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SAT Test Prep : Verbal Sentence Completion II


What words or sets of words fill the blanks and best fit the meanings of the sentence(s) below?

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1.

Holmes _______ over the case looking for the _______ motive, since there was no evident reason for the murder.

  devised..obscure

  confounded..intrepid

  acquiesced..altruistic

  concurred..furtive

  pondered..ulterior

 
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2.

If your _______ sense is very acute, you may be blindfolded and still be able to recognize materials merely by sniffing.

  clairvoyant

  iridescent

  olfactory

  ophthalmic

  evanescent

 
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3.

She was _______ success having worked for the sheer joy of the upliftment of the downtrodden rather than any recognition or profit.

  indifferent to

  dominated by

  obsessed by

  accused of

  destined for

 
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4.

She has the _______ distinction of being the only player to have lost all the matches in the tournament.

  prodigal

  jocular

  esoteric

  ironic

  dubious

 
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5.

The entrepreneurs were disappointed and _______ because they found the new governmental regulations too _______.

  ebullient..dubious

  virulent..strident

  elated..lenient

  irate..stringent

  ecstatic..dogmatic

 
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6.

Mason was confident that his client would be _______ as she was innocent.

  convicted

  substantiated

  stultified

  vindicated

  surpassed

 
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7.

Being an _______, she enjoyed studying philosophy all by herself rather than going for a party with her friends.

  optimist

  altruist

  introvert

  anarchist

  opportunist

 
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