Sentence Completion

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 barbecues.

• 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