Quiz of Sentence Completion 1

1. She hadn’t eaten all day, and by the time she got home she was ______.

• a. blighted

• b. confutative

• c. ravenous

• d. ostentatious

• e. blissful

2. The movie offended many of the parents of its younger viewers by including unnecessary ______ in the dialogue.

• a. vulgarity

• b. verbosity

• c. vocalizations

• d. garishness

• e. tonality

3. His neighbors found his ______ manner bossy and irritating, and they stopped inviting him to backyard barbeques.

• a. insentient

• b. magisterial

• c. reparatory

• d. restorative

• e. modest

4. Steven is always ______ about showing up for work because he feels that tardiness is a sign of irresponsibility.

• a. legible

• b. tolerable

• c. punctual

• d. literal

• e. belligerent

5. Candace would ______ her little sister into an argument by teasing her and calling her names.

• a. advocate

• b. provoke

• c. perforate

• d. lamente

• e. expunge

6. The dress Ariel wore ______ with small, glassy beads, creating a shimmering effect.

• a. titillated

• b. reiterated

• c. scintillated

• d. enthralled

• e. striated

7. Being able to afford this luxury car will ______ getting a better- paying job.

• a. maximize

• b. recombinant

• c. reiterate

• d. necessitate

• e. reciprocate

8. Levina unknowingly ______ the thief by holding open the elevator doors and ensuring his escape.

• a. coerced

• b. proclaimed

• c. abetted

• d. sanctioned

• e. solicited

9. Shakespeare, a(n) ______ writer, entertained audiences by writing many tragic and comic plays.

• a. numeric

• b. obstinate

• c. dutiful

• d. prolific

• e. generic

10. I had the ______ experience of sitting next to an over-talkative passenger on my flight home from Brussels.

• a. satisfactory

• b. commendable

• c. galling

• d. acceptable

• e. acute