Sentence Completions:
Practice Set One
Directions: Select the lettered word or set of
words that best completes the sentence.
1. Joseph's employees were ---- by the ---- manner in
4. The scene was even ---- than Rebecca had ----;
dead trees and patchy brown grass seemed to
stretch on forever under a leaden sky.
(A) uglier .. . feigned
which he dealt with them.
(B) drearier ... envisioned
(A) repulsed . .. placid
(C) lazier ... divulged
(B) irritated ... curt
(D) scantier ... desired
(C) incensed ... droll
(E) keener ... perceived
(D) perturbed ... amiable
(E) weakened . .. sullen
2. It is sometimes customary to view rain as ---sign; many believe that if it rains on the day of
5. Proponents of a bill requiring each home to keep
a firearm and ammunition sought to placate their
opponents by including ~-- - for those who did not
---- gun possession.
your wedding, you will enjoy financial prosperity.
(A) a penalty ... frown upon
(A) an inopportune
(B) an exemption ... support
(B) a meager
(C) a theory ... relish
(C) an auspicious
(D) an addendum ... continue
(D) an untimely
(E) a waiver ... abolish
(E) a modest
3. Once a ---- population center, the city gradually
6. Oi:is ---- agreed to --- - his partner's decision, misguided though he thought it was.
lost residents to the factory towns of the North.
(A) gracefully . . . rail at
(A) bustling
(B) maliciously ... compromise on
(B) manufactured
(C) wistfully ... bargain with
(C) rural
(D) grudgingly ... abide by
(D) seedy
(E) cynically ... reign over
(E) deserted
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~ectJon Two: Sentence Completions
Practice Set One
7. The name of the housing development is a----;
although it is called "Forest Hills," it is located in a
---- valley.
9. Unfortunately, the treasurer's plan to get the company out of debt ---- gciining access to certain
funds that may never become available.
(A) dilution ... river
(A) speaks to
(B) fallacy ... neglected
(B) treats with
(C) misnomer ... treeless
(C) delves into
(D) retelling ... contented
(D) metes out
(E) fault ... barren
(E) hinges on
8. Far from being ----, today's television advertising,
with its constant barrage of last-minute sales and
new-and-improved products, practically---- the
viewer.
(A) subtle ... assaults
(B) engaging ... titillates
(C) utilitarian ... assists
(D) obtuse ... ridicules
(E) informative ... ignores
10. A true ascetic, Jorge ---- luxuries and other worldly pleasures in an effort to ---- his spiritual side.
(A) spurns ... fortify
(B) embraces ... emulate
(C) relishes ... assist
(D) condones ... reclaim
(E) lambastes ... interpret