Chapter 4
76. Zachary was doomed to a miserable life, for no matter how much
he had, he always ______ the possessions of others.
a. protracted
b. exalted
c. engendered
d. coveted
e. filibustered
77. Sheila's grueling hike included passing through numerous ______.
a. terrariums
b. neoprene
c. jurisdictions
d. ravines
e. belfries
78. The college professor was known on campus as a ______
character—bland but harmless and noble in his ideals.
a. staid
b. stagnant
c. auspicious
d. sterile
e. dogmatic
79. Because he was so ______, the athlete was able to complete the
obstacle course in record time.
a. belligerent
b. nimble
c. demure
d. volatile
e. speculative
80. The toy store's extensive inventory offered a ______ of toys from
baby items to video games for teenagers.
a. manifold
b. lexicon
c. burrow
d. gamut
e. motif
81. With sunscreen and a good book, April ______ by the pool in her
lounge chair while the children swam.
a. ensconced
b. sustained
c. expelled
d. transcended
e. lolled
82. NaQuan had a terrible habit of boasting so much about his
smallest accomplishments that his ______ became renowned
throughout the small college campus.
a. vainglory
b. timidity
c. diffidence
d. tempestuousness
e. mockery
83. Only a small number of people in the audience laughed at the
comic's ______ sense of humor, while the rest found him to be too
sarcastic.
a. consequential
b. avaricious
c. venturous
d. dauntless
e. mordant
84. He has long been a(n) ______ of year-round school, believing it
would significantly improve learning and ease the burden on
working parents.
a. advocate
b. levity
c. detractor
d. epiphany
e. connoisseur
85. Tired of hearing the child whine for more candy, the babysitter
finally ______ and offered him a piece of chocolate.
a. relented
b. abated
c. rendered
d. placated
e. enumerated
86. Dogs growl and show their teeth in an attempt to ______ the
animal or person they perceive as a threat.
a. bolster
b. waylay
c. cow
d. exacerbate
e. appease
87. In biology class, Sabine observed the slug's ______, its barely
discernible movement in the tank.
a. parody
b. prescience
c. torpor
d. insight
e. vigor
88. The ______ instinct of a watchdog is to attack strangers who enter
its home.
a. judicious
b. intimate
c. pragmatic
d. melancholy
e. primal
89. The battalion's ______ was a well-fortified structure near the
enemy lines.
a. labyrinth
b. summary
c. villa
d. vinculum
e. garrison
90. Much to my surprise, my teenage daughter was ______ to the idea
of going out with me on Friday night instead of with her friends.
a. contrite
b. impartial
c. partisan
d. deferential
e. amenable
91. The enormous waves forced the lobster boat to ______ heavily to
the starboard side, causing crates of lobsters to topple and fall into
the ocean.
a. trifle
b. degenerate
c. list
d. expedite
e. disseminate
92. Walking through the ______ forest in spring was a welcome escape
from the cold, gray winter we had spent in the city.
a. pliant
b. verdant
c. factious
d. bland
e. innocuous
93. Nina called the humane society when she saw her neighbor ______
his dog.
a. mandate
b. forebode
c. maltreat
d. stipulate
e. peruse
94. Meredith used the ______ to steer the horse and keep him in line.
a. jolt
b. bristle
c. chine
d. quirt
e. hearth
95. Oliver was unable to ______ himself from the difficulties he had
caused by forging the documents.
a. reprove
b. pique
c. oust
d. extricate
e. broach
96. The ______ of our expedition was still so far away that I felt we
would never get there.
a. nadir
b. terminus
c. speculation
d. apex
e. dungeon
97. If he expected to ______ as a doctor, Lou knew he would have to
study hard in medical school and work long hours to gain
experience and skill.
a. perpetrate
b. palliate
c. palpitate
d. prosper
e. mediate
98. Doc Wilson grew up in Florida and was not prepared to face the
______ climate of the Alaskan winter.
a. freshwater
b. gelid
c. compendious
d. subsidiary
e. improvident
99. Marvin's ______ prevented him from finishing his work and was
evidenced in his large phone bills.
a. loquacity
b. heroism
c. decadence
d. depreciation
e. rescission
3 2
501 Sentence Completion Questions
100. The graph clearly showed the company reaching the ______ in
profits during the 1980s when the economy was in a boom period.
a. narthex
b. gullet
c. gamut
d. quiescence
e. vertex
Answers
76. d. To covet (v.) is to wish or long for; to feel immoderate desire for
that which belongs to another.
