Advanced Sentence Completion Exercise 7

1. Despite the strong temptation to become ______, Magdalena was never content – a characteristic which enabled her to win six consecutive championships.
   1.   ?    forthright
   2.   ?    passive
   3.   ?    complacent
   4.   ?    careless
   5.   ?    submissive
2. If not for his ______ disposition, Odysseus may have never been inclined to ______; he may have lived a life of diffidence and servility.
   1.   ?    arrogant...destiny
   2.   ?    enthusiastic...rule
   3.   ?    supercilious...leadership
   4.   ?    meek...laziness
   5.   ?    subordinate...sublimation
3. Although Mary espoused the virtues of ______ judgment and fair play, she could not manage such a ______ demeanor at her son’s first baseball game.
   1.   ?    good...simple
   2.   ?    impartial...disinterested
   3.   ?    neutral...trite
   4.   ?    subjective...disciplined
   5.   ?    detached...humble
4. The only instance in which he was able to grasp the ______ nature of his ______ was when he was led, bound and gagged, to the gallows.
   1.   ?    jovial...game
   2.   ?    suspect...crime
   3.   ?    shameful...actions
   4.   ?    grievous...transgression
   5.   ?    shallow...indiscretion
5. Once a year, the prevailing arctic winds are reduced to a ______ zephyr, and for a few exceptional hours this dynamic environment becomes ______ and calm
   1.   ?    gentle...quiescent
   2.   ?    mild...lethargic
   3.   ?    placid...cacophonus
   4.   ?    cool...motionless
   5.   ?    amicable...peaceful
6. After their most recent audit, it was found that many of the corporation’s documents had been forged, and several of their accounting records appeared to be ______.
   1.   ?    negligible
   2.   ?    mendacious
   3.   ?    vacuous
   4.   ?    adulterated
   5.   ?    veracious
7. The hyena’s fur has a ______ appearance, thus enabling this predator to better blend in with its dappled surroundings.
   1.   ?    mottled
   2.   ?    superficial
   3.   ?    baroque
   4.   ?    disorganized
   5.   ?    orderly
8. Many families had survived the depression; nevertheless they were forced to adopt increasingly ______ spending habits to make ends meet.
   1.   ?    prodigal
   2.   ?    calculated
   3.   ?    detrimental
   4.   ?    parsimonious
   5.   ?    desperate
9. Although President Roosevelt was rendered paralyzed from the waist down in 1922, he refused to ______ his ______ disposition, even if this meant he occasionally had to crawl.
   1.   ?    abandon...ambulatory
   2.   ?    adopt...stationary
   3.   ?    accept...immobile
   4.   ?    discard...iconic
   5.   ?    relinquish...fixed
10. Nucleosynthetic plants have been known to emit ______ gasses into the atmosphere; those living in close proximity to these plants may exhibit a range of deleterious physical developments in later life.
    1.   ?    pungent
    2.   ?    innocuous
    3.   ?    noxious
    4.   ?    benign
    5.   ?    arid