Sentence Completion Set 2

Male ostriches are extremely -------: they can be perceived by the human eye at a distance of 900 meters.

• swift

• aggressive

• cumbersome

• conspicuous

• raucous

Business letters are largely -------, conveying unadorned information in a clear and concise manner.

• functional

• patronizing

• superfluous

• opaque

• individualistic

The ------- between the mayor's idealistic speeches and his reprehensible conduct led his constituents to ------- his claim to be a true reformer.

• tension . . endorse

• discrepancy . . disparage

• contradiction . . vindicate

• resemblance . . mimic

• parallelism . . undermine

Ayn Rand can be considered a ------- novelist; her ------- ideas have provoked irate rebuttal from her philosophical opponents.

• polemical . . controversial

• charismatic . . fulsome

• visionary . . traditional

• soporific . . hackneyed

• savvy . . ingenuous

The exterminators ------- increased the fire ant population by using a pesticide that killed a natural predator of the species.

• inadvertently

• auspiciously

• unsuccessfully

• tediously

• ideally

During her interview with local students, the dignitary exchanged her ------- public manner for a friendlier, less pretentious one.

• lofty

• modest

• gushing

• amicable

• precocious

Dine (Navajo) weavers have been ------- in their use of design, drawing on ------- motifs as well as on motifs from Spain, Asia, and other parts of the world.

• artful . . foreign

• antagonistic . . stereotypical

• comprehensive . . distant

• eclectic . . indigenous

• pedestrian . . exotic

Through the years, financial misfortunes and personal tragedies turned his early cynicism into hardened -------.

• sentimentality

• bitterness

• blitheness

• ambivalence

• optimism

Situated so close to the riverbank, the archaeological site is in danger of ------- when the new dam is built.

• inundation

• implementation

• fortification

• revival

• expansion

The lemur is little studied because it is nocturnal and dwells in an extremely rainy region, factors that ------- most researchers.

• interest

• perplex

• discourage

• unite

• overtake