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Example Question #385 : Adjectives And Adverbs In One Blank Sentences
Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.
Having been raised in the suburbs, Benjamin had no experience of the __________ poverty that so many suffer.
avid
abject
rapacious
enviable
covetous
abject
"Abject" means wretched and pitiful. The poverty from which people suffer is wretched.
Example Question #383 : Adjectives And Adverbs In One Blank Sentences
Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.
The clinic kept an __________ environment, even though maintaining the cleanliness was actually rather expensive.
filthy
obscene
inhospitable
antiseptic
derivative
antiseptic
"Antiseptic" means clean and sterile. The clinic maintained cleanliness even though it cost more.
Example Question #1062 : Sentence Completion Questions
Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.
The new policeman became ill at the sight of the __________ blood; the victim’s thickened blood put him off pudding for a very long time.
prevaricating
mendacious
streaming
coagulated
flowing
coagulated
"Coagulated" means thickened or clotted. The victim's thickened blood, resembling pudding, was very off-putting for the new policeman.
Example Question #1063 : Sentence Completion Questions
Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.
I adore humid climates, but I abhor __________ ones.
discredited
mendacious
tenuous
enhanced
arid
arid
"Arid" means very dry.
Example Question #391 : Adjectives And Adverbs In One Blank Sentences
Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.
Before you drink the water from that dirty river, you need to filter it and treat it with certain chemicals; only then will it be __________.
enervated
unaccustomed
chary
potable
jaded
potable
"Potable" means suitable for drinking.
Example Question #1065 : Sentence Completion Questions
Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.
“Don’t you think that assigning five hours of homework a night is a bit too __________?” the concerned parent asked the teacher.
surreptitious
somatic
explicit
onerous
gregarious
onerous
"Onerous" means burdensome.
Example Question #391 : Adjectives And Adverbs In One Blank Sentences
Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.
“It wasn’t very nice or __________ to tell that other little girl that you thought she was boring,” Ann said to her daughter.
jejune
tactful
resilient
derisive
ubiquitious
tactful
"Tactful" means skillful at not offending others.
Example Question #432 : Adjectives And Adverbs In One Blank Sentences
Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.
Ever since Jean Paul and I broke up, everyone tells me the same __________ phrase: there are always more fish in the sea.
hackneyed
scrutinizing
opulent
abbreviated
aesthetic
hackneyed
"Hackneyed" means clichéd, or worn out by overuse.
Example Question #1231 : One Blank Sentences
Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.
Marisol had only a(n) __________ understanding of how to fix and maintain her car, and so she took an automobile repair class.
mundane
amicable
prosaic
superficial
intrepid
superficial
"Superficial" means shallow, or lacking depth.
Example Question #391 : Adjectives And Adverbs In One Blank Sentences
Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.
Because Louisa had just jogged three miles in the sun, her face looked __________.
florid
sanctimonious
restive
ornate
implacable
florid
"Florid" means having a red or flushed complexion. It also can mean flowery or ornate.
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