Chapter 5
101. Amie agrees with the ______ that the grass is always greener on
the other side of the fence.
a. perpetuity
b. penchant
c. maxim
d. conformation
e. fortitude
102. Victor Frankenstein's creature was a(n) ______, detested by
everyone he met.
a. itinerant
b. anathema
c. cosmopolitan
d. mercenary
e. anomaly
103. Jack Nicholson was at the ______ of his career when he received
the Oscar for Best Actor.
a. detriment
b. pinnacle
c. oligarchy
d. rogue
e. repose
104. Ariana was outstanding as the moderator; she handled the
intensely heated debate with great ______, diplomatically and
tactfully keeping the conversation fair and on track.
a. finesse
b. pretentiousness
c. prowess
d. succor
e. aversion
105. The class endured a loud and lengthy ______ by the teacher on the
subject of submitting written work on time.
a. guile
b. polemic
c. bravado
d. tirade
e. heresy
106. Lauren's ______ features, what you first noticed about her, were
her stunning black hair and large, dark eyes.
a. savvy
b. affluent
c. predominant
d. universal
e. malicious
107. Whenever Tom and I would argue he would ______ with his hands
and body to accentuate his point.
a. interject
b. infuse
c. gesticulate
d. conjure
e. encumber
108. Must we be subjected to your ______ complaints all day long?
a. tiresome
b. fearsome
c. awesome
d. gleesome
e. wholesome
109. The new political candidate refused to print ______ about her
aggressive opponent, but that did not stop him from printing lies
about her.
a. dispensation
b. assignation
c. rendition
d. libel
e. compunction
110. Awkwardly tall and prone to tripping over her own feet, Grace felt
her name was truly a ______.
a. misnomer
b. preoccupation
c. universality
d. garrulity
e. benevolence
111. Although the villagers' lives were profoundly different from her
own, Jing-Mae felt a deep ______ for the people when she served
in the Peace Corps.
a. reparation
b. affinity
c. injunction
d. exigency
e. analogy
112. Sometimes late at night Sharon would gaze joyfully at her children
as they slept and ______ in their innocence.
a. sneer
b. ostracize
c. revel
d. repudiate
e. antiquate
113. In the famous balcony scene, Romeo ______ Juliet's beauty in one
of the most romantic soliloquies ever written.
a. sanctions
b. extols
c. peruses
d. beguiles
e. fetters
114. It was ______ to think that it could possibly snow in the middle of
the desert.
a. advantageous
b. philosophical
c. eroding
d. preventative
e. preposterous
115. Every evening at the restaurant, the reporter would eavesdrop on
the Mayor's conversations in order to ______ any information that
could make headlines.
a. ignore
b. glean
c. extol
d. extend
e. narrate
116. The surgeon placed a ______ on the femoral artery to bind it
during the long and exhausting surgery.
a. ligature
b. doctrine
c. premise
d. synopsis
e. degeneration
117. By sheer ______ force, the men pushed the truck to the side of the
road and out of danger.
a. virile
b. persnickety
c. meticulous
d. suave
e. contentious
118. Based on his recent poor decisions, it was obvious that Seth lacked
even a ______ of good sense.
a. debasement
b. diversion
c. disapprobation
d. submission
e. modicum
119. To settle the dispute, the students elected a faculty member to
serve as a(n) ______.
a. maverick
b. dystopia
c. arbiter
d. fiduciary
e. martyr
120. The ______ newspaper accounts of the city scandal caused some
readers to question the truth of the stories.
a. lurid
b. vivacious
c. blithesome
d. prolific
e. amicable
121. The ______ man with amnesia was unable to recognize where
he was.
a. endogenous
b. euphoric
c. nonplussed
d. amicable
e. pliable
122. Justin's ______ solution to the problem revealed that he did not
spend much time considering the consequences.
a. facile
b. obsolete
c. resilient
d. pristine
e. ardent
123. The events of the evening ______ without difficulty despite the
lack of planning on the part of the host.
a. expired
b. transpired
c. retired
d. ensured
e. extorted
124. It is every American person's ______ to live the life he or she
chooses.
a. composite
b. eloquence
c. prerogative
d. allusion
e. demise
125. After the boisterous customers left the café without tipping, Carlos
______ at them through the restaurant's front window.
a. interjected
b. jostled
c. glowered
d. emulated
e. skulked
Answers
101. c. Maxim (n.) is an established principle or a general truth, often a
condensed version of a practical truth.
