Avskills Teachers Manual

Instructors Manual and Test Bank
to Accompany:
Building Vocabulary Skills, 3/e
Improving Vocabulary Skills, 3/e
Advancing Vocabulary Skills, 3/e
Janet M. Goldstein
TOWNSEND PRESS
INSTRUCTORS MANUAL AND TEST BANK

TO ACCOMP ANY
BUILDING VOCABULARY SKILLS, 3/e

IMPROVING VOCABULARY SKILLS, 3/e
ADVANCING VOCABULARY SKILLS, 3/e
Janet M. Goldstein
TOWNSEND PRESS
THE TOWNSEND PRESS VOCABULARY SERIES

VOCABULARY BASICS (reading level 46)
GROUNDWORK FOR A BETTER VOCABULARY (reading level 58)
BUILDING VOCABULARY SKILLS (reading level 79)
IMPROVING VOCABULARY SKILLS (reading level 911)
ADVANCING VOCABULARY SKILLS (reading level 1113)
BUILDING VOCABULARY SKILLS, SHORT VERSION*
IMPROVING VOCABULARY SKILLS, SHORT VERSION*
ADVANCING VOCABULARY SKILLS, SHORT VERSION*
ADVANCED WORD POWER (reading level 1214)
*The short versions of the three books are limited to 200 words, in contrast
to the 260 words and 40 word parts in each of the long versions. For some
students and classes, the short versions of the books will provide an easier,
more manageable approach to vocabulary development.
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Instructors Manual and Test Bank to Accompany

BUILDING VOCABULARY SKILLS, 3/e
IMPROVING VOCABULARY SKILLS, 3/e
ADVANCING VOCABULARY SKILLS, 3/e
Copyright 2002 by Townsend Press
Instructors using one of our vocabulary books as a class text are permitted to reproduce parts of this guide. Reproduction
rights are not permitted in any other circumstances except through the permission of the publisher.
Contents
Introduction
Brief Guidelines for Using the Vocabulary Books

A Suggested Instructional Approach
1
Additional Activities
3
Suggested Syllabi
4
About the Computer Software

5
About the Word Lists

6
Research and Vocabulary Instruction

6
A Final Note
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BUILDING VOCABULARY SKILLS: Pretests and Posttests

Entire Book
7
Unit One
15
Unit Two
19
Unit Three
Unit Four
Unit Five
23
27
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Answer Sheet for Pretests and Posttests

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Answers to the Pretests and Posttests

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BUILDING VOCABULARY SKILLS: Answers to the Activities in the Book

BUILDING VOCABULARY SKILLS: Additional Mastery Tests
Chapter 1 (Taking Exams) 41
Chapter 2 (Nate the Woodsman) 42
Chapter 3 (Whos on Trial?) 43
Chapter 4 (Students and Politics) 44
Chapter 5 (Night Nurse) 45
Chapter 7 (Relating to Parents) 46
Chapter 8 (Job Choices) 47
Chapter 9 (No Joking) 48
Chapter 10 (Museum Pet) 49
Chapter 11 (Unacceptable Boyfriends) 50
Chapter 13 (Our Headstrong Baby) 51
Chapter 14 (Mr. Perfect?) 52
Chapter 15 (A Narrow Escape) 53
Answers to the Mastery Tests
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
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(The Power of Advertising) 54

(Waiter) 55
(Adjusting to a New Culture) 56
(A Dream About Wealth) 57
(Children and Drugs) 58
(Party House) 59
(Procrastinator) 60
(A Change in View) 61
(Balloon Flight) 62
(Family Differences) 63
(Murder Mystery) 64
(Chicken Pox) 65
(Walking) 66
BUILDING VOCABULARY SKILLS: Additional Unit Tests

Unit One
Unit Two
Unit Three
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71
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69
Unit Four
Unit Five
75
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IMPROVING VOCABULARY SKILLS: Pretests and Posttests

Entire Book
79
Unit One
87
Unit Two
91
Unit Three
Unit Four
Unit Five
79
95
99
103

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IMPROVING VOCABULARY SKILLS: Answers to the Activities in the Book

IMPROVING VOCABULARY SKILLS: Additional Mastery Tests
Chapter 1 (Joseph Palmer) 113
Chapter 2 (Telephone Salespeople) 114
Chapter 3 (A Cruel Sport) 115
Chapter 4 (Bald Is Beautiful) 116
Chapter 5 (No Luck with Women) 117
Chapter 7 (Accident and Recovery) 118
Chapter 8 (Animal Senses) 119
Chapter 9 (Money Problems) 120
Chapter 10 (The New French Employee) 121
Chapter 11 (A Cruel Teacher) 122
Chapter 13 (Learning to Study) 123
Chapter 14 (The Mad Monk) 124
Chapter 15 (Conflict Over Holidays) 125
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Unit One
Unit Two
Unit Three
141
143
145
113
(Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) 126

(Relating to Parents) 127
(Interview with a Rude Star) 128
(The Nightmare of Gym) 129
(Skipping Church) 130
(A Model Teacher) 131
(My Talented Roommate) 132
(Cal and His Sisters) 133
(Shoplifter) 134
(A Nutty Newspaper Office) 135
(Roughing It) 136
(Getting Scared) 137
(My Sisters Date) 138
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IMPROVING VOCABULARY SKILLS: Additional Unit Tests

Unit Four
Unit Five
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141
147
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ADVANCING VOCABULARY SKILLS: Pretests and Posttests

Entire Book
151
Unit One
159
Unit Two
163
Unit Three
Unit Four
Unit Five
151
167
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175

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ADVANCING VOCABULARY SKILLS: Answers to the Activities in the Book

ADVANCING VOCABULARY SKILLS: Additional Mastery Tests
Chapter 1 (Apartment Problems) 185
Chapter 2 (Hardly a Loser) 186
Chapter 3 (Grandfather at the Art Museum) 187
Chapter 4 (My Brothers Mental Illness) 188
Chapter 5 (A Get-Rich-Quick Scam) 189
Chapter 7 (A Phony Friend) 190
Chapter 8 (Coco the Gorilla) 191
Chapter 9 (Our Annual Garage Sale) 192
Chapter 10 (A Debate on School Uniforms) 193
Chapter 11 (My Large Family) 194
Chapter 13 (Anns Love of Animals) 195
Chapter 14 (A Costume Party) 196
Chapter 15 (The Missing Painting) 197
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
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(An Ohio Girl in New York) 198

(How Neat Is Neat Enough?) 199
(Halloween Troubles) 200
(Thomas Dooley) 201
(Twelve Grown Men in a Bug) 202
(Adjusting to a Group Home) 203
(A Different Kind of Doctor) 204
(My Devilish Older Sister) 205
(Harriet Tubman) 206
(Tonys Rehabilitation) 207
(Rumors) 208
(The End of a Political Career) 209
(Firing Our Boss) 210
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ADVANCING VOCABULARY SKILLS: Additional Unit Tests

Unit One
Unit Two
Unit Three
183
213
215
217
Unit Four
Unit Five
213
219
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APPENDIXES
The Townsend Press Vocabulary Placement Test

Answer Sheet
Answer Key
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List of the 260 Words and 40 Word Parts in BUILDING VOCABULARY SKILLS
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List of the 260 Words and 40 Word Parts in IMPROVING VOCABULARY SKILLS
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List of the 260 Words and 40 Word Parts in ADVANCING VOCABULARY SKILLS
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Introduction
BRIEF GUIDELINES FOR USING THE VOCABULARY BOOKS

1. As you probably know, each of the three vocabulary books has a recommended reading level:
Building Vocabulary Skills: reading level 79
Improving Vocabulary Skills: reading level 911
Advancing Vocabulary Skills: reading level 1113
Be careful not to choose a book on too high an instructional level. Ideally, most of your students
should have a sense of some of the words in the book you choose. As they work through the
chapters, they can then strengthen the words they already know, as well as master the words theyre
only half sure of, or dont know at all. For most remedial and developmental courses, we
recommend the first two books.
A given level is likely to be too difficult if students know almost none of the words. You run the
risk of operating on a level of frustration rather than instruction. To repeat, then: Please take very
special care that you choose a book that will not be too difficult for the majority of your students.
2. Dont feel you must cover every single chapter in a book. Each book is packed with
activitiesones that will take a fair amount of time for students to work on at home, or for you to
cover with them in class. The activities are necessary, for the simple truth is that the more students
work with words, the better they will understand them. It is better to cover fewer words more
thoroughly than to try to cover too many too lightly.
3. The Final Check passage in each chapter poses a more difficult challenge for students than
the sentence-level activities that precede it. To handle the passages, students must have done their
homework with the earlier activities. The passage will be an excellent final opportunity for them to
deepen their knowledge of the words in the chapter.
Because the final check is such a challenge, as well as an opportunity to solidify learning, we
recommend that you not use it as a mastery test. Instead, we suggest that you use the appropriate
mastery test in this book.
4. The pages in the student book (though not in the instructors edition) are perforated and so can
be easily torn out and removed. In particular, you may want students to hand in the unit tests, which
are on the front and back sides of a page.
5. Pretests are available for each book as well as each vocabulary unit in each book. The pretests
start on page 7 of this Instructors Manual. You have permission to make as many copies as you
want of these pretests (and the other materials in this book) if you are currently using one of the
vocabulary texts in a course. The pretests can be used at the start of a unit, and the posttests at the
end of a unit, as an accurate way to measure vocabulary progress and mastery.
A SUGGESTED INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACH

Here is a suggested classroom approach that we think will maintain interest and keep students active
in learning the words. You may want to use all or part of itor you may find that it helps you
decide the special way you want to teach the words to your students.
First of all, have students work through the introduction to the book (on pages 1 to 6). Dont
teach it; have them read it (they need the reading practice!), follow directions, and insert all the
answers needed. Then spend a few minutes reviewing their answers and checking their understanding
of the material.
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Next, give students the pretest for the unit you will be covering. Explain that at the end of the
unit, they will be given a posttest on the same words, so you and they will be able to measure what
they have learned. Then proceed as follows:
1. Preview each of the ten words in a chapter by printing the words, one at a time, on the board.
Ask students if they can pronounce each word. As needed, write some of the pronunciations on the
board. You may also want to use, or ask students to use, some of the words in a sentence. And its
OK to ask for or to give short meanings of some of the words. Dont go into a lot of detail, but make
this a good general introduction to the words.
Then, based on the verbal preview, ask students to turn to the first page of the chapter. Explain
that in each case the two sentences in Ten Words in Context will give clues to the meaning of the
boldfaced word. You can say, OK, take five minutes or so and read the sentences in Ten Words in
Context. Or you can proceed immediately to Step 2.
2. Put students in groups of two or three. (It is hard to overstate the value that small group work
can have: if managed successfully, it uses peer pressure to keep everyone involved in the work of
the class.) Explain, Heres what I want you to do. One of you read the first word and the two
sentences that contain the word. Make sure its being pronounced correctly. Always help each other
out with the pronunciation. Then think about the context very carefully. The context will give you
very strong clues as to what the word means. Your ability to use the context surrounding an
unfamiliar word is an excellent skill to have whenever youre reading something and you come
upon a word you dont know. Then Id like all of you to see if you can pick out the right meaning
from the three answer choices that follow that first word.
After you do that, have someone else in your group pronounce the second word and read the
two sentences for that word. Then work together again and pick out the right answer choice. And so
on, until youve done all ten words. Look up at me when youve done all the words.
3. Of course, not every group will finish the words at exactly the same time. We suggest you take a
middle-ground approach to the challenging fact that every group will move at a different speed.
When a couple of the groups are finished (and starting to get restless), and others are still working,
say, OKeven if youre not quite finished yet, were going to go over the ten words as a class.
Somebody please volunteer to pronounce the first word and give us its meaning.
4. After reviewing the pronunciations and meanings of the words, say, Now I want you to work as
a group in adding the words needed in Sentence Check 1 and Sentence Check 2. Again, you want to
practice looking at context very carefully. Context will give you clues you need to figure out the
meanings of words.
5. When several groups are finished, say, OK, not everyone is quite finished, but were going to
go over the sentences youve been working with. Will someone volunteer to read the first sentence
and insert the word needed?
6. Next, say, The last activity here is the most challenging. Why dont you all work on this
individually. Read over the passage once. Then go back and start reading more carefully and slowly
and try to put in some of the words. Then go back a third time to get the remaining words. You may
not be able to get all the words at first. Try to get some of them. That will help you do the rest. Pay
close attention to the context. Remember youre building up your skill at using context to figure out
the meaning of a word.
7. When some people are done, say, All rightlets review the passage. Would someone read the
first couple of sentences and insert the missing words?
8. Finally, tell students to review and study the ten words at home. Then, at the start of the next
class, say, Spend about two minutes reviewing the words. I'll then pass out a mastery test for the
ten words. I will grade this test, so you want to do your best to remember the words. (Knowing that
a grade is going to be involved always provides students with an extra boost of incentive.)
An alternative instructional approach is to proceed as described above for steps 1 to 3. Then,
instead of having students work in small groups, ask them to work individually on Sentence Check
1 and Sentence Check 2. After they are finished, have them come individually to your desk so that
you can quickly check their answers, clarify any confusion, and move them on to the Final Check.
In this individualized scenario, everyone is working at his or her own pace, and you are working at a
very steady pace. When students finish the Final Check, you can either have them work with people
who are not done, or get a head start on another chapter that you plan to assign for homework.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
Let us repeat a point stated earlier: The more students work with words, the more they can learn.
Here are other activities you can use, in addition to the many in the book. Choose whichever
combination of activities goes best with your teaching style and the learning styles of your students.
1. Word cards. Students can use 3 5 or 4 6 index cards to create a bank of words. Word cards
can help students master words in the book; the cards are also a helpful tool for learning unknown
words that students come across in reading. Students simply jot down an unfamiliar word on the
front of the card. Then, when they have finished their reading, they can complete the front and back
of a card. Here is a suggested format:
Front of Card
p. 21, IVS
Back of Card
1) Expressed clearly in a few words.
Adjective
2) Your telegram should be succinct so that

you get your message across clearly
without paying for more words than
necessary.
succinct
Synonym: concise
3) In the workshop for office employees, the

speaker explained how to write succinct,
yet informative memos.
Antonym: lengthy
Note that the front of the card has the target word, the page number and source where the word can
be located, the part of speech, a synonym, and an antonym. The back of the card has three entries:
1) the definition, based on the way the word is used in context; 2) a phrase or sentence showing the
word in context (this can be taken from the source where the student has come upon the word); and
3) a student-created sentence which shows an understanding of the word. Students can use this
same format when they encounter unfamiliar words in their textbooks and other reading.
2. Identifying words. Present lists of words written with diacritical marks and ask students to
identify the words. For example:
tk' tk
r-kr'
-kwt'
m-lsh' s
r-sp' r-kt
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3. Analogies. Using analogies is another way to encourage students to think about words.
Students should first be taught the format of analogies, and instructors should begin with the simpler
types of analogies: synonyms and antonyms. For example:
Choose the italicized word needed to complete each analogy:
acknowledge : admit = avert : cure, prevent, accept
candid : dishonest = concise : wordy, brief, funny
precise : methodical = stop : terminate, speculate, nurture
modern : obsolete = pacify : mediate, hamper, infuriate
Keep in mind that analogies are difficult for students, especially at-risk students. But if instructor
guidance is provided, analogies can help even at-risk students think about words conceptually.
Note that Unit Test 3 in each unit contains twenty word analogiesan activity that is new to the
third edition.
4. Imaging. The use of imagery as a way of remembering vocabulary words has been researched
rather extensively. Results typically indicate that students who are trained to use imagery
techniquesor in simple terms, told to form pictures in their mindsremember the meanings of
words better than those who do not employ such techniques.
Heres an example: Think of a mugger facing you, his hands clutching a long, heavy piece of
gray pipe. On the pipe are written in dripping red paint the letters C-O-M-P-L-Y. You are handing
over your wallet.
We suggest taking five or ten minutes every once in a while to have students get a piece of paper
and write up their imagesthe more vivid the betterfor remembering a given word in a chapter.
Then ask students to hand in the paper (signing their names to the paper is optional). Quickly flip
through the papers, reading the most effective ones aloud to the class.
5. Generating sentences. Have students generate their own sentences using the words, or as a
more advanced activity, have them write a story using five of the words. (You may want to have a
paraprofessional working with you for these activities, which require individual checking and
detailed feedback.)
6. Group-Label. This more abstract activity is best used after students have a larger word bank
from which to work. It might be used at the end of a unit of five vocabulary chapters. Students are
asked to classify words into groups and to give each group a label that would be common somehow
to all words in that group. Here are examples:
Words related to honesty
(BVS, Unit One)
acknowledge
candid
impartial
integrity
legitimate
Words relating to conflict
(IVS, Unit One)
antagonist
animosity
sabotage
exploit
assail
SUGGESTED SYLLABI
Suggested Syllabus for Using the Book as a Core Text
Since each book consists of 30 chapters packed with activities, it can easily serve as a core text for a
vocabulary courseespecially when supplemented by the test bank and the computer software. In a
15-week class that meets three hours a week, you can cover two lessons in two class hours. The
third class hour can be used for the unit tests that close each of the five units in each book, as well as
for the pretests, posttests, mastery tests, and additional material on the computer disks.
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We recommend strongly that students be encouraged to do a lot of reading at the same time that
they are learning vocabulary words. For remedial and developmental students, widespread reading,
in addition to continuing, intensive work on vocabulary, is the best way to develop vocabulary skills.
Suggested Syllabus for Using the Book as a Supplement in a Reading Course

In many courses, the vocabulary book will serve as a supplementary text. In such cases, and assuming
a 15-week semester with three hours of class a week, either of two approaches is suggested:
Approach 1: Limit your coverage to 15 vocabulary chapters, one a week. Exclude the word parts
chapters (which may require more time to be of benefit to students than you have to spend), and
cover Chapters 15 of Unit One, Chapters 711 of Unit Two, and Chapters 1317 of Unit Three.
In part of the one class hour you spend on vocabulary, go over the first three pages in class,
using a method similar to the one we have described on pages 23 of this manual. Assign the last
part of the chapter (Sentence Check 2 and the Final Check) for homework. Then, as the first item of
business in the next class, review that page. Follow up the review with the appropriate mastery test
from the manual.
If only 15 chapters are covered, and there is a second course in the reading sequence at your
school, the book can be continued and completed in that second course.
Approach 2: Cover 15 vocabulary chapters in class, and assign the 11 remaining vocabulary
chapters as homework. Then, at the end of each unit of five vocabulary chapters, give students one
of the three vocabulary unit tests in the book. The unit test will enable you to hold students
responsible for the outside-of-class vocabulary chapters as well.
You might want to tell students in advance that you will give them one of the unit tests.
However, dont tell them which of the three tests you will give. Encourage them, in other words, to
review all of the words in the unit test materials.
If there is not enough time in class to give the unit tests, you can ask students to do all three of
the unit tests at home. Then, in class, collect and grade one of the three. (Again, students should not
know which of the three you will collect. That way, they will have to assume responsibility for
learning all of the words.)
ABOUT THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE

Computer software in Windows or Macintosh format is available for TP vocabulary books. This
software provides two additional multiple-choice tests for each of the vocabulary chapters. The
software, with unlimited copying privileges, will be available at no charge to departments
adopting at least 20 copies of the book. It is also available as online exercises at the TP website
(www.townsendpress.com).
Probably in no other area of reading instruction is the computer more useful than in
reinforcing vocabulary. This vocabulary program takes advantage of the computers unique
capabilities and motivational appeal. Here are some features of the Townsend Press vocabulary
software:
To aid pronunciation, the computer will pronounce each word aloud as many times as
the students may request.
After choosing an answer, students receive immediate feedback. The computer tells the
student if the answer is right or wrongand why.
Every answer is followed by a brief explanation of that answer. Such explanations help
ensure learning. The program, therefore, teaches as well as tests.
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Frequent use is made of the users first namea highly motivational word to any
student!
A sound option rewards each correct answer.
A running score appears at the bottom of the screen, so the user always knows how well
he or she is doing.
A score file shows the users final scores on each test. This score file may be accessed
by instructors and printed out in any word processing program.
ABOUT THE WORD LISTS

As stated in the preface, word frequency lists were consulted in selecting the vocabulary words used
in each book. Two sources in particular should be noted:
Word Frequency BookJohn B. Carroll, Peter Davies, and Barry Richman.
The American Heritage Publishing Company, Inc., 1971.
The Living Word VocabularyEdgar Dale and Joseph ORourke.
World BookChildcraft International, Inc., 1981.
Also consulted were lists in a wide number of vocabulary books as well as words in
standardized reading tests. In addition, the authors and editors prepared their own lists. A computer
was used to help in the consolidation of the many word lists. Group discussion then led to final
decisions about the words that would be most appropriate for students on each reading level.
RESEARCH AND VOCABULARY INSTRUCTION

Sherrie Nist has prepared an article offering suggestions on vocabulary instruction in the context of
current research on vocabulary development. Some of the article has been incorporated into this
introduction. The article, which includes an extensive bibliography, is available at no charge by
writing to Townsend Press.
A FINAL NOTE
We invite you to write or otherwise communicate to us about your experiences in using the
vocabulary books. This series is not a static project; we intend to revise it on a regular basis,
responding to your suggestions and comments as well as our own continuing classroom experiences
with the texts. To contact us, write to the Vocabulary Series Editor, Townsend Press, 1038 Industrial
Drive, West Berlin, NJ 08091; or email us at <townsendcs@aol.com>. By learning the reactions of
you and your students, we can work at making what we feel are very good books even better.
BUILDING VOCABULARY SKILLS
NAME: ___________________________________
SECTION: ___________ DATE: _______________
Pretest
SCORE: ___________________________________
This test contains 100 items. In the space provided, write the letter of the choice that is closest in
meaning to the boldfaced word.
Important: Keep in mind that this test is for diagnostic purposes only. If you do not know a word,
leave the space blank rather than guess at it.
____
1. compel
a) avoid
b) delight
c) force
____
2. drastic
a) dirty
b) suitable
c) extreme
d) sticky
____
3. comply
a) choose
b) forget
c) run into
d) do as asked
____
4. acknowledge
a) prevent
b) admit
c) study
____
5. concise
a) peaceful
b) clear and brief
____
6. isolate
a) combine
b) heat up
c) separate
____
7. fortify
a) suggest
b) strengthen
c) avoid
____
8. extensive
a) bold
____
9. refuge
a) shelter
b) separated
d) finish
d) deny
c) proper
d) freeze
d) approve of
c) outside
b) rejection
d) large in space or amount
c) building
b) mistaken
d) wordy
d) garbage
____ 10. erratic
a) inconsistent
c) in a city
____ 11. morale
a) spirit
b) principle
____ 12. lenient
a) heavy
b) not strict
____ 13. undermine
a) weaken
____ 14. menace
a) character
____ 15. impartial
a) without prejudice
____ 16. endorse
a) suggest
____ 17. imply
a) approve of
____ 18. obstacle
a) barrier
____ 19. novice
a) book
____ 20. hypocrite
a) interference
____ 21. superficial
a) lacking depth
____ 22. denounce
a) introduce
b) condemn
c) change
____ 23. transition
a) purchase
b) invention
c) repetition
d) change
____ 24. sustain
a) keep going
b) approve of
c) avoid
d) wait for
____ 25. conservative
a) not definite
b) opinionated
c) threat
d) majority
c) delayed
d) not biased
b) cross out
c) reach
b) threat
c) assistance
d) dig up
b) not whole
b) stop
b) remedy
d) puzzle
c) hidden
c) support
b) interfere
d) noisy
d) start
c) do mischief
c) list
b) false impression
d) suggest
d) answer
c) beginner
b) insincere person
b) perfect
d) strict
d) servant
c) injection
c) very deep
d) threat
d) faulty
d) compliment
c) resisting change
d) understanding
(Continues on next page)
Copyright 2002 by Townsend Press. Permission to copy this test is granted to teachers using Building Vocabulary Skills as a class text.
Posttest
____ 26. compensate
a) change
b) win out
c) receive
d) repay
____ 27. verify
a) imagine
b) prove
____ 28. surpass
a) go beyond
____ 29. tentative
a) suitable
____ 30. diversity
a) separation
b) conclusion
____ 31. prudent
a) rudely brief
b) careful
____ 32. apprehensive
a) uneasy
____ 33. acute
a) mild
b) dull
____ 34. prominent
a) clean
b) obvious
____ 35. arrogant
a) wealthy
____ 36. cite
a) repeat
____ 37. retort
a) great respect
b) sharp reply
____ 38. exempt
a) needed badly
b) attacked
____ 39. accessible
a) easily reached
b) itchy
____ 40. prevail
a) climb
____ 41. evasive
a) talkative
____ 42. elapse
a) flow
____ 43. lethal
a) sweet-smelling
____ 44. ordeal
a) change
____ 45. infer
a) offer
____ 46. unique
a) common
____ 47. subtle
a) early
b) direct
c) not obvious
____ 48. devise
a) steal
b) escape
c) think up
____ 49. stimulate
a) arouse
____ 50. convey
a) communicate
c) keep going
d) cancel
c) take
d) prove wrong
b) reverse
b) not final
c) outside
d) unclear
c) enthusiasm
c) obvious
d) opinionated
d) nervous
c) severe
c) dangerous
b) ridiculous
c) difficult
b) ancient
b) painful experience
d) folded
c) friendly
d) overly forceful
d) record
c) deadly
d) healthy
c) good time
c) make tired
c) invent
d) office
d) answer
c) one-of-a-kind
b) allow
d) free of a duty
d) enroll early
c) reject
b) anger
d) court order
c) unconcerned
c) measure
b) pure
d) read
c) false idea
b) deliberately unclear
b) conclude
d) overly proud
c) look for
c) lose
b) pass by
d) reasonable
c) average
b) mention in support
b) win out
d) delicate
c) relaxed
b) thoughtful
d) variety
d) well-known
d) surprising
d) redo
d) confuse
d) approve

Posttest
____ 51. inevitable
a) unavoidable
b) dangerous
c) spiteful
____ 52. equate
a) adjust
b) consider equal
____ 53. patron
a) father
b) enemy
____ 54. option
a) problem
____ 55. endeavor
a) meet
____ 56. refute
a) prove wrong
____ 57. dismay
a) thrill
____ 58. reciprocate
a) pay back
____ 59. retain
a) return
____ 60. adapt
a) stick to something
b) adjust to a situation
____ 61. indifferent
a) similar
b) calm
c) well-adjusted
____ 62. elaborate
a) large
b) complex
c) expensive
____ 63. liberal
a) generous
____ 64. mediocre
a) outstanding
____ 65. emerge
a) go under water
____ 66. elite
a) free
b) underprivileged
c) superior
d) proud
____ 67. essence
a) fundamental characteristic
b) tiny part
c) much later
____ 68. allude
a) refer indirectly
____ 69. impair
a) fix
____ 70. coerce
a) attract
b) refuse
____ 71. plausible
a) boring
b) unbearable
____ 72. recur
a) prevent
b) remember
____ 73. revoke
a) annoy
____ 74. stereotype
a) oversimplified image
____ 75. reprimand
a) harsh criticism
c) attack
d) overcome
c) steady customer
b) requirement
b) state
d) avoid
b) replay
c) appeal
c) return
b) frown
b) keep
c) redo
b) ordinary
d) come forth
c) avoid
b) damage
d) boring
d) short
d) believable
c) lie
d) draw back
c) protest
c) employ
c) remove
d) pay back
d) force
c) forget
d) misspelled
d) occur again
d) adjust
b) two channels
b) business deal
d) rule
d) damage
c) believable
c) cancel
d) strike
d) unconcerned
c) bad-tasting
b) come forth
b) protest
d) walk
d) step
c) famous
b) write down
d) choice
d) discourage
c) slip
b) thrifty
d) one with a hopeless view
c) attitude
c) try
b) lift
d) doubtful
c) plan
c) ruling
d) photograph
d) answer

Posttest
____ 76. destiny
a) freedom
b) fate
c) generosity
____ 77. tedious
a) difficult
b) heavy
c) ridiculous
____ 78. detain
a) care for
b) attract
c) delay
____ 79. consequence
a) falsehood
____ 80. diminish
a) lessen
____ 81. site
a) silence
____ 82. discriminate
a) arrest
b) delay
____ 83. profound
a) kind
b) deeply felt
____ 84. vocation
a) hobby
____ 85. subside
a) calm down
____ 86. intervene
a) come between
____ 87. sedate
a) bold
____ 88. perceptive
a) brave
____ 89. innate
a) learned
b) underneath
____ 90. obstinate
a) friendly
b) frightful
____ 91. susceptible
a) easily affected
____ 92. defy
a) send for
____ 93. valid
a) logical
b) pure
____ 94. confirm
a) follow
b) reject
____ 95. vigorous
a) harsh
b) energetic
c) kind
____ 96. adverse
a) strict
b) profitable
c) rhyming
____ 97. coherent
a) necessary
____ 98. deteriorate
a) worsen
____ 99. comparable
a) odd
____ 100. audible
a) nearby
b) result
b) location
c) time
d) series
d) move upward
d) vision
c) distinguish
d) discuss
c) cautious
d) logical
b) insult
d) profession
c) arouse
b) arrest
d) tire easily
c) resist
c) calm
b) available
d) send for
d) pure
c) aware
d) careless
c) inborn
c) stubborn
b) greedy
b) approve
c) lazy
c) improve
c) clever
d) clever
d) cautious
d) easily noticed
d) resist
d) gloomy
c) support the truth of something
b) lively
b) speed up
b) similar
d) describe
c) enlarge
c) report
b) plain
d) boring
c) method
b) make darker
b) trip
d) boredom
d) rushed
d) harmful
c) wordy
c) age
d) logical and orderly

d) take advantage of
c) unavoidable
b) believable
d) speed up
c) willing
d) lacking
d) able to be heard

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Posttest
Posttest
____
1. compel
a) finish
b) delight
c) force
d) avoid
____
2. isolate
a) separate
b) heat up
____
3. endorse
a) suggest
b) stop
____
4. refuge
a) garbage
b) building
c) rejection
d) shelter
____
5. menace
a) character
b) threat
c) assistance
d) puzzle
____
6. transition
a) invention
b) purchase
____
7. acknowledge
a) prevent
____
8. superficial
a) lacking depth
____
9. extensive
a) outside
c) combine
d) freeze
c) support
b) study
d) start
c) repetition
c) admit
b) perfect
d) change
d) deny
c) very deep
b) large in space or amount
____ 10. denounce
a) introduce
____ 11. morale
a) spirit
____ 12. undermine
a) cross out
____ 13. drastic
a) dirty
b) extreme
____ 14. impartial
a) strict
b) not whole
____ 15. imply
a) approve of
____ 16. fortify
a) avoid
____ 17. concise
a) wordy
a) not definite
____ 19. novice
a) false impression
____ 20. erratic
a) inconsistent
____ 21. hypocrite
a) injection
____ 22. lenient
a) not biased
____ 23. sustain
a) avoid
____ 24. obstacle
a) remedy
b) list
____ 25. comply
a) choose
b) run into
b) condemn
b) majority
c) bold
c) change
c) threat
d) principle
d) dig up
c) suitable
d) sticky
c) hidden
b) interfere
c) approve of
b) clear and brief
d) suggest
d) proper
c) resisting change
b) book
c) beginner
b) mistaken
c) wait for
c) forget
d) noisy
c) interference
c) delayed
c) answer
d) understanding
d) servant
c) in a city
b) insincere person
b) approve of
d) suggest
c) peaceful
b) opinionated
b) not strict
d) without prejudice
c) do mischief
b) strengthen
d) separated
d) compliment
c) reach
b) weaken
d) faulty
d) threat
d) heavy
d) keep going
d) barrier
d) do as asked

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Posttest
___
26. arrogant
a) average
b) wealthy
c) ridiculous
____ 27. infer
a) offer
____ 28. verify
a) cancel
____ 29. prudent
a) rudely brief
____ 30. evasive
a) talkative
a) relaxed
____ 32. accessible
a) easily reached
____ 33. unique
a) pure
b) common
____ 34. acute
a) dull
b) mild
____ 35. subtle
a) surprising
____ 36. retort
a) great respect
____ 37. diversity
a) variety
____ 38. exempt
a) needed badly
____ 39. devise
a) escape
b) think up
c) steal
____ 40. compensate
a) receive
b) win out
c) change
____ 41. cite
a) read
____ 42. convey
a) invent
b) allow
____ 43. lethal
a) sweet-smelling
____ 44. surpass
a) go beyond
____ 45. ordeal
a) office
____ 46. prevail
a) lose
b) enroll early
____ 47. stimulate
a) arouse
____ 48. tentative
a) unclear
b) not final
____ 49. elapse
a) pass by
b) record
____ 50. prominent
a) dangerous
b) conclude
c) reject
b) prove
d) overly proud
d) answer
c) keep going
b) careful
d) improve
c) obvious
b) thoughtful
d) delicate
c) friendly
c) opinionated
b) folded
d) itchy
c) one-of-a-kind
b) direct
d) severe
b) sharp reply
b) enthusiasm
d) early
c) false idea
c) conclusion
b) attacked
d) court order
d) separation
c) unconcerned
b) healthy
d) free of a duty
d) redo
d) repay
c) look for
c) communicate
b) anger
d) well-known
c) not obvious
b) reverse
d) uneasy
c) difficult
c) nervous
d) overly forceful
d) approve
c) ancient
c) take
d) repeat
d) deadly
d) prove wrong
c) good time
c) climb
d) change
d) win out
c) make tired
d) confuse
c) outside
d) suitable
b) clean
c) measure
c) obvious
d) flow
d) reasonable

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Posttest
____ 51. option
a) attitude
b) requirement
____ 52. reprimand
a) business deal
____ 53. adapt
a) adjust to a situation
____ 54. refute
a) prove wrong
____ 55. plausible
a) boring
____ 56. reciprocate
a) pay back
____ 57. essence
a) rule
____ 58. revoke
a) adjust
____ 59. retain
a) redo
____ 60. inevitable
a) unavoidable
____ 61. emerge
a) draw back
____ 62. impair
a) damage
____ 63. equate
a) overcome
____ 64. coerce
a) attract
____ 65. patron
a) steady customer
____ 66. liberal
a) thrifty
____ 67. dismay
a) thrill
____ 68. elite
a) underprivileged
____ 69. endeavor
a) state
____ 70. allude
a) pay back
____ 71. recur
a) occur again
a) similar
____ 73. mediocre
a) believable
____ 74. stereotype
a) photograph
____ 75. elaborate
a) large
c) problem
b) harsh criticism
c) appeal
b) unbearable
b) step
c) protect
c) return
d) fundamental characteristic
c) spiteful
c) lie
d) go under water
c) father
c) short
c) return
d) famous
c) proud
c) avoid
c) forget
c) well-adjusted
b) outstanding
d) superior
d) try
c) protest
b) remember
d) refer indirectly
d) prevent
d) unconcerned
c) bad-tasting
b) oversimplified image
b) complex
d) discourage
b) free
b) damage
d) adjust
d) force
b) enemy
b) generous
d) fix
c) attack
c) remove
b) calm
d) doubtful
c) write down
b) consider equal
b) meet
d) misspelled
d) come forth
b) come forth
b) refuse
d) strike
d) cancel
b) dangerous
b) employ
c) avoid
d) slip
c) much later
b) annoy
d) ruling
d) walk
c) believable
c) frown
b) tiny part
b) lift
c) answer
b) stick to something
b) replay
b) keep
d) choice
c) expensive
c) plan
d) ordinary
d) two channels
d) boring

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Posttest
____ 76. destiny
a) fate
b) freedom
____ 77. deteriorate
a) worsen
b) speed up
____ 78. perceptive
a) careless
b) available
____ 79. sedate
a) plain
____ 80. vocation
a) profession
____ 81. innate
a) learned
b) underneath
____ 82. detain
a) care for
b) delay
____ 83. diminish
a) move upward
____ 84. coherent
a) necessary
____ 85. intervene
a) send for
____ 86. profound
a) cautious
b) deeply felt
____ 87. obstinate
a) frightful
b) stubborn
____ 88. comparable
a) similar
a) easily affected
a) series
b) falsehood
____ 91. valid
a) clever
b) pure
____ 92. confirm
a) follow
b) reject
____ 93. site
a) silence
b) time
c) location
____ 94. vigorous
a) kind
b) rushed
____ 95. discriminate
a) arrest
b) delay
____ 96. tedious
a) difficult
b) boring
____ 97. adverse
a) harmful
b) profitable
____ 98. defy
a) send for
b) approve
____ 99. subside
a) tire easily
____ 100. audible
a) willing
b) bold
c) generosity
c) age
d) boredom
c) aware
c) pure
b) hobby
d) brave
d) calm
c) trip
d) report
c) inborn
d) clever
c) describe
d) attract
b) make darker
b) lively
c) wordy
b) come between
b) odd
c) enlarge
d) logical and orderly
c) arrest
c) kind
d) cautious
c) unavoidable
d) lacking
c) lazy
c) result
c) logical
c) harsh
b) believable
d) easily noticed
d) method
d) gloomy
d) speed up
d) vision
d) energetic
c) distinguish
b) arouse
d) resist
d) logical
c) friendly
b) greedy
d) lessen
c) ridiculous
c) rhyming
c) improve
c) insult
c) nearby
d) harm
d) heavy
d) strict
d) resist
d) calm down
d) able to be heard
STOP. This is the end of the test. If there is time remaining, you may go back and recheck your
answers. When the time is up, hand in both your answer sheet and this test booklet to your instructor.
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Name: __________________________
Unit One: Pretest

In the space provided, write the letter of the choice that is closest in meaning to the boldfaced word.
____
1. compel
a) avoid
b) delight
c) force
d) finish
____
2. avert
a) begin
b) travel
c) prevent
____
3. drastic
a) dirty
b) suitable
____
4. anecdote
a) brief story
____
5. comply
a) choose
____
6. alternative
a) command
____
7. acknowledge
a) prevent
b) admit
c) study
d) deny
____
8. candid
a) honest
b) intense
c) long
d) improper
____
9. concise
a) peaceful
d) do too late
c) extreme
b) reply
b) forget
d) sticky
c) cure
d) confession
c) run into
b) design
d) do as asked
c) assignment
b) clear and brief
d) choice
c) proper
d) wordy
____ 10. appropriate
a) illegal
____ 11. illuminate
a) lose
____ 12. urban
a) of a city
____ 13. reminisce
a) gather
____ 14. isolate
a) combine
b) heat up
c) separate
____ 15. fortify
a) suggest
b) strengthen
c) avoid
____ 16. extensive
a) bold
b) separated
____ 17. forfeit
a) lose
b) draw
____ 18. refuge
a) shelter
b) rejection
____ 19. dialog
a) answer
b) story
____ 20. erratic
a) inconsistent
b) mistaken
c) in a city
d) noisy
____ 21. legitimate
a) threatening
b) profitable
c) obvious
d) lawful
____ 22. overt
a) proper
____ 23. morale
a) spirit
b) principle
____ 24. lenient
a) heavy
b) not strict
____ 25. delete
a) obey
b) proper
c) extreme
b) become sick
d) well-dressed
c) light up
b) circular
d) desire greatly
c) not allowed
b) remember
c) travel
d) strengthen
c) outside
c) give
d) large
d) freeze
d) approve of
d) recall
c) building
d) garbage
c) a passage of conversation
b) obvious
b) go away
c) completed
c) threat
c) delayed
c) erase
d) belief
d) fair
d) majority
d) not biased
d) damage

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____ 26. integrity
a) threat
b) inside
c) complication
d) honesty
____ 27. naive
a) clever
b) fair
____ 28. undermine
a) weaken
____ 29. menace
a) character
____ 30. impartial
b) not whole
____ 31. apathy
a) route
c) lack of interest
____ 32. ruthless
a) private
____ 33. antidote
a) opposite
b) remedy
____ 34. bland
a) extreme
b) dull
____ 35. reinforce
a) strengthen
____ 36. relevant
a) to the point
b) included
____ 37. propaganda
a) appearance
b) cure
____ 38. agenda
a) schedule
____ 39. radical
a) obvious
b) favoring extreme changes
c) of a nation
____ 40. prospects
a) chances
b) information
d) gold
____ 41. gruesome
a) taller
____ 42. endorse
a) suggest
____ 43. illusion
a) mistaken view
____ 44. imply
a) approve of
____ 45. obstacle
a) barrier
____ 46. erode
a) drive
b) wear away
____ 47. novice
a) book
b) false impression
____ 48. impact
a) force
b) inside
____ 49. hypocrite
a) interference
b) insincere person
____ 50. idealistic
a) full of ideas
b) searching
c) unsuspecting
d) merciful
b) cross out
c) reach
b) threat
c) assistance
b) harm
b) weakened
d) dig up
d) puzzle
c) hidden
d) pity
c) not interesting
c) cause
c) mix
b) interest
d) merciless
d) list
d) too small
c) invent
d) reply
c) lacking pity
c) publicity
b) age
d) strict
d) helpful
d) research
c) wardrobe
d) former times
c) spirit
b) illegal
c) frightful
d) not practical
b) stop
c) support
d) start
b) bad health
b) interfere
b) remedy
c) new idea
c) do mischief
c) list
d) power
d) suggest
d) answer
c) include
d) express indirectly
c) beginner
c) remedy
d) servant
d) agreement
c) injection
c) emphasizing ideals
SCORE: (Number correct) ________ 2 = ___________ %
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d) odd
d) threat
d) necessary
Name: __________________________
Unit One: Posttest

____
1. novice
a) book
b) false impression
____
2. erratic
a) noisy
b) inconsistent
____
3. propaganda
a) appearance
____
4. acknowledge
a) deny
____
5. relevant
a) helpful
____
6. forfeit
a) lose
____
7. lenient
a) heavy
____
8. refuge
a) building
____
9. illuminate
a) desire greatly
c) servant
c) in a city
b) publicity
b) prevent
d) mistaken
c) research
c) study
b) to the point
b) recall
d) beginner
d) cure
d) admit
c) lacking pity
c) give
b) not biased
d) draw
c) not strict
b) garbage
d) included
d) delayed
c) rejection
b) light up
d) shelter
c) lose
d) become sick
____ 10. dialog
a) a passage of conversation
____ 11. naive
a) clever
b) fair
c) merciful
d) unsuspecting
____ 12. delete
a) go away
b) obey
c) damage
d) erase
____ 13. anecdote
a) brief story
____ 14. radical
a) odd
____ 15. impartial
a) hidden
____ 16. reinforce
a) strengthen
____ 17. drastic
a) suitable
____ 18. alternative
a) design
____ 19. endorse
a) support
b) start
____ 20. urban
a) circular
b) not allowed
____ 21. obstacle
a) list
____ 22. hypocrite
a) injection
____ 23. reminisce
a) strengthen
b) gather
____ 24. prospects
a) information
b) gold
____ 25. apathy
a) pity
b) cure
b) short story
c) confession
b) favoring extreme changes

b) strict
b) dirty
c) of a nation
c) invent
c) extreme
b) assignment
d) not whole
d) sticky
c) suggest
d) command
d) stop
c) of a city
d) large
d) remedy
b) insincere person
b) lack of interest
d) obvious
d) reply
c) choice
c) barrier
d) belief
d) reply
c) without prejudice
b) interest
b) answer
c) answer
c) interference
c) travel
d) sports arena
d) remember
c) chances
d) spirit
c) harm
d) route

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____ 26. integrity
a) honesty
b) threat
c) complication
____ 27. avert
a) prevent
b) begin
c) travel
____ 28. gruesome
a) frightful
____ 29. isolate
a) freeze
____ 30. bland
a) dull
____ 31. illusion
a) new idea
____ 32. concise
a) cut
____ 33. legitimate
a) profitable
____ 34. ruthless
a) private
____ 35. imply
a) do much mischief
____ 36. impact
a) inside
b) remedy
____ 37. overt
a) proper
b) obvious
____ 38. agenda
a) former times
b) wardrobe
____ 39. appropriate
a) well-dressed
b) extreme
____ 40. fortify
a) approve of
____ 41. candid
a) intense
____ 42. menace
a) threat
b) assistance
____ 43. morale
a) spirit
b) principle
____ 44. antidote
a) cause
b) remedy
c) opposite
____ 45. undermine
a) reach
b) cross out
c) dig up
____ 46. erode
a) include
____ 47. extensive
a) separated
b) bold
____ 48. idealistic
a) searching
b) full of ideas
____ 49. comply
a) do as asked
____ 50. compel
a) delight
b) not practical
b) heat up
d) do too late
c) taller
c) separate
b) extreme
c) mix
b) bad health
b) peaceful
d) inside
d) illegal
d) combine
d) too small
c) power
d) mistaken view
c) clear and brief
b) obvious
c) threatening
b) merciless
d) not interesting
c) suggest
c) force
d) fair
c) schedule
c) illegal
c) avoid
c) improper
d) age
d) proper
d) strengthen
d) honest
c) character
c) majority
d) puzzle
d) threat
d) list
d) weaken
c) express indirectly
c) outside
b) forget
b) finish
d) wear away
c) necessary
c) choose
c) avoid
d) emphasizing ideals
d) run into
d) force
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d) interfere
d) agreement
c) completed
b) suggest
b) drive
d) lawful
c) weakened
b) approve of
b) long
d) wordy
Name: __________________________
Unit Two: Pretest

____
1. superficial
a) lacking depth
b) perfect
____
2. concede
a) go beyond
____
3. deter
a) refuse
____
4. denounce
a) introduce
____
5. disclose
a) reveal
____
6. transition
a) purchase
____
7. sustain
a) keep going
b) approve of
____
8. conservative
a) not definite
b) opinionated
____
9. contrary
a) easily reached
b) reveal
c) very deep
c) dislike
b) make last longer

b) condemn
b) close
d) admit
c) prevent
c) change
c) hide
b) invention
b) hard
d) faulty
d) damage
d) compliment
d) continue
c) repetition
d) change
c) avoid
d) wait for
c) resisting change
c) disrespectful
d) opposite
____ 10. scapegoat
a) example
b) one blamed for anothers mistake
d) one who takes
____ 11. derive
a) make known
____ 12. supplement
a) add to
____ 13. compensate
a) change
b) win out
____ 14. inhibit
a) forbid
b) hold back
c) live in
____ 15. verify
a) imagine
b) prove
c) keep going
d) cancel
____ 16. surpass
a) go beyond
c) take
d) prove wrong
____ 17. moderate
a) generous
____ 18. conceive of
a) prevent
b) make last longer
____ 19. tentative
a) suitable
b) not final
____ 20. diversity
a) separation
____ 21. chronological
a) not logical
b) not extreme
d) in order of importance
____ 22. alter
a) prevent
____ 23. refrain
a) cancel
____ 24. ample
a) cautious
____ 25. pretense
a) false show
b) get
b) prevent
c) hold back from

d) lower
c) receive
d) repay
b) not final
b) conclusion
b) gather
b) hold back
b) plenty
b) fault
d) provide
c) medium
d) bright
c) enjoy
c) outside
c) winner
d) give in
c) support
b) reverse
d) understanding
d) think up
d) unclear
c) enthusiasm
d) variety
c) in time order
c) remove
c) evaluate
c) wealthy
c) disrespect
d) change
d) bother
d) doubtful
d) regret
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____ 26. blunt
a) angry
b) shy
c) straightforward
____ 27. chronic
a) in time order
____ 28. prolong
a) encourage
____ 29. remorse
a) fear
____ 30. optimist
a) logical thinker
d) positive thinker
____ 31. bestow
a) take advantage of
____ 32. prudent
a) rudely brief
a) uneasy
____ 34. acute
a) mild
b) dull
____ 35. prominent
a) clean
b) obvious
____ 36. donor
a) one who gives
____ 37. phobia
a) difficult experience
____ 38. recipient
a) one who receives
____ 39. anonymous
a) famous
b) common
d) more than enough
____ 40. arrogant
a) wealthy
____ 41. compile
a) stick firmly
____ 42. defect
a) fault
____ 43. adhere
a) send for
____ 44. dogmatic
a) relaxed
____ 45. alienate
a) encourage
____ 46. doctrine
a) list
____ 47. assess
a) learn
____ 48. affluent
a) useless
____ 49. contempt
a) love
____ 50. absurd
a) logical
b) constant
c) late
b) gather in a pile
b) pain
c) regret
d) sharp
c) make last longer
b) try
c) one who rushes
c) frighten
b) careful
d) give
c) obvious
b) thoughtful
d) delicate
c) relaxed
c) severe
d) opinionated
d) nervous
c) dangerous
b) gift
d) reasonable
c) one who receives
b) fear
c) disease
b) steady customer
b) false belief
c) choice
b) thoughtful
d) delay
c) opinionated
d) assumed to be true
c) attract
c) demonstration
c) evaluate
d) admit
d) character
b) make unfriendly
d) discourage
d) principle
d) search
c) overly vain
d) wealthy
c) jealousy
d) courage
b) disrespect
b) doubtful
c) spiteful
d) ridiculous
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d) list
d) overly proud
c) regret
c) go to
b) slim
d) attraction
c) contributor
c) average
b) gather in a list
b) freedom
d) loan
c) by an unknown author
b) ridiculous
b) stick
d) reverse
d) happiness
b) one who delays
b) plan
d) indirect
Name: __________________________
Unit Two: Posttest