77. d. A ravine (n.) is a deep narrow canyon.
78. a. Staid (adj.) means of a steady and sober character; prudently
reserved and colorless.
79. b. Nimble (adj.) is quick and light in movement, to be agile.
80. d. A gamut (n.) is an entire range or a whole series.
81. e. To loll (v.) is to lean, recline, or act lazily or indolently; lounge.
82. a. Vainglory (n.) means excessive, pretentious, and demonstrative
vanity.
83. e. Mordant (adj.) means bitingly sarcastic or harshly caustic.
84. a. An advocate (n.) is one who argues for a cause, a supporter or
defender; one who pleads on another's behalf.
85. a. To relent (v.) means to yield or comply.
86. c. To cow (v.) is to intimidate, frighten with threats or show of
force.
87. c. Torpor (n.) means extreme sluggishness; lethargy or apathy;
dullness.
88. e. Primal (adj.) means primary, the first in order or the original;
primitive.
89. e. A garrison (n.) is a fort or outpost where troops are stationed;
any military post.
90. e. Amenable (adj.) means disposed or willing to comply; responsive,
willing; responsible to a higher authority, accountable.
91. c. To list (v.) (related to a vessel) is to incline or to cause to lean to
one side.
92. b. Verdant (adj.) means green with vegetation.
93. c. To maltreat (v.) means to treat poorly; abuse.
94. d. A quirt (n.) is a riding whip with a short handle and braided
rawhide leash.
95. d. To extricate (v.) is to release from an entanglement or difficulty,
disengage.
96. b. The terminus (n) is the final point or goal; the final stop on a
transportation line.
97. d. To prosper (v.) means to be successful.
98. b. Gelid (adj.) means icy or extremely cold; possessing a cold or
unfriendly manner.
99. a. Loquacity (n.) is talkativeness; the state of continual talking.
100. e. Vertex (n.) means the highest point of anything; the apex or
summit.
76. Zachary was doomed to a miserable life, for no matter how much
he had, he always ______ the possessions of others.
a. protracted
b. exalted
c. engendered
d. coveted
e. filibustered
77. Sheila's grueling hike included passing through numerous ______.
a. terrariums
b. neoprene
c. jurisdictions
d. ravines
e. belfries
78. The college professor was known on campus as a ______
character—bland but harmless and noble in his ideals.
a. staid
b. stagnant
c. auspicious
d. sterile
e. dogmatic
79. Because he was so ______, the athlete was able to complete the
obstacle course in record time.
a. belligerent
b. nimble
c. demure
d. volatile
e. speculative
80. The toy store's extensive inventory offered a ______ of toys from
baby items to video games for teenagers.
a. manifold
b. lexicon
c. burrow
d. gamut
e. motif
81. With sunscreen and a good book, April ______ by the pool in her
lounge chair while the children swam.
a. ensconced
b. sustained
c. expelled
d. transcended
e. lolled
82. NaQuan had a terrible habit of boasting so much about his
smallest accomplishments that his ______ became renowned
throughout the small college campus.
a. vainglory
b. timidity
c. diffidence
d. tempestuousness
e. mockery
83. Only a small number of people in the audience laughed at the
comic's ______ sense of humor, while the rest found him to be too
sarcastic.
a. consequential
b. avaricious
c. venturous
d. dauntless
e. mordant
84. He has long been a(n) ______ of year-round school, believing it
would significantly improve learning and ease the burden on
working parents.
a. advocate
b. levity
c. detractor
d. epiphany
e. connoisseur
85. Tired of hearing the child whine for more candy, the babysitter
finally ______ and offered him a piece of chocolate.
a. relented
b. abated
c. rendered
d. placated
e. enumerated
86. Dogs growl and show their teeth in an attempt to ______ the
animal or person they perceive as a threat.
a. bolster
b. waylay
c. cow
d. exacerbate
e. appease
87. In biology class, Sabine observed the slug's ______, its barely
discernible movement in the tank.
a. parody
b. prescience
c. torpor
d. insight
e. vigor
88. The ______ instinct of a watchdog is to attack strangers who enter
its home.