102. b. An anathema (n.) is one who is detested or shunned; one who is
cursed or damned; a curse or vehement denunciation; a formal
ban, curse, or excommunication.
103. b. A pinnacle (n.) is the highest level or degree available.
104. a. Finesse (n.) is the subtle, skillful handling of a situation,
diplomacy, tact; refined or delicate performance or execution.
105. d. A tirade (n.) is a long and blusterous speech given especially
when the speaker is denouncing someone or something.
106. c. Predominant (adj.) means most dominant, common, or frequent;
to have surpassing power, influence, or authority.
107. c. To gesticulate (v.) means to use gestures or make motions;
express through motion, especially while speaking.
108. a. Tiresome (adj.) means causing to be weary.
109. d. Libel (n.) is defamatory writing; misrepresentative publication
(writing, pictures, signs) that damages a person's reputation.
110. a. Misnomer (n.) is a misnaming of a person or place; a wrong or
unsuitable name.
111. b. An affinity (n.) is a natural attraction or liking; a feeling of
kinship, connection or closeness, similarity; relationship by
marriage.
112. c. To revel (v.) is to take great pleasure or delight.
113. b. To extol (v.) means to praise highly, exalt, glorify.
114. e. Preposterous (adj.) means contrary to common sense or utterly
absurd.
115. b. To glean (v.) means to gather or collect slowly; to learn or
discover bit by bit.
116. a. A ligature (n.) is something that ties or binds up, such as a
bandage, wire, or cord.
117. a. Virile (adj.) means having masculine strength; vigorous or
energetic.
118. e. Modicum (n.) is a small or token amount.
119. c. An arbiter (n.) is one selected or appointed to judge or decide a
disputed issue, an arbitrator; someone with the power to settle
matters at will.
120. a. Lurid (adj.) means glaringly sensational or vivid; shocking.
121. c. Nonplussed (adj.) means greatly perplexed, filled with
bewilderment.
122. a. Facile (adj.) means arrived at or achieved with little difficulty or
effort, thus lacking depth, superficial; performing or speaking
effectively with effortless ease and fluency, adroit, eloquent.
123. b. To transpire (v.) means to come to pass, to occur.
124. c. Prerogative (n.) means an exclusive or special right or privilege.
125. c. To glower (v.) means to stare angrily or sullenly, to look intently
with anger or dislike.
101. Amie agrees with the ______ that the grass is always greener on
the other side of the fence.
a. perpetuity
b. penchant
c. maxim
d. conformation
e. fortitude
102. Victor Frankenstein's creature was a(n) ______, detested by
everyone he met.
a. itinerant
b. anathema
c. cosmopolitan
d. mercenary
e. anomaly
103. Jack Nicholson was at the ______ of his career when he received
the Oscar for Best Actor.
a. detriment
b. pinnacle
c. oligarchy
d. rogue
e. repose
104. Ariana was outstanding as the moderator; she handled the
intensely heated debate with great ______, diplomatically and
tactfully keeping the conversation fair and on track.
a. finesse
b. pretentiousness
c. prowess
d. succor
e. aversion
105. The class endured a loud and lengthy ______ by the teacher on the
subject of submitting written work on time.
a. guile
b. polemic
c. bravado
d. tirade
e. heresy
106. Lauren's ______ features, what you first noticed about her, were
her stunning black hair and large, dark eyes.
a. savvy
b. affluent
c. predominant
d. universal
e. malicious
107. Whenever Tom and I would argue he would ______ with his hands
and body to accentuate his point.
a. interject
b. infuse
c. gesticulate
d. conjure
e. encumber
108. Must we be subjected to your ______ complaints all day long?
a. tiresome
b. fearsome
c. awesome
d. gleesome
e. wholesome
109. The new political candidate refused to print ______ about her
aggressive opponent, but that did not stop him from printing lies
about her.
a. dispensation
b. assignation
c. rendition
d. libel
e. compunction
110. Awkwardly tall and prone to tripping over her own feet, Grace felt
her name was truly a ______.
a. misnomer
b. preoccupation
c. universality
d. garrulity
e. benevolence
111. Although the villagers' lives were profoundly different from her
own, Jing-Mae felt a deep ______ for the people when she served
in the Peace Corps.
a. reparation
b. affinity
c. injunction
d. exigency
e. analogy
112. Sometimes late at night Sharon would gaze joyfully at her children
as they slept and ______ in their innocence.
a. sneer
b. ostracize
c. revel
d. repudiate
e. antiquate
113. In the famous balcony scene, Romeo ______ Juliet's beauty in one
of the most romantic soliloquies ever written.