____
1. prudent
a) obvious
b) careful
c) rudely brief
____
2. deter
a) refuse
____
3. sustain
a) wait for
____
4. scapegoat
a) one blamed for anothers mistake

d) example
____
5. compensate
a) repay
____
6. tentative
a) outside
____
7. chronological
a) not logical
d) not extreme
____
8. denounce
a) condemn
____
9. apprehensive
a) relaxed
b) damage
c) make last longer
b) keep going
b) win out
c) avoid
b) not final
b) in time order
a) resisting change
____ 11. donor
a) one who gives
____ 12. pretense
a) fault
____ 13. blunt
a) shy
____ 14. supplement
a) support
b) lower
____ 15. inhibit
a) provide
b) hold back
____ 16. chronic
a) constant
b) sharp
____ 17. transition
a) invention
____ 18. remorse
a) fear
____ 19. alter
a) gather
____ 20. prominent
a) obvious
b) reasonable
____ 21. conceive of
a) prevent
b) think up
____ 22. prolong
a) gather in a pile
____ 23. recipient
a) list
____ 24. verify
a) keep going
____ 25. arrogant
a) ridiculous
d) suitable
c) in order of importance
d) introduce
c) uneasy
b) opinionated
b) gift
d) thoughtful
c) not definite
c) one who receives
b) disrespect
c) regret
c) prevent
b) change
d) forbid
d) in time order
d) purchase
d) happiness
c) remove
d) prevent
c) dangerous
c) enjoy
b) make last longer
b) one who receives

b) cancel
d) angry
c) change
c) regret
d) loan
d) add to
c) live in
c) late
d) understanding
d) false show
c) straightforward
b) repetition
c) winner
d) receive
c) change
b) opinionated
b) pain
d) approve of
c) unclear
b) compliment
d) prevent
b) one who takes
c) change
b) indirect
d) delicate
d) clean
d) make last longer

c) encourage
c) contributor
c) imagine
b) overly proud
d) reverse
d) steady customer
d) prove
c) wealthy
d) average
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____ 26. absurd
a) doubtful
b) spiteful
____ 27. acute
a) dull
____ 28. ample
a) plenty
b) doubtful
____ 29. assess
a) search
b) plan
____ 30. bestow
a) try
____ 31. compile
a) regret
b) admit
____ 32. superficial
a) faulty
b) lacking depth
____ 33. defect
a) fault
b) character
____ 34. contrary
a) hard
b) disrespectful
____ 35. adhere
a) send for
b) delay
____ 36. moderate
a) not final
b) medium
____ 37. dogmatic
a) relaxed
____ 38. diversity
a) conclusion
____ 39. alienate
a) make unfriendly
____ 40. concede
a) reveal
____ 41. surpass
a) reverse
____ 42. phobia
a) attraction
____ 43. doctrine
a) freedom
____ 44. anonymous
a) by an unknown author
____ 45. disclose
a) continue
____ 46. optimist
a) one who delays

d) logical thinker
____ 47. affluent
a) wealthy
____ 48. derive
a) get
____ 49. contempt
a) disrespect
____ 50. refrain
a) evaluate
b) severe
c) logical
c) nervous
d) mild
c) wealthy
c) learn
b) frighten
d) ridiculous
d) cautious
d) evaluate
c) give
c) gather in a list
d) stick firmly
c) very deep
c) choice
d) false belief
c) opposite
c) stick
d) easily reached
d) go to
c) bright
d) generous
b) assumed to be true
b) enthusiasm
d) perfect
c) opinionated
c) separation
d) variety
b) discourage
c) attract
c) dislike
d) go beyond
b) admit
b) prove wrong
b) fear
c) go beyond
d) encourage
d) take
c) difficult experience
b) demonstration
b) close
c) list
b) famous
c) reveal
b) cancel
c) courage
c) bother
d) slim
d) give in
d) love
d) hold back
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d) more than enough
c) one who rushes
c) overly vain
b) jealousy
d) principle
d) hide
c) make known
b) hold back
d) disease
c) common
b) positive thinker
b) useless
d) thoughtful
Name: __________________________
Unit Three: Pretest

____
1. cite
a) repeat
c) look for
____
2. rational
a) limited
____
3. retort
a) great respect
b) sharp reply
____
4. exempt
a) needed badly
b) attacked
____
5. propel
a) discourage
____
6. accessible
a) easily reached
____
7. prevail
a) climb
____
8. compatible
a) capable
b) able to get along well
____
9. awe
a) jealousy
b) great respect
____ 10. retrieve
a) get back
b) lose
____ 11. fallacy
a) fact
____ 12. miserly
a) bored
____ 13. ecstatic
a) unmoving
____ 14. evolve
a) turn around
d) think about
____ 15. liable
a) famous
b) likely
c) responsible
____ 16. fictitious
a) truthful
b) likely
c) mindful
____ 17. pessimist
a) courageous person b) one with a hopeless view

d) politician
____ 18. dubious
a) doubtful
____ 19. encounter
a) add up
____ 20. gullible
a) needy
____ 21. obsession
a) possession
b) something pleasant
c) something one is overly concerned about
b) of poor quality
b) attract
c) difficult
c) proud
c) pride
b) meet
d) great courage
d) suggestion
c) thorough
c) small
d) powerful
d) dangerous
d) imaginary
c) speaker
d) confess
c) shy
____ 22. evasive
a) talkative
____ 23. harass
a) compliment
____ 24. fluent
a) speaking smoothly
b) full
____ 25. elapse
a) flow
c) measure
b) bother
c) take ones place
d) lacking confidence
c) falsify
b) pass by
d) stingy
c) hungry
b) easily fooled
d) friendly
d) announce
b) change gradually
b) weak
d) folded
d) enroll early
c) false idea
b) joyful
d) free of a duty
d) reject
c) distribute
b) thoughtful
d) court order
c) unconcerned
c) lose
b) theory
d ) patriotic
c) false idea
c) push
b) itchy
b) win out
c) logical
d) read
d) bad tempered
d) guilt
c) friendly
c) stock up
d) overly forceful
d) encourage
c) overflowing
d) polluted
d) record
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____ 26. lethal
a) sweet smelling
b) ancient
c) deadly
____ 27. ordeal
a) change
____ 28. futile
____ 29. infer
a) offer
____ 30. persistent
a) not brave
b) rude
c) stubbornly continuing
____ 31. unique
a) common
b) pure
c) one of a kind
____ 32. delusion
a) escape
____ 33. savor
a) enjoy
____ 34. vivid
a) brightly colored
____ 35. subtle
a) early
b) direct
c) not obvious
____ 36. devise
a) steal
b) escape
c) think up
____ 37. universal
a) doubting
____ 38. stimulate
a) arouse
____ 39. versatile
a) rich
____ 40. convey
a) communicate
b) allow
____ 41. inevitable
a) unavoidable
b) dangerous
____ 42. equate
a) adjust
____ 43. passive
a) not active but acted upon
____ 44. patron
a) father
____ 45. defer
a) entertain
____ 46. option
a) problem
____ 47. indignant
a) impressed
____ 48. endeavor
a) meet
b) state
____ 49. impose on
a) arrest
b) confuse
____ 50. malicious
a) bright
b) mean
c) good time
b) useless
b) conclude
b) disapprove
c) large
d) redo
c) including everyone
d) able to do many things well

d) approve
c) spiteful
c) attack
b) joyful
d) doubtful
d) overcome
c) quiet
c) steady customer
b) intrude
c) yield
b) requirement
b) angry
c) attitude
d) choice
d) afraid
d) avoid
c) disguise as
c) sweet
d) clever
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d) moody
d) annoy
c) curious
c) try
d) local
d) confuse
c) invent
b) consider equal
b) enemy
d) very talkative
d) surprising
c) make tired
c) lucky
d) example
d) approve
b) easily understood
b) unclear
d) bad-smelling
d) well-known
c) false belief
b) loud
d) kind
d) answer
c) dread
b) anger
d) office
c) old-fashioned
c) reject
b) announcement
d) healthy
Name: __________________________
Unit Three: Posttest

____
1. equate
a) attack
b) consider equal
____
2. fallacy
a) fact
____
3. awe
a) great respect
____
4. evolve
a) change gradually
____
5. rational
a) logical
____
6. patron
a) generous person
____
7. liable
a) famous
____
8. dubious
a) small
____
9. endeavor
a) state
b) suggestion
c) overcome
c) theory
b) jealousy
d) false idea
c) pride
d) great courage
b) take ones place
b) limited
c) think about
c) of poor quality
b) likely
c) father
c) dangerous
b) lacking confidence
c) try
____ 11. exempt
a) unconcerned
____ 12. cite
a) look for
b) read
____ 13. elapse
a) pass by
b) measure
____ 14. passive
a) quiet
____ 15. gullible
a) shy
____ 16. lethal
a) ancient
____ 17. propel
a) discourage
____ 18. ordeal
a) office
b) change c) good time
____ 19. malicious
a) clever
b) mean
____ 20. defer
a) annoy
b) intrude
____ 21. impose on
a) arrest
b) take advantage of
____ 22. evasive
a) overly forceful
____ 23. pessimist
a) speaker
b) politician
d) courageous person
____ 24. infer
a) reject
____ 25. retrieve
a) announce
c) encourage
b) needed badly
c) record
d) flow
d) not active but acted upon
c) needy
b) deadly
d) bad tempered
c) healthy
b) attract
d) sweet smelling
c) reject
c) sweet
d) painful experience
d) entertain
c) disguise as
c) friendly
d) confuse
d) deliberately unclear
c) one with a hopeless view
c) conclude
b) get back
d) push
d) bright
c) yield
b) talkative
d) attacked
d) mention in support
c) moody
b) answer
d) compliment
c) free of a duty
c) repeat
b) easily fooled
d) doubtful
d) meet
a) bother
b) joyful
d) enemy
d) responsible
c) weak
____ 10. harass
b) stock up
d) turn around
d) patriotic
b) steady customer
b) avoid
d) adjust
d) offer
c) distribute
d) lose

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____ 26. miserly
a) thorough
b) bored
c) thoughtful
____ 27. persistent
a) bad smelling
____ 28. devise
a) think up
b) redo
____ 29. fictitious
a) mindful
b) likely
____ 30. indignant
a) angry
____ 31. versatile
a) rich
____ 32. delusion
a) announcement
____ 33. accessible
a) itchy
____ 34. compatible
a) friendly
b) proud
c) able to get along well
____ 35. option
a) attitude
b) choice
c) requirement
____ 36. savor
a) disapprove
b) approve
____ 37. ecstatic
a) unmoving
b) powerful
____ 38. vivid
a) very talkative
____ 39. prevail
a) lose
____ 40. subtle
a) direct
b) early
____ 41. encounter
a) meet
b) add up
____ 42. universal
a) including everyone
____ 43. retort
a) false idea
____ 44. stimulate
a) anger
____ 45. unique
a) one of a kind
____ 46. obsession
a) something pleasant
d) possession
b) guilt
____ 47. fluent
a) speaking smoothly
b) full
____ 48. convey
a) approve
____ 49. futile
a) old-fashioned
____ 50. inevitable
a) dangerous
b) not brave
d) stingy
c) stubbornly continuing
c) escape
d) steal
c) imaginary
b) curious
c) afraid
d) truthful
d) impressed
b) able to do many things well

b) example
b) folded
c) lucky
d) enjoy
c) hungry
d) joyful
c) large
c) enroll early
d) surprising
d) falsify
b) easily understood
b) allow
d) court order
d) common
c) something one is overly concerned about

c) overflowing
c) communicate
b) doubtful
d) polluted
d) invent
c) old
d) without prejudice
c) spiteful
d) unavoidable
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d) doubting
d) arouse
c) well-known
b) useless
c) local
c) great respect
c) make tired
b) pure
d) loud
d) climb
c) not obvious
b) sharp reply
d) capable
d) problem
c) dread
c) confess
d) escape
d) easily reached
b) brightly colored
b) confuse
d) unclear
c) false belief
c) difficult
b) win out
d) rude
Name: __________________________
Unit Four: Pretest

____
1. refute
a) prove wrong
b) replay
____
2. dismay
a) thrill
b) lift
____
3. gesture
a) guess
b) thunder
____
4. reciprocate
a) pay back
____
5. revert
a) claim
____
6. exile
a) formal criticism
____
7. recede
a) remove
____
8. ritual
a) business deal
____
9. retain
a) return
c) appeal
c) return
d) discourage
c) sign
b) frown
d) walk
d) meal
c) slip
d) step
b) return to former condition

b) exit
c) axe
b) move back
d) flow over
c) ceremony
c) redo
d) show
d) come forth
____ 10. adapt
a) stick to something
b) adjust to a situation
a) similar
c) well-adjusted
____ 12. exotic
a) out
____ 13. notable
a) well-known
____ 14. elaborate
a) large
____ 15. liberal
a) generous
b) thrifty
c) famous
d) short
____ 16. frugal
a) appealing
b) illegal
c) thrifty
d) hasty
____ 17. mediocre
a) outstanding
____ 18. indulgent
a) interesting
b) giving in to someones wishes
d) uninteresting
____ 19. impulsive
a) ugly
____ 20. emerge
a) go under water
____ 21. elite
a) free
____ 22. query
a) answer
____ 23. immunity
a) freedom from something required
____ 24. affirm
a) support
____ 25. essence
b) calm
b) infected
c) local
b) written
b) complex
b) prompt
c) avoid
d) foreign
c) expensive
d) odd
d) boring
c) bad tasting
d) believable
c) acting on sudden urges

b) come forth
b) underprivileged
b) argue
c) lie
c) superior
c) question
b) reverse
d) strike
d) unconcerned
c) unable
b) ordinary
d) answer
d) separation from native country
c) hide
b) war
b) keep
c) pay back
c) generous
d) important
d) draw back
d) proud
d) make strange
b) infection
c) indicate to be true
b) tiny part
c) plenty
d) thrift
d) exercise
c) much later
d) rule

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____ 26. allude
a) refer indirectly
b) damage
____ 27. impair
a) fix
____ 28. sadistic
a) depressed
____ 29. alleged
a) supposed to be true
b) factual
____ 30. coerce
a) attract
c) remove
____ 31. ridicule
a) pay back
____ 32. plausible
a) boring
b) unbearable
____ 33. recur
a) prevent
b) remember
____ 34. shrewd
a) kind
____ 35. tactic
a) result
b) surrender
____ 36. revoke
a) annoy
b) protest
____ 37. stereotype
a) oversimplified image
____ 38. reprimand
a) harsh criticism
____ 39. skeptical
a) stubborn
____ 40. provoke
a) make angry
____ 41. strategy
a) plan
____ 42. vital
a) weak
____ 43. destiny
a) freedom
b) fate
____ 44. tedious
a) difficult
b) heavy
c) ridiculous
____ 45. detain
a) care for
b) attract
c) delay
____ 46. simultaneous
a) done at the same time
____ 47. transaction
a) trip
____ 48. procrastinate
a) remember
b) put off doing something
a) falsehood
b) result
____ 50. diminish
a) lessen
b) write down
c) protest
c) employ
b) infected
b) refuse
d) damage
c) taking pleasure in cruelty
b) compliment
b) annoying
c) trustworthy
c) mock
c) forget
d) mad
c) method
d) ceremony
d) adjust
b) two channels
b) business deal
b) stiff
d) misspelled
d) occur again
c) tricky
c) plan
c) ruling
c) generous
b) take back
c) discipline
b) make darker
d) prove wrong
d) unimportant
d) boredom
d) boring
d) describe
b) recorded
c) very important
c) detour
c) method
c) enlarge
d) fast
d) ceremony
c) misbehave
d) series
d) move upward
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d) answer
d) foundation
c) generosity
b) business deal
d) photograph
d) doubting
c) rise up
c) necessary
d) logical
d) shrink
c) believable
b) forceful
d) clever
d) force
c) cancel
b) purpose
d) pay back
d) make angry
Name: __________________________
Unit Four: Posttest

____
1. refute
a) prove wrong
b) replay
c) appeal
____
2. dismay
a) return
b) lift
____
3. gesture
a) guess
b) meal
____
4. reciprocate
a) slip
____
5. revert
a) claim
____
6. exile
a) separation from native country
____
7. recede
a) move back
____
8. ritual
a) show
____
9. retain
a) come forth
c) discourage
b) frown
d) walk
d) thrill
c) sign
d) thunder
c) step
d) pay back
b) answer
c) pay back
d) return to former condition
b) formal criticism
b) flow over
c) hide
b) business deal
c) return
b) strike
a) adjust to a situation
a) well-adjusted
____ 12. exotic
a) foreign
b) infected
c) local
____ 13. notable
a) written
b) not able
c) well-known
____ 14. elaborate
a) large
____ 15. liberal
a) thrifty
b) famous
____ 16. frugal
a) thrifty
b) illegal
____ 17. mediocre
a) bad tasting
____ 18. indulgent
a) interesting
b) uninteresting
d) giving in to someones wishes
____ 19. impulsive
a) prompt
____ 20. emerge
a) lie
____ 21. elite
a) superior
____ 22. query
a) make strange
____ 23. immunity
a) infection
____ 24. affirm
a) indicate to be true
____ 25. essence
b) boring
c) avoid
c) hasty
b) believable
b) important
d) similar
d) out
d) odd
d) complex
c) short
b) proud
d) stick to something
c) unconcerned
c) expensive
b) come forth
d) war
d) redo
____ 10. adapt
b) calm
d) generous
d) appealing
c) ordinary
d) outstanding
c) generous
c) acting on sudden urges
d) ugly
c) go under water
d) draw back
c) underprivileged
d) free
b) argue
b) plenty
d) exit
d) remove
c) ceremony
b) keep
c) axe
c) question
d) answer
c) freedom from something required
b) exercise
b) rule
c) reverse
d) thrift
d) support
c) much later
d) tiny part

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____ 26. allude
a) protest
b) pay back
c) damage
____ 27. impair
a) write down
____ 28. sadistic
a) clever
b) infected
____ 29. alleged
a) logical
b) factual
____ 30. coerce
a) force
b) remove
____ 31. ridicule
a) shrink
b) mock
____ 32. plausible
a) boring
____ 33. recur
a) remember
____ 34. shrewd
a) tricky
____ 35. tactic
a) surrender
____ 36. revoke
a) annoy
____ 37. stereotype
a) two channels
____ 38. reprimand
a) ruling
____ 39. skeptical
a) forceful
____ 40. provoke
a) take back
____ 41. strategy
a) plan
b) foundation
____ 42. vital
a) weak
b) necessary
____ 43. destiny
a) fate
____ 44. tedious
a) heavy
____ 45. detain
a) attract
____ 46. simultaneous
a) recorded
b) fast
____ 47. transaction
a) ceremony
b) business deal
____ 48. procrastinate
a) put off doing something

d) make angry
a) result
____ 50. diminish
a) enlarge
b) damage
d) refer indirectly
c) employ
d) fix
c) depressed
d) taking pleasure in cruelty
c) supposed to be true
c) attract
d) refuse
c) compliment
b) misspelled
b) annoying
c) mad
c) method
b) business deal
c) plan
c) generous
b) prove wrong
c) purpose
d) make angry
d) discipline
c) unimportant
c) difficult
c) delay
d) stiff
d) freedom
d) ridiculous
d) care for
c) very important
b) remember
b) make darker
d) done at the same time
c) detour
c) series
d) trip
c) misbehave
d) falsehood
c) move upward
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d) answer
d) stubborn
c) rise up
c ) generosity
b) method
d) oversimplified image
c) harsh criticism
b) doubting
b) describe
d) result
d) protest
b) photograph
b) boring
d) prevent
d) kind
c) cancel
b) boredom
d) unbearable
c) forget
b) ceremony
b) adjust
d) pay back
c) believable
b) occur again
d) trustworthy
d) lessen
Name: __________________________
Unit Five: Pretest

____
1. severity
a) rudeness
b) generosity
____
2. site
a) silence
b) location
____
3. theoretical
a) gloomy
b) based on theory
____
4. discriminate
a) arrest
____
5. summon
a) add up
____
6. profound
a) kind
____
7. vocation
a) hobby
____
8. dispense
a) stop
____
9. dismal
a) unknown
b) delay
c) harshness
c) time
c) practical
c) report
b) delay
d) logical
d) profession
c) encourage
b) round
d) distribute
c) tired
____ 10. subside
a) calm down
____ 11. ingenious
a) false
____ 12. ascend
a) go into
b) go down
____ 13. finite
a) perfect
b) absent
____ 14. mania
a) contempt
____ 15. literally
a) by letter
____ 16. inflict
a) cause something painful
____ 17. nostalgia
a) desire for the past
____ 18. infinite
a) indoors
____ 19. lure
a) tempt
____ 20. initiate
a) complete
____ 21. lament
a) delay
____ 22. data
a) test
____ 23. intervene
a) come between
____ 24. sedate
a) bold
____ 25. morbid
a) limited
b) insult
d) gloomy
c) arouse
b) able to be heard
d) tire easily
c) clever
c) go under
c) limited
b) glow
d) endless
b) study
c) prepare
c) disease
c) limited
b) ignore
c) equal
b) continue
b) causing horror
d) olden days
d) become smaller
d) mourn
c) rumors
c) calm
d) go down in quality
d) endless
c) start
b) arrest
d) deeply
d) dislike
c) struggle
b) information
d) extreme enthusiasm
c) word for word
b) sadness
b) inborn
d) tricky
d) go up
c) rejection
b) successfully
b) plain
d) insult
c) cautious
b) trip
d) pretty
d) discuss
c) delay
b) deeply felt
b) rush
d) vision
c) distinguish
b) send for
d) calm
d) conversation
c) resist
d) send for
d) pure
c) causing respect
d) pleasurable

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____ 26. parallel
a) at a constant distance apart
b) nearsighted
____ 27. inept
a) guilty
b) tired
____ 28. perceptive
a) brave
b) available
____ 29. innate
a) learned
b) underneath
____ 30. obstinate
a) friendly
b) frightful
____ 31. trivial
a) unimportant
b) inexact
____ 32. deduction
a) conclusion
b) statement
____ 33. distort
a) stick to the facts
____ 34. treacherous
a) rude
____ 35. sequence
a) information
____ 36. dominant
a) in control
____ 37. dimensions
a) information
____ 38. sophisticated
a) disloyal
____ 39. controversy
a) agreement
b) chat
____ 40. disperse
a) spread out
b) give away
a) sensitive
b) greedy
c) lazy
____ 42. defy
a) send for
b) approve
c) improve
____ 43. valid
a) logical
____ 44. seclusion
a) punishment
____ 45. deceptive
a) constant
____ 46. confirm
a) follow
b) reject
____ 47. vigorous
a) harsh
b) energetic
____ 48. submit
a) make fun of
____ 49. transmit
a) spread
____ 50. restrain
a) struggle
c) clumsy
d) careless
c) inborn
d) clever
c) stubborn
d) cautious
c) accurate
c) lie
c) unkind
b) separation
c) resist
c) order
b) measurements
d) circle
c) clumsy
c) grade
c) well-groomed
b) pure
c) debate
b) pride
d) view
d) celebration
d) decrease
d) easily noticed
d) resist
d) gloomy
c) stubbornness
b) well-spoken
d) lively
d) knowledgeable
c) throw out
c) clever
d) mourn
d) proud
b) expressing sorrow
d) separation
c) misleading
d) changing

c) kind
b) arrest
b) hold
d) clear
d) fact
b) misrepresent
b) pure
b) hold back
d) rushed
c) give in
c) sleep
d) refuse
d) grow
c) refuse
d) order to come
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d) far
d) stubborn
c) aware
b) disloyal
c) farsighted
d) speed up
Name: __________________________
Unit Five: Posttest

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1. vigorous
a) kind
b) energetic
____
2. discriminate
a) distinguish
____
3. deceptive
a) well-spoken
____
4. susceptible
a) greedy
____
5. profound
a) cautious
____
6. dispense
a) delay
____
7. distort
a) misrepresent
____
8. subside
a) tire easily
____
9. dismal
a) round
c) rushed
b) delay
d) harsh
c) arrest
b) changing
d) discuss
c) misleading
b) easily noticed
c) lazy
d) constant
d) sensitive
b) logical
c) deeply felt
d) kind
b) distribute
c) encourage
d) stop
b) mourn
c) resist
b) calm down
b) gloomy
d) stick to the facts
c) insult
c) tired
d) arouse
d) unknown
____ 10. mania
a) glow
b) extreme enthusiasm
c) rejection
____ 11. inflict
a) study
b) go down in quality
c) prepare
____ 12. treacherous
a) unkind
b) proud
____ 13. infinite
a) endless
b) limited
____ 14. initiate
a) become smaller
____ 15. data
a) rumors
____ 16. sedate
a) plain
____ 17. parallel
a) nearsighted
____ 18. nostalgia
a) sadness
____ 19. transmit
a) sleep
____ 20. disperse
a) throw out
____ 21. perceptive
a) careless
____ 22. dismal
a) tired
____ 23. obstinate
a) friendly
____ 24. dominant
a) expressing sorrow
____ 25. finite
a) endless
c) rude
b) complete
b) pure
c) start
b) give away
b) available
b) round
d) conversation
c) farsighted
c) grow
d) at a constant distance apart
c) disease
d) olden days
d) spread
c) decrease
c) brave
c) unknown
b) cautious
d) continue
d) bold
b) desire for the past

b) hold
d) inborn
c) test
c) calm
b) far
d) cause something painful
d) disloyal
c) indoors
b) information
d) contempt
d) spread out
d) aware
d) gloomy
c) stubborn
d) frightful
b) in control
c) clumsy
c) limited
d) perfect
b) absent
d) lively

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____ 26. dimensions
a) measurements
b) grade
____ 27. lament
a) rush
____ 28. sophisticated
a) well-groomed
____ 29. submit
a) refuse
____ 30. morbid
a) causing horror
____ 31. controversy
a) debate
b) chat
____ 32. lure
a) ignore
b) dislike
____ 33. defy
a) improve
____ 34. summon
a) delay
b) send for
____ 35. vocation
a) report
b) trip
____ 36. deduction
a) conclusion
____ 37. site
a) location
____ 38. restrain
a) refuse
____ 39. innate
a) underneath
____ 40. valid
a) pure
____ 41. severity
a) generosity
____ 42. intervene
a) arrest
____ 43. confirm
a) follow
____ 44. sequence
a) separation
____ 45. theoretical
a) gloomy
____ 46. inept
a) tired
b) clumsy
____ 47. seclusion
a) pride
b) separation
____ 48. ascend
a) go up
b) go under
____ 49. trivial
a) unimportant
____ 50. literally
a) by letter
b) mourn
c) view
c) struggle
b) pure
b) arrest
d) information
d) delay
c) knowledgeable
c) make fun of
d) give in
b) causing respect
c) limited
c) agreement
d) tempt
c) send for
d) approve
c) insult
d) add up
c) profession
b) statement
b) vision
c) lie
d) fact
d) silence
c) order to come
b) clever
b) clever
d) hobby
c) time
b) hold back
c) inborn
c) logical
b) harshness
b) send for
d) struggle
d) learned
d) gloomy
c) calm
c) resist
b) speed up
d) pleasurable
d) celebration
c) equal
b) resist
d) disloyal
d) rudeness
d) come between
b) circle
c) order
b) pretty
d) information
c) practical
c) guilty
d) stubborn
c) stubbornness
c) go into
b) accurate
b) deeply
d) based on theory
d) punishment
d) go down
c) inexact
c) successfully
d) clear
d) word for word
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d) reject
BVS / IVS / AVS
NAME: ___________________________________
SECTION: ___________ DATE: _______________
Pretest / Posttest
SCORE: ___________________________________
ANSWER SHEET
1. _____
26. _____
51. _____
76. _____
2. _____
27. _____
52. _____
77. _____
3. _____
28. _____
53. _____
78. _____
4. _____
29. _____
54. _____
79. _____
5. _____
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55. _____
80. _____
6. _____
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56. _____
81. _____
7. _____
32. _____
57. _____
82. _____
8. _____
33. _____
58. _____
83. _____
9. _____
34. _____
59. _____
84. _____
10. _____
35. _____
60. _____
85. _____
11. _____
36. _____
61. _____
86. _____
12. _____
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62. _____
87. _____
13. _____
38. _____
63. _____
88. _____
14. _____
39. _____
64. _____
89. _____
15. _____
40. _____
65. _____
90. _____
16. _____
41. _____
66. _____
91. _____
17. _____
42. _____
67. _____
92. _____
18. _____
43. _____
68. _____
93. _____
19. _____
44. _____
69. _____
94. _____
20. _____
45. _____
70. _____
95. _____
21. _____
46. _____
71. _____
96. _____
22. _____
47. _____
72. _____
97. _____
23. _____
48. _____
73. _____
98. _____
24. _____
49. _____
74. _____
99. _____
25. _____
50. _____
75. _____
100. _____
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Pretest
ANSWER KEY
1. c
26. d
51. a
76. b
2. c
27. b
52. b
77. d
3. d
28. a
53. c
78. c
4. b
29. b
54. d
79. b
5. b
30. d
55. c
80. a
6. c
31. b
56. a
81. b
7. b
32. a
57. d
82. c
8. d
33. c
58. a
83. b
9. a
34. b
59. b
84. d
10. a
35. d
60. b
85. a
11. a
36. b
61. d
86. a
12. b
37. b
62. b
87. c
13. a
38. d
63. a
88. c
14. b
39. a
64. b
89. c
15. a
40. b
65. b
90. c
16. c
41. b
66. c
91. a
17. d
42. b
67. a
92. d
18. a
43. c
68. a
93. a
19. c
44. b
69. d
94. c
20. b
45. b
70. d
95. b
21. a
46. c
71. c
96. d
22. b
47. c
72. d
97. d
23. d
48. c
73. c
98. a
24. a
49. a
74. a
99. b
25. c
50. a
75. a
100. d
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Posttest
ANSWER KEY
1. c
26. d
51. d
76. a
2. a
27. b
52. b
77. a
3. c
28. b
53. a
78. c
4. d
29. b
54. a
79. d
5. b
30. b
55. c
80. a
6. d
31. d
56. a
81. c
7. c
32. a
57. d
82. b
8. a
33. c
58. d
83. d
9. b
34. d
59. b
84. d
10. b
35. c
60. a
85. b
11. a
36. b
61. b
86. b
12. b
37. a
62. a
87. b
13. b
38. d
63. b
88. a
14. d
39. b
64. d
89. a
15. d
40. d
65. a
90. c
16. b
41. b
66. b
91. c
17. b
42. c
67. d
92. c
18. c
43. d
68. d
93. c
19. c
44. a
69. d
94. d
20. a
45. b
70. d
95. c
21. b
46. d
71. a
96. b
22. b
47. a
72. d
97. a
23. d
48. b
73. d
98. d
24. d
49. a
74. b
99. d
25. d
50. c
75. b
100. d
Answers to the Pretests and Posttests: BUILDING VOCABULARY SKILLS

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Unit Two
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Unit Four
Unit Five
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Answers to the Activities in BUILDING VOCABULARY SKILLS

Chapter 1 (Taking Exams)
Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. a
2. a 7. c
3. b 8. b
4. c 9. c
5. b 10. b
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 8 6. 7
2. 4 7. 6
3. 2 8. 3
4. 10 9. 9
5. 1 10. 5
Sentence
Check 1
1. f 6.
2. c 7.
3. j 8.
4. e 9.
5. i 10.
Chapter 8 (Job Choices)

Sentence
Check 2
12. a, f
34. d, h
56. b, g
78. c, e
910. i, j
Final
Check
1. i 6.
2. g 7.
3. j 8.
4. d 9.
5. f 10.
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c
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34. i, b
56. j, f
78. g, e
910. a, d
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2. g 7.
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34. g, d
56. c, a
78. f, j
910. b, e
Final
Check
1. b 6.
2. h 7.
3. d 8.
4. c 9.
5. j 10.
Sentence
Check 2
12. b, c
34. a, j
56. d, i
78. e, g
910. f, h
Final
Check
1. g 6.
2. a 7.
3. i 8.
4. b 9.
5. e 10.
h
g
b
a
d
c
a
e
b
h
Chapter 2 (Nate the Woodsman)

Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. c
2. c 7. b
3. c 8. a
4. a 9. a
5. b 10. b
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 6 6. 7
2. 4 7. 3
3. 8 8. 5
4. 10 9. 9
5. 1 10. 2
Sentence
Check 1
1. b 6.
2. h 7.
3. e 8.
4. d 9.
5. g 10.
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 2 6. 10
2. 6 7. 9
3. 4 8. 5
4. 7 9. 8
5. 1 10. 3
Sentence
Check 1
1. b 6.
2. j 7.
3. f 8.
4. g 9.
5. d 10.
b
i
c
a
e
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 6 6. 4
2. 3 7. 9
3. 8 8. 7
4. 1 9. 2
5. 10 10. 5
Sentence
Check 1
1. j 6.
2. d 7.
3. i 8.
4. h 9.
5. f 10.
f
g
i
e
a
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 8 6. 3
2. 10 7. 9
3. 4 8. 7
4. 6 9. 2
5. 1 10. 5
Sentence
Check 1
1. c 6.
2. b 7.
3. h 8.
4. i 9.
5. e 10.
b
a
g
c
e
h
c
d
j
f
Matching
Sentence
Word Pts/Defs Check 1
1. 4 6. 6 1. f 6.
2. 8 7. 10 2. j 7.
3. 9 8. 5 3. g 8.
4. 1 9. 7 4. e 9.
5. 2 10. 3 5. c 10.
d
a
g
j
f
Sentence
Check 2
12. h, a
34. f, g
56. e, j
78. i, d
910. b, c
Final
Check
1. d 6.
2. a 7.
3. f 8.
4. j 9.
5. e 10.
i
b
a
d
h
Sentence
Check 2
12. h, c
34. b, a
56. j, i
78. g, f
910. e, d
Final
Check
1. a 6.
2. e 7.
3. g 8.
4. j 9.
5. c 10.
h
f
j
c
b
Sentence
Check 2
12. j, i
34. h, e
56. g, d
78. b, a
910. f, c
Final
Check
1. c 6.
2. b 7.
3. h 8.
4. i 9.
5. d 10.
h
i
b
c
g
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 8 6. 5
2. 3 7. 6
3. 10 8. 4
4. 7 9. 9
5. 1 10. 2
Sentence
Check 1
1. g 6.
2. i 7.
3. d 8.
4. a 9.
5. e 10.
g
e
h
b
c
Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. b
2. c 7. a
3. b 8. c
4. a 9. a
5. c 10. c
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 4 6. 2
2. 7 7. 10
3. 6 8. 5
4. 1 9. 3
5. 9 10. 8
Sentence
Check 1
1. i 6.
2. f 7.
3. a 8.
4. h 9.
5. b 10.
j
c
e
d
g
Sentence
Check 2
12. h, f
34. i, d
56. j, e
78. c, a
910. g, b
Final
Check
1. d 6.
2. e 7.
3. h 8.
4. i 9.
5. b 10.
g
c
j
a
f
Ten Words
in Context
1. a 6. b
2. b 7. b
3. a 8. c
4. c 9. c
5. c 10. b
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 6 6. 4
2. 3 7. 8
3. 7 8. 10
4. 9 9. 2
5. 1 10. 5
Sentence
Check 1
1. g 6.
2. b 7.
3. a 8.
4. d 9.
5. j 10.
e
i
c
f
h
Sentence
Check 2
12. d, f
34. i, a
56. c, h
78. j, b
910. e, g
Final
Check
1. e 6.
2. b 7.
3. c 8.
4. f 9.
5. g 10.
h
j
a
i
d
Ten Words
in Context
1. c 6. c
2. c 7. a
3. c 8. a
4. a 9. b
5. a 10. c
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 7 6. 4
2. 5 7. 3
3. 10 8. 1
4. 2 9. 6
5. 8 10. 9
Sentence
Check 1
1. e 6.
2. c 7.
3. d 8.
4. g 9.
5. f 10.
i
b
h
j
a
Sentence
Check 2
12. e, f
34. g, i
56. j, d
78. h, b
910. a, c
Final
Check
1. b 6.
2. f 7.
3. d 8.
4. a 9.
5. e 10.
c
i
h
g
j
Ten Word Pts

in Context
1. b 6. a
2. a 7. b
3. c 8. c
4. b 9. b
5. b 10. a
Matching
Sentence
1. 8 6. 2 1. i 6.
2. 4 7. 5 2. g 7.
3. 1 8. 9 3. e 8.
4. 3 9. 6 4. c 9.
5. 10 10. 7 5. d 10.
a
b
f
h
j
Sentence
Check 2
12. a, f
34. c, g
56. d, i
78. e, j
910. b, h
Final
Check
1. c 6.
2. e 7.
3. a 8.
4. g 9.
5. b 10.
i
d
j
h
f
b
d
c
h
i
Sentence
Check 2
12. b, f
34. c, e
56. d, g
78. h, j
910. a, i
Final
Check
1. e 6.
2. d 7.
3. h 8.
4. b 9.
5. f 10.
g
c
a
j
i
b
j
e
g
d
Sentence
Check 2
12. c, b
34. g, f
56. i, h
78. j, e
910. a, d
Final
Check
1. b 6.
2. c 7.
3. a 8.
4. e 9.
5. h 10.
j
i
d
f
g
Chapter 13 (Our Headstrong Baby)

b
d
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f
h
Chapter 7 (Relating to Parents)

Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. a
2. c 7. c
3. a 8. a
4. c 9. c
5. a 10. c
Final
Check
1. i 6.
2. j 7.
3. d 8.
4. a 9.
5. f 10.
Chapter 12 (Coping with Snow)
Chapter 6 (Theos Perfect Car)

Ten Word Pts
in Context
1. b 6. a
2. b 7. c
3. b 8. b
4. a 9. a
5. c 10. c
g
e
b
d
a
Sentence
Check 2
12. b, e
34. i, j
56. a, h
78. c, g
910. d, f
Chapter 11 (Unacceptable Boyfriends)
Chapter 5 (Night Nurse)

Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. c
2. a 7. a
3. c 8. c
4. a 9. b
5. b 10. c
Sentence
Check 1
1. c 6.
2. j 7.
3. f 8.
4. i 9.
5. h 10.
Chapter 10 (Museum Pet)
Chapter 4 (Students and Politics)

Ten Words
in Context
1. a 6. b
2. c 7. a
3. c 8. b
4. b 9. b
5. c 10. c
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 4 6. 3
2. 1 7. 9
3. 8 8. 6
4. 10 9. 2
5. 7 10. 5
Chapter 9 (No Joking)
Chapter 3 (Whos on Trial?)

Ten Words
in Context
1. c 6. c
2. b 7. a
3. a 8. a
4. b 9. a
5. b 10. c
Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. b
2. a 7. b
3. b 8. a
4. c 9. b
5. a 10. c
Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. a
2. b 7. b
3. b 8. c
4. c 9. b
5. a 10. c
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 8 6. 10
2. 3 7. 4
3. 9 8. 6
4. 7 9. 2
5. 1 10. 5
Sentence
Check 1
1. f 6.
2. g 7.
3. j 8.
4. e 9.
5. a 10.
Chapter 14 (Mr. Perfect?)

j
a
g
f
e
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Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. a
2. c 7. c
3. b 8. a
4. a 9. b
5. b 10. b
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 6 6. 10
2. 4 7. 1
3. 3 8. 9
4. 2 9. 5
5. 8 10. 7
Sentence
Check 1
1. i 6.
2. h 7.
3. f 8.
4. a 9.
5. c 10.
Chapter 15 (A Narrow Escape)

Ten Words
in Context
1. c 6. a
2. b 7. b
3. c 8. c
4. a 9. c
5. b 10. a
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 6 6. 7
2. 8 7. 10
3. 9 8. 1
4. 2 9. 3
5. 4 10. 5
Sentence
Check 1
1. c 6.
2. e 7.
3. h 8.
4. b 9.
5. a 10.
Chapter 23 (Procrastinator)
g
i
d
j
f
Sentence
Check 2
12. h, g
34. b, f
56. a, i
78. j, c
910. e, d
Final
Check
1. h 6.
2. c 7.
3. f 8.
4. a 9.
5. j 10.
b
d
g
e
i
Chapter 16 (The Power of Advertising)

Ten Words
in Context
1. c 6. c
2. b 7. c
3. a 8. b
4. b 9. a
5. a 10. b
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 7 6. 5
2. 3 7. 8
3. 10 8. 4
4. 6 9. 2
5. 1 10. 9
Sentence
Check 1
1. c 6.
2. h 7.
3. d 8.
4. f 9.
5. j 10.
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 8 6. 2
2. 4 7. 5
3. 9 8. 10
4. 6 9. 7
5. 3 10. 1
e
a
b
g
i
Final
Check
1. j 6.
2. f 7.
3. e 8.
4. d 9.
5. a 10.
g
d
e
a
b
Sentence
Check 2
12. e, c
34. j, b
56. i, d
78. f, h
910. g, a
Final
Check
1. e 6.
2. i 7.
3. j 8.
4. b 9.
5. d 10.
Sentence
Check 2
12. c, h
34. i, f
56. e, j
78. b, a
910. g, d
Final
Check
1. e 6.
2. i 7.
3. h 8.
4. a 9.
5. f 10.
i
h
b
g
c
c
f
h
g
a
Matching
Sentence
1. 7 6. 9 1. b 6.
2. 10 7. 3 2. e 7.
3. 1 8. 6 3. j 8.
4. 8 9. 4 4. i 9.
5. 2 10. 5 5. g 10.
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 9 6. 7
2. 4 7. 1
3. 6 8. 5
4. 3 9. 8
5. 10 10. 2
a
c
d
f
h
j
b
d
c
g
Sentence
Check 1
1. b 6.
2. e 7.
3. g 8.
4. d 9.
5. h 10.
i
a
c
f
j
Sentence
Check 2
12. b, g
34. f, d
56. e, i
78. j, h
910. a, c
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 2 6. 9
2. 10 7. 5
3. 6 8. 3
4. 8 9. 4
5. 1 10. 7
e
h
g
j
i
Sentence
Check 1
1. i 6.
2. g 7.
3. b 8.
4. j 9.
5. h 10.
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 8 6. 1
2. 3 7. 5
3. 10 8. 4
4. 6 9. 2
5. 7 10. 9
Final
Check
1. j 6.
2. c 7.
3. a 8.
4. i 9.
5. e 10.
a
b
e
i
c
Sentence
Check 2
12. a, e
34. i, f
56. d, c
78. j, h
910. b, g
Final
Check
1. j 6.
2. i 7.
3. d 8.
4. c 9.
5. e 10.
j
h
d
b
e
Sentence
Check 2
12. g, j
34. i, c
56. h, a
78. d, e
910. f, b
Final
Check
1. b 6.
2. g 7.
3. a 8.
4. c 9.
5. d 10.
a
f
d
e
c
g
h
f
b
d
Sentence
Check 1
1. d 6.
2. j 7.
3. h 8.
4. f 9.
5. g 10.
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 8 6. 10
2. 7 7. 4
3. 1 8. 6
4. 2 9. 3
5. 5 10. 9
Ten Word Pts

in Context
1. b 6. c
2. b 7. c
3. a 8. a
4. c 9. c
5. b 10. c
Matching
Sentence
1. 3 6. 8 1. e 6.
2. 4 7. 5 2. b 7.
3. 2 8. 9 3. d 8.
4. 10 9. 7 4. h 9.
5. 6 10. 1 5. g 10.
f
c
a
j
i
Sentence
Check 2
12. h, i
34. b, g
56. d, j
78. f, c
910. a, e
Final
Check
1. c 6.
2. j 7.
3. h 8.
4. i 9.
5. e 10.
d
f
a
g
b
Sentence
Check 1
1. f 6.
2. i 7.
3. a 8.
4. g 9.
5. c 10.
Ten Words
in Context
1. a 6. c
2. c 7. b
3. b 8. a
4. a 9. b
5. b 10. c
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 4 6. 2
2. 1 7. 8
3. 6 8. 3
4. 10 9. 5
5. 9 10. 7
Sentence
Check 1
1. a 6.
2. d 7.
3. g 8.
4. h 9.
5. j 10.
b
c
e
i
f
Sentence
Check 2
12. d, j
34. f, g
56. b, a
78. h, i
910. e, c
Final
Check
1. j 6.
2. i 7.
3. b 8.
4. h 9.
5. d 10.
f
e
a
c
g
Ten Words
in Context
1. c 6. b
2. a 7. a
3. a 8. c
4. b 9. b
5. c 10. c
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 6 6. 2
2. 3 7. 5
3. 7 8. 10
4. 4 9. 9
5. 1 10. 8
Sentence
Check 1
1. f 6.
2. b 7.
3. d 8.
4. j 9.
5. h 10.
i
a
c
e
g
Sentence
Check 2
12. b, c
34. h, j
56. i, d
78. a, f
910. e, g
Final
Check
1. f 6.
2. e 7.
3. b 8.
4. a 9.
5. d 10.
h
c
j
i
g
Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. a
2. b 7. c
3. a 8. b
4. c 9. b
5. a 10. c
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 4 6. 3
2. 10 7. 5
3. 8 8. 6
4. 9 9. 2
5. 1 10. 7
Sentence
Check 1
1. a 6.
2. b 7.
3. f 8.
4. j 9.
5. h 10.
i
d
g
e
c
Sentence
Check 2
12. j, g
34. f, a
56. c, h
78. e, b
910. i, d
Final
Check
1. b 6.
2. d 7.
3. j 8.
4. g 9.
5. c 10.
i
f
e
h
a
Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. c
2. b 7. a
3. a 8. c
4. c 9. a
5. c 10. c
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 4 6. 6
2. 9 7. 8
3. 2 8. 3
4. 10 9. 5
5. 1 10. 7
Sentence
Check 1
1. d 6.
2. b 7.
3. a 8.
4. f 9.
5. e 10.
j
c
i
h
g
Sentence
Check 2
12. c, j
34. i, d
56. e, f
78. b, h
910. a, g
Final
Check
1. a 6.
2. h 7.
3. f 8.
4. d 9.
5. c 10.
g
j
e
i
b
e
d
b
h
c
Sentence
Check 2
12. j, d
34. f, c
56. g, a
78. e, h
910. b, i
Final
Check
1. j 6.
2. e 7.
3. f 8.
4. b 9.
5. a 10.
h
i
c
d
g
d
j
f
e
h
Sentence
Check 2
12. j, g
34. h, d
56. b, a
78. e, f
910. c, i
Final
Check
1. c 6.
2. f 7.
3. b 8.
4. g 9.
5. j 10.
h
i
a
e
d
Chapter 29 (Chicken Pox)

b
g
a
h
f
Chapter 22 (Party House)

Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. c
2. c 7. c
3. c 8. b
4. b 9. a
5. a 10. a
a
d
i
f
b
Chapter 28 (Murder Mystery)
Sentence
Check 2
12. j, i
34. b, d
56. c, a
78. f, h
910. e, g
Chapter 21 (Children and Drugs)

Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. a
2. a 7. b
3. b 8. c
4. c 9. a
5. b 10. b
Final
Check
1. e 6.
2. c 7.
3. g 8.
4. j 9.
5. h 10.
Chapter 27 (Family Differences)

Final
Check
1. b 6.
2. c 7.
3. a 8.
4. f 9.
5. d 10.
Chapter 20 (A Dream About Wealth)

Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. b
2. a 7. b
3. b 8. c
4. c 9. a
5. c 10. b
g
b
j
c
h
Sentence
Check 2
12. g, f
34. c, i
56. a, j
78. e, d
910. h, b
Chapter 26 (Balloon Flight)
Chapter 19 (Adjusting to a New Culture)

Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. b
2. a 7. c
3. c 8. a
4. a 9. a
5. b 10. b
Sentence
Check 1
1. i 6.
2. d 7.
3. e 8.
4. a 9.
5. f 10.
Chapter 25 (A Change in View)

Sentence
Check 1
1. f 6.
2. h 7.
3. c 8.
4. i 9.
5. j 10.
Chapter 18 (Black Widow Spiders)

Ten Word Pts
in Context
1. b 6. b
2. a 7. a
3. c 8. c
4. b 9. b
5. c 10. b
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 6 6. 10
2. 4 7. 8
3. 7 8. 3
4. 1 9. 5
5. 9 10. 2
Chapter 24 (King of Cats)
Sentence
Check 2
12. a, i
34. d, g
56. c, e
78. j, f
910. h, b
Chapter 17 (Waiter)
Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. c
2. a 7. a
3. b 8. c
4. a 9. b
5. a 10. c
Ten Words
in Context
1. a 6. b
2. b 7. c
3. a 8. a
4. c 9. b
5. c 10. b
Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. c
2. c 7. b
3. a 8. a
4. b 9. b
5. a 10. c
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 5 6. 9
2. 7 7. 10
3. 2 8. 6
4. 3 9. 8
5. 1 10. 4
Sentence
Check 1
1. j 6.
2. i 7.
3. g 8.
4. a 9.
5. f 10.
Chapter 30 (Walking)
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Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. b
2. b 7. c
3. c 8. c
4. c 9. a
5. a 10. c
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 4 6. 9
2. 8 7. 5
3. 6 8. 3
4. 2 9. 10
5. 1 10. 7
Sentence
Check 1
1. i 6.
2. g 7.
3. b 8.
4. c 9.
5. a 10.
Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 1 (Taking Exams)

In the space provided, write the word from the box needed to complete each sentence. Then put the letter
of that word in the column at the left. Use each word once.
a. acknowledge
b. alternative
c. anecdote
d. appropriate
e. avert
f. candid
g. compel
h. comply
i. concise
j. drastic
____
1. Fred thinks its funny to do the opposite of what everyone else considers _____________________.
For instance, he likes to send sympathy cards for weddings and birthdays.
____
2. We keep a flashlight in every room to _____________________ being left in the dark in the event
of a power failure.
____
3. According to a(n) ____________________ a friend told me, someone once asked boxer
Muhammed Ali if he were the greatest at golf. Yes, Ali answered. I just havent played yet.
____
4. A really successful commercial ____________________s viewers to leap from their chairs and rush
out to buy the advertised item.
____
5. All of the restaurants desserts were fattening, so I chose another ____________________. I had a
frozen fruit bar at home instead.
____
6. To get me to ____________________ with her demands, my sister threatens to tell my boyfriend

what I said after our first date: Bo-ring!
____
7. Because theyre not eager to ____________________ that cockroaches are among their residents,
Germans refer to the German cockroach as the Russian roach.
____
8. Most newspapers have limited space for letters to the editor, so yours will have a better chance of
being published if its ____________________.
____
9. Every day, polluters get away with dumping thousands of pounds of plastic into the sea. Clearly, we
need more ____________________ penalties to make them stop.
____ 10. When Flora asked Rob to be really truthful in his opinion of her new dress, he told her, To be
perfectly ___________________, I dont like the color, style, or material, but it fits you really well.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 2 (Nate the Woodsman)

a. dialog
b. erratic
c. extensive
d. forfeit
e. fortify
f. illuminate
g. isolate
h. refuge
i. reminisce
j. urban
____
1. Job opportunities are most numerous in _____________________ areas. Thus many people have no
choice but to live surrounded by the concrete, metal, and glass of the city.
____
2. In the movie, the characters British accents were so thick that I had trouble understanding some of
the ______________________.
____
3. To ______________________ their stores against the coming hurricane, beachfront shopkeepers

nailed boards over the windows.
____
4. The zoo had to ______________________ one baboon who was attacking the others. He was put in
his own cage in another building.
____
5. At my class reunion, we ____________________(e)d about our years at school, including the time
I broke my arm in gym and the day a piece of scenery fell during a play and hit the principal.
____
6. Lately the weather has been wildly ______________________ . This morning, for example, it was
raining and 90 degrees; by the late afternoon, it was dry and in the 50s, and it rained again at night.
____
7. These days, candles are mainly used for decoration since most people have electric lights to
_____________________ their homes.
____
8. Many homeless people cannot find a place of ______________________ from wintry weather.
____
9. The magazine printed only one paragraph on the Save the Earth meeting, but the local newspaper
provided _____________________ coverage of the eventwith photos and a full-page story.
____ 10. The Olympic swimmer had to ______________________ his gold medal when officials discovered
that he had taken illegal muscle-building drugs.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 3 (Whos on Trial?)

