...august E) suppress...pert

E) suppress...pert ## Footnote Clues: flattering agreement

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Due to his chronic toothache, Grandpa’s tolerance and patience toward the baby was replaced with _\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\__. A) reticence B) intransigence C) petulance D) credence E) hesitance

C) petulance Clues: toothache, tolerance and patience, replaced

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Once she got going on a pet peeve, it was dangerous to try to stop her in the middle of her ________ until she ran out of either breath or \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A) harangue...accolades B) diatribe...admissions C) triptych...maledictions D) tirade...expletives E) cascade...profanities

D) tirade...expletives ## Footnote Clues: got going, pet peeve, ran out of breath

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Henry V, fearful of God’s just punishment because his father ________ the throne from Richard II, falls to his knees and begs for forgiveness and deliverance. A) usurped B) abdicated C) replicated D) infiltrated E) expurgated

A) usurped ## Footnote Clues: throne from, forgiveness

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Looking at the canvases spanning his whole career, anyone would see the artist underwent ________ change after his struggle with cancer. A) an internal B) an immutable C) a propitious D) an idealistic E) an asthetic

E) an asthetic ## Footnote Clues: canvases, artist

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Napoleon Bonaparte ________ the Grande Armée first in an effort to invade England but shifted its focus to meet the threats of Austria and Russia. A) aggregated B) confusticated C) dilated D) interpreted E) complicated

A) aggregated ## Footnote Clues: Napoleon, Armée

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Though certainly not religious like his parents, nor anti-religious like his Uncle Roy, William remained a skeptical \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A) atheist B) spiritualist C) pagan D) agnostic E) druid

D) agnostic ## Footnote Clues: not religious, not anti-religious

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The judge rendered the ________ confession inadmissible, since the record indicated that the inspector had made ________ threats against the defendant's family. A) airtight...deliberate B) pressured...innocuous C) previous...stalwart D) coerced...veiled E) animated...insinuated

D) coerced...veiled ## Footnote Clues: judge, inadmissible

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Shakespeare understood that the actors and stagecraft of his theater needed the ________ of a willing audience whose imagination made the ________ believable. A) attention...façade B) presence...battles C) interpretation...farce D) collusion...illusion E) circumspection...plots

D) collusion...illusion ## Footnote Clues: actors and stagecraft, needed, imagination, believable

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. At first, the new kid from Lithuania was ________ for his ________ and clothing, but, when he played soccer with the other boys, the ridicule was replaced by respect. A) derided...accent B) aped...dialect C) pestered...customs D) toasted...habits E) chided...idioms

A) derided...accent ## Footnote Clues: new kid from Lithuania

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. In the dusty bedroom of Emily Grearson, we found the ________ corpse of Homer Baron who had disappeared years ago. A) horrified B) desiccated C) whelped D) taciturn E) florid

B) desiccated ## Footnote Clues: corpse, years ago

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The soldiers, ________ by as much as 60 pounds of gear, faced a ________ assault as they made their way through the rising tide. A) laden...heartening B) encumbered...withering C) repressed...tenacious D) tortured...lenient E) segmented...relentless

B) encumbered...withering ## Footnote Clues: soldiers, gear, assault

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Farmer Hoggett was not trying to ________ the conventions by entering his pig in the sheep dog competition, though he understood why the committee felt \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A) countermand...elated B) disregard...revered C) circumvent...sanguine D) flout...indignant E) adhere to...slighted

D) flout...indignant ## Footnote Clues: conventions, pig in sheep dog competition

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Some maintain that charitable organizations were more effective at serving the ________ population than governments were. A) apoplectic B) indigent C) disenfranchised D) circumspect E) conscripted

B) indigent ## Footnote Clues: charitable organizations, serving

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The farmers of Sleepy Hollow were ________ to find the boarding of a schoolmaster in their own homes \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A) liable...prolonged B) credible...reassuring C) predicted...bracing D) undoubtedly...pragmatic E) apt...onerous

E) apt...onerous ## Footnote Clues: boarding of a schoolmaster, own

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. In a ________ of uncanny \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, he leafed through the book that he found on the subway bench and discovered that it contained a valid winning lottery ticket. A) moment...surety B) fever...prepossession C) parcel...determination D) stroke...serendipity E) condition...rumination

