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SAT Sentence Completion Practice
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1
Elinor ____ to counteract her negative feelings, but only succeeded in ____ them.
tried - allaying
hesitated - deprecating
hoped - mitigating
endeavoured - intensifying
2
The candidate __when asked why he had left his last job; he did not want to admit he had been_.
dissembled - dismissed
rejoiced - wrong
hesitated - lauded
confided-banned
3
After centuries of obscurity, this philosopher's thesis is enjoying a surprising ____
renaissance
longevity
decimation
remission
4
Despite their attempts at ---, the ---- between Peter and Fred was barely suppressed.
estrangement..hostility
reconciliation..forgiveness
camaraderie...admiration
geniality..antipathy
5
Corruption is ____ in our society; the integrity of even senior officials is ____
growing - unquestioned
rare - corrupted
rife - suspect
pervasive - intact
6
____ by nature, Jones spoke very little even to his own family members.
arrogant
taciturn
gregarious
garrulous
7
Some of the text's language is archaic & virtually indecipherable,most of it is surprisingly--
elevated
florid
convoluted
intelligible
8
The intern was almost too ------; he felt the suffering of his patients as if it were his own
candid
disarming
insightful
empathetic
9
Horror movies have--effect,purging our fears of the unknown by giving them artistic expression.
a transient
an indiscernible
a malleable
a cathartic
10
Despite his ------- desire to show off, he remained at heart a very ------- person.
continual . . transparent
occasional . . reticent
uncharacteristic . . demonstrative
blatant . . exhibitionistic
11
Their bantering talk seemed ____, but in fact it masked an underlying ____ .
hostile - antipathy
friendly - geniality
amicable - antagonism
jovial - assumptions
12
A _child,she was soon bored in class; already she knew more mathematics than her teacher.
obdurate
precocious
contemporary
querulous
13
The conclusion of his argument, while ____ , is far from ____ .
esoteric - obscure
abstruse - incomprehensible
worthwhile - valueless
stimulating - interesting
14
The child was stung by the adult's sharp reprimand; no one had ever --- her that way before.
invoked
rebuked
galvanized
evaded
15
In a society that abhors -------, the nonconformist is persistently -------
nsurgency . . heeded
stagnation . . denigrated
smugness . . persecuted
rebelliousness . . suppressed
16
Although Ms. Harvey's disposition was generally --,she could become enraged when sufficiently--
serene . . provoked
meek . . complimented
energetic . . disappointed
vicious . . ignored
17
The revolution in art has not lost its steam; it ____ on as fiercely as ever.
gregarious
rages
meanders
trudges
18
His one vice was gluttony and so it is not surprising that as he aged he became increasingly _.
lithe
despondent
corpulent
emaciated
19
Dr. Stuart needs to __ his argument with more experimental data; as it stands his thesis is __
bolster - acceptable
buttress - inadequate
refine - satisfactor
support - profound