____
a. delete
b. impartial
c. integrity
d. legitimate
e. lenient
f. menace
g. morale
h. naive
i. overt
j. undermine
1. Abraham Lincoln is sometimes called Honest Abe because of his reputation for
________________________.
____
2. The paperback version of the novel was a shortened onetwo chapters had been
_______________________(e)d.
____
3. Violent crime is a(n) ______________________ to us all. In this century, nearly twice as many
Americans have been murdered as have died in wars.
____
4. The Smiths pleasure in their sons engagement was certainly ______________________. They
walked around with big smiles on their faces all night.
____
5. When the cake collapsed, my _____________________ as a baker did too. I now dont even have
enough confidence or desire to bake a cake mix.
____
6. After Joe smashed the headlights of the family car, he hoped his parents would be
______________________. Instead, they grounded him until he paid for the damage.
____
7. During the piano contest, the players were hidden behind a curtain so that the judges would cast
______________________ votes.
____
8. For years, termites _______________________(e)d the houses wooden frame until it became
dangerously damaged.
____
9. When Lily started her job, she was ____________________ enough to think the other salespeople
would be cooperative. However, she soon learned some people would stab her in the back for a sale.
____ 10. In most states, a marriage is not ________________________ unless the bride and groom applied
for a license and got blood tests before the wedding.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 4 (Students and Politics)

a. agenda
b. antidote
c. apathy
d. bland
e. propaganda
f. prospects
g. radical
h. reinforce
i. relevant
j. ruthless
____
1. Never eat toadstools. Not only are they poisonous, but there is also no _____________________ for
their poison.
____
2. The _______________________ politician would have sold his own mother if the result would
have been more votes for him.
____
3. The last item on the meetings ___________________ was to schedule the date of the next meeting.
____
4. All ads for political candidates contain ________________________. Which political candidates
would pay to spread information that did not support their campaign?
____
5. John didnt want to paint his house a ________________________ color, like pale grey or beige.
Still, I think pink and purple are a little more interesting and exciting than necessary.
____
6. My uncles _______________________ goals include getting rid of the income tax, giving the vote
to fifteen-year-olds, and ending the army.
____
7. Because the city has a great housing shortage, the ________________________(s) of finding an
affordable apartment are not good.
____
8. When you argue, be sure all your statements are _______________________. Its unfair to bring up
points that are not related to the argument.
____
9. The comedian expected either cheers or boos from the bar crowd. Instead, he got the silence of
_____________________.
____ 10. Football players wrap strong tape around their ankles to _____________________ this weak part of
the body.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 5 (Night Nurse)

a. endorse
b. erode
c. gruesome
d. hypocrite
e. idealistic
f. illusion
g. impact
h. imply
i. novice
j. obstacle
____
1. The baseball struck the batter with such _______________________ that it broke his jaw.
____
2. Although a majority of people in the state support the death penalty, the governor does not
________________________ it.
____
3. If you blink two lights on and off in an otherwise dark room, you create the ___________________
that a single light is moving back and forth.
____
4. Cliffs question to JudyWouldnt you rather grab a hamburger than bother going to a fancy
restaurant?was meant to _______________________ that he was low on cash.
____
5. A(n) _______________________ at ice-skating, I can only manage to remain upright, while my

experienced friends leap and twirl around me.
____
6. The bodies taken out of the burned car were so _______________________ that even the medical
examiner found the sight shocking.
____
7. In the movie Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Jimmy Stewart plays a(n) _______________________
senator who values honesty and public service more than riches.
____
8. In the fairy tale Rapunzel, there is one great ________________________ to the hero and
heroines happiness: she is locked in a tall tower with no door.
____
9. The centuries had caused the Greek statues colorful layer of paint to _______________________,
leaving only the underlying white marble.
____ 10. Roy is such a(n) __________________________. He disapproves of handguns for other people, but
he keeps one on his night table.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 7 (Relating to Parents)

a. concede
b. conservative
c. contrary
d. denounce
e. deter
f. disclose
g. scapegoat
h. superficial
i. sustain
j. transition
____
1. There was too little time to make the ______________________ from bright sunlight to the dark
movie theater. So I blindly felt my way down the aisle and then sat in the lap of a total stranger.
____
2. Alex and Joe have ________________________ views of life. To Alex life is a bowl of cherries,
but to Joe its the pits.
____
3. Gordon used to favor major changes in the companys treatment of workers. As soon as he became
president, however, he turned ______________________.
____
4. The cars patches of rust, lumpy seats, and moldy odor were enough to ______________________
me from buying it.
____
5. When Max cheated on the test, the teacher ________________________(e)d him in front of the
whole class and also expressed her disapproval of Max in a letter to his parents.
____
6. Josie and Kates friendship is deep, not _______________________. For example, they share their
innermost thoughts and offer each other support in difficult times.
____
7. Marilyn didnt intend to ________________________ the cost of the tie she gave Andy, but she
revealed it down to the penny: when she wrapped the gift, she forgot to remove the price tag.
____
8. After bragging about his skill as a carpenter, Tony was unwilling to ____________________ that
the crooked table was his own creation and not from a junk shop.
____
9. Studies show that girls are more likely than boys to accept blame for their errors. Boys are more
likely to look for _____________________s to blame instead.
____ 10. After the first ten minutes of weightlifting, I couldnt _______________________ the workout
without risking muscle damage, so I stopped.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 8 (Job Choices)

a. compensate
b. conceive
c. derive
d. diversity
e. inhibit
f. moderate
g. supplement
h. surpass
i. tentative
j. verify
____
1. No one in town could _______________________ of Gail as a murderershe seemed too gentle

and sweet to take someones life.
____
2. Bob had hoped to get a C in geometry, so the A he received certainly _____________________(e)d

what he expected.
____
3. Clint calls himself a ______________________ TV watcher, but I feel he watches much more than
just a few programs a day.
____
4. The _____________________ of products at outdoor markets is one of their attractions. Often they
have baked goods, home decorations, fresh produce, and even clothing for sale.
____
5. David _____________________s his income from several part-time jobs: word processing, waiting
on tables, and yard work.
____
6. Since mold grows most quickly in warm temperatures, refrigeration ______________________s its
growth on food.
____
7. When people apply for jobs at a company, the personnel director calls their previous employers to
______________________ that they have reported their job experience truthfully.
____
8. Roberts supervisor gave him only _______________________ approval to take a day off. She had
to check with her own boss to be sure.
____
9. Because hay doesnt give our horses full nutrition, we ______________________ their diet with
grains.
____ 10. Mrs. Brown promised to _________________________ Al for the gas he used driving her to the
airport, but she hasnt paid him a penny yet.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 9 (No Joking)

____
a. alter
b. ample
c. blunt
d. chronic
e. chronological
f. optimist
g. pretense
h. prolong
i. refrain
j. remorse
1. When successful businessmen were asked what they most regretted about their past, many
expressed _____________________ that they hadnt spent more time with their children.
____
2. Tonights study meeting isnt really happening. Its just a ______________________ to get
Denny over to the house for his surprise birthday party.
____
3. A volcanic blast can dramatically __________________________ the appearance of a mountain,

even knocking a thousand feet off its peak.
____
4. Most children dont _________________________ their enjoyment of a box of candy. Rather than
eat it slowly, they gulp it down by the handful.
____
5. In this age of nuclear weapons, Im still enough of a(n) _______________________ to believe that
the world is headed toward peace rather than destruction.
____
6. The restaurant offered _________________________ meat dishes for Julio, but it had too few
vegetarian ones for his wife.
____
7. The movie doesnt present events in _________________________ order, but begins at the end of
the story and shows what came earlier in flashbacks.
____
8. Because of Steves ________________________ lateness, Ive learned always to ask him to arrive
an hour earlier than I really want him to arrive.
____
9. Please ________________ from speaking loudly in the library.
____ 10. By constantly asking my opinion of his poems, Jesse has forced me to be _____________________
and say theyre terrible.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 10 (Museum Pet)

a. acute
b. anonymous
c. apprehensive
d. arrogant
e. bestow
f. donor
g. phobia
h. prominent
i. prudent
j. recipient
____
1. Some airlines offer classes to help people overcome their ____________________s about air travel.
____
2. Because the dentist had said the root canal would hurt only a little, Doug wasnt prepared for the
______________________ pain that followed.
____
3. It isnt _______________________ for a worker to insult the boss when quitting a job. The worker
might need the boss later for a reference.
____
4. The generous parents of the young man killed on the highway ________________________(e)d his
organs on transplant banks.
____
5. The No Smoking sign was placed in a(n) ________________________ spot near the restaurants
door so that customers would be sure to see it before entering.
____
6. As the _______________________ of an athletic scholarship, Brad has to keep up a B average or

leave the team.
____
7. The caller told police about a robbery going on at Fifth and Walnut, but she wouldnt give her name.
For her own protection, she wanted her tip to remain ______________________.
____
8. Knowing he was wealthier than his classmates, the new boy was at first ______________________,
but his attitude changed when he realized he was one of the worst students in the class.
____
9. The landscapers were _______________________ about planting the bushes when the homeowner
wasnt there, since he had strong opinions about the way his yard should look.
____ 10. Peggy volunteered to be a blood _________________________ during the Red Cross drive, but a
nurse said she weighed too little to give blood.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 11 (Unacceptable Boyfriends)

a. absurd
b. adhere
c. affluent
d. alienate
e. assess
f. compile
g. contempt
h. defect
i. doctrine
j. dogmatic
____
1. Many years ago, my grandmother _______________________(e)d all my grandfathers love letters

into one pile, which she wrapped in a pink ribbon.
____
2. The stamp wouldnt ______________________ to the envelope until I spread a drop of glue on the
stamps back.
____
3. The Amish are a religious group whose _________________________ forbids them to use modern
conveniences, such as electrical appliances.
____
4. Sylvia has few friends. Her critical manner and hot temper _______________________ people.
____
5. Predictions of the exact day the world will end are ________________________, yet people have
been making such ridiculous announcements for centuries.
____
6. Our English teacher is _______________________. She allows only one interpretation of a story or
poemhers.
____
7. When the new refrigerator was delivered, Liza discovered a serious _____________________the
freezer didnt get cold enough to freeze ice.
____
8. People in prison for abusing children are viewed with great ______________________ by the other
inmates. Even murderers get more respect.
____
9. Before their business failed, the Lopezes were _________________________. They were so rich, in
fact, that they could buy whatever they wanted.
____ 10. After the tornado, county officials examined property to _______________________ the damage.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 13 (Our Headstrong Baby)

a. accessible
b. awe
c. cite
d. compatible
e. exempt
f. prevail
g. propel
h. rational
i. retort
j. retrieve
____
1. I hate to say that Hank is a liar, but I could _____________________ many things hes told me that
werent true.
____
2. The wheels that used to _____________________ Joshuas toy train are jammed with sand, so now
it just sits there going toot toot.
____
3. The friendly way that Muffy and Ralph play together proves that a cat and dog can be
______________________.
____
4. The sixth-graders looked up with ________________________ at the visiting professional baseball

player.
____
5. Because the prisoner had a weak heart, he was ________________________ from the hard physical
labor required of the others.
____
6. When my little nephew visited, I needed to move my supply of candy from a(n)
_______________________ cupboard to one out of his reach.
____
7. The paper boy threw the newspaper onto the Smiths front porch and then went to
_______________________ it when he remembered that the Smiths were out of town.
____
8. When Lydia and Jeff discuss money, they always start out calm and ______________________ and
end up yelling and unreasonable.
____
9. If their best player is back in form tonight, the basketball team is sure to ______________________
over their opponents.
____ 10. When the rude customer tried to cut into the line, saying, I dont like to be kept waiting, the clerk
gave this _____________________: Then I wont make you wait to hear just what I think of you.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 14 (Mr. Perfect?)

a. dubious
b. ecstatic
c. encounter
d. evolve
e. fallacy
f. fictitious
g. gullible
h. liable
i. miserly
j. pessimist
____
1. After dinner, Frank told a hilarious story. Hed once had the ______________________ privilege of
being the very first patient of a nervous young dentist.
____
2. The idea that snakes are slimy is a common ____________________. Actually, their skin is dry.
____
3. The childrens story that John wrote is set in the __________________ land of Tarara-boom-de-ay.
____
4. When I heard how many other people had applied for the job I wanted, the ____________________
in me decided I didnt have a chance.
____
5. Vivian was _______________________ enough to believe that the piece of green glass was an
emerald, and she paid a high price for it.
____
6. Ron was ____________________ when he realized hed picked the winning lottery number, but his
joy turned to panic when he couldnt find his ticket.
____
7. The flower had slowly _________________________(e)d from a tightly closed bud to a fully open
bloom. But high-speed photography showed the change happening within seconds.
____
8. Standing in line for a plane ticket, Betsy was surprised to _______________________ a celebrity
doing the same thing.
____
9. Mr. McDermott is wealthy but ________________________. He would never give a cent to charity.
____ 10. A smart supermarket manager places new items where they are most ________________________
to catch the shoppers eye.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 15 (A Narrow Escape)

a. elapse
b. evasive
c. fluent
d. futile
e. harass
f. infer
g. lethal
h. obsession
i. ordeal
j. persistent
____
1. Gradys efforts to start his damaged car were _______________________, so he had to call a tow
truck.
____
2. The striking workers outside the factory _________________________(e)d people who crossed the
picket line by yelling at them and calling them names.
____
3. At first, the college counselor refused to let Chris retake the English entrance exam. But Chris was
______________________ in asking and was finally allowed to retake the test.
____
4. When Yolanda discovered that Ben had been in prison for ten years, she understood why he had
been so ____________________ about his past.
____
5. Being either extremely thin or very overweight indicates that food may be a(n) ________________.
____
6. Tara is not speaking to her mother, so I _______________________ that they have had a fight.
____
7. People who were abused as children often suffer an emotional ________________________ that
goes on long after the physical pain is over.
____
8. Dogs love chocolate, but the sweet stuff can be ______________________ for them. More than one
family has seen its pet die after it ate chocolate candy.
____
9. In order to control his temper, Ira let some time __________________________ before scolding his
daughter about the broken lamp.
____ 10. You can learn a foreign language from books and records. But to become truly __________________
in the language, you must also converse with native speakers.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 16 (The Power of Advertising)

a. convey
b. delusion
c. devise
d. savor
e. stimulate
f. subtle
g. unique
h. universal
i. versatile
j. vivid
____
1. We must ____________________ a way to keep Tia away from the house until we finish setting up
her surprise party.
____
2. Although Georgia dyed her hair, the color change was so _____________________ that few people
noticed it.
____
3. Because my brothers Volkswagen is ________________________, I would know it anywhere. Its

painted in day-glo colors and has a bumper sticker that says, Yo! Im here!
____
4. As her Alzheimers disease worsened, my grandmother held the ________________________ that

people on TV could see her.
____
5. Naomis photo of hot-air balloons is ______________________red, orange, and purple balloons

were sailing through a bright blue sky.
____
6. A talented actor can ______________________ emotions through gestures and postures, as well as
through words.
____
7. When we go to the movies, Sam fills his shirt pocket with M&Ms. Eating them one at a time,
he______________________s them until the pictures end.
____
8. Were looking for someone really ____________________ for this position, said the interviewer,
someone who can write well, speak well in public, and demonstrate our new hang glider.
____
9. The fruit cup served before the main course was supposed to ____________________ my appetite.
Instead, it satisfied my hunger.
____ 10. Knowing that no movie can have ________________________ appeal, producers must decide what
type of person they hope to reach.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 17 (Waiter)

a. defer
b. endeavor
c. equate
d. impose
e. indignant
f. inevitable
g. malicious
h. option
i. passive
j. patron
____
1. Donna wrote a letter of complaint to the publisher of a textbook. She was ____________________
that the book always referred to doctors as he and nurses as she.
____
2. Some people believe any spanking of a child is wrong. They ____________________ it with child
abuse.
____
3. If Vince continues to talk on his cell phone while hes driving, its _______________________ that
hell cause an accident.
____
4. Weve become loyal ________________________s of the Lebanese restaurant because we enjoy its
delicious Middle Eastern food.
____
5. Devans dog is the most ___________________ animal Ive ever seen. A mouse actually ran over
its paw, and it didnt even bother to raise its head.
____
6. I know you dont like Barry, but please ________________________ to be polite to him when hes
here as a guest.
____
7. When you order a pizza here, you have the choice of usual toppings, like mushrooms and
pepperoni, as well as unusual ______________________s such as avocado, broccoli, or pineapple.
____
8. My brother often ______________________s on my mothers generosity by asking her for money.
____
9. The children playing baseball broke a window by accidentit wasnt a(n) ____________________
act.
____ 10. When it comes to decorating our apartment, Jasmin said, I _________________________ to my
husbands judgment. He has better taste than I do.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 19 (Adjusting to a New Culture)

a. adapt
b. dismay
c. exile
d. gesture
e. recede
f. reciprocate
g. refute
h. retain
i. revert
j. ritual
____
1. The ________________________ of shaking ones head back and forth does not mean no in all
cultures.
____
2. The neatness of Bills house _______________________s his claim that he is lazy and sloppy.
____
3. Grandma sold most of her belongings when she moved to a retirement apartment, but she
_______________________(e)d what had been Grandpas favorite chair.
____
4. After Alice Weston died, her dog would at first only lie quietly in his new owners home. But after a
few weeks, he _______________________(e)d to the situation and became livelier.
____
5. The Bensons have had us over so often that we really should ________________________, but I
dont know how well fit their large family into our small dining room.
____
6. The long line outside the box office so __________________________(e)d Bryan that he didnt
even attempt to buy a ticket.
____
7. After he lost his throne, the Shah of Iran spent the rest of his life in _______________________,
never returning to his native country.
____
8. The pickpocket grabbed a wallet and then ________________________(e)d into the crowd before
the victim even knew anything was wrong.
____
9. Mr. Byron is so fearful of germs that several times a day he goes through a(n) _________________
of wiping his hands with alcohol and then rinsing them.
____ 10. Many teenagers speak politely in the presence of adults but _______________________ to rough
slang when talking among themselves.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 20 (A Dream About Wealth)

a. elaborate
b. emerge
c. exotic
d. frugal
e. impulsive
f. indifferent
g. indulgent
h. liberal
i. mediocre
j. notable
____
1. The Gilmans are ____________________ supporters of their local public TV station; they make a
large donation every year.
____
2. The crowd scene in the painting was so _____________________ that even the buttons on peoples
coats were carefully painted in.
____
3. Aunt Mary shows how ______________________ she is when she carefully opens a gift so that the
wrapping can be re-used.
____
4. Maggie is _______________________, but she often regrets doing whatever she feels like, such as
sliding down a muddy slide in her best pants.
____
5. When the rock star ______________________(e)d from his car, screaming fans rushed forward to
get his autograph.
____
6. Before Ronald Reagan was President, he was ______________________ as a film star and TV
actor.
____
7. Kevin gets a haircut only to prevent hair from falling into his eyes. Hes ____________________
about how stylish or well-groomed he looks.
____
8. Phyllis loves to browse through shops with Indian brass work, African wood carvings, and other
______________________ arts and crafts.
____
9. Eddys ______________________ parents spoil him. They buy him lots of candy and toys and let
his worst behavior go without even a scolding.
____ 10. The clothes at that shop are _______________________. They arent as shabby as those in some of
the cheapest stores, but they arent as well-made as clothing in the best department stores.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 21 (Children and Drugs)

a. affirm
b. alleged
c. allude
d. coerce
e. elite
f. essence
g. immunity
h. impair
i. query
j. sadistic
____
1. The Loch Ness Monster is _______________________ to live in a lake in Scotland, but theres no
proof that the dinosaur-like creature even exists.
____
2. Aging tends to ______________________ peoples vision. They cant see as well as they used to.
____
3. The only part of Mr. Harts story that I can _____________________, the boss said, is that hes
my employee. I cant say if the other parts of his story are true because I see him only at the office.
____
4. The teacher promised ________________________ from punishment to whoever had broken the
classroom windowif that person confessed immediately.
____
5. Paul ____________________(e)d to his adoption when he said, Not surprisingly, I dont look like
either of my parents.
____
6. Russell had several questions, but he was too shy to ______________________ the famous speaker.
____
7. The ______________________ of Santa Claus is loving generosity.
____
8. Some consider Columbian to be the ____________________ coffeethe best in aroma and flavor.
____
9. When I was younger, my parents _____________________(e)d me into drinking eggnog every day.
Not surprisingly, I still hate the taste of the stuff.
____ 10. Before being fired, the _______________________ teacher enjoyed embarrassing any student who
displeased him in the slightest.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 22 (Party House)

a. plausible
b. provoke
c. recur
d. reprimand
e. revoke
f. ridicule
g. shrewd
h. skeptical
i. stereotype
j. tactic
____
1. It ______________________s me if someone tries to step in line in front of me. I feel like shoving
the person away.
____
2. Singer Dolly Parton laughs at the __________________________ of the dumb blonde. I know
Im not dumb, she says. And Im not really blonde, either.
____
3. Have some of this delicious wheat-and-bean-sprouts cake, I said to Tom, whose ______________
look showed he doubted it was wise to accept the offer.
____
4. Since Chet was wearing a neck brace, the teacher found his excuse for missing the testan auto
accidentto be entirely ______________________.
____
5. When Derrick was a teen, his parents most effective weapon against him was the threat that they
would _____________________ his driving privileges.
____
6. In childrens stories, the fox is often presented as a _______________________ individual who

outsmarts all his enemies.
____
7. The political cartoon _____________________(e)d the senator, but he found the mockery so clever
that he couldnt help laughing.
____
8. I have a frightening dream that _______________________s two or three times a year. I dream Im
in an elevator that gets stuck between floors, and I have no way to let anyone know where I am.
____
9. My brother and I agreed on our ________________________ before asking to go to the fair. He

would tell Mom that Dad said we could go, and I would tell Dad that Mom said we could go.
____ 10. People were angry when the police officer who had beaten an innocent bystander received only a
_____________________. Community members felt he should have received a greater punishment.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 23 (Procrastinator)

a. consequence
b. destiny
c. detain
d. diminish
e. procrastinate
f. simultaneous
g. strategy
h. tedious
i. transaction
j. vital
____
1. If it is _______________________ that you marry Roger, it will happen no matter what else
happens, Aunt Blanche told my sister. No one can escape fate.
____
2. To celebrate the citys 200th birthday, there were several ______________________ parties in city
parks and streets. They were all scheduled to take place from 8 p.m. to midnight.
____
3. When you buy something major, keep the receipt for a while. Then if you return the purchase,
youll have proof the ______________________ took place.
____
4. I need this delivered across town as quickly as possible, Wills boss told him. Dont let anything
______________________ you.
____
5. Flos ________________________ for weight loss includes a three-mile walk every morning and
absolutely no snacking at night.
____
6. If the ivory trade is not stopped, the worlds population of elephants will _____________________
to such a low number that they could disappear from the wild.
____
7. When youre involved in a _______________________ task like window-washing, it helps to have

someone to talk tounless, of course, the person is as boring as the window-washing.
____
8. Martin insulted several guests at Beas party. As a _____________________, Bea wont ever invite
him over again.
____
9. The restaurant failed because the owners overlooked one ________________________ fact: There
were already too many seafood restaurants in the area.
____ 10. When the brakes on Betsys car began to make a strange sound, she took the car to a mechanic
immediately. I dont _________________________ when my safety is involved, she said.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 25 (A Change in View)

a. discriminate
b. dismal
c. dispense
d. profound
e. severity
f. site
g. subside
h. summon
i. theoretical
j. vocation
____
1. The relief workers _____________________(e)d bags of rice to the hungry refugees waiting in line.
____
2. Its no use talking to Paul until his anger ___________________s and he becomes more reasonable.
____
3. Discussions about possible life on planets around other suns are _______________________ since
no one has ever visited there.
____
4. When Amys uncle found her playing with his woodworking tools, he scolded her with such
______________________ that she started to cry.
____
5. Randy feared a long lecture when he was ______________________(e)d to the principals office.
____
6. That rock band plays only on weekends. And youd never guess the full-time __________________
of its lead singerhes a lawyer.
____
7. The ______________________ of the music festival had to be changed because local residents
didnt want it nearby.
____
8. The movie was so ______________________with its sad story, cheerless characters, and gray
skiesthat afterwards we all felt low.
____
9. Because hes color blind, Tom cannot ______________________ between blue and purple.
____ 10. After watching a man threaten to jump off a ledge, Maggie felt _____________________ relief
when he was persuaded to climb back inside the building.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 26 (Balloon Flight)

a. ascend
b. finite
c. infinite
d. inflict
e. ingenious
f. initiate
g. literally
h. lure
i. mania
j. nostalgia
____
1. For a week after our family reunion, I felt a strong _____________________. I wanted to go back
and relive all the good times of those past days.
____
2. The Japanese often _______________________ a business meeting by drinking tea. They then
discuss business afterward.
____
3. The supply of hot water in our house is definitely ________________________. After two people
take showers, there isnt a drop of hot water left.
____
4. To go down a flight of stairs is much easier than to ______________________ it.
____
5. Using clothespins, ropes, and wheels, Lauren invented a(n) _____________________ machine that
makes her bed each morning.
____
6. Patricks sharp comments ______________________ many wounds, but he never seems to notice
the pain he causes others.
____
7. Ive recently developed a _______________________ for basketball. No matter whos playing, if

theres a game on TV, Ill watch it.
____
8. The preschool teachers patience seemed _______________________. She never once raised her
voice in anger, in spite of the childrens constant demands.
____
9. Vince called the police when his little girl said a man had tried to ______________________ her
into a car with candy and money.
____ 10. Rons nicknameTinyis not meant ______________________(ly); hes nearly seven feet tall.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 27 (Family Differences)

a. data
b. inept
c. innate
d. intervene
e. lament
f. morbid
g. obstinate
h. parallel
i. perceptive
j. sedate
____
1. Do most people have a(n)_____________________ fear of spiders, or do they gain the fear after
birth, through experience?
____
2. The town council spent months studying _______________________ on the town recreation center
before approving its construction.
____
3. Some newspapers appeal to peoples curiosity about horrible events by publishing every
______________________ detail of accidents and crimes.
____
4. Rather than take a risk and ______________________ in the fight between two armed men, Ralph
called the police to come and end the fight.
____
5. The children shrieked as they splashed and dived, while I, remaining _______________________,
swam calmly around the pool.
____
6. Dad was such a(n) ________________________ handyman that when he tried to do home repairs,
he usually made the problem worse.
____
7. Train tracks are ________________________ and thus never meet, but when you look down the
tracks at a distance, they appear to move closer and closer together.
____
8. Diane, who _______________________s whenever she sees a dead animal on the road, keeps her
own cats inside to protect them.
____
9. The boss thinks hes ______________________ enough to know when there are problems at work,
but the truth is that hes not aware of half of what goes on in the office.
____ 10. Sometimes it can be good to be _________________________. The author of the now-famous Dr.
Seuss books stubbornly kept trying to get his first one published even though it was rejected 23
times.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 28 (Murder Mystery)

a. controversy
b. deduction
c. dimensions
d. disperse
e. distort
f. dominant
g. sequence
h. sophisticated
i. treacherous
j. trivial
____
1. Keith thinks everyone elses problems are _______________________. According to him, only his
own worries are significant.
____
2. The company president was horrified when a _______________________ employee sold the secret
fried chicken recipe to another company.
____
3. When I spotted a suitcase in the living room, I made the _______________________ that my sister
had arrived.
____
4. The three-year-old _____________________(e)d my phone message, telling Gil Id said, Ill sue
you for money instead of Ill see you Monday.
____
5. Being ______________________, the potential employer controls the pace and direction of a job
interview.
____
6. Because I had written down the rooms ______________________ incorrectly, the carpet I bought
was too large.
____
7. As scientists come closer to cloning a human being, there is much ________________________

over whether such a procedure is morally acceptable.
____
8. The gang of shoplifters _______________________(e)d to steal a variety of items, then met outside
the store to share their loot. As soon as they were together again, the security guard arrested them.
____
9. Because Dan knows a lot about Italian culture, he seemed _______________________ while we
traveled in Italy. In France, however, he suddenly seemed childish and uninformed.
____ 10. After spending months saying A B C E D, the child finally learned to say the alphabet in the
correct ______________________.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 29 (Chicken Pox)

____
a. confirm
b. deceptive
c. defy
d. restrain
e. seclusion
f. submit
g. susceptible
h. transmit
i. valid
j. vigorous
1. The little girl, very frightened of Santa Claus, was so determined to run out of the mall that her
parents could hardly ______________________ her.
____
2. Martin recently went into ______________________ for an entire weekend. He needed to be alone
in order to figure out his taxes.
____
3. Its good Larry called to _______________________ our reservations because the motel had no
record of our request for a room.
____
4. Junk mail can be so _______________________. Often mail advertisements are designed to seem
like announcements of wonderful prizes.
____
5. Crystal loses one job after another because she wont _____________________ to anyones orders.
She argues with her supervisors constantly.
____
6. Its no wonder Brad is out of shape. The most ____________________ exercise he gets is walking
a block to the ice cream parlor.
____
7. Because Carlos is so _________________________ to poison ivy, he wears long pants and long
sleeves if he thinks he might get anywhere near the pesky plant.
____
8. Since Marys parents didnt approve of musicians, Mary had to _______________________ them if
she wanted to go out with Buddy.
____
9. If one child in a day-care center gets measles, he or she is likely to ______________________ the
catching illness to other children.
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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 30 (Walking)

a. accelerate
b. adverse
c. advocate
d. audible
e. coherent
f. comparable
g. competent
h. consecutive
i. conspicuous
j. deteriorate
____
1. Pollys family became frightened when she had a(n) ____________________ reaction to penicillin.
____
2. One lawyers presentation was a model of logic and order, but the others was far from
______________________.
____
3. Year after year, my grandfathers eyesight ________________________s. Every time he goes to the
eye doctor, he needs stronger lenses.
____
4. The drugstores own brand of lotion and shampoo seems _____________________ to name brands
in quality. There doesnt seem to be any difference.
____
5. My mother opposed my sisters marrying Jim, but my father was a strong _____________________
of their marriage.
____
6. The teenagers thought that if they whispered, they would not be heard by others in the movie
theater. However, their conversation was _______________________ to many who sat nearby.
____
7. Since both candidates for the job were equally _______________________, the employer chose the
one with the more pleasant personality.
____
8. The test was designed to be taken in three _______________________ parts: first, some multiplechoice questions; next, a matching exercise; and finally, an essay question.
____
9. Not only is the cheetah the fastest mammal in the world; it takes this wild cat only two seconds to
_______________________ from a standing start to a speed of 45 miles an hour.
____ 10. To tease his wife, Vic pretended not to see the Happy Birthday sign strung along the living room
wall, even though the sign was so big it was too _______________________ to miss.

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Answers to the Mastery Tests: BUILDING VOCABULARY SKILLS
Chapter 1 (Taking Exams)

1. d
2. e
3. c
4. g
5. b
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
h
a
i
j
f
Chapter 9 (No Joking)

1. j
2. g
3. a
4. h
5. f
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
b
e
d
i
c
Chapter 2 (Nate the Woodsman)

1. j
6.
2. a
7.
3. e
8.
4. g
9.
5. i
10.
b
f
h
c
d
Chapter 10 (Museum Pet)

1. g
2. a
3. i
4. e
5. h
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
j
b
d
c
f
Chapter 3 (Whos on Trial?)

1. c
2. a
3. f
4. i
5. g
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
e
b
j
h
d
Chapter 11 (Unacceptable Boyfriends)

1. f
6. j
2. b
7. h
3. i
8. g
4. d
9. c
5. a
10. e
Chapter 4 (Students and Politics)

1. b
6.
2. j
7.
3. a
8.
4. e
9.
5. d
10.
g
f
i
c
h
Chapter 13 (Our Headstrong Baby)

1. c
6. a
2. g
7. j
3. d
8. h
4. b
9. f
5. e
10. i
Chapter 5 (Night Nurse)

1. g
2. a
3. f
4. h
5. i
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
c
e
j
b
d
Chapter 14 (Mr. Perfect?)

1. a
2. e
3. f
4. j
5. g
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
b
d
c
i
h

1. j
6.
2. c
7.
3. b
8.
4. e
9.
5. d
10.
h
f
a
g
i
Chapter 15 (A Narrow Escape)

1. d
2. e
3. j
4. b
5. h
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
f
i
g
a
c
Chapter 8 (Job Choices)

1. b
2. h
3. f
4. d
5. c
e
j
i
g
a
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
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Chapter 16 (The Power of Advertising)

1. c
6. a
2. f
7. d
3. g
8. i
4. b
9. e
5. j
10. h
Chapter 25 (A Change in View)

1. c
6.
2. g
7.
3. i
8.
4. e
9.
5. h
10.
j
f
b
a
d
Chapter 17 (Waiter)
1. e
2. c
3. f
4. j
5. i
Chapter 26 (Balloon Flight)

1. j
2. f
3. b
4. a
5. e
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
d
i
c
h
g
Chapter 19 (Adjusting to a New Culture)

1. d
6. b
2. g
7. c
3. h
8. e
4. a
9. j
5. f
10. i
Chapter 27 (Family Differences)

1. c
6.
2. a
7.
3. f
8.
4. d
9.
5. j
10.
b
h
e
i
g
Chapter 20 (A Dream About Wealth)

1. h
6. j
2. a
7. f
3. d
8. c
4. e
9. g
5. b
10. i
Chapter 28 (Murder Mystery)

1. j
6.
2. i
7.
3. b
8.
4. e
9.
5. f
10.
c
a
d
h
g
Chapter 21 (Children and Drugs)

1. b
6.
2. h
7.
3. a
8.
4. g
9.
5. c
10.
i
f
e
d
j
Chapter 29 (Chicken Pox)

1. d
2. e
3. a
4. b
5. f
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
j
g
c
h
i
Chapter 22 (Party House)

1. b
2. i
3. h
4. a
5. e
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
g
f
c
j
d
Chapter 30 (Walking)
1. b
2. e
3. j
4. f
5. c
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
d
g
h
a
i
Chapter 23 (Procrastinator)
1. b
2. f
3. i
4. c
5. g
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
d
h
a
j
e
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
b
h
d
g
a
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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Unit One

PART A
Complete each sentence in a way that clearly shows you understand the meaning of the boldfaced word.
Take a minute to plan your answer before you write.
to respond by the date requested

Example: If you receive a wedding invitation, it is appropriate _________________________________.
1. One well-known product endorsed by a well-known person is __________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________.
2. Two things that can illuminate a room are __________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
3. The driver averted a crash by ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
4. One obstacle to winning a championship can be _____________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
5. A sign of high morale on a team is ________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
6. The judge was so lenient that ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
7. Being a novice as a waiter, Artie __________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
8. Although the restaurant was attractive, its success was undermined by ____________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________.
9. I know that my father has integrity because _________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
10. When it comes to taxes, Dinah is so radical that she believes ___________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.

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PART B
Use each of the following ten words in sentences of your own. Make it clear that you know the meaning of
the word you use. Feel free to use the past tense or plural form of a word.
a. agenda
b. compel
c. drastic
d. erode
e. erratic
f. illusion
g. legitimate
h. menace
i. prospects
j. urban
11. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
12. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
13. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
14. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
15. ________________________________________________________________________________
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16. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
17. ________________________________________________________________________________
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18. ________________________________________________________________________________
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19. ________________________________________________________________________________
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20. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Unit Two

PART A
putting on a blond wig

Example: I altered my appearance for the party by ___________________________________________.
1. When Peter gained ten pounds, his blunt friend Buddy remarked, _______________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________.
2. People who write letters to advice columns like to be anonymous because _________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
3. Harold was filled with contempt when he saw the big, strong man _______________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
4. Fran decided to supplement her income by _________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
5. Mrs. Carson is the most dogmatic teacher in our school. For example, she tells students, _____________
___________________________________________________________________________________.
6. If I suddenly discovered that I had become affluent, the first thing I would do is _____________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
7. Pauline is so arrogant that when Greg told her she looked pretty, she replied, _____________________
___________________________________________________________________________________.
8. While waiting for my turn for a haircut, I felt apprehensive because _____________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
9. My friend Ted is very prudent about his money. For instance, __________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
10. When Stephanie served roast goose and a delicious peanut-butter pie for Thanksgiving dinner, her
conservative brother said, ______________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________.
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PART B
a. adhere
b. assess
c. bestow
d. denounce
e. derive
f. diversity
g. phobia
h. pretense
i. remorse
j. surpass
11. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
12. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
13. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
14. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
15. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
16. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
17. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
18. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
19. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
20. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Unit Three

PART A
motor and wind

Example: Two ways a boat can be propelled are by ___________________________________________.
1. A unique color combination for a car would be ______________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________.
2. My sister is so versatile that _____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
3. Lonnie needs to get from New York to Florida. One of his options is to ___________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
4. Because of her obsession with clothes, Sheila _______________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
5. Heres an evasive answer to What did you do on your vacation?: ______________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________.
6. Glen is so miserly that __________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
7. A man who believes he and his date are compatible might say at the end of an evening, _____________
___________________________________________________________________________________.
8. Wild teenagers on the street harassed passing cars by _________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
9. An animal-lover would become indignant if ________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
10. An obviously fictitious detail about my past is that I __________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.

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PART B
a. accessible
b. delusion
c. elapse
d. encounter
e. impose
f. inevitable
g. liable
h. ordeal
i. retrieve
j. savor
11. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
12. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
13. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
14. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
15. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
16. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
17. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
18. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
19. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
20. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Unit Four

PART A
receive a grade of C
Example: A mediocre essay is likely to ____________________________________________________.
1. One activity I find especially tedious is _____________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________.
2. A cab driver might respond to a liberal tip by ________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
3. When the heater broke, we adapted to the sudden drop in temperature by _________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
4. One tactic for dieting is _________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
5. After Gina invited Daniel out for coffee, he reciprocated by ____________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
6. One impulsive thing I once did was _______________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
7. An indulgent parent might react to a child screaming for candy by _______________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
8. I sometimes procrastinate when __________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
9. To stay healthy, it is vital that I ___________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
10. A skeptical response to I love you is ____________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________.

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PART B
a. coerce
b. diminish
c. emerge
d. gesture
e. indifferent
f. recur
g. ritual
h. sadistic
i. shrewd
j. strategy
11. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
12. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
13. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
14. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
15. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
16. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
17. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
18. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
19. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
20. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Unit Five

PART A
refusing to mow the lawn

Example: A child might defy a parent by ___________________________________________________.
1. A camper might experience such adverse conditions as ________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________.
2. One valid reason for missing class is _______________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
3. Drivers usually accelerate their cars when __________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
4. Ramon felt dismal because ______________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
5. There is a controversy in our country about _________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
6. If it were literally raining cats and dogs, then ______________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
7. Our teacher confirmed the rumor that the test was being postponed when she ______________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
8. Babies have an innate ability to ___________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
9. If you were to submit to someones demand for a loan, you would _______________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
10. One trivial annoyance in my life is ________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.