D) stroke...serendipity ## Footnote Clues: found winning lottery ticket

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The student ________ that the ________ he used for art history would be equally serviceable as a murder weapon if dropped a short distance onto someone’s head. A) quipped...tome B) suggested...quagmire C) mentioned...pamphlet D) argued...bludgeon E) reiterated...kerfuffle

A) quipped...tome ## Footnote Clues: used for art history, equally serviceable, murder weapon, dropped on head

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. After acing the first four tests, Bradley’s ________ assured a lack of effort on the midterm, which he subsequently barely passed. A) estuary B) overestimation C) speculation D) veracity E) complacency

E) complacency ## Footnote Clues: acing tests, lack of effort

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. With the coming of the Dust Bowl conditions, many “Okies” who tried to make successful farms were ________ and had to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ to California. A) prosperous...abscond B) impoverished...retreat C) desitute...migrate D) boisterous...flee E) unscathed...hasten

C) destitute...migrate ## Footnote Clue: tried to make successful farms

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Many top athletes who find themselves bankrupt after retirement can attest to the ________ nature of glory. A) rejuvenating B) gruelling C) ephemeral D) dissipating E) perspicacious

C) ephemeral

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Minister Higdon showed remarkable ________ during his twenty years of indignities suffered at the hands of the Bolger family. A) pliancy B) forebearance C) comeliness D) lassitude E) aplomb

B) forebearance ## Footnote Clues: twenty years of indignities

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Lady Henry decided to ________ the ________ groundskeeper, whom she always seemed to find leaning on his tools. A) examine...histrionic B) plunder...lackadasical C) sack...exemplary D) reprimand...assiduous E) discharge...indolent

E) discharge...indolent ## Footnote Clues: leaning on tools

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Morgan Grant, a master of physical and psychological description, came very close to expressing the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_experience of parachuting behind enemy lines on D-Day. A) ineffable B) banal C) excisable D) elusive E) predictable

A) ineffable ## Footnote Clues: master, description, came very close, parachuting

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Compared to the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, the barely competent appears to be the deft \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A) decrepit...veteran B) uninitiated...clinician C) polemic...evaluator D) inept...afficionado E) sychophant...logician

D) inept...afficionado ## Footnote Clues: compared to, barely competent, appears, deft

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Though finally alone with Serena on whom he secretly had a crush, George acted ________ and conversed easily. A) cantankerous B) nonchalant C) pompous D) locquacious E) timorous

B) nonchalant ## Footnote Clues: though, secretly , crush, acted, conversed

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Logan thought her candidate delivered an inspiring and original speech, while his opponent's oration was ________ empty \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A) glutted...vissitudes B) replete with...platitudes C) innundated with...pedestrianisms D) devoid of...polemics E) shy of...conundrums

B) replete with...platitudes ## Footnote Clues: inspiring and original, while, empty

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Henry Miller’s book was so ________ with vulgarity and _________ that the courts declared it pornography. A) rife...obscenity B) complete...pecularity C) infantile...indecency D) juvenile...ascetics E) decadent...rectitude

A) rife...obscenity ## Footnote Clues: vulgarity, pornography

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Although they were saddened by the death of their uncle Milton, the inheritance of his estate ________ their own financial crisis. A) villified B) capsized C) tantalized D) exterminated E) ameliorated

E) ameliorated ## Footnote Clues: although saddened, inheritance, financial crisis

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Richard Jewel, who alerted police to evacuate the park, became a public ________ when he was falsely accused of planting the bomb. A) hypocrite B) anathema C) oddity D) specimen E) iconoclast

B) anathema ## Footnote Clues: accused of planting the bomb

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. With an imposing honey-drawl at his command, Lyndon Johnson could often ________ a member of Congress into voting for his legislation. A) blandish B) winnow C) gestate D) scrutinize E) wallow

A) blandish ## Footnote Clues: imposing, honey-drawl, into voting

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The two sisters couldn’t be more different: one is ________ and overbearing, the other ________ and deferential. A) malodorous...noisome B) gauche...deliberate C) optimistic...convivial D) brash...diffident E) erratic...audacious

