Vocabulary 10 test
Directions: select the word
that best completes the sentence.
1. That monologue about the
young accountant on her very first day on the job (rendered, emancipated) me
helpless with laughter.
2. A good scientist will
always be (skeptical, despicable) about any theory that is not backed up by
convincing evidence.
3. The goalie’s reflexes were
as sharp as ever, but the knee injury had plainly (impaired, aspired) his
ability to maneuver.
4. It is worse than useless
to (render, chide) children for misbehaving without giving them an opportunity
to behave better.
5. I am not accusing anyone
of deliberately lying, but I can prove beyond doubt that the charges are
(rugged, erroneous).
6. When I asked the student
why he wasn’t going to the Senior Prom, he answered only with a(n) (bleak,
obtrusive) smile.
7. After four years as the
President’s secretary, I have become a noted (adept, exploit) in the art of
fielding questions.
8. In Jonathan Swift’s
fictional country of Lilliput, everyone and everything is pint-sized, or
(diminutive, erroneous).
9. The visitor’s huge bulk,
combined with his (extemporaneous, languid) manner, made me think of a tired
whale.
10. Passengers could not exit
the bus without tripping over the (invincible, obtrusive) package in the aisle.
11. When we tried to
straighten out the mess, we found ourselves (mired, chided) in a mass of
inaccurate, incomplete, and mixed-up records.
12. In the (slipshod,
extemporaneous) give-and-take of a televised debate, it is easy for a nervous
nominee to make a slip of the tongue.
13. I could see that the
merchant’s long, sad story about bad luck was only the (adept, preamble) to a
request for a loan.
14. I would never trust my
funds to anyone who is so (bleak, slipshod) in managing his own affairs.
15. When Emerson said “Hitch
your wagon to a star,” he meant that we should (aspire, mire) to reach the very
highest levels of which we are capable.
16. Sergeant Alvin York was
awarded this nation’s highest honor for his many daring (preambles, exploits)
during World War I.
17. The sculptor has done a
superb job of representing the strong, rough planes of
18. It is up to all of us to
(impair, emancipate) ourselves from prejudices and false ideas acquired early
in life.
19. Our basketball team, with
its well-planned attack, tight defense, and seven-foot center, proved all but
(invincible, skeptical).
20. Far from admiring the way
they got those letters of recommendation, I consider their deception utterly
(diminutive, despicable).