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PART B
a. audible
b. competent
c. distort
d. inflict
e. intervene
f. mania
g. severity
h. sophisticated
i. vigorous
j. vocation
11. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
12. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
13. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
14. ________________________________________________________________________________
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15. ________________________________________________________________________________
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16. ________________________________________________________________________________
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17. ________________________________________________________________________________
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18. ________________________________________________________________________________
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19. ________________________________________________________________________________
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20. ________________________________________________________________________________
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IMPROVING VOCABULARY SKILLS
NAME: ___________________________________
SECTION: ___________ DATE: _______________
Pretest
SCORE: ___________________________________
____
1. animosity
a) approval
b) ill will
c) fear
____
2. encounter
a) meeting
b) total
____
3. adamant
a) realistic
b) stubborn
____
4. eccentric
a) odd
____
5. malign
a) depend on
____
6. tangible
a) more than normal
____
7. acclaim
a) false name
____
8. escalate
a) remove
____
9. elicit
a) draw forth
d) shyness
c) departure
b) common
d) attack
c) weak
d) flexible
c) active
b) speak evil of
d) calm
c) boast
b) touchable
c) hidden
b) great approval
b) lessen
d) sadness
d) intensify
c) praise
b) difficult to believe
d) disprove
____ 10. obsolete
a) current
____ 11. allusion
a) indirect reference
____ 12. altruistic
a) honest
c) out-of-date
____ 13. euphemism
a) false appearance
____ 14. arbitrary
a) wordy
b) based on impulse
c) demanding
____ 15. assail
a) attack
b) travel
d) confuse
____ 16. fluctuate
a) stand still
____ 17. calamity
a) disaster
____ 18. persevere
a) treat harshly
____ 19. comprehensive
a) accidental
b) including much
____ 20. venture
a) turn aside
b) urge
____ 21. enhance
a) reject
____ 22. attribute
a) admiration
b) program
____ 23. discern
a) see clearly
b) devise
c) rule out
____ 24. exemplify
a) construct
b) represent
c) plan
____ 25. attest
a) bear witness
d) not sold
b) physical weakness c) improvement
b) lying
c) proud
b) degree
c) substitute for offensive term
c) defend
b) storm
c) float
c) conference
b) mark
c) risk
c) improve
d) title
d) believable
d) sink
d) breeze
c) continue
b) examine
d) short story
d) unselfish
b) vary irregularly
b) get
d) orderly
c) disagreement
c) include
b) approve
d) praise
d) delay
c) delicate
d) small
d) misrepresent
d) free
c) disease
d) quality
d) consider
d) test
c) tear up
d) dislike
Copyright 2002 by Townsend Press. Permission to copy this test is granted to teachers using Improving Vocabulary Skills as a class text.
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Posttest
____ 26. concurrent
a) apart
b) happening together
____ 27. constitute
a) make up
b) eliminate
____ 28. predominant
a) smallest
b) most noticeable
____ 29. nominal
a) open to harm
____ 30. confiscate
a) deny
____ 31. suffice
a) think up
____ 32. degenerate
a) give up
____ 33. implausible
a) possible
____ 34. sinister
a) frightened
____ 35. intricate
a) easy
____ 36. qualm
a) pleasure
____ 37. garble
a) refuse
b) mix up
____ 38. immaculate
a) roomy
b) clean
c) empty
d) complete
____ 39. retaliate
a) repair
b) repeat
c) renew
d) pay back
____ 40. blatant
a) sudden
b) immediate
____ 41. intermittent
a) hesitant
b) nervous
____ 42. digress
a) stray
____ 43. incentive
a) fear
____ 44. succumb
a) approach
____ 45. devastate
a) spread out
____ 46. speculate
a) search
____ 47. infamous
a) not known
____ 48. benefactor
a) landlord
____ 49. intrinsic
a) belonging by its very nature

d) careful
b) on the surface
____ 50. alleviate
a) make anxious
c) infect
d) remove
c) having a tendency
c) important
b) make difficult
c) desire
b) be enough
d) seize with authority

d) pay back
c) stay the same
b) lively
b) complex
c) workable
b) dead end
d) evil
c) feeling of doubt
c) quiet
c) resist
d) obvious
d) encouragement
c) give in
b) think about
b) small
d) cut short
c) reassure
c) inspect
d) upset greatly
d) state to be so
c) having a bad reputation
b) one who gives aid
b) depart
d) constant
d) repeat
c) concern
b) begin again
d) place of safety
d) speak clearly
c) off-and-on
b) repeat
d) historical
d) touching
c) claim
b) improve
d) worsen
c) imaginary
c) generous
d) hidden
d) slight
c) prevent
b) hard to believe
b) pride
d) off-and-on
c) separate
b) large
b) improve
c) north
c) optimist
d) related
d) kindness
c) not noticeable
d) relieve

80
Posttest
____ 51. mandatory
a) masculine
b) sexist
c) required
____ 52. lucrative
a) silly
____ 53. aspire
a) dislike
____ 54. benevolent
a) kind
____ 55. dissent
a) approval
____ 56. proponent
a) foe
____ 57. quest
a) search
b) request
____ 58. conversely
a) rudely
b) uncooperative
____ 59. prevalent
a) famous
b) widespread
____ 60. traumatic
a) causing painful emotions
____ 61. flippant
a) cold
____ 62. perception
a) meeting
b) party
____ 63. prone
a) disliked
b) tending
____ 64. rationale
a) research paper
____ 65. impasse
a) exit
____ 66. divulge
a) reveal
____ 67. nullify
a) harm
b) allow
____ 68. elation
a) trade
b) comparison
c) joy
____ 69. ominous
a) happy
b) threatening
c) depressed
____ 70. averse
a) attracted
____ 71. transcend
a) send
____ 72. deplete
a) encourage
____ 73. complacent
a) workable
____ 74. empathy
a) fear
b) encouragement
d) avoidance
____ 75. waive
a) sleep
b) profitable
d) threatening
c) causing disease
b) strongly desire
b) wealthy
c) impress
c) nasty
b) defeat
d) disagreement
c) examiner
c) place
b) formal
d) deliver
d) poor
c) winning
b) supporter
d) attractive
d) one part of the whole

d) memory
c) in an opposite manner
c) escapable
b) reversed
d) plain
c) delicate
c) disrespectful
d) nervous
c) dead end
d) impression
c) active
b) debate
b) central point
c) gate
d) dead end
b) embarrass
c) hide
d) remove
b) fearful
b) travel
c) warm
c) show off
b) use up
b) easy
b) show off
d) harmless
d) rested
c) logical basis
c) turn aside
d) unfriendly
d) mood
d) cancel
d) majority opinion
d) friendly
d) opposed
d) rise above
c) delay
d) add to
c) self-satisfied
d) healthy
c) ability to share someones feelings
c) give up
d) fly

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Posttest
____ 76. gape
a) stare
b) repair
c) beat
d) hide from
____ 77. punitive
a) inexpensive
____ 78. condone
a) forgive
____ 79. precedent
a) gift
____ 80. contemplate
a) think seriously about
b) create
____ 81. detrimental
a) dirty
c) harmful
____ 82. ironic
a) deeply felt
____ 83. vindictive
a) not easily understood
____ 84. saturate
a) break apart
____ 85. deficient
a) forgotten
____ 86. fallible
a) capable of error
____ 87. exhaustive
a) respected
b) nervous
____ 88. habitat
a) headache
b) natural environment
c) importance
____ 89. vile
a) offensive
b) secretive
d) tricky
____ 90. pragmatic
a) ordinary
b) slow
____ 91. pacify
a) betray
____ 92. esteem
a) age
____ 93. transient
a) stubborn
____ 94. avid
a) bored
b) disliked
____ 95. nurture
a) harden
b) thank
____ 96. augment
a) change
____ 97. explicit
a) everyday
____ 98. magnitude
a) importance
____ 99. ambivalent
a) everyday
b) punishing
b) represent
b) example
c) ridiculously inadequate
c) arrest
c) fee
b) nutritious
d) appoint
d) later event
c) add to
d) reveal
d) helpful
b) meaning opposite of what is said

b) gentle
b) put down
b) lacking
b) doubt
c) fully soak
c) complete
d) describe
d) usual behavior
d) practical
d) remove
c) respect
d) length of life
c) permanent
c) enthusiastic
c) nourish
b) cause to become
d) easy-going
d) plentiful
d) starve
c) increase
c) permanent
b) attraction
d) simple
d) tired
c) nice
c) retreat
b) distant
d) temporary
c) incomplete
c) wise
d) great
d) well-known
c) complete
b) temporary
c) simple
c) vengeful
b) complete
b) calm
d) possible
c) respect
b) having mixed feelings
d) describe
d) stated exactly
d) example
c) temporary
d) able to be
done
____ 100. dispel
a) assist
b) anger
c) describe
d) cause to vanish

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Posttest
Posttest
____
1. enhance
a) free
b) get
c) improve
____
2. encounter
a) departure
____
3. obsolete
a) current
____
4. eccentric
a) active
____
5. escalate
a) remove
____
6. euphemism
a) degree
____
7. exemplify
a) test
____
8. adamant
a) flexible
b) stubborn
____
9. comprehensive
a) delicate
b) including much
b) total
d) reject
c) meeting
b) out-of date
b) common
c) difficult to believe
c) calm
b) include
d) attack
d) odd
c) lessen
b) false appearance
b) construct
d) intensify
c) represent
c) weak
d) realistic
c) accidental
a) fear
____ 11. discern
a) rule out
____ 12. allusion
____ 13. altruistic
a) unselfish
____ 14. malign
a) praise
____ 15. arbitrary
a) based on impulse
____ 16. assail
a) defend
____ 17. fluctuate
a) sink
____ 18. elicit
a) praise
____ 19. persevere
a) mark
____ 20. venture
a) misrepresent
____ 21. attest
a) examine
____ 22. acclaim
a) disagreement
____ 23. calamity
a) conference
b) breeze
c) disaster
____ 24. attribute
a) admiration
b) quality
c) disease
____ 25. tangible
a) more than normal
c) approval
b) devise
d) small
d) ill will
c) see clearly
d) consider
b) physical weakness c) improvement
b) honest
b) boast
c) lying
d) depend on
b) wordy
c) believable
c) attack
d) confuse
b) vary irregularly
b) disprove
c) float
c) continue
b) turn aside
b) bear witness
c) urge
c) tear up
b) great approval
b) touchable
d) demanding
d) stand still
c) draw forth
b) treat harshly
d) short story
d) proud
c) speak evil of
b) travel
d) title
d) plan
____ 10. animosity
b) shyness
d) not sold
d) approve
d) delay
d) risk
d) dislike
c) false name
d) sadness
d) storm
d) program
c) hidden
d) orderly

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Posttest
____ 26. retaliate
a) repair
b) pay back
c) renew
____ 27. qualm
a) pleasure
____ 28. intrinsic

d) careful
____ 29. confiscate
a) make difficult
____ 30. immaculate
a) roomy
____ 31. degenerate
a) give up
a) possible
b) hard to believe
____ 33. devastate
a) reassure
b) upset greatly
____ 34. sinister
a) frightened
____ 35. nominal
a) slight
____ 36. speculate
a) inspect
____ 37. succumb
a) cut short
____ 38. garble
a) claim
____ 39. constitute
a) make up
____ 40. blatant
a) quiet
____ 41. intricate
a) complex
a) hidden
____ 43. incentive
a) fear
____ 44. infamous
a) having a bad reputation
____ 45. concurrent
a) apart
____ 46. benefactor
a) landlord
a) hesitant
b) nervous
c) off-and-on
d) constant
____ 48. suffice
a) think up
b) prevent
c) be enough
d) pay back
____ 49. alleviate
a) infect
b) relieve
____ 50. digress
a) resist
b) improve
b) place of safety
b) deny
b) clean
c) feeling of doubt
c) on the surface
c) seize with authority
d) desire
d) complete
c) stay the same
b) generous
c) lively
b) approach
c) give in
c) refuse
b) north
d) state to be so
d) repeat
d) speak clearly
d) separate
c) immediate
d) obvious
c) workable
d) touching
b) having a tendency
b) concern
d) evil
c) eliminate
b) easy
d) begin again
d) open to harm
c) search
b) sudden
d) historical
c) spread out
b) think about
b) remove
d) worsen
c) imaginary
c) important
b) mix up
d) dead end
b) not noticeable
c) empty
b) improve
b) large
d) repeat
c) pride
c) most noticeable
d) encouragement
b) not known
c) small
c) happening together
d) related
d) off-and-on
c) optimist
c) make anxious
c) stray
d) smallest
d) kindness
d) depart
d) repeat

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Posttest
____ 51. averse
a) opposed
b) fearful
c) warm
____ 52. conversely
a) unfriendly
____ 53. aspire
a) dislike
____ 54. elation
a) comparison
____ 55. quest
a) place
b) memory
____ 56. mandatory
a) sexist
b) threatening
c) required
____ 57. ominous
a) happy
b) depressed
c) threatening
____ 58. traumatic
a) harmless
____ 59. lucrative
a) causing disease
____ 60. impasse
a) gate
b) exit
____ 61. transcend
a) send
b) travel
____ 62. complacent
a) workable
____ 63. divulge
a) remove
____ 64. benevolent
a) poor
____ 65. rationale
a) mood
____ 66. proponent
a) supporter
____ 67. nullify
a) cancel
____ 68. flippant
a) cold
____ 69. prone
a) active
____ 70. empathy
a) fear
b) encouragement
d) avoidance
____ 71. waive
a) fly
____ 72. prevalent
a) plain
____ 73. dissent
a) disagreement
____ 74. perception
a) impression
____ 75. deplete
a) add to
b) rudely
d) attracted
c) uncooperative
b) strongly desire
c) impress
b) trade
c) joy
b) reversed
d) request
b) profitable
c) healthy
c) hide
b) turn aside
b) tending
d) research paper
c) foe

d) harm
c) formal
c) disliked
b) widespread
d) rested
d) give up
c) escapable
b) winning
b) meeting
d) nervous
c) show off
b) delay
d) nasty
c) allow
b) disrespectful
d) easy
d) embarrass
c) logical basis
b) examiner
d) attractive
d) rise above
c) wealthy
b) sleep
d) causing painful emotions
d) dead end
c) show off
b) debate
d) friendly
c) silly
c) central point
b) kind
d) masculine
c) delicate
b) self-satisfied
d) deliver
d) majority opinion
c) search
b) reveal
d) in an opposite manner
c) defeat
c) dead end
c) use up
d) famous
d) approval
d) party
d) encourage

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Posttest
____ 76. vindictive
____ 77. precedent
a) gift
____ 78. vile
a) tricky
____ 79. ironic
a) simple
____ 80. saturate
a) fully soak
____ 81. pacify
a) betray
a) harmful
____ 83. explicit
a) everyday
b) permanent
____ 84. exhaustive
a) complete
b) nervous
____ 85. ambivalent
a) everyday
b) temporary
____ 86. dispel
a) cause to vanish
____ 87. pragmatic
a) practical
____ 88. esteem
a) respect
____ 90. transient
a) permanent
____ 91. augment
a) cause to become
____ 92. fallible
a) incomplete
b) complete
____ 93. punitive
a) punishing
b) inexpensive
____ 94. avid
a) enthusiastic
____ 95. habitat
a) headache
____ 96. nurture
a) harden
____ 97. deficient
a) forgotten
b) well-known
____ 98. gape
a) hide from
b) beat
____ 99. magnitude
a) importance
____ 100. condone
a) arrest
b) fee
b) gentle
c) example
b) nice
c) vengeful
d) later event
c) secretive
d) offensive

b) put down
b) remove
b) nutritious
c) distant
d) able to be done
d) assist
d) ordinary
d) length of life
b) create
b) easy-going
c) add to
d) reveal
c) stubborn
b) change
d) temporary
c) describe
d) increase
c) capable of error
d) simple
c) ridiculously inadequate
c) bored
c) nourish
d) possible
d) plentiful
c) importance
d) usual behavior
d) starve
c) complete
c) stare
b) attraction
d) tired
c) describe
c) age
b) represent
d) stated exactly
c) having mixed feelings
c) wise
b) thank
d) describe
d) helpful
c) respected
b) disliked
d) great
d) calm
c) dirty
b) anger
b) doubt
c) deeply felt
c) break apart
c) retreat
b) slow
d) temporary
d) lacking
d) repair
c) respect
c) forgive
d) example
d) appoint

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Name: __________________________
Unit One: Pretest

____
1. animosity
a) approval
b) ill will
____
2. encounter
a) meeting
b) total
____
3. absolve
a) make guilty
____
4. adamant
a) realistic
____
5. amiable
a) stingy
____
6. eccentric
a) odd
____
7. amoral
a) honest
____
8. malign
a) depend on
____
9. antagonist
a) friend
c) fear
d) shyness
c) departure
b) reject
c) clear from guilt
b) stubborn
b) rude
c) weak
c) proud
b) common
d) flexible
d) calm
c) without principles
b) speak evil of
b) relative
d) approve
d) good-natured
c) active
b) poor
d) attack
c) boast
c) boss
d) generous
d) praise
d) opponent
____ 10. epitome
a) perfect example
b) large hole
____ 11. sabotage
a) aid
c) deliberately damage
____ 12. dilemma
a) error
b) difficult choice
____ 13. wary
a) kind
b) unfriendly
____ 14. curt
a) ignorant
____ 15. irate
a) very angry
b) proud
____ 16. demoralize
a) encourage
d) lecture
b) lower the spirits of
____ 17. zeal
a) laziness
b) injustice
____ 18. inclination
a) tendency
b) favor
c) lack
d) increase
____ 19. retort
a) question
b) reply
c) argue
d) approve
____ 20. subsequent
a) beneath
b) before
c) above
____ 21. tangible
a) more than normal
____ 22. acclaim
a) false name
____ 23. escalate
a) remove
____ 24. elicit
a) draw forth
____ 25. exploit
a) save
b) follow
c) horrible sight
c) tendency
c) afraid
b) talkative
c) silly
d) rudely brief
c) set a bad example for
c) enthusiastic devotion
d) hatred
d) following
c) hidden
d) orderly
c) disagreement
c) include
b) approve
b) throw away
d) picture
d) very friendly
b) touchable
b) lessen
d) hide from
d) cautious
c) friendly
b) great approval
d) tallest point
d) sadness
d) intensify
c) praise
c) use selfishly
d) disprove
d) sell overseas

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____ 26. adjacent
a) above
b) under
c) next to
____ 27. methodical
a) religious
____ 28. obsolete
a) current
____ 29. engross
a) destroy
b) impress
____ 30. terminate
a) stop
____ 31. succinct
a) prepared
____ 32. infirmity
a) hospital
____ 33. revitalize
a) renew strength
____ 34. deterrent
a) ending
____ 35. implication
a) word
b) statement
c) rule
____ 36. infringe
a) add to
b) intrude
c) impress
____ 37. sparse
a) spread thinly
____ 38. innovation
a) exercise
b) application
____ 39. inequity
a) injustice
b) bigger portion
____ 40. subjective
a) impressive
b) cruel
d) distantly related
____ 41. banal
a) humid
____ 42. syndrome
a) attitude
____ 43. appease
a) make calm
____ 44. taint
a) surprise
____ 45. allusion
d) short story
____ 46. altruistic
a) honest
____ 47. mercenary
a) clean
____ 48. euphemism
a) false appearance
____ 49. arbitrary
a) wordy
b) based on impulse
c) demanding
____ 50. assail
a) attack
b) travel
d) confuse
b) systematic
d) within
c) careless
c) out-of-date
c) disgust
b) continue
c) begin
b) brief and clear

b) small city
d) approach
c) impressed
d) not fair
c) physical weakness
b) memory
d) relationship
c) feel weak
c) prevention
b) gentle
d) get an idea
d) blame
d) something hinted at
d) encourage
c) plentiful
d) threatening
c) something new
c) small party
d) test
d) boring job
c) based on personal feelings
b) commonplace
b) thought
c) secret
d) true
c) something required
b) tell the truth

b) dishonor
b) mean
d) not sold
d) hold the attention of
b) break in on
b) lying
d) immoral
c) attack
c) annoy
c) calm
b) degree
c) defend
d) approve
d) boast
b) physical weakness
c) proud
c) improvement
d) unselfish
d) greedy
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d) group of symptoms
d) believable
d) title
Name: __________________________
Unit One: Posttest

____
1. acclaim
a) great approval
b) sadness
c) disagreement
____
2. antagonist
a) relative
b) opponent
____
3. elicit
a) approve
b) draw forth
____
4. allusion
a) short story
b) indirect reference
d) physical weakness
____
5. adjacent
a) under
b) above
____
6. absolve
a) reject
b) approve
____
7. methodical
a) careless
____
8. zeal
a) enthusiastic devotion
____
9. dilemma
a) picture
c) boss
d) friend
c) praise
d) disprove
c) improvement
c) next to
d) within
c) clear from guilt
b) systematic
b) injustice
____ 10. arbitrary
a) based on impulse
____ 11. obsolete
a) out-of-date
____ 12. euphemism
a) substitute for offensive term
____ 13. terminate
a) stop
____ 14. amiable
a) good-natured
____ 15. eccentric
a) common
____ 16. succinct
a) brief and clear
____ 17. curt
a) talkative
____ 18. assail
a) travel
b) confuse
____ 19. banal
a) secret
b) commonplace
____ 20. infirmity
a) physical weakness
____ 21. wary
a) afraid
____ 22. exploit
a) throw away
____ 23. inequity
a) bigger portion
____ 24. revitalize
a) get an idea
b) feel weak
____ 25. deterrent
a) prevention
b) memory
b) not sold
c) error
b) stingy
d) tendency
c) demanding
b) title
d) wordy
c) false appearance
c) proud
b) not fair
d) calm
c) friendly
c) defend
b) small city
d) ignorant
d) humid
c) relationship
c) cautious
b) boring job
d) prepared
d) attack
c) true
b) sell overseas
d) degree
d) rude
c) impressed
b) rudely brief
d) current
d) continue
c) odd
b) unfriendly
d) hatred
c) difficult to believe
c) approach
b) active
d) religious
c) laziness
b) believable
b) begin
d) make guilty
c) immoral
b) difficult choice
d) false name
d) kind
c) use selfishly
c) small party
c) renew strength
c) blame
d) hospital
d) save
d) injustice
d) break in on
d) ending

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____ 26. amoral
a) generous
b) without principles
____ 27. implication
a) statement
b) rule
____ 28. subsequent
a) before
____ 29. epitome
a) horrible sight
____ 30. sabotage
a) deliberately damage
____ 31. infringe
a) intrude
b) impress
____ 32. malign
a) praise
b) depend on
____ 33. innovation
a) test
____ 34. taint
a) dishonor
____ 35. engross
a) destroy
____ 36. demoralize
a) lecture
b) encourage
d) lower the spirits of
____ 37. subjective
a) impressive
____ 38. retort
a) reply
____ 39. animosity
a) shyness
____ 40. syndrome
a) something required
____ 41. irate
a) proud
____ 42. tangible
a) touchable
____ 43. appease
a) tell the truth
____ 44. altruistic
a) lying
b) unselfish
____ 45. encounter
a) total
b) attack
____ 46. escalate
a) include
____ 47. mercenary
a) calm
____ 48. adamant
a) stubborn
____ 49. sparse
a) gentle
____ 50. inclination
a) favor
b) above
c) honest
d) poor
c) something hinted at
d) word
c) following
b) large hole
d) beneath
c) tallest point
b) follow
b) exercise
c) hide from
c) add to
d) speak evil of
c) something new
d) application
c) annoy
d) surprise
b) hold the attention of
c) disgust
c) argue
b) ill will
b) thought
b) very friendly
b) orderly
b) mean
d) fear
c) attitude
c) silly
d) more than normal
c) attack
c) proud
d) meeting
c) intensify
b) flexible
b) threatening
b) increase
d) remove
d) clean
c) weak
d) realistic
c) plentiful
c) lack
d) make calm
d) honest
c) departure
c) greedy
d) spread thinly
d) tendency
90
d) group of symptoms
d) very angry
c) hidden
b) approve
c) distantly related d) cruel
d) question
c) approval
b) lessen
d) impress
c) set a bad example for
b) based on personal feelings
b) approve
d) aid
d) encourage
c) boast
b) boast
d) perfect example
Name: __________________________
Unit Two: Pretest

____
1. fluctuate
a) stand still
b) vary irregularly
c) float
____
2. rehabilitate
a) restore to normal life
____
3. flagrant
a) gentle
____
4. calamity
a) disaster
____
5. persevere
a) treat harshly
____
6. comprehensive
a) accidental
b) including much
____
7. venture
a) turn aside
b) urge
____
8. ponder
a) think deeply about
____
9. turmoil
a) workplace
b) relax
b) hidden
c) plan in meetings
c) slight
b) storm
c) risk
____ 10. conventional
a) large
b) at a conference
____ 11. enhance
a) reject
b) get
____ 12. mobile
a) firm in opinion
____ 13. orient
a) determine the location of
____ 14. attribute
a) admiration
____ 15. enigma
a) rash
____ 16. discern
a) see clearly
c) reduce
____ 17. dispatch
a) recall
____ 18. exemplify
a) construct
b) represent
____ 19. nocturnal
a) supposed
b) not logical
____ 20. attest
a) bear witness
____ 21. concurrent
a) apart
____ 22. hypothetical
a) moral
____ 23. constitute
a) make up
____ 24. recession
a) parade
a) smallest
c) fire
c) represent
c) disease
d) consist of
d) cleanser
c) send
d) consider
d) plant
c) plan
d) test
c) complex
b) examine
c) tear up
b) happening together
c) north
c) avoidable
b) amusement
d) restricted
d) quality
c) rule out
b) eliminate
d) ordinary
c) stationary
b) lose
c) tool
b) factual
d) uproar
d) free
b) able to move
b) remove
d) flatten
c) outstanding
b) program
d) small
d) misrepresent
c) improve
b) devise
d) delay
c) delicate
b) allow
b) puzzle
d) breeze
c) continue
b) quiet setting
d) interpret
d) outrageous
c) conference
b) mark
d) sink
d) dislike
d) off-and-on
d) supposed
c) separate
c) giving in
b) most noticeable
d) active at night
d) remove
d) business decline
c) having a tendency
d) hidden

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____ 26. decipher
a) interpret
b) study
c) improve
____ 27. default
a) jump
____ 28. nominal
a) open to harm
____ 29. prerequisite
a) requirement beforehand
____ 30. confiscate
a) deny
____ 31. sanctuary
a) opinion
b) hardship
____ 32. suffice
a) think up
b) be enough
____ 33. degenerate
a) give up
____ 34. vulnerable
a) kind
a) possible
____ 36. intercede
a) ask for a favor
____ 37. scrutiny
a) knowledge
b) lack of interest
____ 38. sinister
a) frightened
b) lively
____ 39. incoherent
a) not logical
b) well-spoken
____ 40. intricate
a) easy
____ 41. qualm
a) pleasure
____ 42. blight
a) something that damages

d) storm
____ 43. garble
a) refuse
b) mix up
c) claim
____ 44. contrive
a) allow
b) inspect
c) think up
____ 45. gaunt
a) tired
b) complex
c) well
____ 46. immaculate
a) roomy
b) clean
c) empty
d) complete
____ 47. retaliate
a) repair
b) repeat
c) renew
d) pay back
____ 48. gloat
a) express spiteful pleasure
____ 49. plagiarism
a) support
b) contribution
____ 50. blatant
a) sudden
b) immediate
b) do automatically
b) large
d) pay back
c) fail to do something required

c) important
b) test
b) make difficult
d) slight
c) close inspection
c) desire
c) prevent
d) something complicated
d) pay back
c) stay the same
b) intelligent
c) wicked
b) hard to believe
d) sensitive
c) isolate
d) come between to help solve
d) unable to read
d) touching
c) feeling of doubt
d) place of safety
c) example
d) speak clearly
d) prepare
d) bony
b) give up
c) eat
d) deny
c) stealing someones writings

c) quiet
d) obvious
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d) ignorance
d) evil
c) quiet
c) workable
b) dead end
d) historical
c) close inspection
c) generous
b) complex
d) worsen
c) imaginary
b) remove
d) extra credit
d) seize with authority
c) place of safety
b) improve
d) seize
d) removal
Name: __________________________
Unit Two: Posttest

____
1. vulnerable
a) intelligent
b) sensitive
____
2. persevere
a) continue
____
3. conventional
a) large
____
4. enigma
a) tool
____
5. comprehensive
a) including much
____
6. attest
a) examine
____
7. calamity
a) storm
____
8. ponder
a) think deeply about
____
9. blatant
a) immediate
b) mark
c) wicked
c) delay
b) outstanding
b) puzzle
c) at a conference
b) small
b) dislike
c) tear up
d) disaster
c) reduce
c) quiet
____ 10. constitute
a) make up
____ 11. sinister
a) evil
b) generous
____ 12. enhance
a) get
b) free
____ 13. dispatch
a) recall
a) most noticeable
____ 15. venture
a) misrepresent
____ 16. default
a) do automatically
____ 17. discern
a) devise
a) hard to believe
____ 19. hypothetical
a) factual
____ 20. prerequisite
a) test
____ 21. suffice
a) be enough
b) pay back
____ 22. mobile
a) stationary
b) able to move
____ 23. attribute
a) admiration
____ 24. fluctuate
a) float
____ 25. scrutiny
a) lack of interest
b) separate
d) eliminate
c) frightened
b) remove
d) lively
d) reject
c) send
d) plant
b) having a tendency
b) urge
c) rule out
b) avoidable
b) quality
d) smallest
d) risk
c) fail to do something required
b) historical
b) extra credit
c) hidden
c) turn aside
b) seize
b) consider
d) flatten
d) sudden
c) remove
c) improve
d) accidental
d) bear witness
c) conference
b) allow
d) ordinary
d) rash
c) delicate
b) obvious
b) sink
d) treat harshly
c) cleanser
b) breeze
d) kind
d) see clearly
c) imaginary
c) moral
d) possible
d) supposed
c) close inspection
c) prevent
d) requirement beforehand
d) think up
c) restricted
d) firm in opinion
c) disease
d) program
c) vary irregularly
d) stand still
b) ignorance
d) jump
c) close inspection
d) knowledge

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____ 26. nocturnal
a) not logical
b) complex
____ 27. nominal
a) large
____ 28. incoherent
a) well-spoken
____ 29. intricate
a) touching
____ 30. rehabilitate
a) relax
____ 31. qualm
a) dead end
b) feeling of doubt
____ 32. degenerate
a) improve
b) worsen
____ 33. plagiarism
a) support
b) removal
____ 34. turmoil
a) quiet setting
____ 35. confiscate
a) desire
____ 36. blight
a) natural environment
b) storm
d) something that damages
____ 37. exemplify
a) represent
____ 38. garble
a) mix up
b) claim
____ 39. recession
a) parade
b) business decline
____ 40. contrive
a) inspect
b) prepare
____ 41. intercede
a) remove
b) come between to help solve
____ 42. gaunt
a) complex
____ 43. flagrant
a) hidden
____ 44. immaculate
a) clean
b) complete
c) empty
____ 45. decipher
a) study
b) pay back
c) improve
____ 46. retaliate
a) renew
b) repeat
____ 47. orient
a) represent
____ 48. gloat
a) eat
____ 49. concurrent
a) apart
____ 50. sanctuary
a) hardship
b) slight
c) supposed
c) open to harm
b) unable to read
b) workable
c) easy
d) not logical
d) complex
c) plan in meetings
c) place of safety
c) stay the same
d) interpret
d) pleasure
d) give up
c) stealing someones writings
b) uproar
c) fire
b) make difficult
d) construct
c) well
c) isolate
c) consist of
d) gentle
d) roomy
d) interpret
d) repair
d) determine the location of
d) express spiteful pleasure
c) north
b) something complicated
d) happening together
c) place of safety
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d) strike
d) tired
c) pay back
b) off-and-on
d) amusement
d) think up
c) slight
c) deny
d) refuse
c) giving in
c) allow
b) lose
d) deny
c) example
c) speak clearly
b) outrageous
d) contribution
d) workplace
c) seize with authority
c) plan
b) bony
b) give up
d) important
c) quiet
b) restore to normal life
b) test
d) active at night
d) opinion
Name: __________________________
Unit Three: Pretest

____
1. incorporate
a) anger
b) separate
____
2. intermittent
a) hesitant
____
3. digress
a) stray
____
4. incentive
a) fear
____
5. succumb
a) approach
____
6. rigor
a) ease
____
7. squander
a) waste
____
8. curtail
a) urge
____
9. indispensable
c) combine
b) nervous
c) off-and-on
b) improve
b) pride
c) resist
b) repeat
b) join
d) encouragement
c) give in
d) cut short
c) slowness
b) lose
d) constant
d) repeat
c) concern
b) hardship
d) calm
c) insult
d) meanness
d) strongly desire
c) cut short
d) relieve
a) necessary
b) not important
c) saved up
____ 10. devastate
a) spread out
b) begin again
____ 11. speculate
a) search
____ 12. cynic
a) pessimist
____ 13. infamous
a) not known
____ 14. benefactor
a) landlord
____ 15. covert
a) distant
b) hidden
c) changed
d) adjusted
____ 16. virile
a) healthy
b) manly
c) wrinkled
d) required
____ 17. intrinsic

d) careful
____ 18. alleviate
a) make anxious
____ 19. demise
a) trick
____ 20. revulsion
a) confession
____ 21. deficit
a) surplus
____ 22. mandatory
a) masculine
b) sexist
____ 23. abstain
a) do without
b) disagree
____ 24. lucrative
a) silly
____ 25. diversion
a) awareness
b) think about
c) reassure
c) inspect
b) serious person
b) small
d) upset greatly
d) state to be so
c) single person
d) clown
c) having a bad reputation
c) infect
c) disguise
b) great disgust
b) remainder
b) profitable
b) practice
c) optimist
b) on the surface
b) depart
b) death
d) wasted
d) related
d) kindness
c) not noticeable
d) relieve
d) departure
c) attraction
d) compassion
c) part of the whole

c) required
d) shortage
d) threatening
c) prepare
c) causing disease
c) amusement
d) approve of
d) attractive
d) fate

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____ 26. affiliate
a) impress
b) approve
c) reject
____ 27. agnostic
a) one who is unsure theres a God
____ 28. aspire
a) dislike
____ 29. benevolent
a) kind
____ 30. dissent
a) approval
____ 31. proponent
a) foe
____ 32. charisma
a) friendship
____ 33. quest
a) search
____ 34. contend
a) join
____ 35. conversely
a) rudely
____ 36. contemporary
a) modern
____ 37. extrovert
a) shy person
____ 38. prevalent
a) famous
____ 39. poignant
a) annoying
b) beautiful
c) careless
d) touching
____ 40. traumatic
a) causing painful emotions
b) reversed
c) delicate
____ 41. rapport
a) support
____ 42. reprisal
a) getting even
____ 43. flippant
a) cold
____ 44. perception
a) meeting
____ 45. relentless
a) angry
____ 46. congenial
a) pleasant
b) intelligent
____ 47. prone
a) disliked
b) tending
____ 48. rationale
a) research paper
____ 49. impasse
a) exit
b) central point
____ 50. prompt
a) urge
b) avoid
b) strongly desire
b) wealthy
b) kindness
d) disagreement
c) place
d) allow
c) in an opposite manner
c) old-fashioned
b) magnetism
c) escapable
b) close relationship
b) defeat
d) outgoing person
d) plain
c) view
c) question
d) search
d) nervous
b) party
c) dead end
d) impression
b) persistent
c) cruel
d) kind
c) mixed-up
c) active
c) waste
d) lacking
d) rested
c) logical basis
c) gate
d) dead end
d) lie
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d) harmless
d) report
c) disrespectful
b) debate
d) unfriendly
d) futuristic
c) main point
b) widespread
b) formal
d) charm
d) memory
c) arouse
b) odd
d) deliver
c) obedience
b) uncooperative
d) genius
d) poor
c) examiner
b) request
c) believer
c) impress
c) winning
b) supporter
b) claim
b) saint
c) nasty
b) defeat
d) join
d) mood
Name: __________________________

____
1. abstain
a) prepare
b) disagree
c) approve of
____
2. agnostic
a) believer
b) saint
____
3. impasse
a) exit
b) dead end
____
4. benevolent
a) kind
b) nasty
____
5. cynic
a) serious person
____
6. dissent
a) defeat
____
7. conversely
a) uncooperative
____
8. benefactor
a) kindness
____
9. proponent
a) supporter
b) examiner
c) genius
d) one who is unsure theres a God
c) gate
c) poor
d) central point
d) wealthy
b) clown
b) winning
d) do without
c) single person
c) disagreement
d) approval
b) in an opposite manner
____ 11. charisma
a) friendship
____ 12. incentive
a) concern
____ 13. infamous
a) having a bad reputation
____ 14. aspire
a) impress
b) strongly desire
____ 15. quest
a) request
b) memory
____ 16. squander
a) insult
____ 17. devastate
a) begin again
____ 18. contend
a) arouse
b) allow
c) claim
____ 19. reprisal
a) defeat
b) search
c) question
____ 20. rigor
a) meanness
____ 21. affiliate
a) approve
____ 22. contemporary
a) old-fashioned
____ 23. covert
a) hidden
____ 24. extrovert
a) main point
____ 25. curtail
a) join
b) kindness
b) small
c) deliver
d) dislike
d) waste
c) reassure
d) spread out
d) join
d) getting even
c) slowness
c) impress
b) futuristic
d) hardship
d) join
c) odd
c) distant
b) magnetism
d) not known
d) search
c) strongly desire
b) changed
d) fear
c) related
c) place
b) reject
b) relieve
d) charm
c) encouragement
b) ease
d) foe
c) careful
c) obedience
b) upset greatly
d) unfriendly
d) landlord
c) one part of the whole
a) not noticeable
b) on the surface
d) belonging by its very nature
b) lose
c) rudely
c) optimist
____ 10. intrinsic
b) pride
d) pessimist
d) modern
d) adjusted
c) outgoing person
c) cut short
d) shy person
d) urge

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____ 26. revulsion
a) great disgust
b) attraction
____ 27. prevalent
a) widespread
____ 28. indispensable
a) necessary
____ 29. poignant
a) touching
b) annoying
____ 30. traumatic
a) reversed
b) harmless
____ 31. succumb
a) repeat
____ 32. rapport
a) close relationship
____ 33. flippant
a) cold
____ 34. incorporate
a) combine
____ 35. perception
a) party
____ 36. demise
a) disguise
____ 37. prompt
a) waste
____ 38. relentless
a) kind
____ 39. alleviate
a) depart
____ 40. diversion
a) practice
____ 41. congenial
a) intelligent
a) constant
____ 43. mandatory
a) masculine
____ 44. prone
a) active
____ 45. virile
a) wrinkled
____ 46. lucrative
a) profitable
____ 47. rationale
a) debate
____ 48. deficit
a) remainder
____ 49. digress
a) improve
____ 50. speculate
a) think about
c) confession
b) escapable
c) famous
b) not important
c) saved up
c) delicate
b) view
d) causing painful emotions
b) separate
d) give in
c) support
c) formal
d) calm
c) meeting
b) death
d) impression
c) departure
b) avoid
c) lie
d) trick
d) urge
b) persistent
c) cruel
b) relieve
c) infect
b) fate
d) angry
d) make anxious
c) amusement
b) lacking
b) nervous
d) pleasant
c) off-and-on
d) hesitant
c) required
c) rested
b) healthy
d) required
c) causing disease
c) logical basis
b) shortage
b) repeat
d) sexist
d) disliked
c) manly
b) attractive
b) mood
d) awareness
c) mixed-up
b) threatening
b) tending
d) report
d) disrespectful
c) anger
b) dead end
d) wasted
d) beautiful
c) approach
b) nervous
d) plain
c) careless
b) cut short
d) compassion
d) silly
d) research paper
c) part of the whole

c) resist
b) state to be so
d) surplus
d) stray
c) inspect
d) search
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Name: __________________________
Unit Four: Pretest

____
1. facade
a) false name
b) building front
____
2. redundant
a) wordy
b) gentle
c) plenty
____
3. blase
a) excited
b) kind
c) curious
____
4. haughty
a) arrogant
____
5. pseudonym
a) false appearance
d) dishonest person
____
6. comprise
a) reward
____
7. condescend
a) avoid
b) become messy
d) get bored
____
8. libel
a) document
____
9. glib
a) crunchy
b) alarmed
c) scorn
d) good intention
d) not enough
d) bored
c) contented
d) thoughtful
b) imaginary creature
b) consist of
c) award
c) false name
d) repeat
c) do something beneath oneself
b) publishing false information

b) smooth-talking
c) threatening
____ 10. benign
a) rude
____ 11. divulge
a) reveal
b) embarrass
____ 12. endow
a) name
b) tease
____ 13. expulsion
a) promotion
____ 14. detract
a) provide
____ 15. nullify
a) harm
b) allow
____ 16. elation
a) trade
b) comparison
c) joy
____ 17. ominous
a) happy
b) threatening
c) depressed
____ 18. mortify
a) humiliate
____ 19. disdain
a) discouragement
____ 20. averse
a) attracted
____ 21. cursory
a) believable
____ 22. shun
a) take care of
____ 23. designate
a) appoint
____ 24. interim
a) time
b) noontime
____ 25. latent
a) plain
b) inactive
b) crazy
c) cruel
b) discover
d) compliment
d) cancel
d) majority opinion
c) entertain
c) warm
d) approval
d) opposed
c) done hastily
c) approve of
c) avoid
d) friendly
d) remember
c) scorn
b) capable of error
b) avoid
d) attack
c) lessen
b) pain
b) fearful
d) cancel
c) award
c) turn aside
b) praise
d) present but inactive
d) remove
c) give a quality to
b) compete
d) rumor
d) kindly
c) hide
b) dismissal
c) newspaper
d) inactive
d) hesitate
d) report
c) mealtime
c) on the surface
d) meantime
d) confusing
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____ 26. improvise
a) prove
b) do without preparation
____ 27. secular
a) not related to religion
____ 28. deviate
a) hide
____ 29. simulate
a) enjoy
____ 30. credible
a) believable
b) fair
____ 31. menial
a) important
b) unkind
____ 32. transcend
a) send
____ 33. deplete
a) encourage
____ 34. complacent
a) workable
____ 35. niche
a) memory
____ 36. diligent
a) careful in work
____ 37. empathy
b) encouragement
a) fear
d) avoidance
____ 38. consensus
a) majority opinion
____ 39. commemorate
a) forget
b) imitate
____ 40. waive
a) sleep
b) show off
____ 41. gist
a) details
____ 42. bizarre
a) odd
____ 43. paradox
a) delicate situation
d) play
____ 44. viable
a) in view
____ 45. flaunt
a) scare
____ 46. conducive
a) revealing
____ 47. hamper
a) restrict
____ 48. frenzy
a) high regard
____ 49. repertoire
a) sample
____ 50. falter
a) frighten
c) reject
b) troublesome
b) develop
c) follow
b) take apart
b) travel
c) in a city
d) build
c) affordable
d) careful
c) lowly
d) odd
c) show off
d) rise above
c) delay
b) easy
d) add to
c) self-satisfied
b) wild outburst
b) odd
d) healthy
c) main idea
c) obvious
d) ones place
d) gentle
b) counting
c) study
d) approval
c) add new members

c) give up
b) central idea
b) complex
c) left overs
b) problem
d) honor the memory of
d) fly
c) simple
d) respect
d) common
c) seemingly contradictory idea
b) manly
c) lively
d) workable
b) show off
c) tempt
d) intrude
b) announcing
b) celebrate
c) promoting
c) betray
b) main idea
b) collection of skills
b) approve
d) defeating
d) debate
c) party
d) wild outburst
c) demonstration
c) hesitate
d) jump
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d) religious
d) turn aside
c) imitate
b) use up
d) reveal
d) concert
Name: __________________________
Unit Four: Posttest

____
1. simulate
a) imitate
b) take apart
____
2. haughty
a) arrogant
____
3. glib
a) smooth-talking
____
4. elation
a) comparison
____
5. bizarre
a) simple
____
6. disdain
a) pain
____
7. conducive
a) announcing
____
8. menial
a) unkind
____
9. waive
a) show off
c) build
b) contented
d) enjoy
c) alarmed
d) thoughtful
b) present but inactive

b) joy
c) threatening
c) majority opinion
b) complex
c) common
b) approval
c) scorn
b) defeating
b) lowly
d) discouragement
c) promoting
c) give up
____ 10. cursory
a) done hastily
____ 11. pseudonym
a) imaginary creature
d) false appearance
____ 12. interim
a) noontime
____ 13. improvise
a) do without preparation
____ 14. divulge
a) embarrass
____ 15. deviate
a) develop
____ 16. nullify
a) turn aside
____ 17. transcend
a) travel
____ 18. averse
a) fearful
____ 19. deplete
a) encourage
____ 20. condescend
a) become messy
d) avoid
____ 21. complacent
a) easy
____ 22. repertoire
a) collection of skills
____ 23. niche
a) memory
____ 24. libel
a) rumor
b) document
____ 25. diligent
a) gentle
b) odd
d) sleep
c) inactive
b) dishonest person
c) time
b) follow
b) cancel
b) show off
d) reveal
c) allow
d) harm
d) rise above
c) attracted
b) delay
c) add to
b) get bored
b) healthy
d) prove
d) turn aside
c) send
b) opposed
c) false name
c) reject
c) hide
c) hide
d) believable
d) meantime
b) reveal
b) remove
d) revealing
d) odd
b) capable of error
b) mealtime
d) trade
d) odd
c) important
b) fly
d) warm
d) use up
c) do something beneath oneself
c) self-satisfied
d) workable
b) demonstration
c) sample
b) ones place
d) crunchy
c) main idea
c) newspaper
c) careful in work
d) concert
d) wild outburst
d) publishing false information
d) obvious
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____ 26. empathy
a) avoidance
b) fear
d) encouragement
____ 27. detract
a) compete
b) compliment
____ 28. consensus
a) counting
b) approval
____ 29. mortify
a) humiliate
b) remember
____ 30. frenzy
a) party
b) main idea
____ 31. designate
a) avoid
b) report
____ 32. commemorate
a) imitate
____ 33. facade
a) good intention
____ 34. falter
a) hesitate
____ 35. benign
a) crazy
____ 36. gist
a) left overs
____ 37. credible
a) fair
____ 38. paradox
a) play
b) delicate situation
d) problem
____ 39. redundant
a) not enough
____ 40. viable
a) lively
____ 41. endow
a) give a quality to
____ 42. flaunt
a) tempt
____ 43. blase
a) curious
____ 44. latent
a) on the surface
____ 45. expulsion
a) award
____ 46. ominous
a) depressed
____ 47. secular
a) troublesome
____ 48. hamper
a) celebrate
____ 49. shun
a) avoid
____ 50. comprise
a) consist of
c) lessen
c) study
d) majority opinion
c) entertain
c) add new members
b) building front
b) approve
b) central idea
b) affordable
c) respect
c) seemingly contradictory idea
b) tease
d) gentle
d) workable
c) cancel
c) intrude
c) bored
b) dismissal
d) details
d) believable
c) plenty
b) inactive
d) false name
d) rude
c) in view
b) show off
d) forget
d) frighten
c) careful
b) wordy
b) kind
c) scorn
c) jump
c) cruel
d) high regard
d) appoint
b) honor the memory of
b) manly
d) praise
c) wild outburst
c) discover
b) kindly
d) provide
d) name
d) scare
d) excited
c) plain
c) attack
d) confusing
d) promotion
b) threatening
c) friendly
d) happy
b) religious
c) in a city
d) not related to religion
b) debate
b) hesitate
c) betray
c) approve of
b) repeat
c) award
d) restrict
d) take care of
d) reward
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Name: __________________________
Unit Five: Pretest

____
1. sneer
a) impress
b) endanger
c) ridicule
____
2. introvert
a) worker
b) shy person
____
3. vivacious
a) vicious
b) retired
____
4. sibling
a) sister or brother
____
5. implore
a) excite
____
6. devoid
a) provided
____
7. jeopardize
a) risk
____
8. intimidate
a) celebrate
____
9. smug
a) upset
d) make laugh
c) good example
c) conceited
b) friend
b) attack
b) visit
d) borrow
a) unbelievable
____ 11. gape
a) stare
d) defend
c) soothe
d) frighten
____ 12. fiscal
a) secretive
____ 13. condone
a) forgive
____ 14. pathetic
a) rich
b) puzzling
____ 15. precedent
a) gift
b) example
____ 17. furtive
a) loud
b) quiet
a) dirty
b) nutritious
____ 19. ironic
a) deeply felt
____ 20. implicit
a) lacking
____ 21. vindictive
____ 22. cryptic
a) harmful
____ 23. inhibition
a) attack
____ 24. deficient
a) forgotten
____ 25. depict
a) describe
b) possible
b) repair
d) lively
c) amazing
c) beat
c) financial
c) arrest
d) personal
d) appoint
c) wonderful
c) fee
d) wild
d) hide from
b) about government
b) represent
d) borrowed
c) anger
c) conceited
____ 10. feasible
d) parent
c) endangered
b) meet with
b) calm
d) lively
c) relative
c) beg
b) lacking
d) attacker
d) pitifully lacking
d) later event
b) create
c) public
c) add to
d) reveal
d) secretive
c) harmful
d) helpful

b) attached
c) above
b) cruel
b) delay
b) settle
b) gentle
c) vengeful
c) puzzling
d) loud
d) temporary
d) exhibit
c) complete
c) accept
d) great
d) unstated but understood
c) holding back
b) lacking
c) simple
d) well-known
d) control

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____ 26. constrict
a) control
b) prove
c) make smaller
____ 27. pretentious
a) pleasant
____ 28. fallible
a) capable of error
____ 29. exhaustive
a) respected
____ 30. formulate
a) allow
____ 31. habitat
a) headache
c) importance
____ 32. vile
a) offensive
b) secretive
d) tricky
____ 33. reconcile
a) refine
____ 34. pragmatic
a) ordinary
____ 35. pacify
a) betray
____ 36. esteem
a) age
____ 37. transient
a) stubborn
b) temporary
____ 38. evoke
a) pull back
b) plant
____ 39. muted
a) softened
____ 40. avid
a) bored
____ 41. dwindle
a) strip
____ 42. nurture
a) harden
____ 43. aloof
a) cool
____ 44. augment
a) change
____ 45. explicit
a) everyday
____ 46. longevity
a) size
____ 47. magnitude
a) importance
____ 48. mundane
a) odd
____ 49. obscure
a) enthusiastic
____ 50. render
a) win out
b) showy
c) required
b) complete
b) nervous
b) move
c) incomplete
c) complete
d) practical
d) remove
c) respect
b) shrink
d) length of life
c) permanent
c) vote
b) strangled
c) bright
c) weave
d) puzzling
d) plentiful
d) cut
c) nourish
b) friendly
d) easy-going
d) draw forth
c) enthusiastic
b) thank
d) starve
c) not clearly expressed
b) cause to become
b) distant
b) ordinary
c) respect
c) softened
b) showy
b) reveal
d) describe
d) stated exactly
c) length of life
b) attraction
d) ordinary
c) increase
c) permanent
b) holding back
d) health
d) example
d) loud
c) hard to understand
c) cause to vanish
d) bored
d) cause to become
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d) usual behavior
d) increase
c) retreat
b) disliked
d) tired
c) nice
c) wise
b) calm
d) simple
d) develop
c) accept
b) slow
b) doubt
d) practical
c) purchase
b) redo
d) regard
Name: __________________________
Unit Five: Posttest