D) brash...diffident ## Footnote Clues: different, overbearing, deferential

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The editor published ________ letter attacking the hate speech code and defending ________ free speech to her readers on campus. A) a balanced...unrestricted B) a polemic...unbridled C) an elegant...partial D) an equivocating...toxic E) an extreme...curtailing

B) a polemic...unbridled ## Footnote Clues: attacking, defending

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The mining company soon built a reputation for, not only being hostile to unions, but also ________ both regulations and worker safety. A) scruplous toward B) insistant upon C) inimical to D) divergent of E) disciplined about

C) inimical to ## Footnote Clues: not only hostile, but also, regulations, safety

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Despite the ________ appearance, the gelatin contained a colony of bacterium capable of ________ a national population. A) disheveled...invigorating B) compliant...threatening C) toxic...exterminating D) prophylactic...protecting E) innocuous...decimating

E) innocuous...decimating ## Footnote Clues: despite, appearance , bacterium, population

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The cowboy offered a horse to ______ the ill-feelings created by his drunken rampage of a week before. A) provoke B) amplify C) discredit D) litigate E) mitigate

E) mitigate ## Footnote Clues: ill-feelings, rampage

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. A few months of ________ knitting of handsome and ________ accessories for ladies had provided Mrs. Smith with a sufficient income. A) articulate...lucrative B) fustian...cunning C) meticulous...intricate D) superfluous...fashionable E) interminable...utilitarian

C) meticulous...intricate ## Footnote Clues: knitting, accessories

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. I played chess and lost to a most ________ eight-year-old who told me she was doing advanced physics and calculus at her ________ school. A) erudite...efficient B) cerebral...efficacious C) precocious...accelerated D) savvy...elevated E) imbecilic...advanced

C) precocious...accelerated ## Footnote Clues: eight, physics, calculus

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The ________ radio transmission lasted until the tower repairs were completed, while online streaming continued \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A) hiatus in...unabated B) suspension of...terminally C) continuation of...brazenly D) sequestration of...predominantly E) revitalization of...courageously

A) hiatus in...unabated ## Footnote Clues: repairs, online streaming

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Universities have, on occasion, been known to ________ degrees earned through academic \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A) confer...inferrence B) bestow...competence C) deny...endowments D) ignore...malfeasance E) rescind...fraud

E) rescind...fraud ## Footnote Clues: on occasion, degrees, academic

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The football player made \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ argument that he had a cheatsheet but wasn't cheating, and it was enough to sway the administrator who was also a coach. A) a cunning B) an airtight C) a prudish D) a reflexive E) a spurious

E) spurious ## Footnote Clues: had a cheatsheet, enough to sway

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Though he usually enjoyed the energy and ________ talent of high school productions, they sometimes degraded into sad ________ of the original glory. A) raw...altitudes B) unrefined...proclivites C) inculcated...sham D) burgeoning...travesties E) nascent...allegories

D) burgeoning...travesties ## Footnote Clues: enjoyed, high school productions, degraded

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Hamlet reasons that, since the lands are not \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, the Polacks will never defend a wasteland. A) blemished B) seasoned C) harvested D) arable E) contested

D) arable ## Footnote Clues: will never defend, wasteland

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Party politics used to require a candidate to secure the support of certain \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, like labor leaders, or newspaper editors to endorse him. A) rivals B) agitators C) constituents D) neophytes E) creditors

C) constituents ## Footnote Clues: candidates, support, labor leaders

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The pitchmen ________ the approach of their competitors, which made their own campaign seem like a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A) augmented...retread B) demystified...sequel C) disparaged...remedy D) villified...addiction E) varied...monolith

C) disparaged...remedy ## Footnote Clues: pitchmem, competitors, own campaign

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Martha refused to look at her accusers during the witch trials, claiming that she thought her victims would ________ and _________ suffering. A) witness...endure B) dissemble...feign C) testify...incur D) blandish...avoid E) evade...deflect

