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Advanced Sentence Completion 4
Directions: Choose the best word(s) to complete each sentence.
1) Onlookers shuddered at the particularly ______ nature
of the transgression; it was evident that something 7) Mr. Thompson’s avaricious reputation belies his
must be done to ______ such incidents from ever newfound penchant for philanthropy and ______
happening again. donation.
A) monstrous…preclude A) derisive
B) temperamental…halt B) insouciant
C) homicidal…precipitate C) altruistic
D) atrophied…extenuate D) venerable
E) typical…prevent A) wealthy
2) Rather than give in to the fact that her son had no gift 8) He could not even be persuaded to break from his
for tennis, she entertained the notion that his talent normal routine on Christmas day; it is difficult to
was simply ______ in its exposition. imagine a more ______ personality.
A) manifest A) dilettantish
B) reclusive B) passionate
C) suppressed C) perturbed
D) timid D) flaky
E) latent E) obstinate
3) The ______ judge would not be swayed by emotion 9) While it is true that hard times occasionally enhance
nor predilection; he attended to nothing more than the the moral integrity of certain individuals within a
facts as they were presented. population, this was ______ the case; the ______
A) lethargic band of fugitives looted every town they came to, and
B) insouciant eradicated anyone that dared inhibit their progress,
C) disinterested irrespective of reason or plea.
D) partial A) clearly not… depraved
E) scholarly B) arguably not…vituperative
4) Although the sunset was splendid that evening, Akira C) obviously… munificent
knew that its beauty was ______, and that all good D) potentially… rebellious
things must come to an end. E) possibly… hellish
A) ephemeral 10) Rather than ______ the ______ rations, the army
B) tenuous platoon donated them to charity.
C) fragile A) abandon…delicious
D) transitory B) consume…spoiled
E) brittle C) discard…superfluous
5) She considered the title of the book rather D) uncover…hidden
contradictory by nature: “A(n) ______ History of the E) plunder…extra
World.” 11) The ______ prisoner did not comply with a single
A) Protracted one of the general’s orders; he refused to succumb to
B) Involved the ______ that is an integral aspect of incarceration.
C) Unabridged A) peevish…lifestyle
D) Comprehensive B) acquiescent…oppression
E) Compendious C) hateful…submission
6) It is not uncommon to envision the domicile of a D) obdurate…subordination
clergyman as _____, but upon visiting the residence E) furious…patriotism
of her priest, Martha was not expecting to find such 12) The unusually ______ child would rather spend her
_____ accommodations. time contemplating moral philosophy than chasing
A) austere…florid other children on the playground.
B) elaborate…baroque A) precocious
C) unadorned…caustic B) restive
D) rustic…plain C) oblivious
E) modern…contemporary D) studious
E) aggressive