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1. precedent
a) fee
b) example
c) later event
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2. nurture
a) thank
____
3. feasible
a) possible
b) wild
____
4. vile
a) secretive
b) tricky
____
5. implicit
a) unstated but understood
____
6. depict
a) accept
____
7. fiscal
a) about government
____
8. fallible
a) complete
____
9. sibling
a) friend
b) starve
d) gift
c) nourish
d) harden
c) amazing
d) unbelievable
c) nice
b) settle
d) offensive
b) lacking
c) control
c) financial
c) incomplete
b) relative
c) parent
____ 10. exhaustive
a) complete
b) nervous
____ 11. formulate
a) purchase
b) move
____ 12. pathetic
a) pitifully lacking
____ 13. vindictive
a) vengeful
____ 14. habitat
a) importance
____ 15. devoid
a) lacking
____ 16. reconcile
a) redo
____ 17. furtive
a) public
____ 18. obscure
a) hard to understand
____ 19. gape
a) hide from
____ 20. pretentious
a) pleasant
____ 21. pragmatic
a) slow
____ 22. implore
a) borrow
b) excite
____ 23. mundane
a) softened
b) loud
____ 24. intimidate
a) visit
b) frighten
____ 25. constrict
a) prove
b) regard
c) tired
b) wonderful
b) borrowed
b) increase
d)respected
d) allow
c) rich
d) puzzling
c) usual behavior
c) endangered
c) accept
c) loud
b) repair
d) enthusiastic
d) stare
c) ordinary
d) showy
d) practical
d) attack
c) ordinary
c) soothe
d) provided
c) bored
c) required
c) beg
d) natural environment
d) secretive
c) beat
b) practical
d) temporary
d) refine
b) showy
b) wise
d) capable of error
c) not easily understood
b) headache
b) quiet
d) secretive
d) sister or brother
c) develop
b) gentle
d) attached
d) describe
b) personal
b) simple
c) above
d) odd
d) celebrate
c) make smaller
d) control

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____ 26. pacify
a) calm
b) remove
c) retreat
d) betray
____ 27. cryptic
a) cruel
b) puzzling
____ 28. explicit
a) everyday
____ 29. esteem
a) respect
____ 30. transient
a) temporary
____ 31. evoke
a) plant
____ 32. render
a) cause to vanish
____ 33. muted
a) softened
b) puzzling
c) bright
____ 34. aloof
a) friendly
b) ordinary
c) not clearly expressed
____ 35. sneer
a) endanger
____ 36. avid
a) disliked
____ 37. smug
a) calm
b) lively
____ 38. dwindle
a) shrink
b) cut
____ 39. ironic
a) meaning opposite of what is said
____ 40. introvert
a) good example
____ 41. augment
a) increase
____ 42. deficient
a) well-known
____ 43. vivacious
a) retired
b) lively
____ 44. longevity
a) health
b) size
c) length of life
____ 45. jeopardize
a) risk
b) meet with
c) anger
____ 46. condone
a) represent
b) appoint
____ 47. magnitude
a) example
b) importance
a) dirty
b) nutritious
a) add to
b) create
c) reveal
____ 50. inhibition
a) attack
b) exhibit
c) holding back
c) harmful
b) stated exactly
b) doubt
d) loud
c) permanent
c) length of life
b) easy-going
b) draw forth
d) age
c) permanent
c) vote
b) make laugh
c) reveal
c) ridicule
c) conceited
c) weave
d) cool
d) impress
d) bored
d) upset
d) strip
b) attacker
b) great
c) simple
c) shy person
d) worker
c) describe
d) change
b) cause to become
c) forgotten
c) conceited
d) complete
d) vicious
d) holding back
d) defend
c) arrest
d) forgive
c) respect
c) harmful
d) attraction
d) helpful
d) think seriously about
d) delay
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d) strangled
c) enthusiastic
b) lacking
d) stubborn
d) pull back
b) cause to become
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d) distant
d) deeply felt
BVS / IVS / AVS
NAME: ___________________________________
SECTION: ___________ DATE: _______________
Pretest / Posttest
SCORE: ___________________________________
ANSWER SHEET
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76. _____
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98. _____
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Pretest
ANSWER KEY
1. b
26. b
51. c
76. a
2. a
27. a
52. b
77. b
3. b
28. b
53. b
78. a
4. a
29. d
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79. b
5. b
30. d
55. d
80. a
6. b
31. b
56. b
81. c
7. b
32. d
57. a
82. b
8. d
33. b
58. c
83. c
9. a
34. d
59. b
84. c
10. c
35. b
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85. b
11. a
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86. a
12. d
37. b
62. d
87. c
13. c
38. b
63. b
88. b
14. b
39. d
64. c
89. a
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90. d
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66. a
91. b
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92. c
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68. c
93. b
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69. b
94. c
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70. d
95. c
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71. d
96. c
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47. c
72. b
97. d
23. a
48. b
73. c
98. a
24. b
49. a
74. c
99. b
25. a
50. d
75. c
100. d
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Posttest
ANSWER KEY
1. c
26. b
51. a
76. c
2. c
27. c
52. d
77. c
3. b
28. a
53. b
78. d
4. d
29. c
54. c
79. b
5. d
30. b
55. c
80. a
6. c
31. d
56. c
81. d
7. c
32. b
57. c
82. a
8. b
33. b
58. d
83. d
9. b
34. d
59. b
84. a
10. d
35. a
60. d
85. c
11. c
36. b
61. d
86. a
12. a
37. c
62. b
87. a
13. a
38. b
63. b
88. a
14. c
39. a
64. b
89. a
15. a
40. d
65. c
90. d
16. c
41. a
66. a
91. d
17. b
42. c
67. a
92. c
18. c
43. d
68. b
93. a
19. c
44. a
69. b
94. a
20. d
45. c
70. c
95. b
21. b
46. b
71. d
96. c
22. b
47. c
72. b
97. d
23. c
48. c
73. a
98. c
24. b
49. b
74. a
99. a
25. b
50. c
75. c
100. c
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Answers to the Pretests and Posttests: IMPROVING VOCABULARY SKILLS
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Answers to the Activities in IMPROVING VOCABULARY SKILLS

Chapter 1 (Joseph Palmer)
Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. b
2. a 7. b
3. c 8. c
4. c 9. a
5. a 10. c
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2. 4 7. 6
3. 7 8. 5
4. 1 9. 10
5. 8 10. 3
Sentence
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2. h 7.
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5. d 10.
Chapter 8 (Animal Senses)

Sentence
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12. h, g
34. f, e
56. d, a
78. i, c
910. b, j
Final
Check
1. b 6.
2. d 7.
3. e 8.
4. c 9.
5. h 10.
i
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a
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b
g
Chapter 2 (Telephone Salespeople)

Ten Words
in Context
1. c 6. b
2. b 7. c
3. a 8. b
4. a 9. a
5. c 10. b
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 4 6. 3
2. 1 7. 8
3. 9 8. 10
4. 6 9. 7
5. 2 10. 5
Sentence
Check 1
1. c 6.
2. i 7.
3. d 8.
4. a 9.
5. g 10.
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 3 6. 8
2. 10 7. 5
3. 7 8. 1
4. 2 9. 4
5. 9 10. 6
Sentence
Check 1
1. i 6.
2. h 7.
3. a 8.
4. b 9.
5. e 10.
j
g
h
e
f
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 3 6. 7
2. 6 7. 4
3. 9 8. 8
4. 1 9. 5
5. 10 10. 2
Sentence
Check 1
1. d 6.
2. b 7.
3. e 8.
4. j 9.
5. h 10.
d
b
j
g
i
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 4 6. 3
2. 8 7. 6
3. 1 8. 10
4. 9 9. 5
5. 7 10. 2
Sentence
Check 1
1. h 6.
2. a 7.
3. b 8.
4. e 9.
5. g 10.
i
g
a
f
j
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 10 6. 4
2. 8 7. 1
3. 6 8. 5
4. 2 9. 3
5. 9 10. 7
Sentence
Check 1
1. b 6.
2. h 7.
3. d 8.
4. i 9.
5. j 10.
j
c
i
d
f
Sentence
Check 2
12. b, h
34. e, c
56. d, g
78. i, j
910. f, a
Final
Check
1. e 6.
2. f 7.
3. h 8.
4. a 9.
5. j 10.
Sentence
Check 2
12. d, i
34. c, f
56. g, e
78. b, h
910. j, a
Final
Check
1. h 6.
2. j 7.
3. a 8.
4. b 9.
5. f 10.
Sentence
Check 2
12. j, a
34. h, f
56. c, d
78. g, b
910. e, i
Final
Check
1. d 6.
2. a 7.
3. e 8.
4. i 9.
5. b 10.
c
d
i
b
g
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 4 6. 9
2. 10 7. 1
3. 2 8. 5
4. 8 9. 7
5. 6 10. 3
Sentence
Check 1
1. a 6.
2. g 7.
3. d 8.
4. b 9.
5. c 10.
b
i
g
h
a
Ten Words
in Context
1. a 6. c
2. b 7. b
3. c 8. b
4. a 9. a
5. b 10. c
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 3 6. 4
2. 5 7. 7
3. 8 8. 1
4. 9 9. 10
5. 2 10. 6
Sentence
Check 1
1. h 6.
2. a 7.
3. c 8.
4. i 9.
5. g 10.
d
j
e
b
f
Sentence
Check 2
12. g, a
34. c, h
56. i, d
78. e, b
910. f, j
Final
Check
1. h 6.
2. e 7.
3. b 8.
4. d 9.
5. a 10.
j
i
c
g
f
Ten Words
in Context
1. c 6. b
2. a 7. a
3. b 8. b
4. b 9. b
5. c 10. a
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 5 6. 10
2. 9 7. 2
3. 1 8. 8
4. 6 9. 7
5. 4 10. 3
Sentence
Check 1
1. i 6.
2. h 7.
3. j 8.
4. e 9.
5. b 10.
f
c
g
a
d
Sentence
Check 2
12. j, f
34. b, i
56. e, a
78. h, c
910. g, d
Final
Check
1. i 6.
2. h 7.
3. e 8.
4. c 9.
5. b 10.
a
d
f
j
g
g
f
c
a
e
f
h
i
e
j
Ten Words
in Context
1. a 6. b
2. c 7. b
3. a 8. b
4. c 9. a
5. a 10. b
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 9 6. 3
2. 4 7. 10
3. 6 8. 1
4. 2 9. 7
5. 8 10. 5
Sentence
Check 1
1. g 6.
2. b 7.
3. f 8.
4. a 9.
5. c 10.
d
j
e
i
h
Sentence
Check 2
12. g, a
34. j, i
56. e, c
78. h, d
910. b, f
Final
Check
1. e 6.
2. a 7.
3. d 8.
4. f 9.
5. c 10.
g
h
i
j
b
Ten Word Pts

in Context
1. a 6. c
2. b 7. b
3. a 8. c
4. c 9. a
5. a 10. b
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 5 6. 10
2. 9 7. 3
3. 2 8. 6
4. 8 9. 7
5. 1 10. 4
Sentence
Check 1
1. c 6.
2. b 7.
3. h 8.
4. j 9.
5. e 10.
f
i
d
g
a
Sentence
Check 2
12. j, e
34. h, f
56. i, d
78. b, g
910. c, a
Final
Check
1. c 6.
2. i 7.
3. h 8.
4. a 9.
5. b 10.
f
g
e
j
d
h
i
a
c
j
Sentence
Check 2
12. i, h
34. a, e
56. g, j
78. b, c
910. d, f
Final
Check
1. h 6.
2. i 7.
3. b 8.
4. d 9.
5. c 10.
a
f
j
g
e
c
h
i
b
e
Sentence
Check 2
12. g, a
34. h, c
56. d, e
78. j, b
910. f, i
Final
Check
1. f 6.
2. h 7.
3. g 8.
4. b 9.
5. a 10.
d
i
j
c
e
Chapter 13 (Learning to Study)

g
c
e
i
d
Chapter 7 (Accident and Recovery)

Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. c
2. a 7. c
3. c 8. b
4. a 9. b
5. b 10. a
Final
Check
1. d 6.
2. j 7.
3. f 8.
4. e 9.
5. c 10.
Chapter 12 (Its Never Too Late)
Chapter 6 (A Taste of Parenthood)

Ten Word Pts
in Context
1. b 6. b
2. c 7. b
3. a 8. a
4. a 9. c
5. b 10. c
i
c
j
h
b
Sentence
Check 2
12. e, c
34. h, j
56. b, g
78. d, f
910. a, i
Chapter 11 (A Cruel Teacher)
Chapter 5 (No Luck With Women)

Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. b
2. a 7. b
3. c 8. c
4. c 9. a
5. a 10. b
Sentence
Check 1
1. e 6.
2. a 7.
3. d 8.
4. g 9.
5. f 10.
Chapter 10 (The New French Employee)
Chapter 4 (Bald Is Beautiful)

Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. a
2. c 7. a
3. a 8. b
4. b 9. a
5. a 10. c
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 6 6. 3
2. 4 7. 5
3. 9 8. 8
4. 1 9. 2
5. 10 10. 7
Chapter 9 (Money Problems)
Chapter 3 (A Cruel Sport)

Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. b
2. a 7. c
3. c 8. c
4. a 9. b
5. a 10. a
Ten Words
in Context
1. a 6. b
2. c 7. a
3. a 8. c
4. b 9. c
5. a 10. a
Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. b
2. c 7. a
3. b 8. c
4. a 9. b
5. b 10. a
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 9 6. 2
2. 1 7. 10
3. 4 8. 6
4. 3 9. 5
5. 8 10. 7
Sentence
Check 1
1. g 6.
2. b 7.
3. e 8.
4. f 9.
5. d 10.
Chapter 14 (The Mad Monk)

h
j
g
f
c
Ten Words
in Context
1. c 6. a
2. a 7. b
3. b 8. b
4. a 9. c
5. c 10. a
111
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 3 6. 10
2. 4 7. 5
3. 7 8. 9
4. 6 9. 1
5. 2 10. 8
Sentence
Check 1
1. g 6.
2. a 7.
3. j 8.
4. d 9.
5. f 10.
Chapter 15 (Conflict Over Holidays)

Ten Words
in Context
1. c 6. a
2. a 7. b
3. b 8. a
4. b 9. b
5. c 10. c
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 4 6. 3
2. 9 7. 10
3. 6 8. 8
4. 1 9. 2
5. 5 10. 7
Sentence
Check 1
1. d 6.
2. e 7.
3. h 8.
4. j 9.
5. a 10.
f
g
b
c
i
Sentence
Check 2
12. b, h
34. a, j
56. c, e
78. f, g
910. d, i
Chapter 23 (My Talented Roommate)

Final
Check
1. g 6.
2. i 7.
3. f 8.
4. j 9.
5. d 10.
a
e
c
b
h
Chapter 16 (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)

Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. a
2. c 7. b
3. c 8. c
4. a 9. a
5. c 10. c
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 4 6. 2
2. 1 7. 8
3. 9 8. 6
4. 7 9. 10
5. 3 10. 5
Sentence
Check 1
1. d 6.
2. e 7.
3. f 8.
4. g 9.
5. c 10.
h
a
b
j
i
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 4 6. 1
2. 6 7. 5
3. 9 8. 10
4. 8 9. 3
5. 2 10. 7
Sentence
Check 1
1. f 6.
2. a 7.
3. b 8.
4. e 9.
5. g 10.
c
i
d
j
h
Final
Check
1. b 6.
2. h 7.
3. g 8.
4. c 9.
5. a 10.
Sentence
Check 2
12. a, g
34. h, e
56. f, b
78. d, c
910. i, j
Final
Check
1. j 6.
2. h 7.
3. c 8.
4. b 9.
5. d 10.
Sentence
Check 2
12. g, e
34. h, c
56. j, i
78. f, b
910. a, d
Final
Check
1. b 6.
2. h 7.
3. e 8.
4. d 9.
5. j 10.
e
f
d
i
j
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 7 6. 6
2. 4 7. 1
3. 9 8. 10
4. 8 9. 3
5. 2 10. 5
Sentence
Check 1
1. f 6.
2. c 7.
3. a 8.
4. e 9.
5. i 10.
g
b
j
d
h
i
a
g
f
e
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 9 6. 1
2. 4 7. 8
3. 2 8. 7
4. 5 9. 3
5. 10 10. 6
Sentence
Check 1
1. c 6.
2. j 7.
3. g 8.
4. h 9.
5. f 10.
a
b
e
d
i
g
f
a
i
c
Sentence
Check 2
12. g, d
34. h, i
56. f, a
78. c, e
910. b, j
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 6 6. 1
2. 3 7. 8
3. 7 8. 2
4. 10 9. 5
5. 4 10. 9
Sentence
Check 1
1. b 6.
2. j 7.
3. a 8.
4. e 9.
5. i 10.
j
f
g
h
i
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 5 6. 8
2. 1 7. 2
3. 6 8. 9
4. 3 9. 7
5. 10 10. 4
Sentence
Check 1
1. g 6.
2. c 7.
3. d 8.
4. a 9.
5. f 10.
f
g
c
d
h
Final
Check
1. f 6.
2. g 7.
3. b 8.
4. h 9.
5. j 10.
b
h
e
i
j
Sentence
Check 2
12. f, g
34. b, h
56. a, j
78. d, c
910. i, e
Final
Check
1. h 6.
2. i 7.
3. j 8.
4. f 9.
5. c 10.
h
g
e
c
f
Sentence
Check 2
12. j, d
34. c, f
56. h, i
78. a, g
910. e, b
Final
Check
1. c 6.
2. h 7.
3. i 8.
4. d 9.
5. b 10.
c
a
e
d
i
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 7 6. 3
2. 6 7. 2
3. 9 8. 5
4. 1 9. 8
5. 10 10. 4
Sentence
Check 1
1. j 6.
2. a 7.
3. d 8.
4. i 9.
5. b 10.
Ten Word Pts

in Context
1. b 6. c
2. c 7. b
3. c 8. a
4. a 9. b
5. a 10. a
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 6 6. 5
2. 9 7. 10
3. 1 8. 7
4. 8 9. 4
5. 3 10. 2
Sentence
Check 1
1. c 6.
2. e 7.
3. g 8.
4. a 9.
5. i 10.
Sentence
Check 2
12. i, f
34. j, g
56. c, h
78. b, a
910. e, d
Final
Check
1. e 6.
2. a 7.
3. b 8.
4. j 9.
5. g 10.
f
c
d
h
i
g
c
i
d
h
Sentence
Check 2
12. c, g
34. b, a
56. i, d
78. j, e
910. f, h
Final
Check
1. g 6.
2. i 7.
3. h 8.
4. f 9.
5. a 10.
j
d
e
c
b
e
f
h
d
j
Sentence
Check 2
12. c, e
34. j, b
56. g, h
78. a, f
910. i, d
Final
Check
1. f 6.
2. b 7.
3. d 8.
4. h 9.
5. i 10.
a
e
c
j
g
c
j
a
i
e
Sentence
Check 2
12. h, i
34. a, c
56. j, d
78. g, e
910. f, b
Final
Check
1. d 6.
2. f 7.
3. g 8.
4. a 9.
5. e 10.
i
c
b
j
h
b
h
f
g
c
Sentence
Check 2
12. i, c
34. d, f
56. g, j
78. b, a
910. e, h
Final
Check
1. j 6.
2. h 7.
3. c 8.
4. a 9.
5. f 10.
g
b
d
e
i
j
c
a
e
f
Sentence
Check 2
12. c, j
34. a, b
56. g, i
78. h, e
910. f, d
Final
Check
1. a 6.
2. i 7.
3. j 8.
4. f 9.
5. h 10.
g
c
d
b
e
i
j
d
e
g
Sentence
Check 2
12. f, e
34. c, g
56. b, j
78. a, d
910. i, h
Final
Check
1. j 6.
2. i 7.
3. c 8.
4. f 9.
5. g 10.
d
a
e
h
b
j
f
b
d
h
Ten Words
in Context
1. a 6. c
2. c 7. a
3. a 8. c
4. b 9. b
5. b 10. b
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 5 6. 2
2. 1 7. 9
3. 7 8. 4
4. 3 9. 8
5. 10 10. 6
Sentence
Check 1
1. j 6.
2. b 7.
3. a 8.
4. e 9.
5. f 10.
Ten Words
in Context
1. a 6. a
2. a 7. c
3. c 8. b
4. c 9. c
5. b 10. a
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 3 6. 10
2. 6 7. 5
3. 7 8. 2
4. 9 9. 8
5. 1 10. 4
Sentence
Check 1
1. g 6.
2. b 7.
3. i 8.
4. c 9.
5. a 10.
Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. a
2. a 7. a
3. b 8. c
4. c 9. c
5. c 10. b
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 6 6. 8
2. 1 7. 2
3. 5 8. 9
4. 10 9. 4
5. 3 10. 7
Sentence
Check 1
1. b 6.
2. h 7.
3. g 8.
4. d 9.
5. f 10.
Ten Words
in Context
1. c 6. c
2. b 7. a
3. c 8. b
4. a 9. a
5. c 10. c
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 9 6. 2
2. 6 7. 5
3. 8 8. 10
4. 3 9. 4
5. 1 10. 7
Sentence
Check 1
1. j 6.
2. e 7.
3. i 8.
4. a 9.
5. d 10.
Chapter 29 (Getting Scared)

a
e
b
g
d
Chapter 22 (A Model Teacher)

Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. b
2. c 7. a
3. a 8. b
4. a 9. b
5. c 10. c
g
b
c
e
j
g
j
h
e
d
Chapter 28 (Roughing It)
Sentence
Check 2
12. a, i
34. f, b
56. d, g
78. h, c
910. j, e
Chapter 21 (Skipping Church)

Ten Words
in Context
1. c 6. a
2. c 7. b
3. b 8. c
4. b 9. a
5. c 10. b
Final
Check
1. d 6.
2. f 7.
3. a 8.
4. i 9.
5. h 10.
Chapter 27 (A Nutty Newspaper Office)

Final
Check
1. b 6.
2. d 7.
3. e 8.
4. c 9.
5. a 10.
Chapter 20 (The Nightmare of Gym)

Ten Words
in Context
1. a 6. a
2. c 7. b
3. b 8. a
4. c 9. c
5. c 10. b
Sentence
Check 2
12. i, c
34. f, g
56. b, j
78. e, h
910. a, d
Chapter 26 (Shoplifter)
Chapter 19 (Interview with a Rude Star)

Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. c
2. a 7. a
3. c 8. b
4. a 9. c
5. c 10. c
Sentence
Check 1
1. a 6.
2. i 7.
3. c 8.
4. b 9.
5. f 10.
Chapter 25 (Cal and His Sisters)
Chapter 18 (Held Back by Fears)

Ten Word Pts
in Context
1. c 6. b
2. b 7. c
3. b 8. c
4. a 9. a
5. a 10. a
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 6 6. 8
2. 3 7. 9
3. 7 8. 1
4. 5 9. 2
5. 10 10. 4
Chapter 24 (Fascinating Courses)
Sentence
Check 2
12. g, b
34. e, d
56. j, h
78. c, f
910. a, i

Ten Words
in Context
1. c 6. a
2. a 7. b
3. a 8. b
4. b 9. c
5. c 10. b
Ten Words
in Context
1. c 6. b
2. a 7. a
3. b 8. c
4. c 9. a
5. c 10. a
Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. b
2. c 7. a
3. b 8. c
4. a 9. c
5. c 10. b
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 7 6. 2
2. 10 7. 6
3. 1 8. 3
4. 9 9. 8
5. 4 10. 5
Sentence
Check 1
1. i 6.
2. d 7.
3. b 8.
4. g 9.
5. h 10.
Chapter 30 (My Sisters Date)

e
f
j
g
a
Ten Words
in Context
1. c 6. b
2. b 7. a
3. a 8. c
4. b 9. b
5. c 10. b
112
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 4 6. 10
2. 7 7. 9
3. 8 8. 1
4. 5 9. 3
5. 2 10. 6
Sentence
Check 1
1. h 6.
2. c 7.
3. b 8.
4. f 9.
5. a 10.
Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 1 (Joseph Palmer)

a. absolve
b. adamant
c. amiable
d. amoral
e. animosity
f. antagonist
g. eccentric
h. encounter
i. epitome
j. malign
____
1. Female students who took auto shop classes used to be considered ________________________.
Now, however, its not considered odd for women to learn to do car repairs.
____
2. The husband and wife were such bitter ________________________s at their divorce hearing that
it was hard to believe they once loved each other.
____
3. Frank hates the thought that his teacher believes he cheated. Hell go to any lengths to
_______________________ himself.
____
4. Elena intended to ask her father to lend her his car, but when she saw how grouchy he was, she
decided to wait until he was in a more _______________________ mood.
____
5. The great baseball player and civil rights leader Jackie Robinson was the _____________________
of both physical and moral strength.
____
6. When Mrs. Haley visited the school shed attended thirty years before, she unexpectedly had an
_______________________ with one of her former teachers.
____
7. Bill is ________________________ about going to the park for a picnic, even though the weather
report is predicting severe thunderstorms.
____
8. Although my emotionally disturbed neighbor makes rude comments to my visitors and scatters
trash all over my steps, I dont feel any _________________________ toward her. I just feel sorry
for her.
____
9. A newborn baby is ___________________________. Its only as a child grows older that he or she
develops a sense of right and wrong.
____ 10. People who say the female crocodile eats her young ________________________ her. She simply
takes them into a protective pouch inside her mouth.
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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 2 (Telephone Salespeople)

a. curt
b. demoralize
c. dilemma
d. inclination
e. irate
f. retort
g. sabotage
h. subsequent
i. wary
j. zeal
____
1. Vicky was so _______________________ at her boyfriend for forgetting her birthday that she sent
him a bunch of dead flowers.
____
2. Someone must have wanted to ________________________ the motorcycle race. Thumbtacks and
broken glass are scattered all over the road where the race was going to be held.
____
3. At the beginning of her daily shift at the hotel, Helen cleans rooms with great _________________.
However, after a few hours, she loses most of her enthusiasm.
____
4. When I asked my friend if she felt like going shopping, she gave me a ______________________
answer: Go awayIm busy.
____
5. Failing his drivers test the first time completely ______________________(e)d Enrique. He didnt
think hed ever get his license.
____
6. Connie was faced with a(n) ________________________: should she go to work feeling nauseated,
or should she call in sick and lose a days pay?
____
7. Ordinarily I would be _______________________ of strangers asking to use my telephone, but the

couple seemed to know my parents, so I let them in.
____
8. Baby, Im nothing without you, said Jeff. Jeff, youre not much with me, Abby
_______________________(e)d.
____
9. Although Wandas story sounds unlikely, Ive never known her to lie, so its my
________________________ to believe her.
____ 10. Ron didnt care for his counselor at their first session, but he learned to like and trust her at
________________________ meetings.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 3 (A Cruel Sport)

a. acclaim
b. adjacent
c. elicit
d. engross
e. escalate
f. exploit
g. methodical
h. obsolete
i. tangible
j. terminate
____
1. The mystery story so _____________________(e)d Donna that she jumped in fright when I entered
the room.
____
2. Dinah arranges the spices in her kitchen in a(n) ____________________ way: in alphabetical order.
____
3. The landlord would like to ______________________ the lease of the family in 4-A. Their loud
parties and shouting disturb everyone in the building.
____
4. My woodworker friend lives ______________________ to his work. His workshop is next door to
his house.
____
5. That supervisor knows how to ______________________ workers. She makes them work overtime
without extra pay.
____
6. Dont buy an old-fashioned electric typewriter, my brother advised me. Computers will soon
make typewriters _______________________.
____
7. Peter seems to think he deserves _______________________ just for showing up for school. His
teachers, however, think thats the least he can do.
____
8. The protests of some small groups in Eastern Europe ______________________(e)d into full-scale
rebellions against their governments.
____
9. Some people enjoy getting praised when they do a good job. I prefer a more __________________
reward, like a raise in pay.
____ 10. Flora is a bad-tempered child. Even the suggestion that she come to the dinner table is enough to
______________________ a tantrum.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 4 (Bald Is Beautiful)

____
a. deterrent
b. implication
c. inequity
d. infirmity
e. infringe
f. innovation
g. revitalize
h. sparse
i. subjective
j. succinct
1. When his instructor began telling Todd about the tutoring center, Todd got angry. He didnt like the
______________________ that he needed extra help.
____
2. I may look sick, but Im just tired. All I need to _______________________ me is a good nights
sleep.
____
3. Newspaper reporters must try to keep their opinions out of their news stories, but they are permitted
to be more _______________________ in editorials.
____
4. Even though he has arthritis in both legs, my grandfather still walks two miles a day. Obviously he
doesn't let his _______________________ keep him down.
____
5. Id like to learn to ski, but the high cost of renting equipment is a _________________________ to
that ever happening.
____
6. Sometimes a very _______________________ answer sounds rude. So, for example, instead of just
saying no to a child, parents should say something like Not now, honey.
____
7. When ice-cream parlors began selling frozen yogurt, dieters hurried to try it. They welcomed this
dessert ______________________ that permitted them the taste of ice cream without the calories.
____
8. Bev _______________________s on the Howards privacy by constantly showing up at their house

without an invitation.
____
9. Although the crowd at our last home game was _______________________, the fans made up for
their small numbers by waving banners and cheering loudly after each play.
____ 10. At my mothers workplace, men are paid $8.00 an hour, while women doing the same type of work
earn only $6.75. This is an obvious ______________________.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 5 (No Luck with Women)

a. allusion
b. altruistic
c. appease
d. arbitrary
e. assail
f. banal
g. euphemism
h. mercenary
i. syndrome
j. taint
____
1. I expected the made-for-TV movie to be another _______________________ romance, but I was

pleasantly surprised. It was both original and funny.
____
2. The little boys slow speech and clumsy movements are all part of a(n) ______________________
caused by his lack of oxygen at birth.
____
3. A heckler in the audience ______________________(e)d the comedian with rude remarks until the
bouncer forced the heckler to leave the club.
____
4. Im afraid my sister is encouraging her children to be _______________________. Every time they

do a chore or an errand, she gives them a dollar. Soon they wont do anything unless they get paid.
____
5. Being suspended for drug abuse _______________________s athletes reputations.
____
6. So many people are afraid of dying that we use ______________________s to describe it, such as
passing away.
____
7. I admire Luis _______________________ nature. He is truly more concerned for the welfare of
those around him than he is for his own.
____
8. Apologizing for tearing Dannys shirt isnt enough. Nothing will _______________________ him
until you buy him a new one.
____
9. Hoping to receive a cell phone for her birthday, Jeannie continually makes such
_________________________s to it as Mom, when I was at the mall today I saw a coat you
would have loved! I wish I could have called you to tell you about it.
____ 10. That judges sentencing seems completely ________________________. Yesterday she sent a
shoplifter to jail for three months, but today she gave a car thief probation and a suspended
sentence.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 7 (Accident and Recovery)

a. calamity
b. comprehensive
c. conventional
d. flagrant
e. fluctuate
f. persevere
g. ponder
h. rehabilitate
i. turmoil
j. venture
____
1. The movie I saw last weekend really confused me. I have ________________________(e)d its
meaning all week.
____
2. When a doctor sees a new patient, the doctor should ask for a ________________________ health
history, beginning with childhood illnesses and ending with the patients present physical condition.
____
3. After breaking his leg in a motorcycle accident, Lenny had to attend physical therapy classes to
________________________ himself so he could walk normally again.
____
4. The birthday party ended in complete __________________________, as the children ran around
the room screaming, breaking balloons, and grabbing presents.
____
5. Im not sure my answer is correct, but Im feeling brave, so Ill _______________________ a guess.
____
6. While Fran enjoys unusual foods, such as curries and pasta, her husband Nick prefers more
________________________ dinners, like steak and French fries.
____
7. It takes a long time for Julio to know people well enough to trust them. Youll have to
________________________ if you want to win his friendship.
____
8. The recent earthquake was a terrible________________________, killing thousands of people and

leveling entire towns.
____
9. I was shocked by the new students ________________________ refusal to observe the dress code
at our school.
____ 10. My feelings about my job ________________________ according to what kind of day Ive had at
work. Some days my job is good; some days its terrible.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 8 (Animal Senses)

a. attest
b. attribute
c. discern
d. dispatch
e. enhance
f. enigma
g. exemplify
h. mobile
i. nocturnal
j. orient
____
1. Every year our neighbors _______________________ the appearance of their home. Last year they
redecorated the living room; this year, they planted a flowering tree in their front yard.
____
2. One interesting ________________________ of my family is that everyone in it was born in July.
____
3. Sailors used to ________________________ themselves by looking at the positions of the stars.

Now they use modern instruments to figure out their location and direction at sea.
____
4. For many people, Adolf Hitler and the Nazis _____________________ the human potential for evil.
____
5. We keep our TV in the bedroom, but since its on wheels, its _______________________. We roll
it into the living room or kitchen whenever we want to.
____
6. The victims neighbor _________________________(e)d to the fact that she had never returned
from her shopping trip. Her newspapers and mail hadnt been picked up for a week.
____
7. My brothers career plans are a(n) _________________________ to my parents. They cant

understand why he wants to move to a small town in Maine and make furniture instead of getting an
office job and making money.
____
8. I cant ________________________ any difference between diet soft drinks and the nondiet ones.
They taste exactly the same to me.
____
9. Cats are _________________________ animals. They sleep most of the day and are active most of
the night.
____ 10. As soon as the emergency call was received, police and paramedics were ___________________(e)d
to the scene of the accident.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 9 (Money Problems)

a. concurrent
b. confiscate
c. constitute
d. decipher
e. default
f. hypothetical
g. nominal
h. predominant
i. prerequisite
j. recession
____
1. Myra won her case in small-claims court when the man she was suing ____________________(e)d
by not showing up.
____
2. Although the delicious punch is made of a mixture of fruit juices, the _______________________
flavor is strawberry.
____
3. After a water fight broke out in the fourth-grade classroom, the teacher _____________________(e)d
all the squirt guns.
____
4. During the ________________________, when business was bad, more than half the workers in the
plastics factory were laid off.
____
5. Since Velma couldnt ________________________ her teachers handwriting, she had no idea how
to go about revising her paper.
____
6. I just realized that my school vacation and my sisters wedding are ______________________. Ill
be able to help her get everything ready for the wedding.
____
7. Two scoops of vanilla fudge ice cream, hot fudge sauce, marshmallow topping, and walnut pieces
______________________ my favorite desserta walnut-marshmallow-hot-fudge sundae.
____
8. Let me ask you a ________________________ question. If you were teaching this course, what
questions would you put on the final exam?
____
9. Being at least 16 years old is the usual _______________________ for obtaining a drivers license.
____ 10. Although the dog fight looked serious, our German shepherd escaped with only
_______________________ injuries.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 10 (The New French Employee)

a. degenerate
b. implausible
c. incoherent
d. intercede
e. intricate
f. sanctuary
g. scrutiny
h. sinister
i. suffice
j. vulnerable
____
1. Because the novels plot was so _________________________, Alfonso was beginning to get
confused. Then he had the bright idea of writing down the names of the many characters and their
relationships to one another.
____
2. My close friendship with Ellen began to _______________________ after my school work began
taking up most of my time. I then had no spare time in which to see her or have our usual long
phone conversations.
____
3. Since his divorce, my older brother has felt extremely _______________________. Hes afraid to
get involved with anyone and run the risk of getting hurt again.
____
4. After the robbery, I gave the apartment a careful inspection to see what had been taken. My
______________________ extended even to the linen closet, where I counted the towels and sheets.
____
5. Thomas Jefferson once wrote, He governs best who governs least. In other words, he thought
government should _______________________ as little as possible into peoples lives.
____
6. When Pat learned she had won the lottery, she became __________________________ with joy.
She kept babbling: Youve got to be . . . Oh my . . . If this isnt . . .
____
7. The Womens ____________________ in town is a shelter for women who are being abused at home.
____
8. Who drew on the wall with crayon? asked the angry mother. The little boys ___________________
answer was, A man came through the window and did it.
____
9. The food in the refrigerator will have to __________________________ for the rest of the week.
Theres no grocery money until the next family paycheck.
____ 10. Everyone was shocked to learn that Mr. Johnson had murdered his wife. His cheerful, friendly
manner gave no hint of his ________________________ past.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 11 (A Cruel Teacher)

____
a. blatant
b. blight
c. contrive
d. garble
e. gaunt
f. gloat
g. immaculate
h. plagiarism
i. qualm
j. retaliate
1. When the boss announced that everyone would have to work an hour overtime, the staff
_______________________(e)d by taking a two-hour lunch.
____
2. Even though I knew I was doing the right thing, I felt a ________________________ of conscience
as I told Mr. Lane that it was my friend whod stolen his car.
____
3. To the familys amazement, the teenagers room was ________________________. The bed was
made, the records were put away, and there wasnt a single piece of clothing on the floor.
____
4. Its hard not to ________________________ about Sharon being fired when shes been so
unpleasant to all her coworkers.
____
5. That dogwood tree must be suffering from some _______________________. It didnt flower this
year, and half the branches have no leaves.
____
6. Those ten-dollar bills are _________________________ forgeries. Even a ten-year-old could tell
that theyre fakes.
____
7. My uncles stroke has ________________________(e)d his speech. Now its almost impossible to
understand what hes saying.
____
8. A writer accused a comedian of ________________________. He said that the comedian had taken
the writer's script and turned it into a movie without paying the writer or giving him credit.
____
9. After losing forty pounds, Alice thought her figure was perfect. Actually, though, she looked
unpleasantly ________________________ as if shed not quite recovered from a long illness.
____ 10. Joanne has ________________________(e)d a clever way of making throw pillows. She sews two
fancy washcloths together back to back and then stuffs them with foam rubber.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 13 (Learning to Study)

a. curtail
b. devastate
c. digress
d. incentive
e. incorporate
f. indispensable
g. intermittent
h. rigor
i. squander
j. succumb
____
1. My fantasy apartment ________________________s several very desirable features: a huge living

room for parties, an all-electronic kitchen, a whirlpool, and a balcony overlooking the ocean.
____
2. The ________________________s of camping are too much for Elaine. She likes to sleep on a
sturdy mattress in a safe, warm room, not in a flimsy tent with biting insects.
____
3. My grandmother refused to ________________________ even one bit of food. Todays leftovers

always became tomorrows soup or hash.
____
4. Are you going to stick to your diet, or are you going to ______________________ to temptation
and have a piece of chocolate fudge cake?
____
5. I dont understand how people got along without VCRs. I find my VCR _____________________;
without it, Id never get to see my favorite shows at the few times I have to watch them.
____
6. A bad case of flu forced Gerald to _____________________ his vacation. He came home after only
three days and spent the rest of the week lying in bed.
____
7. When employers offer their workers ________________________s, such as vacations or a share in

the profits, the employees usually work harder.
____
8. Rico was ____________________(e)d to learn that he hadnt gotten the promotion. He had already
planned how he would spend the extra money.
____
9. My e-mails to my friend Steve are ________________________. Sometimes I write once a month,

other times once a year.
____ 10. The candidate for the state senate must not know much about taxes. Every time shes asked about
this topic, she ________________________(e)s and talks about other matters, like the homeless or
public transportation.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 14 (The Mad Monk)

a. alleviate
b. benefactor
c. covert
d. cynic
e. demise
f. infamous
g. intrinsic
h. revulsion
i. speculate
j. virile
____
1. Everyone was shocked to learn of the sudden ______________________ of Jim Henson, creator of
the Muppets. He died of pneumonia at the age of only 53.
____
2. My family photo album has little ______________________ value, but to me, it is worth more than
any amount of money.
____
3. Nicotine gum can _______________________ the withdrawal symptoms of quitting smoking.
____
4. Someone once helped my uncle pay for college. Now that he can afford it, hes become a
_______________________ to struggling students.
____
5. Brenda took a(n) _______________________ look at her watch, hoping her hosts didnt notice her
glance and think she was anxious to leave.
____
6. Benjamin Franklin must have been a ________________________. He showed a lack of faith in

human nature when he wrote, Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead.
____
7. In her lecture, the history teacher _______________________(e)d about why countries go to war.
She came up with three reasons: to get territory, to gain natural resources such as oil, and to have
power over others.
____
8. In the past, men who cried or showed their emotions werent considered _____________________.
Today, though, its acceptable for real men to be sensitive.
____
9. My husband was filled with such ________________________ during the horror movie that he had
to leave the theater. He couldnt bear to watch the scientist turn into a giant fly.
____ 10. Nearly every American has heard of John Wilkes Booth. He is _______________________ for
murdering President Abraham Lincoln.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 15 (Conflict Over Holidays)

____
a. abstain
b. affiliate
c. agnostic
d. aspire
e. benevolent
f. deficit
g. dissent
h. diversion
i. lucrative
j. mandatory
1. The famous American lawyer, Clarence Darrow, said it was impossible to know if God exists. I do
not consider it an insult, but a compliment, to be called an ________________________. I do not
pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure.
____
2. Laura loves salty foods, but she has to ____________________________ from them. Her blood
pressure is high and salt makes it higher.
____
3. Organizations such as the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts reward their members for performing
_______________________ actions like volunteering at a hospital or a shelter for the homeless.
____
4. The Taylors were considering a divorce around Christmas time, so there was a noticeable
_______________________ of good cheer in their house.
____
5. To get a construction job, workers usually have to _________________________ with the union.
Few bosses are willing to risk hiring non-union employees.
____
6. The Johnsons were sorry to lose their favorite babysitter, but they understood that she needed a
more _________________________ job in order to earn money for college.
____
7. That teacher wont put up with any _________________________ in her classroom. The only
opinions she likes to listen to are her own.
____
8. Many Little League players _________________________ to become major league ballplayers.

