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Advanced Sentence Completion 3
Directions: Choose the best word(s) to complete each sentence.
1) Unfortunately, he had not had time to fully ______ his 7) To her teacher’s surprise, as soon as Delia met her
idea - it was too ______ and could not accompany the new friends she abandoned her typical reticence and
final revision of the plan. adopted a new, ______ personality.
A) explain…dogmatic A) reproachful
B) appreciate…prolix B) deplorable
C) contemplate…advanced C) asinine
D) develop…inchoate D) irascible
E) espouse…revolutionary A) garrulous

2) ______ behavior did not appease the general; rather, it 8) In order to keep the audience’s attention, students
substantiated his belief that the best soldiers must act were advised to avoid ______ discussion, and to
______ from time to time. speak only about subjects ______ to their report.
A) Obsequious…defiantly A) brusque…mandatory
B) Mendacious…deceptive B) digressive…tangential
C) Maligned…seditious C) irrelevant …germane
D) Ubiquitous…deliberately D) disinterested…impartial
E) Brazen…overconfident E) melancholy…jovial

3) Although Ben is a hard worker, he always ______ to 9) After being approached by a mendicant in the street,
his every impulse; he would be more productive if he Jaime knew he had ventured beyond the border which
wasn’t so ______. circumscribed the ______ part of town.
A) gives in…contemporary A) pleasant
B) succumbs…demure B) affluent
C) permits…idiosyncratic C) costly
D) appeals…pedantic D) magnanimous
E) yields…capricious E) altruistic

4) The school would not tolerate Jane’s arrogant 10) Toxins released into the town’s drinking water have
insolence; her ______ behavior got her expelled. had a ______ effect on the overall health of its
A) assiduous inhabitants.
B) contemptuous A) deleterious
C) stolid B) strange
D) deferential C) potent
E) humble D) innocuous
E) ravenous
5) Although Meg is usually quite amiable to newcomers,
she cast Billy a cold, ______ stare. 11) Rowan gasped at pictures of the ______ living
A) indifferent conditions found in third world countries.
B) inimical A) squalid
C) sick B) impeccable
D) rebellious C) sordid
E) vengeful D) immaculate
E) boorish
6) The nurse had become ______ the administration of
injections; nevertheless, she carried out her job with 12) His ______ attitude towards the surrounding chaos
______ deliberation. made me appreciate the advantages of stoicism.
A) infatuated with…disinterested A) constant
B) inured to…painstaking B) temperamental
C) disgusted with…voracious C) impetuous
D) used to…perfunctory D) impassive
E) concentrated on…conceited E) transfixed