Sentence Completion MCQs (Set 1)

16. With her _______ eyesight, Krystyna spotted a trio of deer on the hillside and she reduced the speed of her car.

  • A. inferior
  • B. keen
  • C. impressionable
  • D. ductile
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Correct Answer:
B. keen

Explanation:
means being extremely sensitive or responsive; having strength of perception

17. With a (n) ________grin, the boy quickly slipped the candy into his pocket without his mother’s knowledge.

  • A. jaundiced
  • B. nefarious
  • C. stereotypical
  • D. sentimental
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Correct Answer:
B. nefarious

Explanation:
means wicked, vicious, or evil

18. Her _________ display of tears at work did not impress her new boss, who felt she should try to control her emotions.

  • A. maudlin
  • B. meritorious
  • C. precarious
  • D. plausible
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Correct Answer:
A. maudlin

Explanation:
means excessively and weakly sentimental or tearfully emotional

19. John argued, “If you know about a crime but don’t report it, you are  _______ in that crime because you allowed it to happen.”

  • A. acquitted
  • B. steadfast
  • C. tenuous
  • D. complicit
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Correct Answer:
D. complicit

Explanation:
means participating in or associated with a questionable act or a crime

20. The authorities, fearing a _______ of their power, called for a military state in the hopes of restoring order.

  • A. subversion
  • B. premonition
  • C. predilection
  • D. infusion
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Correct Answer:
A. subversion

Explanation:
means an overthrow, as from the foundation

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