Thats why they take the game so seriously.
____
9. At this school, a course in writing is _______________________. Even art students must take it.
____ 10. JoJo the Clown visits Childrens Hospital every Saturday to provide a(n) _____________________
for children who are bedridden or about to undergo operations.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 16 (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)

____
a. charisma
b. contemporary
c. contend
d. conversely
e. extrovert
f. poignant
g. prevalent
h. proponent
i. quest
j. traumatic
1. My little sister doesnt enjoy old classic movies like The Wizard of Oz or Gone with the Wind. Shed
rather see something more _______________________, with actors who are still alive.
____
2. My friend Bob is so outgoing that he can joke and make friends easily. I wish I were as much of
a(n) _______________________ as he is.
____
3. Hollys most _______________________ childhood experience was getting lost in a department

store. Shes never forgotten how frightened and upset she was before her parents found her.
____
4. Many people on Spring Street object to the plan to build a shopping center there. They
_______________________ that it will create too much traffic and noise.
____
5. Squirrels are ________________________ in our neighborhood. We see them everywhere.
____
6. Gold was discovered in California in January, 1848. The following year, 80,000 people traveled
there in a(n) _______________________ for the precious metal.
____
7. My mother raised my brother and me after getting her college degree. _______________________,
my aunt raised a family before getting her degree.
____
8. Some sports stars have so much ________________________ that their fans will wait outside the
stadium for hours just to get a look at them.
____
9. Donna and Gregs wedding ceremony was full of touching details. An especially
_______________________ moment came when the bride and groom gave a rose to each others
parents.
____ 10. Our doctor is a(n) ________________________ of home care. She sends patients home from the
hospital as soon as possible, believing theyll recover more quickly in familiar surroundings.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 17 (Relating to Parents)

a. congenial
b. flippant
c. impasse
d. perception
e. prompt
f. prone
g. rapport
h. rationale
i. relentless
j. reprisal
____
1. We were at a frustrating _______________________. Our old car needed major repairs in order to
keep running, but it wasnt really worth saving. However, a new car would simply cost too much.
____
2. The rain has been _______________________. It has poured down every day for the past week.
____
3. Rebas ________________________ of big cities is that theyre exciting, interesting places. Her
husband, however, sees them only as noisy, dirty places to avoid.
____
4. Why am I more ________________________ to upset stomachs on the days I have tests? I wish I
didn't get so tense then.
____
5. In the days when parents arranged their childrens marriages, it could take a long time for the
newlyweds to develop a ________________________.
____
6. When the fourth-grade teacher asked her class, Who discovered America? my little brother gave
the _______________________ answer, Not me, Teacher!
____
7. The bosss _______________________ for not letting us leave the building during our lunch hour
is It gives you the chance to get to know each other better. We dont think thats a good enough
reason for keeping us cooped up.
____
8. The sing-along at Sallys party was so much fun that it ______________________(e)d my father to
get out his dusty old guitar when we got home.
____
9. Henry is such a _______________________ fellow that all the other waiters at the restaurant like
him, even though he does get more tips than any of them.
____ 10. The Thompsons, our next-door neighbors, didnt invite us to their Fourth of July barbecue. In
_______________________, we didnt invite them to our Labor Day picnic.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 19 (Interview with a Rude Star)

a. benign
b. blas
c. comprise
d. condescend
e. facade
f. glib
g. haughty
h. libel
i. pseudonym
j. redundant
____
1. Mark Twain is the ________________________ of writer Samuel Longhorne Clemens.
____
2. The tough look on the principals face frightens students at first, but his encouraging manner soon
reveals his ________________________ nature.
____
3. Our property ________________________s the house, a barn, and an old butcher house where
neighbors used to bring their cows for slaughter.
____
4. The used car salesman wasnt at all ________________________. When I asked about a car, he
hesitated and gave my question some thought before answering.
____
5. Gary tried to act ________________________ about his first airplane trip, but I could tell he was
excited by the way he kept looking out the window.
____
6. When a newspaper printed damaging lies about her, the actress sued the paper for
________________________.
____
7. Despite her great success as an actress, Lida wasnt ______________________. When she returned
home to visit old friends, she was just as modest and friendly as ever.
____
8. The executives in that company eat in their own lunchroom. They wouldnt ___________________
to eat with ordinary workers.
____
9. The restaurants _____________________ is modest, but inside, the dining area is large and elegant.
____ 10. Kens essay on self-reliance is ________________________. For example, he mentions three times
that his grandparents raised all their own food.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 20 (The Nightmare of Gym)

a. averse
b. detract
c. disdain
d. divulge
e. elation
f. endow
g. expulsion
h. mortified
i. nullified
j. ominous
____
1. My parents couldnt give me much materially, but they did _______________________ me with a
healthy self-confidence.
____
2. Pattis _______________________ at being elected class president was lessened by the knowledge
that her best friend had lost the election for class secretary.
____
3. Some superstitious people are ______________________ to anything with the number thirteen on it.
____
4. The still air and strangely green sky were signs of a(n) ________________________ change in the
weather.
____
5. Elise felt ________________________ when she jumped on the trampoline and her shorts fell off,
but everyone else laughed.
____
6. A year in college has made Gina feel superior. She now looks with _______________________
upon old friends who havent gone beyond high school.
____
7. Officials ______________________(e)d the results of the race when they learned that the winning
horse had been given an illegal drug.
____
8. Rudys noisy and insulting behavior resulted in his _______________________ from the restaurant.
____
9. The continual crying of a baby in the auditorium _____________________(e)d from our enjoyment
of the movie.
____ 10. Because the Academy Awards program is so long, I fall asleep long before the names of the top
winners are _______________________(e)d.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 21 (Skipping Church)

a. credible
b. cursory
c. designate
d. deviate
e. improvise
f. interim
g. latent
h. secular
i. shun
j. simulate
____
1. My little sister did such a _______________________ job of packing for the pajama party that she
didnt take her pajamas.
____
2. The school year ends two weeks before the YMCA summer day camp begins, so the Adamses have
to find a babysitter to take care of their children during the _______________________.
____
3. I always keep some pasta, spaghetti sauce, and frozen vegetables on hand so that I can quickly
_______________________ a meal for unexpected guests.
____
4. We often get ads in the mail for jewelry with lab-produced gems that _______________________
real diamonds.
____
5. Instead of performing a religious play, the church theater group decided to perform a
_______________________ one this year.
____
6. The prom committee ______________________(e)d Jed to be in charge of the decorations because

of his artistic ability.
____
7. The energy in a log is ________________________ until the log is burned and the woods matter
changes to heat.
____
8. Jan never just tells a story from beginning to end. She always ________________________s from
her story into completely new topics as they occur to her.
____
9. Nells story about being kidnapped seemed ________________________ at first, but the way she
keeps changing the facts makes it harder to believe.
____ 10. The chances of coming in contact with ticks are reduced if you _______________________ areas
where they are usually found, such as patches of tall grass.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 22 (A Model Teacher)

a. commemorate
b. complacent
c. consensus
d. deplete
e. diligent
f. empathy
g. menial
h. niche
i. transcend
j. waive
____
1. Although we have only one house guest, his huge appetite quickly ______________________s our
supplies of certain foods. Ive had to make three trips to the supermarket this week.
____
2. To be a good therapist, one must have _______________________ for others.
____
3. Tony never became _________________________ about his stores success. He continued to work
as hard as he did the first day it was opened.
____
4. To _______________________ my aunt and uncles wedding anniversary, I made a donation to one

of their favorite charities.
____
5. Amy isnt skilled at dealing with people, but she has found a(n) ________________________ as a
computer repair specialist, working mainly with machines, not humans.
____
6. There was rarely a(n) ______________________ in our large family on where to eat. Three always
wanted Mexican food, and the others usually preferred Italian or Chinese.
____
7. With special training, Philip was able to ________________________ his learning disability and
become a successful accountant.
____
8. Ben cheerfully accepted a job as a dishwasher at a summer resort. He didnt mind the
_______________________ work as long as he could enjoy the beautiful resort in his free time.
____
9. Once the librarian gets to know you, she ________________________s the requirement that you
show your student identification every time you wish to take out a book.
____ 10. Herb is not at the top of the honor roll month after month because hes so brilliant, but because hes
very _______________________ about his school work.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 23 (My Talented Roommate)

a. bizarre
b. conducive
c. falter
d. flaunt
e. frenzy
f. gist
g. hamper
h. paradox
i. repertoire
j. viable
____
1. Visitors to the park always want to see the Strangled Tree, a _______________________-looking
oak with two arm-like branches that seem to be choking itself.
____
2. Brushing and flossing teeth regularly is ________________________ to good dental health.
____
3. Ginos lack of discipline __________________________s his development as an athlete. He only

practices when he feels like it, so his skills dont improve very much.
____
4. An irritating _______________________ to many job seekers is that they cant be hired without
experience, but they cant gain experience without being hired.
____
5. To be ________________________, any agreement between the company and the union must give
each some benefits.
____
6. Uncle Jims memory seems to be getting worse. When we bumped into each other this morning, he
_______________________(e)d as he tried to come up with my name.
____
7. The ________________________ of the story of Pinocchio is that a wooden puppet earns the right
to become a real boy.
____
8. Evies friends wouldnt resent her marrying a rich man if she acted modestly about it. Instead she
_______________________s her huge diamond ring and talks about money all the time.
____
9. When the basketball game went into second overtime, the already excited fans went into such a
_______________________ that the players were nearly deafened by their screams and clapping.
____ 10. Actress Meryl Streep is known for her large _______________________ of accents. Voices she has
mastered for her movies include those of a Polish refugee and an upper-class Englishwoman.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 25 (Cal and His Sisters)

a. devoid
b. implore
c. infuriate
d. intimidate
e. introvert
f. jeopardize
g. sibling
h. smug
i. sneer
j. vivacious
____
1. I was feeling quite ______________________ about having gotten a perfect score on the quiz until
I noticed that almost everyone else in class had gotten the same score.
____
2. When it comes to herself, Ellen has no sense of humor. Being laughed at ____________________s
her.
____
3. We dont use the old pump in the backyard because the well out there has been
_______________________ of water for years.
____
4. When I was younger, I would _______________________ my parents for days before my birthday
to tell me what present theyd bought me.
____
5. The children loved to watch the _______________________ puppy chase its tail.
____
6. Although Greg is really a gentle soul, his loud voice and his piercing eyes often
_______________________ people.
____
7. Anna is losing friends because of her rude behavior. For instance, she _____________________(e)d
at one girls clothes, saying, Id be embarrassed to wear my sisters hand-me-downs.
____
8. While dealing with many people at work may exhaust a(n) _______________________, it will
energize an outgoing person.
____
9. Her banks refusal to lend her money has _______________________(e)d Sues plans to open a
clothing store.
____ 10. When Kens parents told him he was adopted, they also said hed been one of five brothers and
sisters. He then decided to do all he could to find his four _______________________s.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 26 (Shoplifter)

a. condone
b. contemplate
c. feasible
d. feign
e. fiscal
f. furtive
g. gape
h. pathetic
i. precedent
j. punitive
____
1. Although Dr. Simpson often seems rude, we _______________________ his bad manners because
of the many kind things hes done for our family over the years.
____
2. The ______________________ rules at some banks allowed them to lend huge amounts of money.
When the economy turned bad and the loans werent repaid, those banks failed.
____
3. Many young people _____________________ joining the Army because of the free career training
it could provide them.
____
4. Should prisons only be _______________________? Or should they also teach prisoners useful
skills?
____
5. We ______________________(e)d in astonishment at the huge hole in the ground left by the

earthquake.
____
6. Alexs attempts to repair his car were so ________________________ that he made the situation
even worse.
____
7. Lawyers rely heavily on legal ________________________. When a question arises, they look for
past cases in which similar questions were dealt with.
____
8. Little Emily tried to act as if she wasnt thinking about her Christmas presents, but she kept taking
________________________ glances at the beautifully wrapped packages under the tree.
____
9. I wonder if it will someday be _________________________ for an average person to take a

vacation somewhere in space.
____ 10. When I open one of Grandmas birthday presents, I usually have to ________________________
delighted surprise. She often gives me something thats either ugly or useless.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 27 (A Nutty Newspaper Office)

a. cryptic
b. deficient
c. depict
d. detrimental
e. implicit
f. inhibition
g. ironic
h. rupture
i. saturate
j. vindictive
____
1. The _________________________ note my girlfriend left on my door said only, A bridge over
troubled waters.
____
2. Throughout the hilarious movie, my visiting cousin didnt laugh once or even crack a smile. He
seemed completely ________________________ in a sense of humor.
____
3. Most plants need as much sunshine as possible. But for shade-loving plants, direct sunlight is
actually ________________________ to their well-being.
____
4. The expensive two-week, eight-hour-a day language course ______________________s students

minds with the new language.
____
5. Wouldnt you be more comfortable on the couch? was a(n) _______________________ request
for the 300-pound guest not to sit on Janes fragile antique chair.
____
6. Celia felt as if shed kept all her anger at her roommate trapped in a box inside her. Suddenly, the
box _______________________(e)d, and angry words came spilling out of her mouth.
____
7. Although Bill Cosby was in the same elevator with me, my _______________________ against
bothering people kept me from asking for his autograph.
____
8. Its a(n) _______________________ fact of life, said Aunt Lucy, that we are often attracted to
our mates by the very qualities that later drive us crazy.
____
9. Bertha had ______________________(e)d her father as such a monster that when I finally met him,
I was surprised to find him soft-spoken and pleasant.
____ 10. Mona was angry because her brother had refused to lend her a favorite CD. Feeling
_________________________, Mona went through her brothers room and removed everything she
had ever given him.
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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 28 (Roughing It)

a. constrict
b. exhaustive
c. fallible
d. formulate
e. genial
f. habitat
g. pragmatic
h. pretentious
i. reconcile
j. vile
____
1. The octopus is very good at squeezing into small spaces. It can ____________________ its flexible
legs and body enough to slip into what seems an impossibly small area.
____
2. My fifth-grade teachers _____________________ manner disguised a truly unpleasant personality.
____
3. Instead of denying it when she makes a mistake, our English teacher simply says, Like everyone
else, Im _______________________.
____
4. Jan doesnt often mention the fact that she has two doctoral degrees because she doesnt want to be
_______________________.
____
5. I dont really like my biology lab partner, but he asked me out so suddenly that I didnt have time to
_______________________ an excuse. Instead I just stammered, Uh, well, I guess so.
____
6. Although several specialists ran a(n) ________________________ series of tiring tests and exams,
they could discover no cause for Erics terrible headaches.
____
7. My twelve-year-old sister enjoyed creating a natural ________________________ inside a large

aquarium for her hermit crab.
____
8. Its more _______________________ to buy clothing that can be mixed and matched into various
outfits than to buy clothes that can be worn in only one outfit.
____
9. When Sara decided to stay home with the baby, she and Andy ______________________(e)d
themselves to living on considerably less money for a while.
____ 10. Why do millions of people enjoy seeing movies about such ______________________ subjects as
chain-saw murders?

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 29 (Getting Scared)

a. avid
b. dwindle
c. esteem
d. evoke
e. legacy
f. mediate
g. muted
h. nurture
i. pacify
j. transient
____
1. If we arent careful, our _______________________ to our children and grandchildren may be an

environment damaged beyond saving.
____
2. The children were annoyed to return from lunch and find that their formerly huge snowman had
_______________________ under the midday sun to only a stump.
____
3. I dont know what to say! gasped the woman when she met her favorite actor. Im your most
_______________________(e)d fan. Ive seen each of your movies at least three times.
____
4. The smell of lilac cologne always ______________________s memories in me of my grandmother.
____
5. Kay looks more attractive now that shes traded in her harsh, bright make-up for more
_______________________ colors.
____
6. It was hard for Toni to see the restaurant she had _____________________(e)d from a tiny take-out
stand to a thriving pizzeria disappear in a blaze of fire.
____
7. Al was about to offer to _______________________ the dispute between his two angry neighbors,
but when he noticed one of them had a knife, he decided instead to call the police.
____
8. My _______________________ for my rich uncle grew when I learned how much work he did for
charities and how much money he gave them.
____
9. When my brother is really angry, nothing I say can _______________________ him. I just listen
until hes had his say, and then he quickly calms down again.
____ 10. My joy at seeing an A at the top of the returned math paper was _______________________,
passing quickly when I realized the teacher had mistakenly given me someone elses paper.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 30 (My Sisters Date)

a. aloof
b. ambivalent
c. augment
d. dispel
e. explicit
f. longevity
g. magnitude
h. mundane
i. obscure
j. render
____
1. Ive tried to ______________________ superstitions from my mind, but I still find myself walking
around ladders, not under them.
____
2. I dont know how Tom could have made such a mess of painting the garage. He was given
_______________________ instructions as to how it was to be done.
____
3. Perry decided to ________________________ his muscles by lifting weights every other day.
____
4. Cats are usually thought of as more _______________________ than dogs, keeping their distance
from everyone but a chosen few.
____
5. Doug is _______________________ about the job offer hes received. The job itself sounds great,
but accepting it would mean moving far from his family and friends.
____
6. Many scientists believe our sun will die someday, but since that event wouldnt happen for millions
of years, it seems of little _______________________ today.
____
7. People often marry expecting never-ending romance and excitement. However, marriages are full of
_______________________ details like bill-paying and finding baby sitters.
____
8. After staying awake all night, Duane wrote what he thought was a brilliant letter to his girlfriend.
But this morning he found it so _______________________ that even he couldnt understand it all.
____
9. A new coat of off-white paint _______________________(e)d the old kitchen much brighter and
more attractive.
____ 10. Just when you are determined to stop all unhealthy habits, you read about some lively 100-year-old
who says his or her _______________________ stems from daily doses of whiskey and cigars.

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Answers to the Mastery Tests: IMPROVING VOCABULARY SKILLS
Chapter 1 (Joseph Palmer)

1. g
2. f
3. a
4. c
5. i
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
h
b
e
d
j
Chapter 9 (Money Problems)

1. e
2. h
3. b
4. j
5. d
Chapter 2 (Telephone Salespeople)

1. e
6.
2. g
7.
3. j
8.
4. a
9.
5. b
10.
c
i
f
d
h
Chapter 10 (The New French Employee)

1. e
6. c
2. a
7. f
3. j
8. b
4. g
9. i
5. d
10. h
Chapter 3 (A Cruel Sport)

1. d
2. g
3. j
4. b
5. f
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
h
a
e
i
c
Chapter 11 (A Cruel Teacher)

1. j
2. i
3. g
4. f
5. b
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
a
d
h
e
c
Chapter 4 (Bald Is Beautiful)

1. b
2. g
3. i
4. d
5. a
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
j
f
e
h
c
Chapter 13 (Learning to Study)

1. e
2. h
3. i
4. j
5. f
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
a
d
b
g
c
Chapter 5 (No Luck with Women)

1. f
6.
2. i
7.
3. e
8.
4. h
9.
5. j
10.
g
b
c
a
d
Chapter 14 (The Mad Monk)

1. e
2. g
3. a
4. b
5. c
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
d
i
j
h
f
Chapter 7 (Accident and Recovery)

1. g
6.
2. b
7.
3. h
8.
4. i
9.
5. j
10.
c
f
a
d
e
Chapter 15 (Conflict Over Holidays)

1. c
6. i
2. a
7. g
3. e
8. d
4. f
9. j
5. b
10. h
Chapter 8 (Animal Senses)

1. e
2. b
3. j
4. g
5. h
a
f
c
i
d
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
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6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
a
c
f
i
g
Chapter 16 (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)

1. b
6. i
2. e
7. d
3. j
8. a
4. c
9. f
5. g
10. h
Chapter 25 (Cal and His Sisters)

1. h
6.
2. c
7.
3. a
8.
4. b
9.
5. j
10.
d
i
e
f
g

1. c
6.
2. i
7.
3. d
8.
4. f
9.
5. g
10.
Chapter 26 (Shoplifter)
1. a
2. e
3. b
4. j
5. g
h
i
f
c
d
b
h
e
a
j
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Chapter 19 (Interview with a Rude Star)

1. i
6. h
2. a
7. g
3. c
8. d
4. f
9. e
5. b
10. j
Chapter 27 (A Nutty Newspaper Office)

1. a
6. h
2. b
7. f
3. d
8. g
4. i
9. c
5. e
10. j
Chapter 20 (The Nightmare of Gym)

1. f
6. c
2. e
7. i
3. a
8. g
4. j
9. b
5. h
10. d
Chapter 28 (Roughing It)

1. a
2. e
3. c
4. h
5. d
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
b
f
g
i
j
Chapter 21 (Skipping Church)

1. b
6.
2. f
7.
3. e
8.
4. j
9.
5. h
10.
c
g
d
a
i
Chapter 29 (Getting Scared)

1. e
2. b
3. a
4. d
5. g
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
h
f
c
i
j
Chapter 22 (A Model Teacher)

1. d
6.
2. f
7.
3. b
8.
4. a
9.
5. h
10.
c
i
g
j
e
Chapter 30 (My Sisters Date)

1. d
6.
2. e
7.
3. c
8.
4. a
9.
5. b
10.
g
h
i
j
f
Chapter 23 (My Talented Roommate)

1. a
6. c
2. b
7. f
3. g
8. d
4. h
9. e
5. j
10. i
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Name: __________________________

PART A
Four feet of snow on the ground

Example: ___________________________________________would
be a deterrent to getting to school.
1. Typewriters are now almost obsolete because ________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________.
2. I might be demoralized if _______________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
3. One tangible symbol of affection is _______________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
4. One behavior that makes me irate is _______________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
5. I think that ___________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________ infringes on other peoples rights.
6. The eccentric teacher has a habit of _______________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
7. This year I face a dilemma: ______________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
8. The most altruistic thing I ever saw anyone do was to _________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
9. The actor received this acclaim for his performance: _________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________.
10. My uncle is wary of driving at night, so he __________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.

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PART B
a. absolve
b. adjacent
c. animosity
d. appease
e. curt
f. engross
g. epitome
h. innovation
i. methodical
j. zealk.
11. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
12. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
13. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
14. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
15. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
16. ________________________________________________________________________________
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17. ________________________________________________________________________________
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18. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
19. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
20. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
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Name: __________________________

PART A
raid our garbage cans only at night

Example: Being nocturnal animals, raccoons _______________________________________________.
1. The news reported a calamity in which _____________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________.
2. Ray dispatched his younger brother to _____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
3. When Im alone, I often ponder __________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
4. When Carolyn saw her essay grade, she gloated, saying, ______________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________.
5. My apartment is so immaculate that _______________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
6. Three personal attributes that I possess are _________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
7. The novels main character is a sinister doctor who ___________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
8. When our neighbor cut lilacs off our bush for her home, we retaliated by ________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
9. One advantage of a mobile library might be _________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
10. I plan to persevere in ___________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.

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PART B
a. blight
b. decipher
c. fluctuate
d. implausible
e. predominant
f. qualm
g. rehabilitate
h. sanctuary
i. turmoil
j. vulnerable
11. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
12. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
13. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
14. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
15. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
16. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
17. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
18. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
19. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
20. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
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Name: __________________________

PART A
gives bonuses to workers who show special effort

Example: As an incentive to work better, the company __________________________________________.
1. One sight that makes me feel revulsion is ___________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________.
2. A good way to squander your money is to __________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
3. Jon, who is a proponent of daily exercise, advised me, _______________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________.
4. At our school, it is mandatory to _________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
5. I aspire to ____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
6. During the math class, the teacher digressed by ______________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
7. Our father told us how traumatic it was for him to ___________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
8. My rationale for going to college is _______________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
9. The reason the plan was covert was that ____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
10. When asked by the restaurant owner to pay his bill, the young mans flippant reply was _____________
___________________________________________________________________________________.
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PART B
a. affiliate
b. contend
c. curtail
d. cynic
e. diversion
f. perception
g. rapport
h. relentless
i. speculate
j. virile
11. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
12. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
13. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
14. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
15. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
16. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
17. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
18. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
19. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
20. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
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Name: __________________________

PART A
driving it back and forth past the school with its top down
Example: Sam flaunted his new convertible by _______________________________________________.
1. My favorite secular holiday is ____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________.
2. An author might use a pseudonym because _________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
3. A stiff arm hampers ___________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
4. My father showed his elation at the news by _________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
5. The children are so blas about fireworks that _______________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
6. A secretarys job can include such menial tasks as ____________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
7. I find it detracts from a restaurant meal when _______________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
8. Lamont is averse to city life because _______________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
9. One of the most bizarre sights Ive ever seen in a restaurant is __________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
10. I was mortified when ___________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.

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PART B
a. condescend
b. consensus
c. deplete
d. deviate
e. diligent
f. empathy
g. gist
h. interim
i. niche
j. waive
11. ________________________________________________________________________________
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12. ________________________________________________________________________________
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13. ________________________________________________________________________________
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14. ________________________________________________________________________________
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15. ________________________________________________________________________________
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16. ________________________________________________________________________________
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17. ________________________________________________________________________________
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18. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
19. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
20. ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
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Name: __________________________

PART A
exercise frequently and avoid alcohol, tobacco, and high-fat foods

Example: To increase your longevity, ______________________________________________________.
1. One thing the nursery-school teacher did to nurture each child each day was _______________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
2. Pragmatic Ramona spends her money on such things as _______________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
3. The critic summed up how pathetic the actors performance was with this comment: ________________
___________________________________________________________________________________.
4. Lionel implored his parents to ___________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
5. The magnitude of Carols musical talent became clear to us when _______________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
6. A student deficient in study skills might ____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
7. We learned how fallible the house builder was when __________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
8. To mediate the argument between my sister and me, __________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
9. Enrique was rendered helpless when ______________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
10. When Mary Lou asked the fortuneteller, What will my career be? the cryptic reply was ____________
___________________________________________________________________________________.
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11. ________________________________________________________________________________
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12. ________________________________________________________________________________
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13. ________________________________________________________________________________
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14. ________________________________________________________________________________
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15. ________________________________________________________________________________
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16. ________________________________________________________________________________
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17. ________________________________________________________________________________
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18. ________________________________________________________________________________
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19. ________________________________________________________________________________
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20. ________________________________________________________________________________
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ADVANCING VOCABULARY SKILLS
NAME: ___________________________________
SECTION: ___________ DATE: _______________
Pretest
SCORE: ___________________________________
____
1. scrupulous
a) sociable
b) careless
____
2. vicarious
a) experienced indirectly
____
3. facetious
a) ill-mannered
____
4. discretion
a) independence
____
5. gregarious
a) wordy
____
6. despondent
a) depressed
____
7. rudimentary
a) rude
____
8. retrospect
a) expecting
____
9. instigate
a) stir to action
c) clean
b) lively
b) joking
b) depressed
b) repetition
d) elementary
b) investigate
d) looking back
c) prepare
a) protect
____ 11. subsidize
a) support financially
____ 12. dissident
a) political supporter
____ 13. juxtapose
a) replace
b) place side by side
____ 14. embellish
a) remove
b) keep
____ 15. inadvertent
a) unintentional
____ 16. relinquish
a) enjoy
____ 17. impetuous
a) lazy
____ 18. euphoric
a) undecided
___
a) incapable of error
d) suppress
c) make unfriendly
b) lift up
b) visitor
c) remove
c) teasing
b) depressed
d) one who disagrees

d) imagine
d) hide
c) distant
c) criticize
b) calm
d) calculate
c) candidate
c) decorate
b) gather
d) respect
c) fall over
b) not for sale
d) near
d) give up
d) impulsive
c) lonely
b) accident-prone
____ 20. regress
a) make progress
____ 21. fortuitous
a) lucky
____ 22. sham
a) type
____ 23. predisposed
a) against
b) reluctant to speak
____ 24. propensity
a) relation
b) job
____ 25. reprehensible
a) blameworthy
b) restrict
b) sad
d) well-behaved
c) removal
____ 10. venerate
19. infallible
d) tact
d) religious
c) encouraged
c) partial
d) occasional
d) depressed
c) slyness
c) sociable
b) tired
b) create
c) inactive
c) careless
b) gladness
b) planned
d) conscientious
d) overjoyed
c) human
c) return to previous behavior
c) having never happened before
b) imitation
c) disturbance
c) tendency
b) well-filled
d) wild
d) adjust
d) brave
d) belief
c) undecided
d) tending beforehand
d) hobby
c) affordable
d) admirable
Copyright 2002 by Townsend Press. Permission to copy this test is granted to teachers using Advancing Vocabulary Skills as a class text.
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Pretest
____ 26. attrition
a) becoming fewer
b) connection
____ 27. reticent
a) forgiving
____ 28. circumvent
a) avoid
b) fail to notice
____ 29. inundate
a) delay
b) flood
____ 30. oblivious
a) courageous
____ 31. inquisitive
a) cheerful
____ 32. relegate
a) bring back into use
____ 33. bolster
a) support
b) protect
____ 34. terse
a) nervous
b) sad
____ 35. sedentary
a) sitting
____ 36. superfluous
a) extra
____ 37. exonerate
a) encourage
____ 38. contingency
a) contest
b) disapproval
____ 39. clandestine
a) well-lit
b) secret
____ 40. liability
a) drawback
____ 41. austere
a) wealthy
____ 42. perfunctory
a) unenthusiastic
____ 43. provocative
a) careful
b) able to improve
____ 44. esoteric
a) public
b) uniform
____ 45. metamorphosis
a) journey
____ 46. verbose
a) wordy
____ 47. connoisseur
a) one who likes to suffer
____ 48. contrite
a) indecent
____ 49. plight
a) difficult situation
____ 50. distraught
a) educated
b) sad
c) multiplying
c) reluctant to speak
d) contrary to reason
c) distribute
c) swallow
b) unaware
b) nervous
d) socialize
d) approve
c) quiet
d) reliable
c) curious
d) in pain
b) assign to a lesser place

c) protest
c) brief
b) excessive
b) unclear
d) repeated
d) ahead
c) hide
d) free from blame
c) theory
c) noble
b) plain
d) indirect remark
c) complex
b) troubled
d) possibility
d) harmless
c) favor
d) far
c) on time
b) active
c) secret plot
c) noisy
d) well-prepared
c) inconsistent
c) well-written
b) change
d) fantasy
d) forceful
b) egotist
b) minor weakness
b) too noticeable
d) arousing interest
d) understood by few
c) expert
c) lacking confidence
b) sorry
d) raise
d) cool
c) useful
b) hatred
c) blend
d) hide
c) harmless
b) condemn
d) imitation
d) painter
d) careful
c) environment
c) troubled
d) travel
d) rehearsed

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Pretest
____ 51. encompass
a) include
b) draw
____ 52. stringent
a) dry
____ 53. eradicate
a) wipe out
____ 54. sordid
a) slow
____ 55. presumptuous
a) indecent
____ 56. meticulous
a) broken-down
____ 57. magnanimous
a) nameless
____ 58. exhort
a) strongly urge
____ 59. innocuous
a) delightful
____ 60. masochist

b) egotist
d) one who expects the worst
____ 61. deplore
a) command
____ 62. atrophy
a) weaken
____ 63. unprecedented
a) overly noticeable
b) without authority
d) having never happened before
____ 64. mitigate
a) make worse
b) make less severe
____ 65. exacerbate
a) make worse
b) remove
c) bring closer
d) strengthen
____ 66. exorbitant
a) absorbent
b) excessive
c) quarrelsome
d) well-timed
____ 67. facilitate
a) approve
____ 68. synchronize
a) spread throughout
____ 69. extricate
a) run away
____ 70. exhilaration
a) freedom
____ 71. proficient
a) proud
b) wise
____ 72. annihilate
a) guide
b) misunderstand
____ 73. criterion
a) philosophy
b) standard for judgment
d) state of mind
____ 74. vindicate
a) clear from blame
____ 75. subversive
a) being a servant
b) acting to overthrow
d) planning to build
b) strict
c) separate
c) loose
b) scold
d) purchase
d) long
c) restore
b) unprepared
d) hold onto
c) morally low
d) injured
b) lacking standards of selection

b) curious
b) proud
c) nervous
c) careful and exact
d) irregular
c) generous in forgiving
b) travel
c) escape
b) harmless
b) reward
c) encourage
b) separate
b) thirst
d) prevent
d) strengthen
c) unexpected
c) remove
c) make easier
b) confuse
d) disappointing
c) fan
c) expand
b) serve
c) skilled
d) hide
d) clear from blame
c) reduce
d) cause to occur together
c) free from difficulty

c) wisdom
d) lacking standards
d) hint
c) dangerous
b) disapprove of
d) too bold
d) complicate
d) gladness
d) well-known
c) carry out
b) ridicule
d) destroy
c) political theory
c) escape
d) formally question
c) willing

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Pretest
____ 76. forestall
a) prevent
b) predict
c) rent
____ 77. retribution
a) donation
____ 78. insinuate
a) demand
b) state
____ 79. disparity
a) sadness
b) inequality
____ 80. opportune
a) generous
____ 81. fastidious
a) not planned
____ 82. heinous
a) evil
____ 83. implement
a) encourage
____ 84. complement
a) praise
____ 85. impromptu
a) forceful
____ 86. transgress
a) follow
____ 87. extenuating
a) excusing
____ 88. vehement
a) forceful
____ 89. auspicious
a) threatening
b) lazy
____ 90. rebuke
a) compromise
b) fix
____ 91. macabre
a) frightful
____ 92. fabricate
a) misinterpret
____ 93. turbulent
a) ambitious
____ 94. impending
a) about to happen
____ 95. paramount
a) dramatic
b) disturbed
____ 96. emulate
a) be tardy
b) misunderstand
____ 97. antithesis
a) disorder
b) theory
____ 98. incapacitate
a) disable
b) allow
c) increase
____ 99. abrasive
a) rough
b) friendly
c) mild
____ 100. prognosis
a) hope
b) looking back
d) hurry
c) evil
c) deny
d) punishment
d) hint
c) blemish
b) more important
d) similarity
c) well-timed
b) attentive to details
b) mischievous
b) sin
c) quick
c) stubborn
b) carry out
d) prevent
c) make fun of
b) round out
d) add what is needed
c) delayed
c) travel
b) inferior
c) rude
d) sin
d) overly noticeable
d) calm
c) favorable
c) scold
b) depressed
d) not trusting
d) admire
c) cheerful
b) put away
d) common
c) clothe
b) wildly disturbed
b) illegal
d) invent
c) mixed
c) historical
c) unknown
c) opposite
d) fast
d) usual
d) chief
c) imitate
c) effect
b) memory
d) on time
c) forceful
b) wicked
d) inferior
d) depressed
c) insult
b) unplanned
d) belittling
d) prepare
d) opposite
d) fight
d) foolish
d) prediction
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NAME: ___________________________________
SECTION: ___________ DATE: _______________
Posttest
SCORE: ___________________________________
____
1. juxtapose
a) place side by side
____
2. embellish
a) remove
____
3. facetious
a) joking
____
4. infallible
a) wild
____
5. discretion
a) independence
____
6. inadvertent
a) near
____
7. gregarious
a) religious
____
8. rudimentary
a) rude
____
9. retrospect
a) repetition
b) replace
b) decorate
c) keep
b) ill-mannered
d) depressed
c) incapable of error
b) tact
b) not for sale
d) imagine
d) hide
c) careless
b) accident-prone
c) slyness
d) unintentional
c) depressed
c) partial
b) looking back
d) wordy
d) elementary
c) removal
b) make progress
d) human
d) gladness
c) distant
b) sociable
b) planned
c) remove
c) adjust
d) expecting
____ 10. regress
a) restrict
____ 11. instigate
a) stir to action
____ 12. venerate
a) protect
b) respect
c) make unfriendly
____ 13. propensity
a) hobby
b) relation
c) job
____ 14. subsidize
a) fall over
____ 15. dissident
____ 16. despondent
a) tired
____ 17. relinquish
a) give up
____ 18. scrupulous
a) clean
b) careless
____ 19. sham
a) type
b) imitation
____ 20. impetuous
a) impulsive
____ 21. fortuitous
a) having never happened before
a) against
a) affordable
b) well-filled
____ 24. vicarious
a) occasional
b) experienced indirectly
c) lively
____ 25. euphoric
a) undecided
b) depressed
d) overjoyed
b) suppress
b) lift up
d) return to previous behavior
c) prepare
d) investigate
d) create
d) tendency
c) support financially
b) candidate
b) depressed
b) criticize
b) lazy
c) visitor
c) encouraged
c) gather
d) well-behaved
d) conscientious
c) disturbance
d) belief
d) calm
b) brave
d) enjoy
c) sociable
c) teasing
d) calculate
c) lucky
d) sad
c) tending beforehand
c) blameworthy
c) lonely
d) undecided
d) admirable
d) inactive

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____ 26. contrite
a) careful
b) lacking confidence
c) sorry
____ 27. attrition
a) becoming fewer
____ 28. terse
a) nervous
____ 29. esoteric
a) public
b) uniform
a) secret
b) well-lit
a) cheerful
a) contest
____ 33. relegate
a) blend
____ 34. verbose
a) noisy
b) active
____ 35. exonerate
a) encourage
____ 37. liability
a) hatred
____ 38. circumvent
a) distribute
____ 39. bolster
a) hide
____ 40. austere
a) far
____ 41. reticent
a) forgiving
____ 42. distraught
a) troubled
a) useful
a) careful
a) secret plot
____ 46. sedentary
a) excessive
____ 47. oblivious
a) courageous
____ 48. plight
a) minor weakness
____ 49. inundate
a) flood
a) unenthusiastic
b) imitation
b) sad
c) multiplying
c) brief
c) noble
c) bring back into use
c) expert
c) avoid
c) plain
d) fail to notice
c) sad
b) arousing interest
c) inconsistent
c) repeated
c) quiet
c) approve
d) able to improve
d) change
d) harmless
d) reliable
b) difficult situation
b) on time
d) rehearsed
d) ahead
c) journey
b) unaware
c) educated
c) extra
b) sitting
d) favor
d) complex
b) too noticeable
b) fantasy
d) painter
d) support
b) delay
d) free from blame
c) indirect remark
c) protect
b) unclear
d) raise
d) forceful
b) egotist
b) socialize
b) wealthy
d) possibility
c) condemn
b) drawback
b) protest
d) in pain
c) theory
c) wordy
b) hide
d) harmless
c) nervous
b) disapproval
d) connection
d) cool
c) well-written
b) curious
d) indecent
c) travel
d) environment
d) swallow
c) troubled
d) well-prepared

156
____ 51. encompass
a) separate
b) draw
c) include
d) purchase
____ 52. vindicate
a) ridicule
b) escape
____ 53. meticulous
a) irregular
b) broken-down
____ 54. annihilate
a) destroy
b) misunderstand
____ 55. exacerbate
a) bring closer
a) nameless
____ 57. exhort
a) hint
b) strongly urge
____ 58. stringent
a) long
b) loose
____ 59. innocuous
a) delightful
____ 60. facilitate
a) make easier
a) indecent
____ 63. mitigate
a) make less severe
____ 64. subversive
a) being a servant
____ 65. atrophy
a) strengthen
____ 66. sordid
a) slow
____ 67. extricate
a) run away
b) free from difficulty
c) confuse
a) gladness
b) freedom
d) wisdom
____ 69. masochist
a) one who expects the worst

d) one who likes to suffer
____ 70. eradicate
a) wipe out
____ 71. proficient
a) wise
____ 72. exorbitant
a) excessive
a) cause to occur together
____ 74. deplore
a) command
____ 75. criterion
a) philosophy
b) political theory
d) state of mind
c) clear from blame

c) curious
d) guide
c) make worse
b) generous in forgiving
d) dry
c) approve
d) disappointing
d) clear from blame
b) make worse
b) willing
b) reward
b) scold
b) proud
d) acting to overthrow
d) weaken
c) thirst
b) egotist
d) injured
d) complicate
c) fan
d) hold onto
c) well-known
b) encourage
d) remove
c) planning to build
c) restore
d) too bold
c) unexpected
c) unprepared
b) absorbent
c) nervous
c) hide
c) expand
b) morally low
d) escape
c) dangerous
b) serve
d) remove
c) proud
c) travel
b) harmless
d) careful and exact
c) carry out
b) strengthen
c) strict
d) skilled
c) quarrelsome
b) separate
d) well-timed
c) reduce
c) disapprove of
d) spread throughout
d) prevent
c) standard for judgment

157
____ 76. forestall
a) rent
b) predict
c) prevent
____ 77. complement
a) sin
b) praise
c) add what is needed
____ 78. prognosis
a) memory
b) hope
c) prediction
____ 79. vehement
a) wicked
b) forceful
c) calm
____ 80. auspicious
a) threatening
____ 81. disparity
a) sadness
____ 82. heinous
a) depressed
____ 83. impromptu
b) lazy
d) hurry
d) opposite
d) rude
c) not trusting
b) similarity
c) mischievous
a) forceful
b) on time
c) delayed
____ 84. antithesis
a) disorder
b) theory
c) opposite
a) allow
____ 86. implement
a) carry out
____ 87. insinuate
a) demand
____ 88. rebuke
a) compromise
____ 89. impending
a) illegal
b) about to happen
____ 90. abrasive
a) foolish
b) rough
____ 91. fastidious
a) not planned
____ 92. macabre
a) depressed
____ 93. opportune
a) well-timed
____ 94. turbulent
a) wildly disturbed
____ 95. transgress
a) round out
____ 96. extenuating
____ 97. paramount
a) disturbed
b) dramatic
____ 98. fabricate
a) put away
b) misinterpret
____ 99. retribution
a) looking back
____ 100. emulate
a) be tardy
b) encourage
b) scold
d) effect
d) fight
d) prevent
d) hint
c) fix
d) admire
c) historical
c) friendly
b) frightful
c) quick
c) common
b) more important
b) ambitious
c) sin
d) inferior
d) cheerful
c) generous
c) mixed
d) belittling
d) fast
d) travel
b) excusing
c) inferior
c) chief
b) donation
d) usual
d) mild
b) imitate
d) stubborn
c) insult
c) deny
b) follow
d) blemish
d) unplanned
c) increase
b) state
d) favorable
c) inequality
b) evil
b) disable
d) make fun of
d) forceful
d) unknown
c) invent
d) clothe
c) punishment
c) misunderstand
d) evil
d) prepare
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Name: __________________________
Unit One: Pretest

____
1. optimum
a) highest
b) most favorable
____
2. dexterous
a) young
____
3. scrupulous
a) sociable
____
4. vicarious
____
5. sensory
a) in the mind
b) sensible
____
6. facetious
a) ill-mannered
b) joking
____
7. discretion
a) independence
____
8. ostentatious
a) showy
b) lazy
____
9. gregarious
a) wordy
b) depressed
b) accidental
c) brightest
c) skillful
b) careless
c) clean
d) heaviest
d) skinny
d) conscientious
b) lively
c) inactive
c) of the senses
c) careless
b) gladness
d) on the surface
d) depressed
c) slyness
c) courageous
d) tact
d) playfully witty
c) sociable
d) religious
____ 10. detriment
a) outward behavior
____ 11. despondent
a) depressed
____ 12. rudimentary
a) rude
____ 13. zealot
a) dictator
b) person devoted to a cause
____ 14. collaborate
a) respect
b) work hard
____ 15. resilient
a) able to recover quickly
____ 16. squelch
a) make fun of
____ 17. retrospect
a) expecting
____ 18. instigate
a) stir to action
____ 19. scoff
a) impress
____ 20. venerate
a) protect
b) create
c) make unfriendly
____ 21. ambiguous
a) under
b) not clear
c) widespread
____ 22. sporadic
a) tiny
____ 23. subsidize
a) support financially
____ 24. inane
a) brilliant
b) measurable
____ 25. lethargy
a) strength
b) highest point
b) something damaging
b) tired
b) planned
c) encouraged
c) partial
d) occasional
c) failure
d) well-behaved
d) elementary
c) casual person
c) search
b) strong
c) heavy
d) light
c) suppress
d) approve
b) repetition
c) removal
d) looking back
b) inquire
c) prepare
c) make fun of
b) particular
c) occasional
b) lift up
d) leader
d) work together
b) stretch
b) investigate
d) silence
d) suppress
d) show off
d) respect
d) too large
d) wasteful
c) fall over
c) causing pain
c) hunger
d) calculate
d) silly
d) lack of energy

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____ 26. dissident
b) visitor
c) candidate
____ 27. juxtapose
a) replace
____ 28. fritter
a) waste
____ 29. embellish
a) remove
a) unintentional
____ 31. relinquish
a) enjoy
____ 32. estrange
a) state again
____ 33. maudlin
a) kind
b) sentimental
____ 34. impetuous
a) lazy
b) calm
____ 35. ubiquitous
a) existing everywhere
____ 36. euphoric
a) undecided
____ 37. zenith
a) cure-all
____ 38. infallible
a) incapable of error
____ 39. regress
a) make progress
____ 40. berate
a) urge
____ 41. charlatan
a) impostor
b) actor
____ 42. proliferation
a) support
b) research
____ 43. corroborate
a) imitate
b) support with proof
____ 44. diverge
a) branch off
____ 45. irrevocable
a) not likely
b) unable to be cancelled
d) existing everywhere
____ 46. precipitate
a) hold
____ 47. dormant
a) inactive
____ 48. disseminate
a) act as
____ 49. hoist
a) hold onto
____ 50. illicit
a) illegal

b) prove
c) remove
c) wander
b) keep
b) not for sale
d) hide
c) distant
c) criticize
b) depart
d) give up
c) useful
b) depressed
d) impulsive
c) all-powerful
c) lonely
c) drawback
b) restrict
d) authority
c) removal
c) plan
c) inside
b) bury
c) unspoken
d) study carefully
d) hide
c) sacred
d) bring on
d) troubled
c) reveal
c) let go of
d) produce
d) lift
d) public
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d) adjust
d) one who wastes
d) rapid spread
c) plot
c) escape
b) scatter widely
d) wild
d) lie
c) business investor
b) lively
b) secret
c) human
c) branch off
b) become different
d) perfect
d) overjoyed
b) accident-prone
b) uncover
d) enter
d) clever
b) all-knowing
b) criticize
d) near
c) make unsympathetic
c) teasing
b) peak
d) imagine
d) collect
c) decorate
b) gather
Name: __________________________
Unit One: Posttest

____
1. dormant
a) inside
b) lively
c) inactive
____
2. dexterous
a) skinny
b) young
c) accidental
____
3. relinquish
a) give up
b) gather
c) criticize
____
4. subsidize
a) lift up
____
5. gregarious
a) sociable
____
6. corroborate
a) plot
____
7. despondent
a) encouraged
____
8. zealot
a) dictator
b) person devoted to a cause
____
9. optimum
a) heaviest
b) brightest
b) support financially
b) depressed
d) troubled
d) skillful
d) enjoy
c) fall over
c) wordy
d) religious
b) support with proof c) imitate

b) tired
c) highest
a) respect
____ 11. berate
a) lie
____ 12. ostentatious
a) showy
____ 13. instigate
a) prepare
b) investigate
____ 14. zenith
a) cure-all
b) authority
____ 15. ambiguous
a) widespread
____ 16. scrupulous
a) sociable
____ 17. detriment
a) silence
____ 18. euphoric
a) overjoyed
____ 19. dissident
a) planned
____ 21. disseminate
a) reveal
____ 22. fritter
a) waste
____ 23. vicarious
a) inactive
____ 24. venerate
a) create
____ 25. estrange
a) state again
b) work together
b) urge
b) courageous
d) branch off
d) playfully witty
c) drawback
b) something damaging
d) conscientious
c) failure
b) occasional
d) undecided
d) produce
d) collect
c) experienced indirectly
c) make unfriendly
b) enter
d) rude
c) act as
c) wander
d) outward behavior
c) visitor
c) elementary
b) scatter widely
d) too large
c) lonely
b) candidate
d) suppress
d) peak
c) under
c) clean
b) depressed
d) leader
d) work hard
c) stir to action
b) careless
b) respect
c) casual person
d) most favorable
c) lazy
b) not clear
b) prove
d) well-behaved
c) search
c) criticize
b) partial
d) study carefully
c) depressed
____ 10. collaborate
d) calculate
d) lively
d) protect
c) make unsympathetic
d) depart

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____ 26. irrevocable
a) sacred
b) unable to be cancelled
____ 27. inane
a) silly
____ 28. sensory
a) on the surface
____ 29. resilient
____ 30. infallible
a) accident-prone
____ 31. juxtapose
a) remove
____ 32. regress
a) make progress
b) restrict
____ 33. charlatan
a) one who wastes
b) actor
____ 34. squelch
a) make fun of
____ 35. lethargy
a) highest point
____ 36. ubiquitous
a) existing everywhere b) all-knowing
c) all-powerful
____ 37. proliferation
a) removal
d) rapid spread
____ 38. discretion
a) independence
a) near
b) not for sale
____ 40. diverge
a) hide
b) branch off
____ 41. scoff
a) impress
b) inquire
____ 42. precipitate
a) bring on
b) become different
____ 43. retrospect
a) expecting
b) looking back
____ 44. sporadic
a) tiny
____ 45. maudlin
a) clever
____ 46. embellish
a) decorate
____ 47. illicit
a) secret
____ 48. impetuous
a) calm
____ 49. hoist
a) lift b) let go of
____ 50. facetious
a) ill-mannered
b) brilliant
c) not likely
c) causing pain
b) of the senses
b) wild
d) measurable
c) sensible
b) heavy
d) incapable of error
c) replace
c) suppress
c) support
b) gladness
b) hide
b) illegal
b) lazy
d) tact
d) hold
c) removal
c) impulsive
d) repetition
d) wasteful
c) useful
c) unspoken
b) careless
d) show off
c) plan
c) occasional
c) bury
d) distant
d) escape
c) make fun of
c) remove
d) kind
d) keep
d) public
d) teasing
d) hold onto
c) joking
d) depressed
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d) imposter
d) lack of energy
c) slyness
c) uncover
d) adjust
d) approve
c) unintentional
b) sentimental
d) imagine
b) strength c) hunger
b) particular
d) light
b) stretch
b) research
d) in the mind
c) strong
c) human
d) existing everywhere
d) perfect
Name: __________________________
Unit Two: Pretest

____
1. solace
a) relaxation
b) comfort
____
2. fortuitous
a) lucky
____
3. impeccable
a) built-in
____
4. sham
a) type
____
5. liaison
a) reference
____
6. equivocate
a) be vague on purpose
____
7. predisposed
a) against
____
8. solicitous
a) trying to impress
____
9. propensity
a) relation
b) sad
c) sleep
d) comedy
b) unnecessary
b) imitation
b) plan
c) mischievous
d) belief
c) go-between
d) accusation
b) sitting
c) approve
a) blameworthy
____ 11. vociferous
a) vicious
____ 12. grievous
a) funny
____ 13. attrition
a) becoming fewer
____ 14. reticent
a) forgiving
____ 15. robust
a) extremely careful
____ 16. circumvent
a) avoid
____ 17. cohesive
a) slippery
b) risky
____ 18. sanction
a) present
b) prepare
____ 19. inundate
a) delay
____ 20. oblivious
a) courageous
a) cheerful
b) nervous
____ 22. tenet
a) principle
b) apartment dweller
____ 23. depreciate
a) set free
____ 24. relegate
____ 25. bolster
a) support
b) well-filled
c) affordable
d) admirable
d) busy
c) impressive
d) causing pain
b) connection
c) multiplying
b) vigorous
b) fail to notice
b) flood
c) separating
d) socialize
d) free from a difficulty
d) approve
c) quiet
d) reliable
c) curious
b) come forth
d) loyal
d) sticking together
c) authorize
c) swallow
d) in pain
c) disadvantage
c) support
c) protest
d) peculiarity
d) fall in value
b) protect
d) imitation
c) tall
c) distribute
b) unaware
d) negative
d) hobby
c) noisy
b) sad
c) showing concern
b) talented
d) agree
c) undecided
c) tendency
b) boring
d) faultless
c) disturbance
b) dedicate
b) job
d) brave
c) blend
d) raise
d) hide

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____ 26. terse
a) nervous
b) sad
c) brief
d) cool
____ 27. replete
a) unclear
b) well-filled
____ 28. sedentary
a) sitting
____ 29. indiscriminate
a) self-centered
b) especially generous
d) not choosing carefully
____ 30. nebulous
a) contrary to reason
____ 31. raucous
a) unfriendly
____ 32. autonomy
a) independence
____ 33. tenacious
a) undecided
____ 34. utopia
a) remedy
____ 35. recourse
a) changed direction
____ 36. reiterate
a) repeat
b) begin again
c) motivate
____ 37. mandate
a) mood
b) government
c) voters wishes
____ 38. bureaucratic
a) excited
b) mixed
____ 39. ostracize
a) exclude
b) prepare
____ 40. tantamount to
a) highest
b) the same as
____ 41. prolific
a) wise
b) overly cautious
a) extra
b) unclear
____ 43. exonerate
a) encourage
____ 44. indigenous
a) underground
a) contest
____ 46. reinstate
a) make more severe
____ 47. incongruous
a) not noticeable
____ 48. egocentric
a) unbalanced
a) well-lit
____ 50. liability
a) drawback
c) finished
b) excessive
c) harmless
b) unclear
b) spacious
d) repeated
c) painful
c) complete
c) disorderly
b) personal risk
b) social
c) transportation
d) holding firmly
d) ahead
d) free from blame
c) following established rules

c) theory
b) suggest
b) inborn
c) restore
c) square
c) favor
d) visit
d) gathered together
d) self-centered
d) harmless
d) indirect remark
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d) distant
d) possibility
c) inconsistent
c) noble
b) hatred
d) record
d) near
c) hide
b) disapproval
b) circular
d) decide
d) decide on
c) fertile
b) native
d) class
d) insisting on the rules
c) beside
c) useful
d) perfect place
c) possible event
c) unthinking
c) scold
d) group
d) nervous
c) master plan
b) source of help
b) condemn
d) calm
d) stubborn
c) holding firmly
b) strong desire
b) secret
d) empty
Name: __________________________
Unit Two: Posttest