B) dissemble...feign ## Footnote Clues: witch trial, claiming, suffering

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. It showed the difference between a loyal ________ in a democracy and an obstructionist will to ________ the clear mandate of the people. A) opposition...appease B) dissent...thwart C) intention...abrogate D) misdirection...placate E) pretense...impair

B) dissent...thwart ## Footnote Clues: difference, loyal, obstructionist, mandate

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The diet shake was so ________ that Inga couldn’t finish the first week’s supply. A) toxic B) execrable C) tonic D) rancid E) palatable

B) execrable ## Footnote Clues: diet, couldn't finish

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The Medical Corps has worked to streamline \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, triage, and treatment for \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ battlefield wounds. A) ambulance...unexpected B) diagnosis...pulminary C) evacuation...exigent D) ingress...countless E) attendance...emergency

C) evacuation...exigent ## Footnote Clues: triage, treatment, battlefield

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. When important events are happening within minutes of going to air, a TV newsroom becomes \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, almost chaotic. A) salacious B) maladroit C) incendiary D) undignified E) frenetic

E) frenetic ## Footnote Clues: chaotic

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The scandal didn’t merely ________ lower officers of the organization, but it reached up into the _________ of the corporate leadership. A) taint...elevation B) incriminate...stratospheres C) implicate...hierarchy D) regress...regions E) stained...peons

C) implicate...hierarchy ## Footnote Clues: scandal, reached up, leadership

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Though wrecking nothing themselves, a small group of anarchists ________ the riot that caused tens of millions of dollars of damage. A) executed B) subverted C) mollified D) compensated E) instigated

E) instigated ## Footnote Clues: wrecking nothing, anarchists, riot

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. With Audrey’s ________ of waning trust in her own husband’s fidelity, Abigail’s concern for her friend ________ exponentially. A) innuendo...multiplied B) notion...augmented C) intimation...waxed D) discrediting...sprouted E) secret...compounded

C) intimation...waxed ## Footnote Clues: trust, fidelity, exponentially

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Entrepeneurs suffer trying to do business in a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_environment like New York or Los Angeles where one can be sued \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A) lawful...legally B) legislative...easily C) pugnacious...violently D) belligerent...parenthetically E) litigious...frivolously

E) litigious...frivolously ## Footnote Clues: suffer to do business, sued

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The path leads through saturated ground with a ________ so thick that only a rope pulled by several men could \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ a man who got stuck in it. A) quagmire...ingress B) swamp...disseminate C) billow...liberate D) morass...extricate E) bog...verify

D) morass...extricate ## Footnote Clues: saturated ground, rope, stuck

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The collapse of the building produced a ________ cloud that threatened the health of the workers during rescue and cleanup efforts. A) noxious B) nebulous C) unctuous D) plausible E) monastic

A) noxious ## Footnote Clues: collapse, building, threatened the health

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Because the large fan in the gymnasium wouldn’t \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, only a ________ of parents in attendance felt any relief from the heat. A) operate...portion B) irrigate...partition C) rotate...sampling D) oscillate...swath E) ignite...shovelful

D) oscillate...swath ## Footnote Clues: felt any relief

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Though some hinted at \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ motives, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, the principal excised two pages from the school newspaper out of liability concerns. A) personal...accordingly B) alterior...ostensibly C) inglorious...pretensiously D) devious...willingfully E) shadowy...clearly

B) alterior...ostensibly ## Footnote Clues: though, hinted, motives

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Desmond Tutu, a man of unimpeachable \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, was chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission at the end of Apartheid. A) temerity B) sobriety C) probity D) verisimilitude E) quiessence

C) probity ## Footnote Clues: unimpeachable, chairman, Truth

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The boy’s natural _______ in art was not ________ much by trips to museums, but he learned much by searching the internet. A) ribaldry...fostered B) tenacity...transformed C) taste...interrupted D) agility...shaped E) proclivity...nurtured

E) proclivity...nurtured ## Footnote Clues: natural, in art, he learned

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Shamed by personal failures Truman indulged in hedonistic pursuits, living a most ______ lifestyle among ________ associates, who drained his legacy in no time. A) degraded...righteous B) profligate...licentious C) primrose...libertine D) dissipative...swarthy E) menial...frugal

