Competitive Exams: Sentence Completion Questions (Practice-Test 11 of 31)

1. The crew of air balloon ____ the sand bags to help the balloon rise over the hill.

   1. capsized

   2. jettisoned

   3. salvaged

   4. augmented

   5. enumerated

2. We were not fooled by his ____ arguments; his plan was obviously ____.

   1. cogent-brilliant

   2. hackneyed-banal

   3. convoluted-labyrinthine

   4. specious-untenable

   5. lucid-intelligible

3. Hawkins is ____ in his field; no other contemporary scientist commands the same respect.

   1. disparaged

   2. ignominious

   3. obsolete

   4. anachronistic

   5. preeminent

4. The model paraded in front of celebrities with ____; it was impossible to tell that this was her first assignment.

   1. panache

   2. opprobrium

   3. shame

   4. trepidation

   5. terror

5. The term lead pencil is a ____; pencils are filled with graphite not lead.

   1. misnomer

   2. misdemeanor

   3. peccadillo

   4. euphemism

   5. metaphor

6. The ____ weather forced us to stay indoors.

   1. enticing

   2. glorious

   3. restorative

   4. inclement

   5. congenial