____
1. propensity
a) relation
b) job
c) tendency
____
2. raucous
a) stubborn
____
3. contingency
a) possibility
____
4. vociferous
a) busy
____
5. recourse
a) changed direction
____
6. fortuitous
a) brave
____
7. depreciate
a) set free
____
8. egocentric
a) unbalanced
____
9. robust
b) disorderly
c) spacious
b) disapproval
b) talented
d) hobby
c) theory
c) noisy
d) contest
d) vicious
b) source of help
b) sad
d) unfriendly
c) possible event
b) fall in value
c) support
b) self-centered
b) loyal
c) tall
a) accusation
a) admirable
____ 12. bolster
a) support
b) protest
a) in pain
b) cheerful
____ 14. solicitous
a) trying to impress
____ 15. grievous
a) funny
____ 16. reiterate
a) repeat
____ 17. autonomy
a) transportation
____ 18. sanction
a) authorize
b) prepare
____ 19. reticent
a) forgiving
b) sad
____ 20. ostracize
a) scold
b) prepare
____ 21. terse
a) brief
b) sad
____ 22. prolific
a) overly cautious
a) ahead
b) unclear
c) extra
____ 24. solace
a) sleep
b) comfort
c) relaxation
____ 25. attrition
a) becoming fewer
b) plan
d) reference
c) blameworthy
c) protect
d) curious
c) showing concern
c) impressive
b) motivate
b) personal risk
d) decide
c) independence
c) present
c) decide on
d) group
d) free from a difficulty
b) wise
d) sitting
d) causing pain
c) begin again
c) nervous
d) affordable
d) hide
c) nervous
b) negative
b) boring
d) circular
d) vigorous
c) go-between
b) well-filled
d) lucky
d) come forth
c) square
____ 10. liaison
d) class
d) exclude
d) cool
c) fertile
b) multiplying
d) holding firmly
d) useful
d) comedy
c) connection
d) imitation

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____ 26. inundate
a) delay
b) flood
c) swallow
d) approve
____ 27. utopia
a) master plan
____ 28. relegate
____ 29. impeccable
a) unnecessary
____ 30. replete
a) empty
____ 31. nebulous
a) contrary to reason
____ 32. equivocate
a) agree
____ 33. bureaucratic
a) unthinking
____ 34. sedentary
a) sitting
____ 35. tantamount to
a) beside
____ 36. liability
a) drawback
____ 37. circumvent
a) socialize
____ 38. exonerate
a) encourage
____ 39. indigenous
a) native
a) undecided
____ 41. tenet
a) peculiarity
b) principle
____ 42. mandate
a) record
____ 43. tenacious
a) undecided
____ 44. reinstate
a) make more severe
____ 45. incongruous
a) not noticeable
____ 46. oblivious
a) courageous
a) well-lit b) harmless
____ 48. sham
a) belief
____ 49. cohesive
a) sticking together
____ 50. indiscriminate
a) not choosing carefully

d) self-centered
b) strong desire
c) remedy
b) built-in
b) unclear
c) mischevious
c) well-filled
b) unclear
b) dedicate
b) excessive
b) near
b) avoid
d) calm
d) be vague on purpose
c) mixed
c) highest
d) insisting on the rules

d) repeated
d) the same as
c) hatred
d) indirect remark
c) distribute
d) fail to notice
b) condemn
c) hide
b) underground
d) free from blame
c) following established rules

c) against
c) disadvantage
b) voters wishes
b) social
c) holding firmly
b) unaware
c) quiet
c) noble
c) imitation
b) risky
d) mood
d) nervous
c) suggest
b) gathered together
d) distant
d) apartment dweller
c) government
b) restore
d) visit
c) inconsistent
d) inborn
d) reliable
d) secret
d) disturbance
c) separating
d) slippery
b) especially generous
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d) raise
d) faultless
c) complete
c) harmless
b) favor
c) blend
d) finished
c) approve
b) excited
b) type
d) perfect place
c) painful
Name: __________________________
Unit Three: Pretest

____
1. inclusive
a) surrounding
b) adding
____
2. preposterous
a) unprepared
____
3. advocate
a) surround
____
4. idiosyncrasy
a) secret plot
____
5. jurisdiction
a) range of authority
____
6. antipathy
a) disease
____
7. imminent
a) recent
____
8. emancipate
a) redirect
____
9. precarious
a) risky
c) including much
b) ridiculous
b) fascinate
c) proud
b) about to happen
c) law
c) current
a) wipe out
____ 11. austere
a) wealthy
b) plain
____ 12. travesty
a) mockery
b) copy
____ 13. notorious
a) too bold
b) written
d) lacking skill
____ 14. facsimile
a) authority
b) copy
____ 15. grotesque
a) harmless
b) unclear
a) unenthusiastic
____ 17. mesmerize
a) wipe out
a) careful
b) able to improve
____ 19. esoteric
a) public
b) uniform
a) journey
____ 21. verbose
a) wordy
____ 23. contrite
a) indecent
____ 24. lucid
a) clear
____ 25. conspiracy
a) robbery
b) stretch
d) strong dislike
d) late
d) set free
c) careless
____ 10. impede
d) mockery
d) secret plot
c) high regard
c) display
b) crowded
d) distant
c) get in the way of

c) complex
d) urge
d) far
c) campaign
d) ill will
c) known widely but unfavorably

c) comparison
c) dirty
b) troubled
b) control
c) on time
c) secret plot
b) sorry
d) slow down
d) fantasy
d) forceful
b) egotist
c) expert
c) lacking confidence
b) revenge
d) well-prepared
c) inconsistent
c) well-written
c) noisy
d) accusation
d) distorted
c) hypnotize
b) change
b) active
d) support
c) personal peculiarity
b) exact copy
b) ridicule
d) about to happen
c) subtract
b) crazy idea
d) reducing
c) project
c) careful
d) painter
d) careful
d) bold
d) secret plot

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____ 26. germane
a) evil
b) chief
c) relevant
____ 27. superficially
a) strictly
____ 28. plight
____ 29. distraught
a) educated
____ 30. symmetrical
b) carefully
d) growing
c) totally
d) hastily
b) minor weakness
c) environment
d) travel
b) too noticeable
c) troubled
d) rehearsed
a) extra
b) well-proportioned
c) uniform
d) colorful
____ 31. standardize
a) allow
b) simplify
c) limit
d) make uniform
____ 32. encompass
a) include
b) draw
c) separate
d) purchase
____ 33. homogeneous
a) pure
b) smooth
c) uniform
d) separate
____ 34. stringent
a) dry
____ 35. adept
a) forceful
____ 36. eradicate
a) wipe out
____ 37. sordid
a) slow
____ 38. entrepreneur
a) lawyer
____ 39. stint
a) period of work
a) indecent
____ 41. meticulous
a) broken-down
____ 42. repugnant
a) scornful
____ 43. foible
a) character flaw
____ 44. recrimination
a) environment
a) nameless
____ 46. exhort
a) strongly urge
____ 47. rancor
a) pride
____ 48. innocuous
a) delightful
b) harmless
c) dangerous
____ 49. flamboyant
a) talkative
b) courageous
c) showy
____ 50. masochist

b) egotist
b) strict
c) loose
b) exact
b) scold
d) long
c) balanced
d) skilled
c) restore
d) hold onto
b) unprepared
c) morally low
b) business investor
d) injured
c) college educator
b) sequence of events
c) exercise

b) curious
b) offensive
c) harmful
b) ambition
b) proud
b) fear
c) noble quality
c) robbery
c) escape
c) strong desire
d) irregular
d) accident
d) countercharge
d) hint
d) ill will
d) disappointing
d) exact
c) fan
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d) too bold
d) impressive
b) travel
d) stunt
c) nervous
b) ambition
d) police officer
Name: __________________________

____
1. contrite
a) lacking confidence
b) indecent
____
2. emancipate
a) redirect
____
3. esoteric
a) understood by few
____
4. entrepreneur
a) police officer
____
5. magnanimous
a) generous in forgiving
____
6. precarious
a) careless
____
7. masochist

b) egotist
____
8. impede
a) urge
____
9. lucid
a) careful
b) bold
____ 10. sordid
a) injured
b) unprepared
____ 11. preposterous
a) unprepared
____ 12. mesmerize
a) wipe out
____ 13. exhort
a) strongly urge
____ 14. advocate
a) fascinate
____ 15. inclusive
a) including much
____ 17. stringent
a) long
a) troubled
a) inconsistent
____ 20. rancor
a) ill will
b) fear
____ 21. conspiracy
a) project
b) robbery
____ 22. idiosyncrasy
a) fault
b) crazy idea
____ 23. adept
a) exact
b) forceful
____ 24. innocuous
a) dangerous
____ 25. austere
a) complex
b) ridicule
c) display
b) stretch
c) fan
d) wipe out
d) clear
c) morally low
c) proud
c) hint
d) surround
c) surrounding
b) egotist
c) strict
d) slow down
d) travel
c) subtract
b) adding
d) slow
d) about to happen
c) control
b) escape
d) reducing
c) expert
d) painter
d) loose
b) unenthusiastic
c) on time
b) able to improve
c) strong desire
c) revenge
d) well-prepared
c) careful
c) balanced
d) secret plot
d) mockery
d) skilled
c) delightful
c) wealthy
d) pride
c) personal peculiarity
b) harmless
d) distant
c) get in the way of
b) hypnotize
d) college educator
c) proud
c) risky
b) support
d) public
b) ridiculous
b) far
c) well-written
b) nameless
b) crowded
d) careful
d) set free
b) uniform
b) lawyer
b) dry
c) sorry
d) disappointing
d) plain

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____ 26. symmetrical
a) uniform
b) well-proportioned
____ 27. standardize
a) make uniform
____ 28. verbose
a) noisy
____ 29. recrimination
a) environment
____ 30. encompass
a) purchase
b) draw
____ 31. grotesque
a) harmless
b) unclear
____ 32. jurisdiction
a) range of authority
____ 33. travesty
a) campaign
____ 34. stint
a) period of work
a) nervous
____ 36. meticulous
a) broken-down
____ 37. distraught
a) troubled
b) rehearsed
____ 38. repugnant
a) harmful
b) offensive
a) secret plot
____ 40. foible
a) character flaw
____ 41. antipathy
____ 42. eradicate
a) wipe out
____ 43. plight
a) travel
____ 44. facsimile
a) accusation
____ 45. superficially
a) strictly
____ 46. imminent
a) about to happen
____ 47. flamboyant
a) showy
____ 48. germane
a) evil
____ 49. homogeneous
a) separate
b) uniform
____ 50. notorious
a) written
b) lacking skill
b) allow
b) active
c) extra
d) colorful
c) simplify
c) wordy
b) robbery
d) limit
d) forceful
c) countercharge
c) separate
d) include
c) dirty
d) distorted
b) exact copy
b) ill will
c) secret plot
c) mockery
c) exercise

b) careful and exact
b) restore
b) authority
b) carefully
b) chief
c) disease
d) environment
d) comparison
d) hastily
c) current
c) talkative
d) late
d) courageous
d) growing
c) smooth
d) pure
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d) strong dislike
c) minor weakness
c) totally
c) relevant
d) accident
d) hold onto
c) copy
b) recent
d) fantasy
c) noble quality
c) scold
d) irregular
d) impressive
c) change
b) high regard
d) too bold
d) too noticeable
c) scornful
b) ambition
d) stunt
c) indecent
c) curious
c) educated
b) journey
d) law
d) copy
b) sequence of events
b) exact
d) ambition
d) too bold
Name: __________________________
Unit Four: Pretest

____
1. integral
a) simple
b) beyond what is reasonable
d) one-sided
____
2. commensurate
a) overly valued
____
3. chide
a) approve
____
4. yen
a) strong desire
____
5. diabolic
a) excessive
____
6. scenario
a) fiction
____
7. coalition
a) union
____
8. noxious
a) unnecessary
b) excessive
____
9. connotation
a) disapproval
b) law
b) remembered
b) scold
c) necessary to the whole
c) secondary
c) joke
d) remind
b) acceptance
c) gladness
b) mischievous
b) comparison
b) cure-all
c) odd
d) in proportion
d) dislike
d) wicked
c) imagined sequence
c) injury
d) scenic view
d) conduct
c) disorganized
d) harmful to health
c) suggested meaning
____ 10. dilapidated
a) ill-fed
____ 11. panacea
a) cure-all
b) state of uncertainty
____ 12. utilitarian
a) useless
b) built-in
____ 13. deplore
a) command
____ 14. atrophy
a) weaken
____ 16. mitigate
a) make worse
____ 17. deprivation
a) lack of a basic necessity
____ 18. imperative
a) thoughtful
____ 19. objective
a) useful
____ 20. exacerbate
a) make worse
____ 21. rejuvenate
a) set free
____ 22. exorbitant
a) absorbent
____ 23. decorum
a) correctness in manners
____ 24. facilitate
a) approve
b) broken-down
c) stubborn
b) reward
d) improved
c) reward
c) practical
b) disapprove of
d) standard for judgment
d) false medicine
d) beautiful
c) encourage
c) expand
d) prevent
d) strengthen
b) make less severe
c) unexpected
c) remove
b) depth
d) hide
c) disapproval
b) more harmful than at first evident

b) poorly supported
b) remove
b) grow
c) refresh
b) excessive
b) serve
c) likely
c) based on facts
c) bring closer
d) necessary
d) emotional
d) strengthen
d) make easier
c) quarrelsome
b) talent
d) well-timed
c) repayment
c) make easier
b) separate
d) privacy
d) indirect remark
d) clear from blame
c) reduce
d) cause to occur together

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____ 26. espouse
a) prolong
b) support
c) delay
____ 27. extricate
a) run away
____ 28. tenuous
a) weak
a) freedom
____ 30. orthodox
a) firm
____ 31. assimilate
a) exercise
____ 32. inherent
a) built-in
____ 33. unilateral
a) late
____ 34. demeanor
a) choice
____ 35. dissipate
a) strengthen
____ 36. nonchalant
a) casual
____ 37. denunciation
a) concern
____ 38. unassuming
a) slow
b) modest
____ 39. indolent
a) poor
b) about to happen
____ 40. belligerent
a) quarrelsome
____ 41. proficient
a) proud
b) wise
____ 42. annihilate
a) guide
b) misunderstand
____ 43. criterion
a) philosophy
b) standard for judgment
d) state of mind
____ 44. vindicate
a) clear from blame
____ 45. emanate
a) go above
____ 46. holistic
a) democratic
____ 47. subversive
a) being a servant
b) acting to overthrow
____ 48. staunch
a) loyal
____ 49. analogy
a) original
b) sample
____ 50. placebo
a) standard
d) the whole
b) harmless substance used as medicine
b) confuse
b) boring
d) marry
c) free from difficulty
c) showy
b) thirst
d) well-supported
c) wisdom
b) favorable
d) gladness
c) traditional
b) adjust to a culture
b) plain
d) new
c) examine
c) common
b) demanding
d) one-sided
c) conduct
d) method
c) blame
d) collect
b) scatter
b) uncertain
c) careful
b) approval
d) frozen
c) manner of speaking
c) cautious
b) musical
b) secretive
d) hot
c) most important
d) humble
d) well-known
c) carry out
b) ridicule
b) run through
d) destroy
c) political theory
c) escape
c) go down
d) come forth
c) emphasizing the whole
c) proud
d) little-known
c) willing
d) easy to handle
c) summary
d) comparison
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d) act of condemning
d) thorough
c) lazy
c) skilled
b) in doubt
d) ease the progress of
d) local
c) having authority
b) disguise
d) complicate
c) wish
Name: __________________________
Unit Four: Posttest

____
1. scenario
a) scenic view
b) fiction
c) comparison
____
2. dilapidated
a) improved
b) broken-down
____
3. analogy
a) summary
b) sample
____
4. denunciation
a) act of condemning
____
5. diabolic
a) odd
____
6. staunch
a) easy to handle
____
7. unprecedented
d) unexpected
____
8. unassuming
a) thorough
____
9. deprivation
a) lack of a basic necessity
c) ill-fed
c) original
b) approval
b) mischievous
b) loyal
d) stubborn
d) comparison
c) manner of speaking
c) excessive
d) wicked
c) proud
d) in doubt
b) slow
d) imagined sequence
c) modest
d) cautious
b) disapproval
c) depth
____ 10. coalition
a) injury
b) cure-all
c) union
____ 11. mitigate
a) remove
b) hide
c) make worse
____ 12. integral
a) one-sided
d) simple
____ 13. placebo
a) wish b) harmless substance used as medicine

d) standard
____ 14. rejuvenate
a) set free
b) grow
____ 15. dissipate
a) blame
b) scatter
c) strengthen
____ 16. proficient
a) skilled
b) proud
c) wise
____ 17. decorum
a) repayment
____ 18. panacea
a) reward
____ 19. demeanor
a) conduct
____ 20. facilitate
a) make easier
____ 21. imperative
a) likely b) more harmful than at first evident

d) necessary
____ 23. commensurate
a) in proportion
____ 24. utilitarian
a) built-in
____ 25. unilateral
a) having authority
c) refresh
d) make less severe
d) collect
c) correctness in manners
c) cure-all
c) disguise
b) practical
b) one-sided
d) false medicine
d) clear from blame

c) thoughtful
c) cause to occur together

c) remembered
c) useless
d) talent
d) method
c) approve
b) secondary
c) the whole
d) well-known
b) state of uncertainty
b) reduce
c) necessary to the whole
d) make easier
b) indirect remark
b) serve
d) privacy
d) conduct
b) beyond what is reasonable
b) choice
d) concern
d) separate
d) overly valued
d) beautiful
c) late
d) demanding
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____ 26. extricate
a) run away
b) free from difficulty
____ 27. objective
a) emotional
b) poorly supported
____ 28. tenuous
a) showy
b) boring
____ 29. nonchalant
a) casual
b) uncertain
a) wisdom
____ 31. subversive
a) being a servant b) acting to overthrow

c) willing
____ 32. deplore
a) encourage
d) disapprove of
____ 33. exacerbate
a) remove
____ 34. annihilate
a) carry out
____ 35. orthodox
a) new
____ 36. assimilate
a) examine
____ 37. inherent
a) built-in
b) common
____ 38. chide
a) remind
b) approve
____ 39. holistic
a) emphasizing the whole
____ 40. atrophy
a) expand
____ 41. yen
a) strong desire
____ 42. emanate
a) go down
____ 43. indolent
a) lazy
____ 44. espouse
a) delay
____ 45. belligerent
a) most important
____ 46. criterion
a) standard for judgment

d) political theory
b) philosophy
____ 47. connotation
a) disapproval
c) standard for judgment
____ 48. exorbitant
a) quarrelsome
____ 49. vindicate
a) formally question
b) escape
____ 50. noxious
a) harmful to health
b) disorganized
d) frozen
c) freedom
c) strengthen
b) misunderstand
b) favorable
d) gladness
c) command
b) make worse
b) adjust to a culture
c) exercise
c) scold
d) joke
b) secretive
b) acceptance
b) musical
b) excessive
c) poor
d) gladness
d) run through
d) hot
d) marry
c) quarrelsome
d) humble
c) state of mind
c) absorbent
c) ridicule
d) suggested meaning
d) well-timed
d) clear from blame
c) unnecessary
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d) little-known
d) strengthen
c) dislike
c) support
b) law
c) democratic
c) go above
b) about to happen
d) ease the progress of
d) plain
c) weaken
b) prolong
d) destroy
d) firm
c) local
b) come forth
d) bring closer
c) guide
c) traditional
b) reward
d) useful
d) well-supported
c) careful
b) prevent
d) complicate
c) based on facts
c) weak
b) thirst
c) confuse
d) excessive
Name: __________________________
Unit Five: Pretest

____
1. forestall
a) prevent
b) predict
c) rent
____
2. retribution
a) donation
____
3. interrogate
a) put into practice
____
4. permeate
a) imitate
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a) more harmful than at first evident

b) sly
c) more noticeable than desired
d) slow
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6. insinuate
a) demand
b) state
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7. disparity
a) sadness
b) inequality
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8. omnipotent
a) all-powerful
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9. opportune
a) generous
b) looking back
d) hurry
c) evil
b) invent
d) punishment
c) formally question
b) spread throughout
c) pollute
c) deny
d) similarity
c) altogether
b) more important
a) not planned
____ 11. heinous
a) evil
____ 12. obtrusive
a) about to happen
____ 13. implement
a) encourage
____ 14. discreet
a) tactful
b) intense
c) knowledgeable
____ 15. inference
a) rumor
b) meeting
c) assumption
____ 16. flout
a) beat
____ 17. impromptu
a) forceful
____ 18. transgress
a) follow
____ 19. expedite
a) speed up
____ 20. innuendo
a) threat
____ 21. redeem
a) show to be true
____ 22. vehement
a) forceful
____ 23. auspicious
a) threatening
____ 24. subordinate
a) irritating
____ 25. rebuke
a) compromise
b) carry out
b) surprise
c) quick
c) stubborn
b) too near
b) round out
b) explore
b) challenge
b) lazy
b) inferior
b) fix
d) speech
d) on time
d) sin
c) sadden
d) elect
c) impression
d) indirect remark
c) select
d) ignore
d) calm
c) favorable
c) scold
d) open
d) make fun of
c) travel
c) quiet
d) shocking
d) prevent
c) delayed
c) rude
d) inferior
d) depressed
c) insult
b) restore to favor
b) wicked
d) belittling
c) undesirably noticeable
c) suggest
b) unplanned
d) cure-all
c) well-timed
____ 10. fastidious
b) mischievous
d) deny the authority of
d) hint
c) blemish
b) forgiving
d) blame sharply
d) not trusting
d) chief
d) admire

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____ 26. validate
a) dislike
b) prove
c) discover
____ 27. macabre
a) frightful
____ 28. deride
a) repair
____ 29. fabricate
a) misinterpret
____ 30. misconstrue
a) misunderstand
____ 31. derogatory
a) healthful
____ 32. turbulent
a) ambitious
____ 33. impending
a) about to happen
____ 34. paramount
a) dramatic
____ 35. platitude
a) prediction
b) commonplace remark
d) noisy disorder
____ 36. spontaneous
a) cheerful
____ 37. adroit
a) skillful
b) funny
____ 38. contention
a) guard
b) meeting
____ 39. stigma
a) prediction
____ 40. repudiate
a) deny the truth of
____ 41. irreparable
a) untrue
b) unable to create
d) unable to be repaired
____ 42. pinnacle
a) choice
____ 43. emulate
a) be tardy
____ 44. abrasive
a) rough
b) friendly
____ 45. docile
a) violent
b) early
____ 46. antithesis
a) disorder
a) disable
b) allow
c) increase
d) fight
____ 48. admonish
a) imitate
b) scold
c) publicize
d) frighten
____ 49. prognosis
a) hope
b) memory
c) opposite
____ 50. culmination
a) country
b) depressed
b) take
d) notice
c) cheerful
c) ridicule
d) common
d) ease
b) put away
c) clothe
d) invent
b) dislike
c) reject
d) admire
b) unable to be repaired
b) wildly disturbed
b) illegal
b) disturbed
c) belittling
c) mixed
d) chief
c) done on impulse
c) conscientious
c) rise
b) disgrace
d) usual
c) highest point
b) full of wild disorder
c) claim
d) easy to discipline
d) peak
c) hinder
b) misunderstand
d) opposite
c) imitate
c) mild
d) prepare
d) foolish
c) easy to discipline
c) effect
b) highest point
d) irritating
d) opposite
c) edge
d) prediction
d) bottom
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d) state again
c) able to recover quickly
c) blemish
b) theory
d) fiery
d) claim
b) compliment
b) peak
d) fast
c) historical
c) unknown
d) proud
Name: __________________________
Unit Five: Posttest

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1. misconstrue
a) dislike
b) misunderstand
____
2. irreparable

d) unable to be repaired
____
3. rebuke
a) compromise
b) fix
____
4. retribution
a) punishment
b) donation
____
5. fastidious
a) not planned
b) quick
____
6. forestall
a) prevent
____
7. obtrusive
a) shocking
b) too near
____
8. disparity
a) blemish
b) similarity
____
9. prognosis
a) prediction
c) reject
d) admire
b) unable to create
c) scold
c) untrue
d) admire
c) looking back
d) evil
c) attentive to details
b) predict
c) rent
d) inferior
d) hurry
c) undesirably noticeable
c) sadness
b) memory
d) about to happen
d) inequality
c) opposite
d) hope
____ 10. contention
a) guard
b) meeting
____ 11. inference
a) rumor
b) assumption
____ 12. derogatory
a) belittling
____ 13. expedite
a) elect
____ 14. interrogate
a) put into practice
____ 15. antithesis
a) disorder
____ 16. impending
a) illegal
____ 17. impromptu
a) forceful
____ 18. redeem
a) restore to favor
____ 19. heinous
a) stubborn
____ 20. permeate
a) imitate
b) spread throughout
c) deny the authority of
____ 21. abrasive
a) foolish
b) friendly
d) rough
____ 22. auspicious
a) threatening
____ 23. opportune
a) generous
____ 24. emulate
a) imitate
____ 25. flout
a) beat
c) claim
c) meeting
b) healthful
b) speed up
c) explore
b) invent
b) historical
d) sadden
c) effect
b) unplanned
d) about to happen
c) delayed
b) mischievous
c) favorable
b) more important
d) on time
c) select
c) evil
c) mild
d) blame sharply
d) theory
b) show to be true
b) be tardy
d) proud
c) formally question
c) usual
b) lazy
d) speech
c) unable to be repaired
b) opposite
b) surprise
d) rise
d) depressed
d) pollute
d) not trusting
c) belittling
c) misunderstand
c) make fun of
d) ignore
d) well-timed
d) prepare
d) suggest

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____ 26. culmination
a) country
b) highest point
____ 27. deride
a) repair
____ 28. insidious
a) sly b) more harmful than at first evident c) more noticeable than desired
d) slow
____ 29. implement
a) encourage
____ 30. admonish
a) scold
____ 31. fabricate
a) misinterpret
____ 32. turbulent
a) wildly disturbed
____ 33. validate
a) notice
b) prove
____ 34. docile
a) violent
b) early
____ 35. paramount
a) dramatic
____ 36. discreet
a) tactful
____ 37. macabre
a) depressed
____ 38. platitude
a) prediction
b) commonplace remark
d) noisy disorder
c) highest point
____ 39. omnipotent
a) forgiving
d) all-powerful
____ 40. repudiate
a) deny the truth of
____ 41. innuendo
a) impression
____ 42. subordinate
a) irritating
b) chief
____ 43. stigma
a) prediction
b) disgrace
____ 44. transgress
a) round out
b) follow
____ 45. spontaneous
a) cheerful
b) full of wild disorder
c) done on impulse
a) increase
b) allow
c) disable
d) fight
____ 47. vehement
a) forceful
b) wicked
c) calm
d) rude
____ 48. adroit
a) easy to discipline
b) funny
____ 49. pinnacle
a) choice
b) peak
c) blemish
____ 50. insinuate
a) deny
b) demand
c) state
b) take
c) edge
c) ease
b) insult
b) imitate
d) bottom
d) ridicule
c) carry out
c) publicize
b) put away
d) prevent
d) frighten
c) clothe
b) ambitious
d) invent
c) mixed
c) discover
d) dislike
c) easy to discipline
b) chief
c) disturbed
b) intense
c) open
b) frightful
d) irritating
d) unknown
d) knowledgeable
c) cheerful
b) altogether
d) common
c) cure-all
b) compliment
b) challenge
d) fast
c) hinder
c) threat
c) quiet
d) state again
d) indirect remark
d) inferior
c) claim
c) travel
d) peak
d) sin
c) skillful
d) conscientious
d) opposite
d) hint
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BVS / IVS / AVS
NAME: ___________________________________
SECTION: ___________ DATE: _______________
Pretest / Posttest
SCORE: ___________________________________
ANSWER SHEET
1. _____
26. _____
51. _____
76. _____
2. _____
27. _____
52. _____
77. _____
3. _____
28. _____
53. _____
78. _____
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Pretest
ANSWER KEY
1. d
26. a
51. a
76. a
2. a
27. c
52. b
77. d
3. b
28. a
53. a
78. d
4. d
29. b
54. c
79. b
5. c
30. b
55. d
80. c
6. a
31. c
56. c
81. b
7. d
32. b
57. c
82. a
8. d
33. a
58. a
83. b
9. a
34. c
59. b
84. d
10. d
35. a
60. a
85. b
11. a
36. a
61. b
86. d
12. d
37. d
62. a
87. a
13. b
38. d
63. d
88. a
14. c
39. b
64. b
89. c
15. a
40. a
65. a
90. c
16. d
41. b
66. b
91. a
17. d
42. a
67. c
92. d
18. d
43. d
68. d
93. b
19. a
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69. c
94. a
20. c
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70. d
95. d
21. a
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71. c
96. c
22. b
47. c
72. d
97. d
23. d
48. b
73. b
98. a
24. c
49. a
74. a
99. a
25. a
50. c
75. b
100. d
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Posttest
ANSWER KEY
1. a
26. c
51. c
76. c
2. b
27. a
52. c
77. c
3. a
28. c
53. d
78. c
4. c
29. d
54. a
79. b
5. b
30. a
55. c
80. d
6. d
31. b
56. b
81. c
7. b
32. d
57. b
82. b
8. d
33. b
58. c
83. d
9. b
34. c
59. b
84. c
10. d
35. d
60. a
85. b
11. a
36. c
61. d
86. a
12. b
37. b
62. d
87. d
13. d
38. c
63. a
88. b
14. c
39. d
64. d
89. b
15. d
40. c
65. d
90. b
16. b
41. b
66. b
91. b
17. a
42. a
67. b
92. b
18. d
43. c
68. a
93. a
19. b
44. b
69. d
94. a
20. a
45. d
70. a
95. c
21. c
46. b
71. d
96. b
22. c
47. b
72. a
97. c
23. c
48. b
73. a
98. c
24. b
49. a
74. c
99. c
25. d
50. a
75. c
100. b
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Answers to the Pretests and Posttests: ADVANCING VOCABULARY SKILLS
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Answers to the Activities in ADVANCING VOCABULARY SKILLS

Chapter 1 (Apartment Problems)
Ten Words
in Context
1. c 6. a
2. a 7. b
3. b 8. a
4. c 9. a
5. b 10. b
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 4 6. 2
2. 7 7. 8
3. 6 8. 5
4. 1 9. 3
5. 10 10. 9
Sentence
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1. c 6.
2. a 7.
3. b 8.
4. e 9.
5. h 10.
Chapter 8 (Coco the Gorilla)
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Final
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1. e 6.
2. c 7.
3. a 8.
4. b 9.
5. g 10.
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1. c 6.
2. f 7.
3. g 8.
4. h 9.
5. b 10.
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Chapter 2 (Hardly a Loser)

Ten Words
in Context
1. c 6. a
2. b 7. a
3. c 8. b
4. c 9. b
5. a 10. a
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 3 6. 8
2. 6 7. 9
3. 4 8. 2
4. 1 9. 5
5. 10 10. 7
Sentence
Check 1
1. f 6.
2. b 7.
3. c 8.
4. j 9.
5. i 10.
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 7 6. 3
2. 8 7. 10
3. 1 8. 4
4. 6 9. 5
5. 2 10. 9
Sentence
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1. h 6.
2. i 7.
3. j 8.
4. e 9.
5. d 10.
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12. h, i
34. g, b
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1. 8 6. 10
2. 4 7. 2
3. 6 8. 5
4. 1 9. 3
5. 9 10. 7
Sentence
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1. g 6.
2. j 7.
3. c 8.
4. h 9.
5. b 10.
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12. e, h
34. d, a
56. i, f
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910. j, c
Matching
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1. 5 6. 9
2. 3 7. 6
3. 8 8. 1
4. 10 9. 4
5. 2 10. 7
Sentence
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1. d 6.
2. a 7.
3. h 8.
4. e 9.
5. i 10.
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Matching
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1. 9 6. 1
2. 6 7. 10
3. 2 8. 5
4. 8 9. 7
5. 4 10. 3
Sentence
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1. a 6.
2. i 7.
3. g 8.
4. d 9.
5. e 10.
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Final
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1. a 6.
2. j 7.
3. c 8.
4. e 9.
5. i 10.
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12. j, i
34. c, b
56. e, d
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910. f, g
Final
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1. d 6.
2. b 7.
3. f 8.
4. j 9.
5. a 10.
b
f
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h
Matching
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1. 6 6. 1
2. 7 7. 3
3. 2 8. 10
4. 9 9. 5
5. 4 10. 8
Sentence
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1. i 6.
2. c 7.
3. e 8.
4. j 9.
5. g 10.
Ten Words
in Context
1. c 6. a
2. b 7. b
3. c 8. c
4. c 9. a
5. a 10. c
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 2 6. 1
2. 3 7. 4
3. 8 8. 7
4. 9 9. 5
5. 10 10. 6
Sentence
Check 1
1. j 6.
2. c 7.
3. a 8.
4. b 9.
5. i 10.
Final
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1. f 6.
2. a 7.
3. h 8.
4. i 9.
5. e 10.
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12. j, a
34. b, g
56. c, f
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Final
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1. c 6.
2. a 7.
3. b 8.
4. h 9.
5. d 10.
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12. e, f
34. d, i
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910. a, b
Final
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1. f 6.
2. h 7.
3. j 8.
4. i 9.
5. d 10.
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12. g, f
34. d, b
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Final
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1. d 6.
2. b 7.
3. i 8.
4. e 9.
5. g 10.
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12. a, g
34. d, f
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Final
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1. g 6.
2. f 7.
3. d 8.
4. b 9.
5. h 10.
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12. d, j
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Final
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1. h 6.
2. a 7.
3. i 8.
4. c 9.
5. g 10.
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12. b, e
34. f, h
56. d, a
78. g, i
910. j, c
Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. a
2. a 7. a
3. c 8. b
4. a 9. a
5. b 10. c
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 10 6. 1
2. 5 7. 3
3. 6 8. 4
4. 2 9. 8
5. 7 10. 9
Sentence
Check 1
1. a 6.
2. d 7.
3. g 8.
4. h 9.
5. e 10.
Ten Words
in Context
1. c 6. b
2. a 7. b
3. a 8. a
4. c 9. c
5. a 10. a
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 7 6. 10
2. 1 7. 8
3. 5 8. 4
4. 2 9. 3
5. 6 10. 9
Sentence
Check 1
1. e 6.
2. i 7.
3. g 8.
4. f 9.
5. b 10.
Ten Word Pts

in Context
1. b 6. c
2. a 7. a
3. b 8. c
4. a 9. b
5. b 10. c
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 4 6. 10
2. 3 7. 9
3. 8 8. 5
4. 1 9. 6
5. 7 10. 2
Sentence
Check 1
1. c 6.
2. j 7.
3. f 8.
4. g 9.
5. h 10.
Chapter 13 (Anns Love of Animals)

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Chapter 7 (A Phony Friend)

Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. b
2. a 7. a
3. a 8. a
4. c 9. c
5. b 10. b
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Chapter 12 (Alexs Search)
Sentence
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12. b, d
34. e, g
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Chapter 6 (Holiday Blues)

Ten Word Pts
in Context
1. c 6. c
2. a 7. a
3. b 8. b
4. c 9. a
5. c 10. b
Final
Check
1. a 6.
2. c 7.
3. f 8.
4. i 9.
5. g 10.
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12. e, f
34. i, a
56. d, g
78. h, b
910. j, c
Chapter 11 (My Large Family)

Final
Check
1. c 6.
2. j 7.
3. e 8.
4. d 9.
5. h 10.
Chapter 5 (A Get-Rich-Quick Scam)

Ten Words
in Context
1. c 6. c
2. b 7. b
3. a 8. a
4. a 9. a
5. a 10. c
Sentence
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1. f 6.
2. j 7.
3. i 8.
4. h 9.
5. b 10.
Chapter 10 (A Debate on School Uniforms)

Final
Check
1. e 6.
2. b 7.
3. g 8.
4. c 9.
5. a 10.
Chapter 4 (My Brothers Mental Illness)

Ten Words
in Context
1. c 6. c
2. b 7. a
3. a 8. b
4. a 9. c
5. a 10. c
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 9 6. 3
2. 5 7. 10
3. 2 8. 1
4. 7 9. 4
5. 8 10. 6
Chapter 9 (Our Annual Garage Sale)
Chapter 3 (Grandfather at the Art Museum)

Ten Words
in Context
1. a 6. a
2. a 7. b
3. b 8. a
4. c 9. b
5. c 10. a
Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. b
2. a 7. b
3. a 8. c
4. c 9. a
5. a 10. c
Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. b
2. a 7. a
3. c 8. c
4. a 9. a
5. c 10. c
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 6 6. 3
2. 7 7. 10
3. 1 8. 4
4. 8 9. 9
5. 2 10. 5
Sentence
Check 1
1. i 6.
2. a 7.
3. g 8.
4. e 9.
5. f 10.
Chapter 14 (A Costume Party)

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12. f, a
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Final
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1. d 6.
2. f 7.
3. e 8.
4. i 9.
5. a 10.
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Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. a
2. a 7. a
3. c 8. a
4. a 9. c
5. b 10. a
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Matching
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1. 5 6. 9
2. 6 7. 3
3. 10 8. 2
4. 8 9. 1
5. 7 10. 4
Sentence
Check 1
1. j 6.
2. g 7.
3. i 8.
4. d 9.
5. c 10.
Chapter 15 (The Missing Painting)

Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. a
2. a 7. c
3. c 8. b
4. a 9. c
5. b 10. b
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 4 6. 3
2. 10 7. 9
3. 8 8. 1
4. 5 9. 7
5. 6 10. 2
Sentence
Check 1
1. c 6.
2. g 7.
3. i 8.
4. a 9.
5. j 10.
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Chapter 23 (A Different Kind of Doctor)

Sentence
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12. d, b
34. a, h
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Final
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1. d 6.
2. a 7.
3. f 8.
4. g 9.
5. j 10.
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Chapter 16 (An Ohio Girl in New York)

Ten Words
in Context
1. a 6. a
2. c 7. b
3. a 8. b
4. c 9. a
5. b 10. c
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 3 6. 10
2. 1 7. 8
3. 9 8. 2
4. 6 9. 5
5. 4 10. 7
Sentence
Check 1
1. f 6.
2. a 7.
3. g 8.
4. i 9.
5. d 10.
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Sentence
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12. c, a
34. i, j
56. d, g
78. f, b
910. h, e
Matching
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1. 8 6. 3
2. 4 7. 9
3. 10 8. 1
4. 6 9. 5
5. 2 10. 7
Sentence
Check 1
1. j 6.
2. e 7.
3. f 8.
4. c 9.
5. a 10.
c
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Final
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1. g 6.
2. e 7.
3. c 8.
4. b 9.
5. d 10.
Sentence
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12. e, f
34. c, b
56. j, i
78. h, d
910. g, a
Final
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1. b 6.
2. c 7.
3. j 8.
4. h 9.
5. e 10.
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12. a, b
34. h, c
56. f, e
78. i, g
910. j, d
Final
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1. g 6.
2. d 7.
3. i 8.
4. e 9.
5. f 10.
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12. f, c
34. b, i
56. d, a
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910. j, h
Final
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1. a 6.
2. d 7.
3. b 8.
4. c 9.
5. e 10.
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Chapter 18 (A Cult Community)

Ten Word Pts
in Context
1. c 6. a
2. a 7. a
3. c 8. c
4. b 9. b
5. a 10. b
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 8 6. 2
2. 9 7. 1
3. 10 8. 3
4. 7 9. 6
5. 5 10. 4
Sentence
Check 1
1. b 6.
2. c 7.
3. g 8.
4. e 9.
5. j 10.
f
g
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d
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 8 6. 7
2. 9 7. 2
3. 5 8. 3
4. 1 9. 4
5. 10 10. 6
Sentence
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1. a 6.
2. e 7.
3. g 8.
4. b 9.
5. j 10.
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Matching
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1. 4 6. 3
2. 6 7. 5
3. 9 8. 7
4. 8 9. 10
5. 1 10. 2
Sentence
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1. c 6.
2. f 7.
3. d 8.
4. i 9.
5. b 10.
b
c
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Matching
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1. 3 6. 2
2. 5 7. 9
3. 10 8. 6
4. 1 9. 7
5. 8 10. 4
Sentence
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1. a 6.
2. j 7.
3. h 8.
4. d 9.
5. c 10.
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Sentence
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12. c, i
34. g, j
56. d, h
78. a, e
910. b, f
Matching
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1. 3 6. 1
2. 6 7. 10
3. 9 8. 7
4. 5 9. 2
5. 8 10. 4
Sentence
Check 1
1. g 6.
2. e 7.
3. b 8.
4. d 9.
5. h 10.
Ten Word Pts

in Context
1. b 6. a
2. c 7. a
3. a 8. b
4. c 9. c
5. b 10. a
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 2 6. 4
2. 7 7. 6
3. 9 8. 10
4. 3 9. 1
5. 8 10. 5
Sentence
Check 1
1. j 6.
2. d 7.
3. a 8.
4. b 9.
5. f 10.
Sentence
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12. a, j
34. e, i
56. h, g
78. f, b
910. c, d
Final
Check
1. b 6.
2. d 7.
3. c 8.
4. a 9.
5. f 10.
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Sentence
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12. a, d
34. c, i
56. j, h
78. g, b
910. e, f
Final
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1. a 6.
2. g 7.
3. f 8.
4. b 9.
5. h 10.
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12. i, c
34. a, g
56. b, h
78. f, e
910. d, j
Final
Check
1. e 6.
2. j 7.
3. a 8.
4. i 9.
5. c 10.
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Sentence
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12. i, g
34. f, d
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910. e, b
Final
Check
1. i 6.
2. c 7.
3. d 8.
4. a 9.
5. h 10.
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Sentence
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12. i, g
34. h, e
56. j, c
78. d, b
910. f, a
Final
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1. c 6.
2. f 7.
3. b 8.
4. a 9.
5. d 10.
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Sentence
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12. j, d
34. c, f
56. a, e
78. b, i
910. h, g
Final
Check
1. a 6.
2. b 7.
3. i 8.
4. f 9.
5. g 10.
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Sentence
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12. c, e
34. i, h
56. g, d
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910. j, b
Final
Check
1. b 6.
2. a 7.
3. c 8.
4. f 9.
5. h 10.
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Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. b
2. a 7. c
3. b 8. a
4. a 9. b
5. a 10. c
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 6 6. 9
2. 4 7. 8
3. 10 8. 2
4. 1 9. 7
5. 3 10. 5
Sentence
Check 1
1. i 6.
2. b 7.
3. h 8.
4. e 9.
5. j 10.
Ten Words
in Context
1. a 6. b
2. b 7. a
3. c 8. b
4. a 9. c
5. a 10. a
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 4 6. 7
2. 9 7. 5
3. 6 8. 8
4. 10 9. 1
5. 2 10. 3
Sentence
Check 1
1. i 6.
2. d 7.
3. e 8.
4. g 9.
5. b 10.
Ten Words
in Context
1. c 6. a
2. a 7. b
3. a 8. a
4. b 9. c
5. c 10. a
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 5 6. 1
2. 2 7. 3
3. 6 8. 9
4. 10 9. 8
5. 4 10. 7
Sentence
Check 1
1. h 6.
2. i 7.
3. d 8.
4. b 9.
5. g 10.
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12. c, b
34. j, e
56. g, h
78. d, f
910. i, a
Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. a
2. a 7. a
3. c 8. a
4. a 9. a
5. c 10. b
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 9 6. 6
2. 5 7. 1
3. 8 8. 3
4. 2 9. 4
5. 10 10. 7
Sentence
Check 1
1. e 6.
2. g 7.
3. d 8.
4. f 9.
5. b 10.
Chapter 29 (The End of a Political Career)

Final
Check
1. g 6.
2. b 7.
3. h 8.
4. d 9.
5. j 10.
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Chapter 22 (Adjusting to a Group Home)

Ten Words
in Context
1. a 6. c
2. b 7. c
3. a 8. a
4. c 9. c
5. b 10. b
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Chapter 28 (Rumors)
Chapter 21 (Twelve Grown Men in a Bug)

Ten Words
in Context
1. c 6. c
2. a 7. b
3. b 8. c
4. c 9. a
5. a 10. a
Final
Check
1. e 6.
2. a 7.
3. d 8.
4. i 9.
5. f 10.
Chapter 27 (Tonys Rehabilitation)
Chapter 20 (Thomas Dooley)

Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. a
2. a 7. b
3. a 8. c
4. c 9. a
5. c 10. b
Sentence
Check 2
12. d, b
34. c, g
56. j, i
78. e, a
910. h, f
Chapter 26 (Harriet Tubman)
Chapter 19 (Halloween Troubles)

Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. c
2. c 7. a
3. c 8. b
4. a 9. a
5. c 10. a
Sentence
Check 1
1. i 6.
2. b 7.
3. h 8.
4. c 9.
5. g 10.
Chapter 25 (My Devilish Older Sister)
Sentence
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12. a, g
34. h, e
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910. i, b
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Matching
Words/Defs
1. 10 6. 3
2. 6 7. 9
3. 4 8. 8
4. 1 9. 5
5. 2 10. 7
Chapter 24 (Grandpa and Music)

Final
Check
1. i 6.
2. g 7.
3. e 8.
4. j 9.
5. a 10.
Chapter 17 (How Neat Is Neat Enough)

Ten Words
in Context
1. c 6. b
2. a 7. a
3. b 8. b
4. a 9. c
5. a 10. a
Ten Words
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1. b 6. a
2. c 7. a
3. a 8. c
4. b 9. b
5. b 10. a
Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. b
2. a 7. b
3. c 8. c
4. b 9. a
5. a 10. a
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 4 6. 7
2. 1 7. 5
3. 10 8. 2
4. 8 9. 6
5. 9 10. 3
Sentence
Check 1
1. g 6.
2. h 7.
3. j 8.
4. d 9.
5. a 10.
Chapter 30 (Firing Our Boss)

Final
Check
1. c 6.
2. b 7.
3. d 8.
4. h 9.
5. f 10.
j
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Ten Words
in Context
1. b 6. b
2. b 7. a
3. a 8. c
4. c 9. a
5. a 10. b
Matching
Words/Defs
1. 10 6. 2
2. 8 7. 3
3. 5 8. 4
4. 1 9. 6
5. 9 10. 7
Sentence
Check 1
1. j 6.
2. a 7.
3. h 8.
4. c 9.
5. g 10.
Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 1 (Apartment Problems)

a. detriment
b. dexterous
c. discretion
d. facetious
e. gregarious
f. optimum
g. ostentatious
h. scrupulous
i. sensory
j. vicarious
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1. Babies benefit from a great deal of ________________________ stimulation: different textures to

feel, shapes and colors to look at, and various sounds to hear.
____
2. The boys club has made Hank more comfortable with others. In the past, he usually stayed by
himself, but now hes much more ________________________.
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3. Anita is ________________________ about not wasting her employers time. Although she uses a
computer all day, she never sends personal e-mail or plays computer games until she gets home.
____
4. When Brian said he spent all the money I had lent him on a new sports car, I wasnt sure if he was
being serious or ________________________.
____
5. It will be many years before I can afford to travel much, but in the meantime, I get
_______________________ pleasure from hearing about my friends exciting vacations.
____
6. Not being able to read well is a(n) _______________________ to most careers.
____
7. To be great performers, piano players must be _______________________ with their hands.
____
8. Experts say that the ______________________ age for receiving the measles vaccine is 15 months.
Children younger than that arent well protected by the injection.
____
9. Its________________________ of the Millers to build a huge fancy vacation home that theyll use
only once or twice a year. Why must they make such a show of having money?
____ 10. Its difficult to make a child understand the need for ________________________. What parent
hasnt had the experience of hearing his child yell out some true, but embarrassing fact, such as
Look! That man doesnt have any hair on his head!

