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Sentence Completion Test

5. When the infant displayed signs of illness, the anxious 12. The concept of ________ grouping of people of
parents called in a ________ similar interests and abilities was very popular among
(A) podiatrist educators.
(B) paediatrician (A) segregated
( C) practitioner (B) integrated
(D) pedagogue ( C) heterogeneous
(E) plagiarist (D) homogeneous
(E) congruent
6. I can recommend him for this position because I have
always found him ________ and reliable. 13. His theories were so ________ that few could see
(A) voracious what he was trying to establish.
(B) veracious (A) logical
( C) vindictive (B) erudite
(D) valorous ( C) scholarly
(E) mendacious (D) theoretical
(E) nebulous
7. No hero of ancient or modern times can surpass the
Indian with his lofty contempt of death and the 14. When I first began study words in families, I was
________ with which he sustained cruelest affliction. unaware that protagonist was the opposite of
(A) assent antagonist and that ________ was the opposite of
(B) fortitude zenith.
( C) guile (A) apex
(D) concern (B) rood
(E) reverence ( C) solstice
(D) nadir
8. Sitting so close to the ________ section of the (E) hegira
orchestra, I found that the incessant beating of the
drums gave me a headache. 15. Your ________ attitude will alienate any supporters
(A) string you may have won for your cause.
(B) brass (A) fascinating
( C) wind (B) humanitarian
(D) percussion ( C) logical
(E) front (D) truculent
(E) tortuous
9. I could not wish for a more ________ occasion on
which to announce my plan for expanding our 16. We do not mean to be disrespectful when we refuse o
establishment. follow the advice of our ________ leader.
(A) ominous (A) venerable
(B) propitious (B) respectful
( C) magnificent ( C) famous
(D) pronounced (D) gracious
(E) portentous (E) dynamic

10. We ask for ________ from others, yet we ourselves are 17. I fail to understand why there is such a ________
never merciful. atmosphere; we have lost a battle, not a war.
(A) clemency (A) funereal
(B) culpability (B) blatant
( C) sincerity ( C) giddy
(D) selectivity (D) sanguine
(E) consideration (E) haughty

11. To prevent a repetition of this dreadful occurrence, we 18. When he recited the passage by ________ he
must discover the ________ element in the food that revealed that he was reproducing ________ without
was served. understanding their meaning.
(A) unknown (A) sounds- meaning (B) sounds - pronunciation
(B) toxic ( C) effects - cause (D) rote - sounds
( C) benign
(E) ideas - message
(D) tawdry
(E) heinous
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