Sentence Completions ACT

Even those who vigorously disagreed with the goals of the plan __________ admitted that it had been well designed.

• erroneously

• valiantly

• successfully

• defiantly

• grudgingly

The so-called "road rage" is just one more example of a more general ________ that includes disrespect for rules, traditions, and institutions.

• incivility

• caution

• curiosity

• passion

• apprehension

Random noises have been shown to __________ sleep cycles, causing fatigue and irritability in test subjects.

• reinforce

• disrupt

• solidify

• undermine

• fracture

Increasingly, state legislatures have enacted laws that use a standardized exam as the sole ________ by which the success or failure a school system is to be judged.

• prediction

• guarantee

• actuality

• criterion

• aspiration

A fine public servant with an otherwise untarnished reputation has become the latest _______ in a war being waged by unscrupulous journalists against those who espouse principles they reject.

• happenstance

• victory

• casualty

• detriment

• fiasco

The new bookstore, with its coffee bar and classical music, hopes that its literature selections will appeal to a _______ clientele.

• sophisticated

• conventional

• provocative

• restrictive

• passive

The corporation's spokesperson ________ the report as junk science and accused the researchers of pursuing a political agenda.

• highlighted

• denounced

• withdrew

• fomented

• inscribed

By the terms of the extremely _________ curriculum, all students at the academy were required to take two years of Latin, two years of algebra, and two years of fine arts.

• industrious

• fractured

• provocative

• valiant

• regimented

The polite veneer that John exhibits in public _______ a violent temper that frequently erupts in private, especially when his authority is challenged.

• condemns

• belies

• validates

• queries

• presages

Long hours of ____________ rehearsal ensured that the orchestra performed the difficult piece flawlessly.

• arduous

• spontaneous

• influential

• jubilant

• temporary