Syvum Home Page

Home > SAT Test Prep >

SAT Test Prep : Verbal Sentence Completion I


What words or sets of words fill the blanks and best fit the meanings of the sentences?

Formats Quiz Review
Multiple choice | Fill in the blanks

Your Performance  

1.

Although the restaurant was known for its _______ delicacies, they found the dishes they ordered were _______.

  ornate..austere

  savory..insipid

  sensual..insatiable

  assiduous..inert

  gingerly..bland

 
Hint      

2.

_______ remarks are intended to _______ others.

  Profound..distend

  Conciliatory..instigate

  Propitious..provoke

  Inane..edify

  Disparaging..belittle

 
Hint      

3.

The villagers administered the _______ to _______ the effects of the snake venom.

  antidote..counteract

  poison..preempt

  placebo..negate

  antibody..protract

  antiseptic..amplify

 
Hint      

4.

The publisher was out of stock within a fortnight after he received a _______ of orders for the new book.

  plethora

  cavalcade

  paucity

  conflagration

  carnage

 
Hint      

5.

The cross-border terrorism _______ the bitterness already existing between the two countries.

  abridged

  endorsed

  confounded

  deprecated

  exacerbated

 
Hint      

6.

It is astonishing to see such extraordinary results from a mere _______.

  epicure

  connoisseur

  glutton

  confidant

  tyro

 
Hint      

7.

The mistletoe is a plant that is partially _______ : it depends on the host plant only for water as it has green leaves to make food.

  arable

  virulent

  ascetic

  parasitic

  anthropomorphic

 
Hint      


 
37 more pages in SAT Verbal Ability


Contact Info © 1999-2025 Syvum Technologies Inc. Privacy Policy Disclaimer and Copyright
Previous
-
Next
-