B) profligate...licentious ## Footnote Clues: hedonistic, who drained, legacy

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. In his book, Tom Brokaw ________ the opinion that people who faced the Great Depression and World War II in America were its ‘greatest generation’. A) deseminated B) ameliorated C) proselytized D) promulgated E) alleviated

D) promulgated ## Footnote Clues: his book, opinion

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Mr. Grossmith, a functioning addict in withdrawal, seeks the ________ of his dressing room and its palliative ________ after a dismal rehearsal. A) respite...contraband B) comfort...stash C) haven...mountebank D) simplicity...medicinals E) sanctuary...penchants

A) respite...contraband ## Footnote Clues: addict, dismal rehearsal

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. After missing Halloween and tricks-or-treats waiting for the Great Pumpkin, Sally ________ Linus and demands immediate \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_for her losses. A) opines to...compensation B) brays at...commutation C) alludes to...repayment D) bellows at...restitution E) colludes with...nuptials

D) bellows at...restitution ## Footnote Clues: missing tricks-or-treats, demands, losses

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The guards at Buckingham Palace remained ________ and at attention despite tourists’ attempts at wit or ________ to bring the slightest change in their facial expressions. A) frozen...shenanigans B) staid...raillery C) yoked...japes D) terse...mischief E) oblivious...hilarity

B) staid...raillery ## Footnote Clues: guards, at attention, wit, facial expressions

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Despite playing an ardent anti-war protestor in her most famous role, the actor was more ________ in her ________ toward causes she supported. A) stultified...physiognomy B) stoical...demeanor C) impervious...appearance D) placid...role E) effervescent...intent

B) stoical...demeanor ## Footnote Clues: ardent, anti-war protestor, more

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. After weeping uncontrollably for hours and hours at the news of her son’s sudden death, Lady Agatha’s ________ composure at the funeral showed her remarkable self-control. A) acrid B) desiccated C) morbid D) morose E) stolid

E) stolid ## Footnote Clues: weeping uncontollably, son's death, composure, self-control

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The weeks leading up to the bar exam, she suffered from doubt and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, but, as she settled into her seat to take it, she felt confident and easy. A) temerity B) austerity C) intimation D) adulation E) trepidation

E) trepidation ## Footnote Clues: exam, doubt, but conifident, easy

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. It took little time for the junta to ________ all the powers that had resided in the legislature before the coup. A) arrogate B) stupify C) interrogate D) edify E) quantify

A) arrogate ## Footnote Clues: junta, powers, had resided in legislature, coup

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The ________ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ to cleanse the mind of all distracting material comforts, so that a connection to a higher power is strengthened. A) disciple...adheres B) meditator...circumscribes C) botanist...undertakes D) hedonist...attempts E) ascetic...endeavors

E) ascetic...endeavors ## Footnote Clues: cleanse the mind, material comforts

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. All the animals, except of course the pigs, work hard for the completion of the mill, but the ________ horse, Boxer, makes the greatest contribution to the project. A) encumbered B) lanquid C) ignominious D) assiduous E) vainglorious

D) assiduous ## Footnote Clues: work hard, greatest contribution

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. President Lincoln's letter did little to ________ the grief of the woman who had lost five sons in the war, but he dutifully ________ to her the thanks of the republic. A) appease...sanctified B) inflame...rendered C) mollify...inducted D) recognize...ingratiated E) assuage...tendered

E) assuage...tendered ## Footnote Clues: grief, lost five sons in the war

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The consultant gave his ________ observation of the organization’s structure and the ________ of resources, and this led to positive reforms. A) predictable...distribution B) incisive...depreciation C) astute...allocation D) brooding...paucity E) holistic...reversal

C) astute...allocation ## Footnote Clues: consultant, structure, positive

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Some come to America seeking opportunity, while others come seeking ________ from _________ in their native lands. A) haven...serendipity B) asylum...persecution C) sanctuary...competition D) harbor...distemper E) pandemonium...quietude

