1. The poet gave an incredibly speech and brought many people to tears.
Your answer eloquent
Correct answer eloquent
2. What's the proper required for eating dinner with a prince?
Your answer etiquette
Correct answer etiquette
3. My daughter shows a(n) curiosity not usual for someone so young.
Your answer intellectual
Correct answer intellectual
4. I like the debate team at school because we always have such conversations.
Your answer animated
Correct answer animated
5. What's your to go fishing next weekend?
Your answer availabiity
Correct answer availability
6. Her brother was with their father's fortune after he passed away.
Your answer entrusted
Correct answer entrusted
7. Sadly, my grandmother went through much of her life feeling like there was a(n) connected
to her skin color.
Your answer stigma
Correct answer stigma
8. Don't question my decisions and my authority in front of the other employees!
Your answer undermine
Correct answer undermine
9. It's obvious that Kevin has amazing abilities since he's fluent in six languages!
Your answer
Correct answer
linguistic linguistic
10. The final score of the game was 20-3, making it a(n) unfair competition.
Your answer decidedly
Correct answer decidedly
Section B: Choose the best way to complete the sentences. 11. Even if I don't win the award, it's still an honor to be a(n) _____.
a. applicant b. champion c. nominee d. spectator
12. I see parents of twins and triplets and I can't imagine having _____ children at once.
a. multiply b. double c. individual d. multiple
13. I'm one of two vice-presidents, and my _____ at the other office will be your main point of contact.
a. counterpart b. supervisor c. subordinate d. employee
14. \
a. principle b. principal c. standard d. irrelevant
15. His time in office was marked by _____ affairs and controversy.
a. highbrow b. unemotional c. scandalous d. unintended
16. I became a partner in the law firm, _____ increasing my salary considerably.
a. thereby b. hereby c. standby d. passerby
17. Choosing not to hire someone based on their race or sex is a textbook example of _____.
a. discriminate b. discrimination c. discriminatory d. discriminator
18. Tony gets _____ if he drinks too much, and he's liable to hurt someone.
a. peaceful
b. hostile c. ambivalent d. apathetic
19. What was the suspect's _____ to kill Gene?
a. motivate b. motivator c. motivation d. motive
20. After all these years, I still _____ that it wasn't my fault.
Section C: Fill in each of the blanks with a suitable preposition or adverb. 21. She entrusted me managing the entire staff this week.
a. portend b. attend c. contend d. pretend
Your answer with
Correct answer with
22. They managed to catch the opposing player guard and score a goal.
Your answer off
Correct answer off
23. Tony has been described both a lover and a hater.
Your answer
Correct answer
as as
24. Other the occasional cup of tea, I never drink caffeine.
Your answer than
Correct answer than
25. I think it goes saying that I want to go to college.
Your answer without
Correct answer without
26. Diane wrote an article to the effect men and women were equal in all respects.
Your answer that
Correct answer that
27. Let's rake the suspect's answers and see if we can find some clues.
Your answer over
Correct answer over
28. Please fill these forms and have a seat; someone will be with you shortly.
Your answer out
Correct answer out
29. Remember to take yard work account when you figure how much free time you have this
weekend.
Your answer into
Correct answer into
30. It's not a good idea to make sarcastic comments your previous boss during a job interview.
Your answer about
Correct answer about
Your answer
Correct answer (31) (32)
patriarchal patriarchal myriad
myriad
(33) (34) (35) (36) (37) (38) masculine masculine matriarchal matriarchal presume revealing feminism
presume revealing feminism
disqualifies disqualifies bdabc
(39) (40)
quote singular
quote singular