a. judicious
b. intimate
c. pragmatic
d. melancholy
e. primal
89. The battalion's ______ was a well-fortified structure near the
enemy lines.
a. labyrinth
b. summary
c. villa
d. vinculum
e. garrison
90. Much to my surprise, my teenage daughter was ______ to the idea
of going out with me on Friday night instead of with her friends.
a. contrite
b. impartial
c. partisan
d. deferential
e. amenable
91. The enormous waves forced the lobster boat to ______ heavily to
the starboard side, causing crates of lobsters to topple and fall into
the ocean.
a. trifle
b. degenerate
c. list
d. expedite
e. disseminate
92. Walking through the ______ forest in spring was a welcome escape
from the cold, gray winter we had spent in the city.
a. pliant
b. verdant
c. factious
d. bland
e. innocuous
93. Nina called the humane society when she saw her neighbor ______
his dog.
a. mandate
b. forebode
c. maltreat
d. stipulate
e. peruse
94. Meredith used the ______ to steer the horse and keep him in line.
a. jolt
b. bristle
c. chine
d. quirt
e. hearth
95. Oliver was unable to ______ himself from the difficulties he had
caused by forging the documents.
a. reprove
b. pique
c. oust
d. extricate
e. broach
96. The ______ of our expedition was still so far away that I felt we
would never get there.
a. nadir
b. terminus
c. speculation
d. apex
e. dungeon
97. If he expected to ______ as a doctor, Lou knew he would have to
study hard in medical school and work long hours to gain
experience and skill.
a. perpetrate
b. palliate
c. palpitate
d. prosper
e. mediate
98. Doc Wilson grew up in Florida and was not prepared to face the
______ climate of the Alaskan winter.
a. freshwater
b. gelid
c. compendious
d. subsidiary
e. improvident
99. Marvin's ______ prevented him from finishing his work and was
evidenced in his large phone bills.
a. loquacity
b. heroism
c. decadence
d. depreciation
e. rescission
3 2
501 Sentence Completion Questions
100. The graph clearly showed the company reaching the ______ in
profits during the 1980s when the economy was in a boom period.
a. narthex
b. gullet
c. gamut
d. quiescence
e. vertex
Answers
76. d. To covet (v.) is to wish or long for; to feel immoderate desire for
that which belongs to another.
77. d. A ravine (n.) is a deep narrow canyon.
78. a. Staid (adj.) means of a steady and sober character; prudently
reserved and colorless.
79. b. Nimble (adj.) is quick and light in movement, to be agile.
80. d. A gamut (n.) is an entire range or a whole series.
81. e. To loll (v.) is to lean, recline, or act lazily or indolently; lounge.
82. a. Vainglory (n.) means excessive, pretentious, and demonstrative
vanity.
83. e. Mordant (adj.) means bitingly sarcastic or harshly caustic.
84. a. An advocate (n.) is one who argues for a cause, a supporter or
defender; one who pleads on another's behalf.
85. a. To relent (v.) means to yield or comply.
86. c. To cow (v.) is to intimidate, frighten with threats or show of
force.
87. c. Torpor (n.) means extreme sluggishness; lethargy or apathy;
dullness.
88. e. Primal (adj.) means primary, the first in order or the original;
primitive.
89. e. A garrison (n.) is a fort or outpost where troops are stationed;
any military post.
90. e. Amenable (adj.) means disposed or willing to comply; responsive,
willing; responsible to a higher authority, accountable.
91. c. To list (v.) (related to a vessel) is to incline or to cause to lean to
one side.
92. b. Verdant (adj.) means green with vegetation.
93. c. To maltreat (v.) means to treat poorly; abuse.
94. d. A quirt (n.) is a riding whip with a short handle and braided
rawhide leash.
95. d. To extricate (v.) is to release from an entanglement or difficulty,
disengage.
96. b. The terminus (n) is the final point or goal; the final stop on a
transportation line.
97. d. To prosper (v.) means to be successful.
98. b. Gelid (adj.) means icy or extremely cold; possessing a cold or
unfriendly manner.
99. a. Loquacity (n.) is talkativeness; the state of continual talking.
100. e. Vertex (n.) means the highest point of anything; the apex or
summit.
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