B) asylum...persecution ## Footnote Clues: some, opportunity, seeking

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Though ________ in his communications, Bertram sometimes was so ________ as to give clients the impression that he needed to get on to other business. A) curt...attentive B) efficacious..laconic C) affecting...terse D) efficient...brusque E) alarming..pacifying

D) efficient...brusque ## Footnote Clues: communications, needed to get on

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Though a complete stranger at the Bastille Day soiree in Paris, Edward partied in the ________ atmosphere as though he were an old friend to everyone. A) convivial B) emollient C) nonchalant D) restive E) contrite

A) convivial ## Footnote Clues: Though, stranger, partied, as though, old friends

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Instead of being angry and slamming the door in his face, Uncle Silas ________ a most ________ greeting and opened his home to him. A) extended...arduous B) rendered...cordial C) performed...extemperaneous D) retracted...extraneous E) reiterated...unexpected

B) rendered...cordial ## Footnote Clues: instead, angry, opened his home

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. To his surprise, the detective found several credible witnesses to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_his prime suspect’s seemingly weak \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, so he was back to square one. A) exonerate...defense B) invalidate...excuse C) verify...circumstance D) rivet...dossier E) corroborate...alibi

E) corroborate...alibi ## Footnote Clues: credible, seemingly weak, square one

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Red ________ so much over the choice of ice cream that it took more than 20 minutes to serve him. A) oscillated B) prolonged C) escalated D) exacerbated E) dithered

E) dithered ## Footnote Clues: choice, 20 minutes

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The DEA agent ________ the way the product was being smuggled into Laredo and devised ________ strategy. A) parsed... an interception B) unlocked...a contradiction C) puzzled...an intermission D) divined...an interdiction E) resolved...a contraption

D) divined...interdiction ## Footnote Clues: DEA agent, smuggled, strategy

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Knowing that any information might help the enemy discover the identity of other ________ in the field, the agent simply refused to ________ anything. A) aliases...unveil B) protocols...reveal C) procedures...uncover D) professionals...covert E) operatives...divulge

E) operatives...divulge ## Footnote Clues: information, help enemy, in the field, agent

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. DNA evidence ________ Henry James after nearly 30 years of ________ in a case of misidentification and matching blood type. A) convicted...inprisonment B) expurgated...guilt C) pardoned...miscarriage D) purified...confinement E) exonerated...incarceration

E) exonerated...incarceration ## Footnote Clues: DNA evidence, after, misidentification

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Promising to give evidence in court, “the Tongue” wanted his entire criminal record \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A) reduced B) accentuated C) expunged D) edited E) truncated

C) expunged ## Footnote Clues: give evidence, entire criminal record

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Her father thought that Cindy was wasting energy worrying about rumors, ________ and other ________ matters instead of concentrating on her studies. A) chatter...weighty B) jibberish...trivial C) statistics...libellous D) slanders...pertinent E) innuendos...frivolous

E) innuendos...frivolous ## Footnote Clues: wasting energy, rumors

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Facing harsh weather and hidden dangers, the ________ Spanish and French explorers blazed trails into the New World. A) disoriented B) intimidated C) intrepid D) chastised E) surmounted

C) intrepid ## Footnote Clues: harsh weather, dangers, blazed trails

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. During the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, police stations were ________ with calls from “eye-witnesses” to the invasion from outer space. A) incident...discomforted B) hoax...inundated C) climax...awash D) broadcast...fettered E) infiltration...satiated

B) hoax...inundated ## Footnote Clues: "eye-witnesses" invasion, outer space

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Ben Hamper thought he could never be ________ the seemingly chaotic set-up of the assembly line. A) promoted to B) recommended for C) fatigued by D) welcomed into E) inured to

E) inured ## Footnote Clues: seemingly chaotic

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The ________ banquet at the fundraiser was proof enough of the ________ of the Count, and Courtney knew the charitable goal would be reached. A) meager...parsimony B) paltry...largess C) luxurious...panache D) opulent...equinamity E) lavish...munificence

E) lavish...munificence ## Footnote Clues: banquet, proof, goal, reached

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Tom Walker builds a grand mansion from ________ impulse, but leaves it mostly unfinished and unfurnished from his ________ to parsimony. A) a selfish...disinclination B) an ostentatious...propensity C) a robust...leniency D) an erudite...obstinancy E) a roguish...aptness

