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Directions: Choose the letter or phrase that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

1. Phillip’s ______ tone endeared him to his comical friends, but irritated his serious father. *

a. aloof b. jesting c. grave
d. earnest e. conservative

2. Brian’s pale Irish skin was ______ to burn if he spent too much time in the sun. *

a. prone b. urbane c. eminent
d. erect e. daunted

3. A fan of historical fiction, Joline is now reading a novel about slavery in the ______ South. *

a. decorous b. rogue c. droll
d. antebellum e. onerous

4. Over the years the Wilsons slowly ______ upon the Jacksons’ property, moving the stone markers that divided their lots farther and farther onto the Jacksons’ land. *

a. encroached b. jettisoned
c. conjoined d. repudiated
e. teemed

5. Mary became ______ at typing because she practiced every day for six months. *

a. proficient b. reflflective
c. dormant d. redundant e. valiant

6. To find out what her husband bought for her birthday, Susanattempted to ______ his family members about his recent shoppingexcursions. *

a. prescribe b. probe c. alienate
d. converge e. revere

7. Juan’s friends found him in a ______ mood after he learned he would be homecoming king. *

a. jovial b. stealthy c. paltry
d. gullible e. depleted

8. His suit of armor made the knight ______ to his enemy’s attack,and he was able to escape safely to his castle. *

a. vulnerable b. churlish
c. invulnerable d. static
e. imprudent

9. Choosing a small, fuel-effificient car is a ______ purchase for arecent college graduate. *

a. corrupt b. tedious c. unhallowed
d. sardonic e. judicious

10. Such a ______ violation of school policy should be punished bynothing less than expulsion. *

a. copious b. flagrant c. raucous
d. nominal e. morose

11. With all of the recent negative events in her life, she felt ______forces must be at work. *

a. resurgent b. premature
c. malignant d. punctilious
e. antecedent

12. The ______ rumors did a great deal of damage even though theyturned out to be false. *

a. bemused b. prosaic
c. apocryphal d. ebullient
e. tantamount

13. When her schoolwork got to be too much, Pam had a tendency to______, which always put her further behind. *

a. dedicate b. rejuvenate
c. ponder d. excel e. procrastinate

14. Racha’s glance was a ______ invitation to speak later in privateabout events of the meeting. *

a. trecherous b. scintillating
c. tactful d. tacit e. taboo

15. She reached the ______ of her career with her fourth novel, which won the Pulitzer Prize. *

a. harbinger b. apogee
c. metamorphosis d. dictum
e. synthesis

16. The ______ townspeople celebrated the soldier’s return to his home by adorning trees with yellow ribbons and balloons. *

a. somber b. jubilant c. pitiless
d. cunning e. unsullied

17. The governor-elect was hounded by a group of ______ lobbyists and others hoping to gain favor with her administration. *

a. facetious b. abstruse
c. magnanimous d. fawning
e. saccharine

18. The mock graduation ceremony—with a trained skunk posing as the college president—was a complete ______ that offended many college officials. *

a. tempest b. epitome
c. quintessence d. travesty
e. recitative









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