a. sanctions
b. extols
c. peruses
d. beguiles
e. fetters
114. It was ______ to think that it could possibly snow in the middle of
the desert.
a. advantageous
b. philosophical
c. eroding
d. preventative
e. preposterous
115. Every evening at the restaurant, the reporter would eavesdrop on
the Mayor's conversations in order to ______ any information that
could make headlines.
a. ignore
b. glean
c. extol
d. extend
e. narrate
116. The surgeon placed a ______ on the femoral artery to bind it
during the long and exhausting surgery.
a. ligature
b. doctrine
c. premise
d. synopsis
e. degeneration
117. By sheer ______ force, the men pushed the truck to the side of the
road and out of danger.
a. virile
b. persnickety
c. meticulous
d. suave
e. contentious
118. Based on his recent poor decisions, it was obvious that Seth lacked
even a ______ of good sense.
a. debasement
b. diversion
c. disapprobation
d. submission
e. modicum
119. To settle the dispute, the students elected a faculty member to
serve as a(n) ______.
a. maverick
b. dystopia
c. arbiter
d. fiduciary
e. martyr
120. The ______ newspaper accounts of the city scandal caused some
readers to question the truth of the stories.
a. lurid
b. vivacious
c. blithesome
d. prolific
e. amicable
121. The ______ man with amnesia was unable to recognize where
he was.
a. endogenous
b. euphoric
c. nonplussed
d. amicable
e. pliable
122. Justin's ______ solution to the problem revealed that he did not
spend much time considering the consequences.
a. facile
b. obsolete
c. resilient
d. pristine
e. ardent
123. The events of the evening ______ without difficulty despite the
lack of planning on the part of the host.
a. expired
b. transpired
c. retired
d. ensured
e. extorted
124. It is every American person's ______ to live the life he or she
chooses.
a. composite
b. eloquence
c. prerogative
d. allusion
e. demise
125. After the boisterous customers left the café without tipping, Carlos
______ at them through the restaurant's front window.
a. interjected
b. jostled
c. glowered
d. emulated
e. skulked
Answers
101. c. Maxim (n.) is an established principle or a general truth, often a
condensed version of a practical truth.
102. b. An anathema (n.) is one who is detested or shunned; one who is
cursed or damned; a curse or vehement denunciation; a formal
ban, curse, or excommunication.
103. b. A pinnacle (n.) is the highest level or degree available.
104. a. Finesse (n.) is the subtle, skillful handling of a situation,
diplomacy, tact; refined or delicate performance or execution.
105. d. A tirade (n.) is a long and blusterous speech given especially
when the speaker is denouncing someone or something.
106. c. Predominant (adj.) means most dominant, common, or frequent;
to have surpassing power, influence, or authority.
107. c. To gesticulate (v.) means to use gestures or make motions;
express through motion, especially while speaking.
108. a. Tiresome (adj.) means causing to be weary.
109. d. Libel (n.) is defamatory writing; misrepresentative publication
(writing, pictures, signs) that damages a person's reputation.
110. a. Misnomer (n.) is a misnaming of a person or place; a wrong or
unsuitable name.
111. b. An affinity (n.) is a natural attraction or liking; a feeling of
kinship, connection or closeness, similarity; relationship by
marriage.
112. c. To revel (v.) is to take great pleasure or delight.
113. b. To extol (v.) means to praise highly, exalt, glorify.
114. e. Preposterous (adj.) means contrary to common sense or utterly
absurd.
115. b. To glean (v.) means to gather or collect slowly; to learn or
discover bit by bit.
116. a. A ligature (n.) is something that ties or binds up, such as a
bandage, wire, or cord.
117. a. Virile (adj.) means having masculine strength; vigorous or
energetic.
118. e. Modicum (n.) is a small or token amount.
119. c. An arbiter (n.) is one selected or appointed to judge or decide a
disputed issue, an arbitrator; someone with the power to settle
matters at will.
120. a. Lurid (adj.) means glaringly sensational or vivid; shocking.
121. c. Nonplussed (adj.) means greatly perplexed, filled with
bewilderment.
122. a. Facile (adj.) means arrived at or achieved with little difficulty or
effort, thus lacking depth, superficial; performing or speaking
effectively with effortless ease and fluency, adroit, eloquent.
123. b. To transpire (v.) means to come to pass, to occur.
124. c. Prerogative (n.) means an exclusive or special right or privilege.
125. c. To glower (v.) means to stare angrily or sullenly, to look intently
with anger or dislike.
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