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AQUEOUS GREGARIOUS QUADRUPLE Part 1. Look up the words above in your dictionary. Note that many of them
have more than one meaning. When you think that you know all the
meanings of all the words, go on to the following exercises. Part 2. From the four choices following each
phrase or sentence, in your vocabulary notebook, you are to put the letter
preceding the one that is closest in meaning to the italicized word. Where
the same word appears more than once, you should note that it is being used
in different senses. 1. aqueous deposits (a)
made by wind (b) made by water (c) made by volcanic eruption (d) made by
decayed vegetable matter 2. a chaste person (a)
naturally shy (b) morally pure (c) highly intelligent (d) totally
unpredictable 3. a chaste design (a)
expensively executed (b) heavily ornate (c) severely plain (d) highly unusual 4. to demoralize them (a)
put new heart into (b) reduce the number of (c) weaken the spirit of (d)
reduce the strength of 5. to favor euthanasia (a)
the abolition of all laws (b) killing as an act of mercy (c) selective
breeding to improve the race (d) the belief that all |
6. extenuating factors (a) that tend to unite (b) that make something seem less serious (c)
that make something seem more complicated (d) that 7. a gala
occasion (a) festive (b) mournful (c) memorable (d) formal 8. a gregarious person (a)
enjoying solitude (b) enjoying the company o f others (c) disinclined to
speak (d) talkative 9. inclement weather (a) sunny (b) stormy (c) changeable (d) unvarying 10. an inclement act (a) thoughtful (b) unkind (unlawful) (d) just 11.
maladroit handling (a)
clumsy (b) skillful (c) delicate (d) using one hand only 12.
surrounded by mendicants (a)
flatterers (b) beggars (c) insects (d) enemies 13.
to admire the panorama (a)
display of pictures (b) parade of animals (c) staged reenactment of an
historical event (d) comprehensive view 14.
to quadruple something (a)
call into question (b) strongly emphasize (c) reduce to one fourth (d)
increase fourfold 15.
replete with learned references (a)
satisfied (b) filled (c) bored (d) concerned 16.
a spectral figure (a)
substantial (b) ghostly (c) commanding (d) slight 17.
a period of transition (a)
change (b) uncertainty (c) stability (d) unrest 18.
to set up a triumvirate (a)
ruling body of three (b) welcome for a returning hero (c) law that must be
renewed every three years (d) defensive |
Check your answers against the correct ones given below. The answers are
not in order; this is to prevent your eye from catching sight of the correct
answers before you have had a chance to do the exercise on your own.
8b. 12b.
16b. 3c. 2b. 7a. 13d. 10b. 14d. 18a. 1b. 5b. 17a. 6b. 11a.
9b. 15b. 4c.
Look up in your dictionary all the words for which you gave incorrect
answers. Only when you have done this should you go on to the next exercise.
Part 3.
This exercise combines synonyms and antonyms. You are to write the word
in your notebook which is either most similar in meaning or most
nearly opposite in meaning to the CAPITALIZED word. Write in your notebook only
one word for each question after deciding that it is either an antonym or
a synonym and write A (for antonym) or S (for synonym) after the capitalized
word. Allow only ten minutes for this test. If you cannot answer a question, go
on to the next one without delay. If you have time left over at the end, go
back and try to finish the unanswered questions.
18 or over correct: excellent
14 to 17 correct: good
13 or under correct : thorough review of A
exercises indicated
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1. HARMFUL ____ chaste
palliative spectral inclement salutary 2. IMPARTIAL _____ extenuating disinterested forte taciturn insidious 3. HEARTEN _____ rationalize redoubtable 4. GHOSTLY _____ aqueous inclement 5. WINDING
______ philistine irrational
addled
extenuating sinuous 6. MITIGATING _____ salutary pragmatic
extenuating
insidious irrational 7. TALKATIVE _____ filial taciturn 8. BEGGAR.______ mendicant progenitor 9. POLLUTE. ______ demoralize incapacitate 10. MERCIFUL _____. extenuating palliative |
11. INSCRIBE. _____ exhale fathom 12. IMPURE. ______ forte temperate 13. CONFUSED ______ replete
addled 14. FESTIVE _____ gala wayward 15. SKILLFUL ญญญญญ_____ disinterested taciturn maladroit resilient philistine 16. FILLED _____ replete congestion
proclivity aqueous magnitude 17. SOLITARY ______ taciturn gregarious
maladroit
impious discursive 18. CHANGE ______ transition rebut 19. ORDER ______ anarchy congestion heresy
idiom criterion 20. minion environs |