Sentence Completion

Rather than be melancholy all day, Jim should try to be more ______.

• energetic

• jovial

• depressed

• heterogeneous

Elise always envisioned the monastery as an austere place of worship; however, upon visiting it, she found it surprisingly ______.

• comfortable

• strict

• ornate

• simple

Although it is necessary to carry a relatively large number of provisions when traversing the Australian Outback, it is ______ that you keep your pack from becoming too ______.

• mandatory...insulated

• imperative...compact

• important...convoluted

• helpful...elongated

After living a life of depravity and transgression, the offender felt so ______ that he declared he would become a priest, and devote the remainder of his life to ______.

• melancholy...sadness

• terrible...sin

• contrite...atonement

• stolid...repentance

Despite some members of the Board of Education admitting to the ______ of his argument, Proposition G6 was still denied by a vote of 4 to 3.

• truculence

• negligence

• cogency

• force

The boy is not ______ - he is ______ - and therefore should not be tried in court as an adult.

• mature...juvenile

• experienced...inveterate

• young...fledgling

• youthful...established

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CCSS.L.3.1G

Mr. Plainview is a man of secrecy. He deals with the mob and other ______ organizations, and regularly participates in their ______ activities.

• amiable...illegitimate

• disdainful...scrupulous

• illegal...exhilarating

• clandestine...unlawful

Even the most ______ gambler stops betting when he or she runs out of money.

• cautious

• hazardous

• foolhardy

• circumspect

Upon hearing the ______ argument for the opposition, Mr. Algene felt ______ that he would win the debate.

• dubious...uncertain

• deplorable...convinced

• tenuous...confident

• hardy...positive

The orator's speech was too ______; it would have been more succinct if she avoided discussing ______ subjects.

• complicated...germane

• resplendent...pertinent

• convoluted...complex

• terse...florid