Vocabulary Examination - Sentence Completion
These tests improve your vocabulary, ability to follow the internal logic of sentences and elimination skill process.

1. The dictator used propaganda and intimidation to ________ the revolution.

a. prelude

b. intimate

c. congregate

d. irradiate

e. quell

2. After her extended illness, Delia experienced a long period of ________ when she did not want to work, exercise, or clean.

a. languor

b. arrogance

c. insolence

d. forethought

e. recompense

3. The shaggy neon couch was a(n) ________ in the conservative room decorated with earth tones.

a. incongruity

b. insinuation

c. temerity

d. reiteration

e. intonation

4. After the neighbor�s stereo woke her up for the fifth night in a row, Brenda felt ________ to complain.

a. impelled

b. rebuked

c. augmented

d. implicated

e. destined

5. Ricky is a ________ of the local coffee shop; you can find him there just about every morning.

a. diva

b. relic

c. denizen

d. maverick

e. pariah

6. Meredith used the ________ to steer the horse and keep him in line.

a. jolt

b. bristle

c. chine

d. quirt

e. hearth

7. During his ________ in office the mayor made several controversial decisions about city planning.

a. treatise

b. integration

c. teem

d. flout

e. tenure

8. Jillian was ________ by the contradictory diagnoses she received and decided she needed a third opinion.

a. intimidated

b. effaced

c. girded

d. usurped

e. bemused

9. In such a small office setting, the office manager found he had ________ responsibilities that required knowledge in a variety of different topics.

a. heedless

b. complementary

c. mutual

d. manifold

e. correlative

10. The deadline has been moved to this Friday, so we must ________ our efforts and complete the project earlier than we had planned.

a. wane

b. ruminate

c. burnish

d. pilfer

e. expedite