All flashcards
Flashcard 1: Which word best completes a positive, admiring tone: “Her dedication inspired the entire team.”
Answer: unwavering. The admiring tone requires a positive descriptor emphasizing steadfast commitment that motivates others.
Flashcard 2: Which best defines tone in a sentence completion question?
Answer: The writer’s attitude toward the subject and audience. This definition highlights how tone influences word selection to convey the author's perspective in sentence completions.
Flashcard 3: What is the most reliable first step for choosing a logical sentence completion?
Answer: Identify the sentence’s overall meaning and direction. Understanding the sentence's core idea ensures the completion aligns logically with the intended message.
Flashcard 4: Which clue most strongly signals a contrast in meaning before the blank?
Answer: A contrast transition such as “however”. Contrast transitions reverse the sentence's direction, requiring a word that opposes the preceding idea.
Flashcard 5: Which clue most strongly signals a cause-and-effect relationship before the blank?
Answer: A causal transition such as “therefore”. Causal transitions indicate a result, so the blank must logically follow from the prior clause.
Flashcard 6: Which clue most strongly signals an example or illustration before the blank?
Answer: An example signal such as “for instance”. Example signals elaborate on the main idea, demanding a completion that illustrates the concept.
Flashcard 7: Which clue most strongly signals that the blank should restate the same idea?
Answer: An addition signal such as “furthermore”. Addition signals reinforce the existing idea, necessitating a completion that echoes or expands it similarly.
Flashcard 8: Choose the word that best completes: “The instructions were clear; therefore, the task was .”
Answer: straightforward. Therefore shows cause-effect, linking clear instructions to an uncomplicated task execution.
Flashcard 9: Choose the word that best completes: “She is candid; she speaks in a very way.”
Answer: honest. The semicolon signals restatement, demanding a word that captures candid speech as direct and truthful.
Flashcard 10: Which option best completes the tone: “The principal commended the class for its behavior.”
Answer: exemplary. Commended implies praise, requiring a positive word that fits an admiring tone for behavior.
Flashcard 11: Choose the best completion: “The soup looked appealing, but it tasted .”
Answer: bland. But indicates opposition, contrasting appealing appearance with a dull flavor.
Flashcard 12: Choose the best completion: “She apologized promptly, so her mistake seemed less .”
Answer: serious. So denotes consequence, where prompt apology reduces the perceived gravity of the error.
Flashcard 13: Choose the word that best completes: “The evidence was sparse, so the conclusion was .”
Answer: uncertain. So indicates result, so sparse evidence logically leads to a doubtful or inconclusive outcome.
Flashcard 14: Which word best completes a critical tone: “His remarks alienated his classmates.”
Answer: insulting. The critical tone demands a negative word for remarks that cause social alienation.
Flashcard 15: Choose the best completion: “The museum was crowded; nonetheless, we found the visit .”
Answer: enjoyable. Nonetheless signals contrast, so despite crowds, the blank must convey a positive experience.
Flashcard 16: Choose the best completion using logic: “Some birds cannot fly. Penguins are birds. Penguins .”
Answer: may not be able to fly. Inductive logic suggests that as some birds cannot fly and penguins are birds, penguins possibly cannot fly.
Flashcard 17: Choose the best completion using logic: “All squares are rectangles. This shape is a square. It is a .”
Answer: rectangle. Deductive reasoning concludes that since all squares are rectangles, a square must be a rectangle.
Flashcard 18: Choose the best completion using logic: “No reptiles have fur. A snake is a reptile. A snake has .”
Answer: no fur. Syllogistic logic deduces that if no reptiles have fur and snakes are reptiles, snakes lack fur.
Flashcard 19: Choose the word that best completes: “He is frugal; he is with his money.”
Answer: thrifty. The semicolon indicates restatement, so the blank must synonymously describe frugal behavior with money.
Flashcard 20: Which word best fits an objective, scientific tone: “The results a strong correlation.”
Answer: indicate. Scientific tone prefers neutral verbs to objectively report findings without bias.
Flashcard 21: Which word best fits a formal tone: “Please the attached form at your earliest convenience.”
Answer: complete. Formal tone in requests favors polite, professional verbs for actions like filling out forms.
Flashcard 22: Choose the best completion: “He spoke softly to avoid sounding during the debate.”
Answer: aggressive. The purpose to avoid aggression logically pairs soft speech with preventing a hostile tone.
Flashcard 23: Choose the word that best completes: “Because she studied daily, her improvement was .”
Answer: inevitable. Because establishes cause-effect, requiring a word that denotes an unavoidable outcome from studying.
Flashcard 24: Choose the word that best completes: “Although the task looked easy, it was actually .”
Answer: difficult. Although signals contrast, so the blank must oppose 'easy' to logically complete the sentence.
Flashcard 25: Which option best completes the tone: “The coach scolded the team for its effort at practice.”
Answer: lackluster. Scolded implies criticism, needing a negative word to match the disapproving tone toward effort.