B) an ostentatious...propensity ## Footnote Clues: grand mansion, unfinished, unfurnished

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. We knew Aunt Delia was losing it when we heard the endless ________ she aimed at the pizza guy for taking almost an hour to bring her food. A) compliments B) tangents C) inaugurations D) invectives E) implications

D) invectives ## Footnote Clues: losing it, pizza guy late

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Preferring a dynamic and controversial writer, the editor-in-chief promoted the somewhat lax ________ over the more qualified and accurate, but more \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, reporter. A) entrepeneur...pedestrian B) ingenue...banal C) savant...parochial D) provocateur...prosaic E) gourmand...naive

D) provocateur...prosaic ## Footnote Clues: dynamic and controversial

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Frank Abagnale, Jr., was a ________ adolescent who passed himself off convincingly as a doctor, a pilot, and a lawyer among others, and showed his genius for reinventing himself. A) doppelganger B) nemesis C) protean D) diaphanous E) narcissist

C) protean ## Footnote Clues: passed himself off, doctor, pilot, lawyer, reinventing himself

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Though clearly not the strongest man in the ring, Carl “the Cobra” Connors intimidated his larger opponents with his ________ based on speed and versatility of attack. A) cachet B) prowess C) cadre D) largess E) posse

B) prowess ## Footnote Clues: intimidated, speed, versatility

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Always a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, the author expected his book to be panned, not ________ as it was, but apparently something about his story stimulated enthusiasm among the readers and critics. A) cynic...excoriated B) realist...lauded C) purest...extolled D) sensualist...ignored E) pessimist...rhapsodized

E) pessimist...rhapsodized ## Footnote Clues: expected, panned, enthusiasm

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The critic wondered at the editing of the movie, since it was long with several ________ scenes that only delayed the story’s progress. A) fabulous B) tight C) superfluous D) posthumous E) adroit

C) superfluous ## Footnote Clues: long, delayed, progress

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. With a sudden ________ in his ribs, Lewis ________ his speech enough to confuse and alarm his audience. A) stitch...truncated B) wrench...averted C) stab...abridged D) needle...pruned E) dagger...massaged

A) stitch...truncated ## Footnote Clues: sudden, ribs, confuse and alarm

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Though mentally now fully alert, Bea was so weak from the ________ of the coma that she could not use her spider-thin legs. A) fatigue B) atrophy C) nausea D) jitters E) ossification

B) atrophy ## Footnote Clues: coma, spider-thin

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. “William Thompson”, Tom’s alter ego of the moment, shocks Aunt Sally with ________ kiss, and then is ________ that she should have found it so impertinent. A) a passionate..irked B) a bellicose...amazed C) a cloistered...flabbergasted D) an audacious...astonished E) a supercilious...amused

D) audacious...astonished ## Footnote Clues: shocks, Aunt, kiss on the mouth, impertinent

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Once stimulated by the disguised devil’s offer of easy money, Pahom’s ________ began to dominate his thinking and alienate him from his friends. A) gluttony B) sloth C) avarice D) mores E) rheumatism

C) avarice ## Footnote Clues: devil's, easy money, alienate

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. While repairing the header, the carpenters ________ the ceiling by wedging eight two-by-fours under it. A) imposed B) propagated C) blandished D) pilloried E) buttressed

E) buttressed ## Footnote Clues: repairing, carpenter, wedging

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Several important communist hardliners led a ________ against Mikhail Gorbachev’s ________ in August of 1989, holding him under house arrest for almost three days. A) revolt...disciples B) rebellion...policies C) mutiny...vessel D) coup...regime E) insurrection...loyalists

D) coup...regime ## Footnote Clues: several, hardliners, house arrest

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Otis had so little that it was no surprise that he found so many things to ________ that others possessed. A) filibuster B) mangle C) yoke D) evoke E) covet

E) covet ## Footnote Clues: had so little, no surprise, others possessed

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The dwarves’ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, bordering on senselessness, urged them to enter the dragon’s lair without a plan to destroy the fearful guardian for the sake of its costly bed of treasure. A) grudge B) cupidity C) laxity D) canniness E) levity

