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 betterpaying 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
11. Prince Phillip had to choose: marry the woman he loved and ______ his right to the throne, or marry Lady Fiona and inherit the crown.
a. reprimand b. upbraid c. abdicate d. winnow e. extol
12. If you will not do your work of your own ______, I have no choice but to penalize you if it is not done on time.
a. predilection b. coercion c. excursion d. volition e. infusion
13. After sitting in the sink for several days, the dirty, food-encrusted dishes became ______.
a. malodorous b. prevalent c. imposing d. perforated e. emphatic
14. Giulia soon discovered the source of the ______ smell in the room: a week-old tuna sandwich that one of the children had hidden in the closet.
a. quaint b. fastidious c. clandestine d. laconic e. fetid
15. After making ______ remarks to the President, the reporter was not invited to return to the White House pressroom.
a. hospitable b. itinerant c. enterprising d. chivalrous e. irreverent
16. With her ______ eyesight, Krystyna spotted a trio of deer on the hillside and she reduced the speed of her car.
a. inferior b. keen c. impressionable d. ductile e. conspiratorial
17. With a(n) ______ grin, the boy quickly slipped the candy into his pocket without his mother’s knowledge.
a. jaundiced b. nefarious c. stereotypical d. sentimental e. impartial
18. Her ______ display of tears at work did not impress her new boss, who felt she should try to control her emotions.
a. maudlin b. meritorious c. precarious d. plausible e. schematic
19. Johan argued, “If you know about a crime but don’t report it, you are ______ in that crime because you allowed it to happen.”
a. acquitted b. steadfast c. tenuous d. complicite. nullified
20. The authorities, fearing a ______ of their power, called for a military state in the hopes of restoring order.
a. subversion b. premonition c. predilection d. infusion e. inversion
21. The story’s bitter antagonist felt such great ______ for all of the other characters that as a result, his life was very lonely and he died alone.
a. insurgence b. malevolence c. reciprocation d. declamation e. preference
22. It is difficult to believe that charging 20% on an outstanding credit card balance isn’t ______!
a. bankruptcy b. usury c. novice d. kleptomania e. flagrancy
23. The ______ weather patterns of the tropical island meant tourists had to carry both umbrellas and sunglasses.
a. impertinent b. supplicant c. preeminent d. illustrative e. kaleidoscopic
24. Wedding ceremonies often include the exchange of ______ rings to symbolize the couple’s promises to each other.
a. hirsute b. acrimonious c. plaintive d. deciduous e. votive
25. Kym was ______ in choosing her friends, so her parties were attended by vastly different and sometimes bizarre personalities.
a. indispensable b. indiscriminate c. commensurate d. propulsive e. indisputable
