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SAT Test Prep : Verbal Sentence Completion I


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1.

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

  paucity

  cavalcade

  conflagration

  plethora

  carnage

 
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2.

A _______ message attempts to intentionally _______ something.

  cryptic..conceal

  obscene..obliterate

  furtive..elucidate

  abstruse..edify

  abstract..elicit

 
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3.

She was a _______ and did not take her painting classes seriously.

  pariah

  fanatic

  partisan

  virtuoso

  dilettante

 
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4.

The _______ was recognized for his _______ deeds and his significant contributions to society.

  charlatan..cryptic

  clairvoyant..clandestine

  philanderer..benevolent

  misanthrope..mundane

  philanthropist..altruistic

 
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5.

The river was _______ and changed its course after every downpour.

  abstemious

  capricious

  antediluvian

  stagnant

  impecunious

 
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6.

The school headmaster averred that he could _______ minor lies but could not pardon such _______ lie.

  amend..an expedient

  confound..an insipid

  extricate..a spurious

  condone..an egregious

  emend..a dubious

 
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7.

The research scholar performed the experiments with _______ and worked _______ to submit an award-winning thesis.

  diligence..assiduously

  apathy..zealously

  antipathy..dispassionately

  prudence..amicably

  indifference..amiably

 
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