After each sentence, select the word which best fills in the blank left in that sentence. When you're done, click on "Submit Application" at the bottom of the test, and the computer will grade your answers. A definition of the preferred word will also appear whether you got the answer right or not. 1. Ardenworthy's _____________ praise of his coach was part of his plan to get onto the team. A. innocuous B. fulsome C. cognizant D. ostensible 2. Josie's __________ experience in the convent chapel led her to choose a religious life. A. ineffable B. ingratiating C. maladroit D. petulant 3. Everything about Carlos's financial situation seemed _________ for getting the loan he needed. A. slovenly B. bodacious C. dour D. propitious 4. In Charlie's adolescent years, the _________ of his existence cost him his self-confidence. A. acerbity B. vagaries C. serenity D. biliousness 5. The _________ old apple seller on the street corner used to scare Sarah. A. copasetic B. pulchritudinous C. wizened D. transmogrified 6. The judge severely ____________ his clerks for telling the press about the defendant's case. A. chastised B. obligated C. inhibited D. aggravated 7. The ___________ team seemed to suffer one unlucky defeat and injury after another. A. ineffable B. fulsome C. inevitable D. hapless 8. Aunt Clara delivered a beautiful ____________ at Grandmother's funeral. A. solipsism B. eulogy C. ineptitude D. soubriquet 9. Tawanda gave a ___________ account of the conversation she'd had with the police. A. verbatim B. decorous C. dilatory D. munificent 10. His __________ crimes against the state were well chronicled in the daily papers. A. propitious B. querulous C. blatant D. amorous 11. Students found her ____________ lecture hard to follow. A. meticulous B. honorary C. cogent D. discursive
1. Ardenworthy's _____________ praise of his coach was part of his plan to get onto the team. A. innocuous B. fulsome C. cognizant D. ostensible
2. Josie's __________ experience in the convent chapel led her to choose a religious life. A. ineffable B. ingratiating C. maladroit D. petulant
3. Everything about Carlos's financial situation seemed _________ for getting the loan he needed. A. slovenly B. bodacious C. dour D. propitious
4. In Charlie's adolescent years, the _________ of his existence cost him his self-confidence. A. acerbity B. vagaries C. serenity D. biliousness
5. The _________ old apple seller on the street corner used to scare Sarah. A. copasetic B. pulchritudinous C. wizened D. transmogrified
6. The judge severely ____________ his clerks for telling the press about the defendant's case. A. chastised B. obligated C. inhibited D. aggravated
7. The ___________ team seemed to suffer one unlucky defeat and injury after another. A. ineffable B. fulsome C. inevitable D. hapless
8. Aunt Clara delivered a beautiful ____________ at Grandmother's funeral. A. solipsism B. eulogy C. ineptitude D. soubriquet
9. Tawanda gave a ___________ account of the conversation she'd had with the police. A. verbatim B. decorous C. dilatory D. munificent
10. His __________ crimes against the state were well chronicled in the daily papers. A. propitious B. querulous C. blatant D. amorous
11. Students found her ____________ lecture hard to follow. A. meticulous B. honorary C. cogent D. discursive
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