B) cupidity ## Footnote Clues: bordering on senseless, for the sake, costly

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The union members were only given time for a ________ review of the collective bargaining agreement before the vote was called. A) perusing B) luxuriant C) cursory D) holistic E) comprehensive

C) cursory ## Footnote Clues: only given time, review

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The volcano, which hadn’t erupted for 700 years, lay \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, but the scientists knew that like a sleeping dragon it could suddenly activate and bring ________ to the communities near it. A) fallow..calamity B) dormant...devastation C) inert...misfortune D) exigent...disaster E) curdled...mishap

B) dormant...devastation ## Footnote Clues: hadn't erupted for, sleeping dragon

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The ________ police detective dampened the party atmosphere in the hall, as he asked questions regarding the whereabouts of the absent \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A) turgid...culprits B) biased...suspects C) legendary...evidence D) misogynistic...roustabouts E) dour...revellers

E) dour...revellers ## Footnote Clues: dampened the party, absent

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. With the bloody revolt falling apart internally, it becomes necessary to find the ________ members of the ________ royal family to restore the monarchy. A) leftover...threatened B) misplaced...exiled C) scattered...verifiable D) extant...decimated E) cloistered...partial

D) extant...decimated ## Footnote Clues: bloody revolt, restore the monarchy

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The mermaid could not hope to ________ herself from the fishing net. A) exigent B) extricate C) rectify D) explicate E) expound

B) extricate ## Footnote Clues: mermaid, fishing net

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Jerry and Courtney’s “loony” cat was so _\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\__ it would go from gentle purring to ________ its rear claws into your thighs without provocation. A) noisome...goring B) didactic...skewering C) pedantic...digging D) irascible...gouging E) moody...molding

D) irascible...gouging ## Footnote Clues: loony, from gentle purring, rear claws

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. While many are repulsed by the ________ details of the serial killer’s story, others are fascinated by the ________ of torture and dismemberment. A) graphic...residue B) sordid...vestiges C) heartening...pathos D) pungent...facilities E) lurid...minutiae

E) lurid...minutiae ## Footnote Clues: repulsed, killer's, fascinated, torture

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Carrie quickly goes from being a ________ in her new school to the subject of ________ within days of saying grace on her knees before lunch in the cafeteria. A) kudo...derision B) curio...ostracism C) tomboy...ridicule D) neophyte...admonition E) fanatic...confabulation

B) curio...ostracism ## Footnote Clues: goes from, saying grace on her knees

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Paul’s mother found an address for a ________ website on her son’s laptop and ________ to confront him and deny him access to the internet while alone. A) salacious...exaggerated B) ribald...conspired C) prurient...resolved D) bawdy...alluded E) debauched...forebore

C) prurient...resolved ## Footnote Clues: website, access to the internet

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Terry Gilliam searched Hollywood for a young actress of the right ________ to play the Roman goddess of love to recreate the vision of Botticelli’s *Birth of Venus*. A) proportions B) pulchritude C) gradation D) impiety E) preponderance

B) pulchritude ## Footnote Clues: goddess of love, recreate, vision

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. The Betties, a group of rich ne’er-do-wells, simply detested the ________ fools, as they called them, who volunteered to monitor the halls at school. A) clandestine B) opulent C) sordid D) ingracious E) punctilious

E) punctilious ## Footnote Clues: monitor the halls

# Fill in the blanks in this sentence with the correct words. Not wanting to create an expectation for absolute ________ among its customers nor to help cause a greater ________ problem, the restaurant substituted the "All-You-Can-Eat Buffet" with the "All-You-Care-To-Eat Buffet." A) surfeit...obesity B) gorgeousness...gluttony C) satiety...copacetic D) aversion...corporeality E) nourishment...deletorious

A) surfeit...obesity ## Footnote Clues: All-You-Can-Eat

Sentence Completion Practice Flashcards

This deck builds process habit and reinforces core vocabulary knoweldge. Several passes with this deck and your errors on sentence completion should diminish toward zero. (150 cards)