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Mastery Test: Chapter 2 (Hardly a Loser)

a. collaborate
b. despondent
c. instigate
d. resilient
e. retrospect
f. rudimentary
g. scoff
h. squelch
i. venerate
j. zealot
____
1. In __________________________, Tim believes his marriage to Lily could have been saved. But at
the time, he was convinced that they should split up.
____
2. The world __________________________s Isaac Newton for discovering the laws of gravity.
____
3. After breaking her hip, Mrs. Murphy was ____________________________, but she became more
hopeful and cheerful when she was discharged from the hospital.
____
4. Our neighbor is a ____________________________ about keeping his yard neat. When a single
leaf falls off a tree, he rushes out of his house to rake it up.
____
5. Winnie was a happy, fun-loving girl when she got married. But five years of living with her sour,
serious husband has _________________________(e)d her bubbly personality.
____
6. Joan didnt take part in the snowball fight, but she _________________________(e)d it by giving
the boys huge piles of snowballs.
____
7. John Lennon and Paul McCartney __________________________(e)d in writing many of the

Beatles hit songs, including Yesterday and Yellow Submarine.
____
8. People with AIDS are much less _________________________ than others. A flu attack that most
of us can easily shake off is life-threatening to them.
____
9. Anyone with even a(n) ___________________________ understanding of electricity knows its not
a good idea to use a metal fork to take a piece of toast from the toaster.
____ 10. My little sisters friends __________________________(e)d at her when she claimed she could do
magic tricks. Their laughter stopped, however, when she made a pair of pigeons appear from
nowhere.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 3 (Grandfather at the Art Museum)

a. ambiguous
b. dissident
c. embellish
d. fritter
e. inadvertent
f. inane
g. juxtapose
h. lethargy
i. sporadic
j. subsidize
____
1. Nita allows her son to _______________________ away his weekly allowance on junk. She says
hell soon learn that its better to save his money for something he really wants.
____
2. We watched in wonder as the baker ______________________(e)d the wedding cake with colorful
flowers, hearts, and birds.
____
3. Dr. Green was disturbed to see such _______________________ in young Lisa. Usually, children
her age have a great amount of energy.
____
4. Heres one of the _______________________ excuses people have given on insurance forms for
accidents: Coming home, I drove into the wrong driveway and hit a tree I dont have.
____
5. Every member of the school board but one voted to hire the new teacher. The ___________________
kept saying, Theres something about him that I just dont like.
____
6. The laundry soap ad ________________________(e)d an ugly, stained shirt with a beautiful, bright
shirt that had supposedly been washed in the soap.
____
7. The town business association has established a scholarship to ______________________ a needy

business student each year at the local college.
____
8. Instead of having a steady job, Lila stays home with her children and makes a little extra money
now and then by doing _______________________ sewing for friends.
____
9. Coras failure to send Rachel a wedding invitation was entirely______________________. As soon

as Cora realized her mistake, she telephoned Rachel to invite her.
____ 10. One famous psychological test involves showing people inkblots in shapes purposely made
________________________ enough so that a variety of different things can be seen in each
design.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 4 (My Brothers Mental Illness)

a. berate
b. estrange
c. euphoric
d. impetuous
e. infallible
f. maudlin
g. regress
h. relinquish
i. ubiquitous
j. zenith
____
1. McDonalds is certainly a(n) ________________________ restaurant chain. Its almost impossible

to find a city that doesnt contain a set of the golden arches.
____
2. Dont ________________________ the child so, Mrs. Lopez told her husband. Hell learn more
if you just explain what hes done wrong instead of scolding him so harshly.
____
3. My older brother seems to believe hes really ________________________. Whenever someone

disagrees with him, he wont even consider the possibility that hes mistaken.
____
4. Since so many people who diet eventually __________________________ to their old weights,
wouldnt it make more sense simply to eat sensibly than to diet constantly?
____
5. The young woman ________________________(e)d custody of her baby to adoptive parents

because she wanted the child to have a good home, and she knew she wasnt able to provide one.
____
6. Timmy was _______________________ when his parents, at last, agreed to let him have the puppy
hed been begging for. He walked around singing and smiling all day.
____
7. Some child stars reached the ________________________ of their careers at a very young age and
later felt like failures because they couldnt stay at the top.
____
8. Last Friday night, my sister and I popped popcorn, put on our pajamas, and cried together over a
silly, sentimental movie. Then we laughed at ourselves for being so _______________________.
____
9. Harrys relationship with his two sisters had always been poor, but he completely
__________________________(e)d them when, without their knowledge, he took several of their
mothers belongings from her home the day she died.
____ 10. Phyllis stole a tube of mascara just because she felt like it. She later discovered that her
_______________________ act wasnt worth the humiliation and grief that resulted when she was
caught.
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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 5 (A Get-Rich-Quick Scam)

a. charlatan
b. corroborate
c. disseminate
d. diverge
e. dormant
f. hoist
g. illicit
h. irrevocable
i. precipitate
j. proliferation
____
1. Its hard to believe that every little acorn contains the _______________________ seed of a great
oak tree.
____
2. A small plane flying over the beach ________________________(e)d advertising flyers to the
sunbathers below until beach police objected about the litter.
____
3. The real estate agent insisted that Rons agreement to buy the house was ____________________.
However, Rons lawyer stated it was possible to cancel the deal.
____
4. Your Social Security card isnt enough, said the clerk taking my check. Youll have to
_______________________ your identity with a drivers license and a major credit card.
____
5. I wonder how people who earn their money through _______________________ means can enjoy
their wealth. For me, gaining money illegally would spoil much of its pleasure.
____
6. After earthquakes, special machinery is often brought in to ________________________ up the

heavy walls of collapsed buildings.
____
7. Its not wise to hire people who dont have a business address. They are likely to be
_______________________s whose only skill is taking your money.
____
8. Rachel knew that she wanted to leave her home town one day, but the sudden offer of a job in
another state _______________________(e)d her departure sooner than she expected.
____
9. The firehouse was at the edge of town, where the two main roads _______________________(e)d.
Firefighters were thus able to respond quickly to an alarm in either direction.
____ 10. The ________________________ of flowers along the borders of country roads is partly due to
people throwing their extra flower seeds out on the roadsides.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 7 (A Phony Friend)

a. equivocate
b. fortuitous
c. impeccable
d. liaison
e. predisposed
f. propensity
g. reprehensible
h. sham
i. solace
j. solicitous
____
1. Alice knows she has a(n) _________________________ to overspend on clothes, so she has put
herself on a clothing budget.
____
2. Because my grandmother is ________________________ to pneumonia, I make sure she stays

warm and healthy during the flu season.
____
3. Teenagers often _________________________ about their plans. When asked where theyre going,
they say Out, and when asked what theyll be doing, they say Nothing much.
____
4. Because Julie speaks both Vietnamese and English well, she acts as a(n) _____________________
between various Vietnamese immigrants and the telephone company, banks, and so on.
____
5. Children traveling alone on airplanes generally get very _______________________ attention from
the flight attendants, who keep them well supplied with coloring books, snacks, and pillows.
____
6. Stealing money is bad enough, but stealing from a charity is really ________________________.
____
7. Bob and Tinas meeting was unusually ______________________: intending to visit someone else,
Bob knocked on Tinas apartment door by mistake.
____
8. I used to envy my neighbors ________________________ housekeeping until I realized how much

time she spends cleaning. I live a messier but more balanced life.
____
9. Mrs. Walker has been lonely since all her children moved to other areas. Her children hope that
their frequent e-mails and photographs provide her with some _______________________.
____ 10. After Billy spent ten of his hard-earned dollars on an autographed picture of his baseball hero, he
was heartbroken to learn that the players signature was a(n) ______________________.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 8 (Coco the Gorilla)

a. attrition
b. circumvent
c. cohesive
d. grievous
e. inundate
f. oblivious
g. reticent
h. robust
i. sanction
j. vociferous
____
1. Our house was so ________________________(e)d by carpenter ants that we finally were forced to
call an exterminator.
____
2. The baseball players protest was ________________________he stamped his feet and screamed
at the umpire.
____
3. There are many possible explanations as to why some families fall apart and have little contact
while others are so much more ________________________.
____
4. The rate of ________________________ in Williams high school class was terrible. Of the 104
students who entered ninth grade with him, only 47 graduated.
____
5. After the car accident, Rodrigo wandered around in a daze, _______________________ to the
blood that was running down his face and soaking his shirt.
____
6. The pilot _______________________(e)d the storm by flying above it.
____
7. Many actors are quite happy to talk about their film careers, but _______________________about
their private lives.
____
8. The earthquake was especially ________________________ for those victims who lost friends and
family as well as possessions.
____
9. The principal wouldnt ________________________ the use of the gym for an after-school dance
club, even though one of the teachers agreed to be in charge of it.
____ 10. Its hard to believe that Ana and Tomass baby, who was so tiny and weak when she was born
prematurely, has grown into such a _______________________ one-year-old.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 9 (Our Annual Garage Sale)

a. bolster
b. depreciate
c. indiscriminate
d. inquisitive
e. nebulous
f. relegate
g. replete
h. sedentary
i. tenet
j. terse
____
1. A flaw in a diamond will ___________________________ the gems market value.
____
2. Being accepted to two good schools ________________________(e)d Amys confidence in her

ability to do well in college.
____
3. If the tax laws sometimes seem ________________________ to IRS agents, how is the average
person supposed to make sense of them?
____
4. My sisters_________________________ shopping has resulted in a closet full of clothes that dont

go together and that she doesnt even especially like.
____
5. Scott was such a(n) _________________________ child that his father teased him by saying, You
ask so many questions that youll probably be a game show host when you grow up.
____
6. One ________________________ of the Ben & Jerrys ice cream company is that a percentage of
their profits will be donated to peace efforts.
____
7. Our car was too old and broken-down to trade in. It could only be _______________________(e)d
to the junk pile.
____
8. Since Carla is a receptionist, her work is very _______________________. As a result, she makes a
special effort to exercise every day.
____
9. One expensive kennel guarantees that your dog will be well cared for during your vacation. It offers
cages ________________________ with such luxuries as air conditioning and pillows.
____ 10. Writer Dorothy Parker was well-known for her brief, witty statements. She once suggested this
________________________ sentence for her own gravestone: Excuse my dust.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 10 (A Debate on School Uniforms)

a. autonomy
b. bureaucratic
c. mandate
d. ostracize
e. raucous
f. recourse
g. reiterate
h. tantamount
i. tenacious
j. utopia
____
1. Greatly exaggerating the truth is ________________________ to lying.
____
2. When we ran out of gas, our only ________________________ was a four-mile walk to the nearest
gas station.
____
3. The city system is so ________________________ that it takes up to a year just to get a building
permit approved.
____
4. John Boless opponent was totally against taxes, so by electing Boles mayor, the voters expressed a
clear ________________________ : It is sometimes necessary to raise taxes.
____
5. Those at the back-yard graduation party didnt realize how _______________________ they had
become until a neighbor called to complain about the noise.
____
6. Malaria is a(n) ________________________ disease. Its symptoms of chills and fever can keep
reappearing for many years.
____
7. General MacArthur was known to ________________________ his instructions so many times that
his men could repeat them word for word.
____
8. Todd felt that his classmates _________________________(e)d him for no reason, but the other
children said they avoided him because he was a bully.
____
9. Many groups tried to create a(n) ________________________ where there is no crime or fighting,
but most of these efforts eventually failed.
____ 10. Donna believes in allowing her children total ________________________ in their decisions, but I
think its irresponsible to give children aged 5 and 8 that much independence.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 11 (My Large Family)

a. clandestine
b. contingency
c. egocentric
d. exonerate
e. incongruous
f. indigenous
g. liability
h. prolific
i. reinstate
j. superfluous
____
1. Mint is _______________________ to the town of North Judson, Indiana. Each summer, the town
hosts a Mint Festival to celebrate its favorite native crop.
____
2. ________________________ people do not necessarily feel good about themselves. Sometimes

people focus on themselves too much because of self-doubt and insecurity.
____
3. To prepare everyone for the ________________________ of a car accident, many states require
drivers to buy accident insurance.
____
4. After spending 45 minutes cramming our belongings into the back of our station wagon, Dad said,
The next time we go camping, we take only the necessities. All this ________________________
junk stays home!
____
5. Johann Sebastian Bach was _______________________ as both a composer and a parent. In

addition to writing numerous pieces of music, he fathered twenty children.
____
6. People who oppose the death penalty point out that occasionally, a person who has been put to
death has later been ______________________(e)d of the crime.
____
7. The fireplace in my aunts old house has a(n) ________________________ closet next to it. The
closet is concealed because it was once used to hide escaped slaves on their way North.
____
8. My brothers shyness is a great ________________________. Whenever he meets someone who

interests him, hes usually too embarrassed to speak.
____
9. Madelines boss ________________________(e)d her in her old job as shop manager when she
returned to work after maternity leave.
____ 10. Hal and Lisa spent so much on their new house that they had almost no money left to furnish it. It
seems ________________________ to have this lovely, expensive home filled with cast-off sofas
and chairs from thrift shops and garage sales.
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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 13 (Anns Love of Animals)

____
a. advocate
b. antipathy
c. emancipate
d. idiosyncrasy
e. imminent
f. impede
g. inclusive
h. jurisdiction
i. precarious
j. preposterous
1. Some of the people on the newspaper staff have odd habits. One reporter, for example, has the
________________________ of always wearing a bow tie.
____
2. That biography of Benjamin Franklin is all-_______________________; it covers all stages of his

life, from birth to death.
____
3. My English teacher ________________________s students doing a lot of personal reading in

addition to their homework assignments. He feels that the more we read, the better well write.
____
4. The little girls hearing loss had ________________________(e)d her speech development, so she
couldnt speak as well as most other children her age.
____
5. Dogs seem to have a natural ________________________ for snakes. The first time my usually
gentle collie saw a snake, she began snarling and showing her teeth.
____
6. The fleeing criminal headed for Mexico, where U.S. authorities had no _______________________.
____
7. Black clouds and rumbling thunder made it obvious that a storm was _______________________.
____
8. According to the Bible, Moses demanded that the Egyptian king _______________________ the
slaves.
____
9. For elected officials, even the appearance of dishonesty can be _________________________,

threatening the end of their careers.
____ 10. Why in the world would a multi-millionaire shoplift a four-dollar bottle of aspirin? The act seems
________________________, but thats what police say happened.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 14 (A Costume Party)

a. austere
b. esoteric
c. facsimile
d. grotesque
e. mesmerize
f. metamorphosis
g. notorious
h. perfunctory
i. provocative
j. travesty
____
1. Hitler is so ________________________ that his name has come to represent evil to most people.
____
2. A native of Kansas, Randy was ________________________(e)d by the towering skyline of New

York City.
____
3. My brothers majornuclear physicsis so _______________________ that he finds it difficult to

discuss it at length with most people.
____
4. Quaker meeting houses tend to be very _________________________ because the worshippers

dont want to be distracted by a lot of decoration.
____
5. I spend a little more money by buying my clothes at Blooms, but its worth it. The salespeople
there give me sincere personal attention, instead of the _______________________ treatment Ive
experienced at other stores.
____
6. Common ways to make ads _______________________ are the use of humor and famous singers.
____
7. Numerous bee stings caused Levis face to swell in such a ____________________ manner that he
was barely recognizable.
____
8. In the front window of a local French restaurant is a ____________________ of the Eiffel Tower
in miniature, of course.
____
9. With its violence and phony drama, most so-called professional wrestling is really a
______________________ of the sport.
____ 10. Panicked by his wifes leaving him, Travis immediately promised to undergo a complete
_________________________: from a cold workaholic to a warm person who makes time for his
family. To do so, hes even willing to go into therapy.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 15 (The Missing Painting)

____
a. connoisseur
b. conspiracy
c. contrite
d. distraught
e. germane
f. lucid
g. plight
h. superficially
i. symmetrical
j. verbose
1. Someone who admires all things Frenchfood, art, wine, and literatureis called a Francophile,
while a _________________________ of everything English is called an Anglophile.
____
2. To argue fairly, stick to the topic. Dont bring up old sore points that arent ___________________
to the issue at hand.
____
3. The suspenseful movie Gaslight concerns an evil husbands ________________________ to make

his wife believe shes going insane.
____
4. When the young mother first missed her little boy in the park, she wasnt too disturbed, but after ten
minutes of searching without success, she became _______________________.
____
5. The day-care teacher was disturbed to see Emilys fathers reaction to the birthday card Emily had
so carefully made for him. He glanced at it only _______________________ and said, Thats nice.
Now get in the car.
____
6. Wendys financial _______________________ is severe. Shes out of work and has barely enough
money for the bus fare to interview for a new job.
____
7. Because humans are basically ________________________their left and right sides are mirror
images of each otherthey have a well-balanced appearance.
____
8. When my dog is scolded for some misdeed, her drooping tail and saddened eyes make it seem that
shes ________________________.
____
9. If your essay is ________________________, it doesnt necessarily mean youre naturally wordier

than other students. You just havent taken the time to edit out repetitions and unnecessary words.
____ 10. Cheryl was so helpless with laughter that she couldnt provide a ____________________
explanation of what had happened. She could only gasp out fragments of sentences, such as And
then the chair. . . . But Thomas was trying. . . . And the noise!
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Mastery Test: Chapter 16 (An Ohio Girl in New York)

a. adept
b. encompass
f. presumptuous g. sordid
c. entrepreneur
d. eradicate
e. homogeneous
h. standardize
i. stint
j. stringent
____
1. The principal called a special meeting to address the _______________________ problem of drug
use in the school system.
____
2. Nancy has tried to _______________________ the ants in her kitchen, but no matter how often she
sprays, they soon reappear.
____
3. The two-week survival course _______________________(e)d all we would need to know, from
starting a campfire to building a shelter to finding food in the wilderness.
____
4. Some people would like all countries to adopt the metric system in order to
_______________________ the system of weights and measures worldwide.
____
5. When Helen needed a kidney transplant, several of her friends insisted she take one of theirs. They
didnt realize there are _______________________ guidelines determining who can be a successful
donor.
____
6. When we were young, our grandfather would tell us colorful stories about his ___________________
as a circus clown.
____
7. I was annoyed with Eileen yesterday. I felt it was ________________________ of her to try to sell
me magazine subscriptions since I had invited her over for a social visit.
____
8. An excellent public speaker with a likable personality, Jim is _______________________ at getting

others to see things from his point of view.
____
9. On hot summer days in our small town, you can see many young _______________________s
operating their own lemonade or iced-tea stands.
____ 10. When we decided to get rid of our chickens, I offered our three white hens to a neighboring egg
farmer, but he refused them. He wanted to keep his all-brown flock _______________________.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 17 (How Neat Is Neat Enough?)

a. exhort
b. flamboyant
c. foible
d. innocuous
e. magnanimous
f. masochist
g. meticulous
h. rancor
i. recrimination
j. repugnant
____
1. Determined that the casting director would notice her, the would-be actress wore a
________________________ costumefeaturing feathers, pearls, and spanglesto the audition.
____
2. Elizabeth is so kind and good-natured that her friends cheerfully overlook her
_______________________ of talking too much.
____
3. The scratch on our cars fender seemed _______________________ at first, but it soon began to
rust. We ended up paying $185 to have it fixed.
____
4. Because hed had so much difficulty with his studies, Oscars parents _____________________(e)d
him to go to summer school.
____
5. Its amazing how ______________________ a formerly appetizing dish can become after its spent
a few weeks forgotten in the back of the refrigerator.
____
6. It certainly was _______________________ of Charlie to forgive Eric for losing Charlies winning
lottery ticket worth $500.
____
7. Karens friends called her a _______________________ when they learned that she planned to run
in two marathons in one weekend.
____
8. The home-team fans felt such ________________________ for the visiting team that they began
booing and shouting insults before the game even began.
____
9. Henry is _______________________ about his car. He washes it by hand every Saturday, changes
the oil four times a year, and wont allow anyone to eat in it.
____ 10. The warring couple spent their first session with the marriage counselor trading
_______________________s such as Youre never home at night! and Well, if you werent so
grouchy, I might stay home more!

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Mastery Test: Chapter 19 (Halloween Troubles)

a. chide
b. coalition
c. commensurate
d. connotation
e. diabolic
f. dilapidated
g. integral
h. noxious
i. scenario
j. yen
____
1. For most people, the word home has warmer ______________________s than the word house does.
____
2. In our literature class, we had an interesting discussion about sexism in fairy tales. For instance,
why do such stories often feature a _______________________ witch or queen who is cruel to the
hero or heroine?
____
3. NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) is a ________________________ of countries

joined together by common concerns about defense.
____
4. My uncle cant understand his wifes ________________________ for pickled herring, but then she
cant comprehend his desire for fried pork rinds.
____
5. Flo cant seem to find a job ________________________ with her abilities. Although she has a
masters degree in physics, she is now working as a temporary secretary.
____
6. Humor is _______________________ to Jamals way of looking at life. He finds a way to laugh at

even the most difficult situations.
____
7. Although the abandoned shack was ________________________, its roof was still whole and
offered welcome relief from the sudden downpour.
____
8. I ______________________(e)d the kids for spraying each other with the hose, but it was so hot
out that I couldnt bring myself to scold them very severely.
____
9. Elsies parents are such completely different types of people that its hard to imagine a
_______________________ in which they would meet and decide to marry.
____ 10. I dont admire beautiful, perfect lawns as much as I used to. Now I worry about what sort of
_______________________ chemicals the homeowners use to control weeds and insects.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 20 (Thomas Dooley)

In the space provided, write the word from the box needed to complete each sentence. Then put the letter of
that word in the column at the left. Use each word once.
a. atrophy
b. deplore
c. deprivation
d. exacerbate
e. imperative
f. mitigate
g. objective
h. panacea
i. unprecedented
j. utilitarian
____
1. You can ________________________ the stress of preparing for finals by studying carefully
throughout the semester.
____
2. Davids mother left an urgent message on his answering machine: Its _______________________
that you call me before Thursday!
____
3. The doctors explained that Uncle Tims muscles will gradually ________________________,
making it increasingly more difficult for him to walk.
____
4. My brothers dorm room is strictly ________________________. The room is empty except for the
necessities: a desk, chair, bed, dresser, and bookcase.
____
5. Marie wished her husband would be more _________________________ and consider the facts
instead of always judging things by his own narrow point of view, without even thinking.
____
6. Karen believes that moving away from home would be a(n) ________________________ for her
problems, but I think it will take more than that to cure all her difficulties.
____
7. People who suffer a(n) _________________________ of foods containing vitamin C develop a

disease called scurvy.
____
8. Luis doesnt simply _________________________ the evils in the world; he tries to work to make
the world better.
____
9. The high-school band has won the state competition for a(n) _________________________ six
straight years. The previous record was five years in a row.
____ 10. Bonnie thought ice water would cool the burning in her mouth from the Chinese mustard, but a
drink did just the oppositethe water ________________________(e)d her discomfort.

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Mastery Test: Chapter 21 (Twelve Grown Men in a Bug)

a. decorum
b. espouse
c. exhilaration
d. exorbitant
e. extricate
f. facilitate
g. orthodox
h. rejuvenate
i. synchronize
j. tenuous
____
1. A man on the street corner handed out pamphlets that _______________________(e)d the cause of
the homeless.
____
2. The injured deer carefully _______________________(e)d itself from the thorny brush by the side
of the road.
____
3. The ski trip was worthwhile just to see the ________________________ on Joannes face the first
time she made it down the hill without falling.
____
4. People hired for the staff of the elegant new hotel must have a strong sense of
_______________________. Guests there will expect to be treated with formal politeness.
____
5. Dawns boyfriend sometimes shows poor judgment. Although he makes a very low salary, he
spends a(n) _______________________ amount of money on fancy sneakers and leather jackets.
____
6. Uncle Richard loves his power tools because they ________________________ tasks he finds
difficult because of his arthritis.
____
7. A cup of warm cocoa will ________________________ you, said Mom. And sure enough, I soon
felt as good as new.
____
8. My friendship with Debby is ________________________. If it were subjected to the least bit of

conflict, I dont think it would survive.
____
9. The differing times on the clocks in the living room, kitchen, and bedroom drive me crazy. Before
going to bed tonight, Im going to ________________________ them.
____ 10. ________________________ standards of dress vary from culture to culture. While men in the
United States are expected to wear pants, men in other countries often wear long robes.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 22 (Adjusting to a Group Home)

a. assimilate
b. belligerent
c. demeanor
d. denunciation
e. dissipate
f. indolent
g. inherent
h. nonchalant
i. unassuming
j. unilateral
____
1. Wills moody _______________________ was a mystery to Mom, but I knew why his behavior
was so strange.
____
2. To help new immigrants ________________________, the local college is offering evening and
weekend classes in English as a Second Language.
____
3. In his ________________________ of my fathers lifestyle, the doctor said, If you dont stop
smoking and start exercising, youll get old before your time.
____
4. I was surprised to learn the Saudi Arabian girl in my economics class was a member of the royal
family. She was so _______________________ that I never suspected there was anything special
about her.
____
5. Once Bev and I agreed to talk about our differences, the tension between us _______________(e)d,
and we were able to discuss our points of view in a relaxed manner.
____
6. Most people believe that love is a(n) ________________________ human emotion, built into our
very makeup.
____
7. Some dogs are as gentle as a butterfly, but others are _______________________ and should be
kept on a leash.
____
8. Richie is so _______________________ that he will sometimes actually lie on the couch watching
a program he dislikes because hes too lazy to use the remote control.
____
9. The boys were afraid Mr. Norton would lose his temper when he saw what their baseball had done
to his fence, but, much to their relief, he was very _______________________ about it.
____ 10. Im all for involving children in family decisions when possible, the counselor said, but at times
its best for parents to make _______________________ decisions. After all, parents do have
maturity and experience on their side.
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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 23 (A Different Kind of Doctor)

a. analogy
b. annihilate
c. criterion
d. emanate
e. holistic
f. placebo
g. proficient
h. staunch
i. subversive
j. vindicate
____
1. To _______________________ himself, Joe produced evidence that he had been out of town the
day that green paint was sprayed all over school.
____
2. One widely used ________________________ is the comparison of the pastor of a congregation to

the shepherd of a flock of sheep.
____
3. A delicious aroma of baking bread _______________________(e)d from the kitchen.
____
4. It made me angry when my parents judged my boyfriends only by the _______________________

of the length of their hair.
____
5. I feel sorry for ants when they work so hard to construct an anthill, only to have a child come along
and _______________________ it with one blow of his foot.
____
6. Dr. Wyatt is a ______________________ practitioner. She considers the health of the entire body
when attempting to heal one of its parts.
____
7. The sports fans in our town are ________________________ supporters of the home team. Theyre
loyal even during a losing season.
____
8. Zamil used to be a _______________________ secretary, but since she hadnt worked in a while,
she decided to brush up on her office skills before going back to work.
____
9. The old movie was about a ________________________ plot that failed to overthrow a powerful,
cruel dictator.
____ 10. Carl was furious when he realized his doctor had been treating his headaches with
_______________________s. He felt this treatment meant the doctor believed Carl was only
imagining his headaches.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 25 (My Devilish Older Sister)

a. disparity
b. forestall
c. insidious
d. insinuate
e. interrogate
f. obsequious
g. omnipotent
h. opportune
i. permeate
j. retribution
____
1. To _______________________ any chance of the chicken salad spoiling, do not let it sit outside all
afternoon at the picnic.
____
2. As ________________________ for starting a rebellion against the government, the leaders of the
uprising were jailed.
____
3. Dont tell Jasmin that her new striped dress makes her look slender. Shell think you mean to
______________________ that shes overweight.
____
4. Lead poisoning may not be immediately apparent. It can be ______________________, eventually

leading to effects as harmful as brain damage.
____
5. My grandfather believes his 22-year-old fiance loves him, but the _______________________ in
their ages makes it seem more likely that she loves his money.
____
6. In describing a(n) _______________________ coworker, Elizabeth explained, If a superior says

Jump like a frog! her only response is How high?
____
7. Quicksand is formed when water _______________________s loose sand and makes its surface so
soft that it cannot support weight.
____
8. In a democracy, no single person is ________________________. Even the President has to get

approval from Congress in order to carry out his policies.
____
9. Since my parents were so pleased with my grades, I thought it was a(n) ______________________
time to ask if I could borrow the car.
____ 10. When rumors began about steroids in the weight room, the principal kept all members of the
weightlifting club after school to ________________________ them about drugs.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 26 (Harriet Tubman)

a. complement
b. discreet
c. fastidious
d. flout
e. heinous
f. implement
g. impromptu
h. inference
i. intuition
j. obtrusive
____
1. Cynthias all-white living room is a little dull. If it were my house, Id _______________________

it with some colorful pillows and pictures.
____
2. Bookkeepers and accountants must be ________________________. Overlooking even one little

detail can cause problems in their work.
____
3. The new people next door seem to actually want to create bad feelings with their neighbors. They
_______________________ neighborhood standards by never cutting the grass, leaving an
abandoned car in the yard, and dumping trash everywhere.
____
4. When our school _______________________ s the reduced budget, there will no longer be money
to support extracurricular activities.
____
5. Politicians must be _____________________ about their personal lives because revealing sensitive
information can give other candidates something to use against them in an election campaign.
____
6. Leilas bright red dress was certainly _______________________ at the funeral.
____
7. My parents havent said what they think of my new boyfriend, but since they are silent, my
________________________ is that they dislike him.
____
8. Obviously, some people enjoy reading about _______________________ crimes. Books about
murders are often best-sellers, and the more gruesome the crime, the better the book sells.
____
9. One group that had no time to rehearse a skit gave a(n) _______________________ performance
so funny and lively that it may even have benefited from the lack of practice.
____ 10. I just knew Emils business partner would let him down, but he wouldnt believe me until it
happened. Now Emil says he should have trusted my feminine _______________________.

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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 27 (Tonys Rehabilitation)

____
a. auspicious
b. expedite
c. extenuating
d. fraudulent
e. innuendo
f. rebuke
g. redeem
h. subordinate
i. transgress
j. vehement
1. People who believe in astrology often plan important events for days that the stars say are
_________________________.
____
2. Any ad for a product that promises to help you lose weight without dieting or exercising must be
_________________________.
____
3. Needing his order soon, a customer spoke to the manager, who promised to ___________________
a rapid delivery.
____
4. Ill never forgive myself for gossiping so cruelly about our new neighbor. Now that I know and like
her, Ive _______________________(e)d myself for my behavior a hundred times.
____
5. Its true I lied to you about being out of town last weekend, Jan admitted to Brian, but there were
________________________ circumstances. I had promised your mother that I wouldnt see you
over the weekend so that you could concentrate on studying for Mondays exam.
____
6. Turning away from a life of crime, the robber _______________________(e)d himself by teaching
citizens how to protect themselves against theft.
____
7. Malik reports to his bossthe vice president of the company. She, in turn, is ___________________
to the executive vice president.
____
8. Joeys parents had laid down so many rules for him that it was impossible for the little boy not to
________________________ once in a while.
____
9. My uncle is so _______________________ in his opinions on politics that its impossible to have a

casual conversation with him on the topic. He gets too carried away by his passion.
____ 10. Richard listened politely to the information about where to buy a hairpiece, but he resented the
________________________ that his baldness made him unattractive.
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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 28 (Rumors)

a. deride
b. derogatory
c. fabricate
d. impending
e. macabre
f. misconstrue
g. paramount
h. quandary
i. turbulent
j. validate
____
1. Children like to frighten each other at slumber parties by telling ____________________ stories
about demons, ghosts, and vampires.
____
2. Being with Fred can be depressing because of all his ________________________ remarks. Just
once, Id like to hear him say something good about someone else.
____
3. When the staff heard that a huge snowstorm was on its way, everyone in the office left for home
early, hoping to miss the ________________________ bad weather.
____
4. You may get some laughs when you ________________________ someones appearance, but some
of us find your scornful remarks more in bad taste than amusing.
____
5. Gina was so anxious to impress her college friends that she pretended to have a boyfriend at
Harvard. The guy she ________________________(e)d was rich, intelligent, and spoke five foreign
languages.
____
6. My low opinion of Brian was _______________________(e)d when I learned he had faked an auto
accident in order to file a dishonest insurance claim.
____
7. I enjoy sailing when the water is calm, but if the lake becomes ________________________, I
promptly become seasick.
____
8. Vicky always ________________________s my compliments, somehow finding an insult in every

comment I intend to be encouraging.
____
9. When your boss says a job is ________________________, you should consider it more important
than any other project youre working on.
____ 10. Lindas adoptive parents were in a ________________________ about what to tell her regarding
her birth. Should she be told the truth, or would it be too painful to know that shed been left at the
entrance of a hospital emergency room the day she was born?
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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 29 (The End of a Political Career)

a. adroit
b. constituent
c. contention
d. irreparable
e. pinnacle
f. platitude
g. promiscuous
h. repudiate
i. spontaneous
j. stigma
____
1. Our choir director claims that in the future, musicals will be considered as serious theater. Another
_______________________ she makes is that jazz will be seen as classical music.
____
2. A former member of a white-supremacy group has ______________________(e)d his former

beliefs and now lectures about the dangers of hate groups.
____
3. Not only was Aunt Minnies antique Chinese vase _______________________ after Peter smashed
it to bits, but his relationship with Aunt Minnie was also hopelessly ruined.
____
4. The family budget was tight, so Irene, ________________________ at using her garden for gifts,
turned her vegetable crops into gourmet relishes and her flowers into dried wreaths.
____
5. For parents trying to teach their children to be faithful to one partner, it is maddening to hear
athletes and other celebrities brag about being ________________________.
____
6. When the people at the beach realized that Bill Cosby was in the sailboat passing by, they burst into
________________________ applause.
____
7. Congresspeople who represent rural areas are likely to support farm relief measures that will help
their ________________________s.
____
8. My grandmother had wanted to be an actress, but her parents would not allow that. They didnt
want to deal with the ________________________ of letting their daughter go on the stage.
____
9. Is the ________________________ of a career the time when a person makes the most money, has
the most power, or knows the most?
____ 10. Talking with Denise about my problem wasnt really very helpful. All she had to say were
________________________ like Im sure everything will work out and Someday youll look
back on this and laugh.
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Name: __________________________
Mastery Test: Chapter 30 (Firing Our Boss)

a. abrasive
b. admonish
c. antithesis
d. culmination
e. docile
f. emulate
g. hierarchy
h. incapacitate
i. prognosis
j. tumult
____
1. Dees parrot is so ________________________ that you can hand-feed it without fear of getting
bitten.
____
2. Sandpaper comes in different degrees of roughness. The most ________________________ type

has large pieces of sand.
____
3. When it comes to work, Marco is the ________________________ of Lee. Marco is ambitious and
finds work challenging, while Lee tries to wriggle out of work whenever possible.
____
4. Its appropriate to ________________________ a worker who forgets to punch the timecard only
once or twice, but a stronger reaction is needed for someone who forgets almost every day.
____
5. The Fourth of July show begins with a band concert. Next, theres a sing-along. The
________________________ of the evening is a fifteen-minute display of spectacular fireworks.
____
6. Theres no way Ill be able to give a speech tomorrow. Ive just begun to lose my voice, and the
doctors ________________________ is that itll get even weaker for at least two more days.
____
7. What is the point of having a band play at that restaurant? The ________________________ from
the diners is so great that you cant possibly appreciate the music.
____
8. My broken arm was beneficial in that it ________________________(e)d me for most household

chores.
____
9. My brother quit smoking the day he saw his six-year-old pick up one of his cigarettes and put it in
her own mouth. I want my daughter to ________________________ my good behaviors, not my
bad ones, he said.
____ 10. If I ever entered the military service, Id have to learn the __________________________ of ranks.
I have no idea if a major is higher than a lieutenant or vice versa.

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Answers to the Mastery Tests: ADVANCING VOCABULARY SKILLS
Chapter 1 (Apartment Problems)

1. i
6.
2. e
7.
3. h
8.
4. d
9.
5. j
10.
a
b
f
g
c
Chapter 9 (Our Annual Garage Sale)

1. b
6. i
2. a
7. f
3. e
8. h
4. c
9. g
5. d
10. j
Chapter 2 (Hardly a Loser)

1. e
2. i
3. b
4. j
5. h
c
a
d
f
g
Chapter 10 (A Debate on School Uniforms)

1. h
6. i
2. f
7. g
3. b
8. d
4. c
9. j
5. e
10. a
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Chapter 3 (Grandfather at the Art Museum)

1. d
6. g
2. c
7. j
3. h
8. i
4. f
9. e
5. b
10. a
Chapter 11 (My Large Family)

1. f
6.
2. c
7.
3. b
8.
4. j
9.
5. h
10.
Chapter 4 (My Brothers Mental Illness)

1. i
6. c
2. a
7. j
3. e
8. f
4. g
9. b
5. h
10. d
Chapter 13 (Anns Love of Animals)

1. d
6. h
2. g
7. e
3. a
8. c
4. f
9. i
5. b
10. j
Chapter 5 (A Get-Rich-Quick-Scam)
1. e
6. f
2. c
7. a
3. h
8. i
4. b
9. d
5. g
10. j
Chapter 14 (A Costume Party)

1. g
6.
2. e
7.
3. b
8.
4. a
9.
5. h
10.
i
d
c
j
f
Chapter 7 (A Phony Friend)

1. f
2. e
3. a
4. d
5. j
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
g
b
c
i
h
Chapter 15 (The Missing Painting)

1. a
6.
2. e
7.
3. b
8.
4. d
9.
5. h
10.
g
i
c
j
f
Chapter 8 (Coco the Gorilla)

1. e
2. j
3. c
4. a
5. f
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
b
g
d
i
h
211
d
a
g
i
e
Chapter 16 (An Ohio Girl in New York)

1. g
6. i
2. d
7. f
3. b
8. a
4. h
9. c
5. j
10. e
Chapter 25 (My Devilish Older Sister)

1. b
6. f
2. j
7. i
3. d
8. g
4. c
9. h
5. a
10. e
Chapter 17 (How Neat Is Neat Enough?)

1. b
6. e
2. c
7. f
3. d
8. h
4. a
9. g
5. j
10. i
Chapter 26 (Harriet Tubman)

1. a
6.
2. c
7.
3. d
8.
4. f
9.
5. b
10.
j
h
e
g
i
Chapter 19 (Halloween Troubles)

1. d
6.
2. e
7.
3. b
8.
4. j
9.
5. c
10.
g
f
a
i
h
Chapter 27 (Tonys Rehabilitation)

1. a
6.
2. d
7.
3. b
8.
4. f
9.
5. c
10.
g
h
i
j
e
Chapter 20 (Thomas Dooley)

1. f
2. e
3. a
4. j
5. g
h
c
b
i
d
Chapter 28 (Rumors)
1. e
2. b
3. d
4. a
5. c
j
i
f
g
h
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Chapter 21 (Twelve Grown Men in a Bug)

1. b
6. f
2. e
7. h
3. c
8. j
4. a
9. i
5. d
10. g
Chapter 29 (The End of a Political Career)

1. c
6. i
2. h
7. b
3. d
8. j
4. a
9. e
5. g
10. f
Chapter 22 (Adjusting to a Group Home)

1. c
6. g
2. a
7. b
3. d
8. f
4. i
9. h
5. e
10. j
Chapter 30 (Firing Our Boss)

1. e
2. a
3. c
4. b
5. d
Chapter 23 (A Different Kind of Doctor)

1. j
6. e
2. a
7. h
3. d
8. g
4. c
9. i
5. b
10. f
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6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
i
j
h
f
g
Name: __________________________

PART A
my parrot can tell the future. In fact, hes always wrong

Example: I was being facetious when I said that ______________________________________________.
1. An illicit way to make a living is __________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________.
2. A common detriment to good health is ____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
3. Rhetta frittered away her money on _______________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
4. A zealot in the environmental movement would never _________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
5. Being gregarious, Marisol wants to celebrate her birthday by ___________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
6. I was despondent because _______________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
7. An inane way to study for final exams is to _________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
8. At the mall, my impetuous friend _________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
9. The mayor estranged many voters when he _________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
10. In retrospect, I realized that _____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.

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PART B
a. ambiguous
b. charlatan
c. hoist
d. infallible
e. irrevocable
f. ostentatious
g. proliferation
h. scoff
i. scrupulous
j. ubiquitous
11. ________________________________________________________________________________
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12. ________________________________________________________________________________
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13. ________________________________________________________________________________
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14. ________________________________________________________________________________
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15. ________________________________________________________________________________
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16. ________________________________________________________________________________
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18. ________________________________________________________________________________
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19. ________________________________________________________________________________
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20. ________________________________________________________________________________
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Name: __________________________

PART A
a complete meal and plenty of snacks

Example: On our picnic, we carried a basket replete with _______________________________________.
1. A very terse answer to the question Did you have fun at the dentists office? is ___________________
___________________________________________________________________________________.
2. A loud voice would probably be a liability in ________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
3. One good way to bolster a friends spirits is to _______________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
4. Marcie has a tendency to be vociferous. When the waitress brought her the wrong food, for example, she
_____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
5. Reverend Pattersons appearance is incongruous with my image of a minister. He wears _____________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
6. When Barbs grandfather died, she found solace in ___________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
7. Vanessa is so egocentric that _____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
8. I have a propensity to __________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
9. One way to circumvent rush-hour traffic is to _______________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
10. My idea of a utopia is __________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
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PART B
a. autonomy
b. clandestine
c. depreciate
d. exonerate
e. inquisitive
f. raucous
g. reiterate
h. relegate
i. sedentary
j. sham
11. ________________________________________________________________________________
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12. ________________________________________________________________________________
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13. ________________________________________________________________________________
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14. ________________________________________________________________________________
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15. ________________________________________________________________________________
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16. ________________________________________________________________________________
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17. ________________________________________________________________________________
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18. ________________________________________________________________________________
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19. ________________________________________________________________________________
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20. ________________________________________________________________________________
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Name: __________________________

PART A
she was just promoted again

Example: Kim must be an adept manager because ___________________________________________.
1. My parents often exhort me to ___________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________.
2. I was distraught when __________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
3. My best friend has an odd foible: _________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
4. The magnanimous boss ________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
5. Two things I find repugnant are __________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
6. The singers flamboyant outfit consisted of _________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
7. As a child, I was contrite after ___________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
8. Mr. Cowens has such stringent standards that _______________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
9. One verbose way of saying no is _________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________.
10. At the party, Len told a preposterous story about _____________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
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PART B
a. antipathy
b. eradicate
c. grotesque
d. idiosyncrasy
e. mesmerize
f. meticulous
g. plight
h. precarious
i. stint
j. superficially
11. ________________________________________________________________________________
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12. ________________________________________________________________________________
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13. ________________________________________________________________________________
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14. ________________________________________________________________________________
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15. ________________________________________________________________________________
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16. ________________________________________________________________________________
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17. ________________________________________________________________________________
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18. ________________________________________________________________________________
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19. ________________________________________________________________________________
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20. ________________________________________________________________________________
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Name: __________________________

PART A
ran to the convenience store to buy some

Example: Because Joanne had a sudden yen for M&Ms, she ____________________________________.
1. Two utilitarian objects are ______________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________.
2. In a belligerent mood, my brother said, ___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________.
3. I realized just how indolent Teri is when she ________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
4. To me, some connotations of the word summer are ___________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
5. An integral part of school is _____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
6. A good way to exacerbate a sore throat is to ________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
7. I deplore _____________________________ because ________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
8. Flos boss chided her when ______________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
9. I am quite proficient at ________________________________________. For example, _____________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
10. Emanating from the kitchen was _________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.

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PART B
a. analogy
b. assimilate
c. denunciation
d. dilapidated
e. exorbitant
f. imperative
g. nonchalant
h. panacea
i. rejuvenate
j. vindicate
11. ________________________________________________________________________________
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12. ________________________________________________________________________________
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13. ________________________________________________________________________________
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14. ________________________________________________________________________________
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15. ________________________________________________________________________________
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16. ________________________________________________________________________________
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17. ________________________________________________________________________________
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18. ________________________________________________________________________________
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19. ________________________________________________________________________________
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20. ________________________________________________________________________________
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Name: __________________________

PART A
its meant to be a surprise

Example: Jeff should be discreet about the party because ______________________________________.
1. One extremely macabre movie is _________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________.
2. Ted flouted the traffic laws by ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
3. There was a huge tumult when ___________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
4. After the date, my parents interrogated me by _______________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
5. Charles misconstrued my dinner invitation to be _____________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
6. Maureen obviously had fabricated her excuse. She told the teacher,
___________________________________________________________________________________.
7. To implement her vacation plans, Ruth started to _____________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
8. After getting a D in chemistry, I tried to redeem myself by _____________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
9. You can tell that my sister is fastidious by looking at her bedroom, where _________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
10. When Len said that his brother wouldnt even give him the time of day, he meant to insinuate that ______
_____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
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PART B
a. antithesis
b. complement
c. contention
d. emulate
e. intuition
f. irreparable
g. paramount
h. quandary
i. rebuke
j. spontaneous
11. ________________________________________________________________________________
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12. ________________________________________________________________________________
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13. ________________________________________________________________________________
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14. ________________________________________________________________________________
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15. ________________________________________________________________________________
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17. ________________________________________________________________________________
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18. ________________________________________________________________________________
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19. ________________________________________________________________________________
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20. ________________________________________________________________________________
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NAME: ___________________________________
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SECTION: ___________ DATE: _______________
Vocabulary Placement Test
SCORE: ___________________________________
This test contains 100 items. You have 30 minutes to take the test. In the space provided, write the
letter of the choice that is closest in meaning to the boldfaced word.
Important: Keep in mind that this test is for placement purposes only. If you do not know a word,
____
1. to deceive
a) prove
b) mislead
c) reach
____
2. earnest
a) serious and sincere
____
3. inferior
a) not proper
____
4. to comprehend
a) describe
____
5. unanimous
a) alone
____
6. the vicinity
a) area nearby
____
7. current
a) healthy
b) modern
____
8. internal
a) forever
b) inside
c) outside
____
9. maximum
a) least
b) expensive
c) cheap
____ 10. an objective
a) goal
b) puzzle
____ 11. a potential
a) favorite
____ 12. to detect
a) discover
____ 13. to establish
a) receive
b) delay
____ 14. to pursue
a) follow
b) run from
____ 15. vague
a) missing
b) unclear
____ 16. suitable
a) simple
____ 17. a category
a) kindness
b) horror
c) type
____ 18. reluctant
a) unwilling
b) lost
c) unhappy
____ 19. to coincide
a) pay
____ 20. to inhabit
a) enter
____ 21. apparent
a) together
____ 22. accustomed
a) in the habit
b) specially made
____ 23. to revise
a) give advice
b) go back
____ 24. a contrast
a) purpose
b) choice
c) agreement
____ 25. awkward
a) forward
b) boring
c) clumsy
b) illegal
b) clear
c) wealthy
d) hidden
c) poor in quality
b) understand
b) animal-like
d) inside
c) make use of
c) unfriendly
b) city
c) enemy
b) possibility
d) information
d) greatest
d) supply
d) desire
c) follow
d) commit a crime
c) set up
d) attract
c) suggest
d) create
c) kind
b) needed
d) necessary
c) profitable
d) proper
d) question
d) well-known
c) get in the way
b) live in
c) get used to
b) obvious
d) necessary
d) brief
c) refusal
b) make
d) prepare
d) in full agreement
c) well-known
c) cause
b) decide
d) get back
d) happen together
d) understand
c) motherly
d) welcome
c) necessary
c) change
d) extra
d) awaken
d) difference
d) clever
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____ 26. urban
a) of a city
b) circular
c) not allowed
____ 27. lenient
a) light
____ 28. to endorse
a) suggest
____ 29. a novice
a) book
____ 30. to deter
a) prevent
b) make last longer
____ 31. to verify
a) imagine
b) prove
____ 32. moderate
a) generous
b) not final
____ 33. a diversity
a)separation
b) conclusion
____ 34. accessible
a) easily reached
____ 35. lethal
a) sweet-smelling
b) ancient
____ 36. vivid
a) brightly colored
b) local
____ 37. to convey
a) allow
____ 38. inevitable
a) unavoidable
____ 39. a ritual
a) business deal
____ 40. elaborate
a) large
____ 41. the essence
____ 42. to coerce
a) attract
____ 43. skeptical
a) stubborn
____ 44. vital
a) weak
____ 45. innate
a) learned
____ 46. a vocation
a) hobby
____ 47. to defy
a) send for
____ 48. adverse
a) strict
____ 49. consecutive
a) late
____ 50. audible
a) able to be heard
b) not strict
c) delayed
b) stop
d) not biased
c) support
b) false impression
d) start
c) beginner
d) servant
c) refuse
d) damage
c) keep going
d) cancel
c) medium
c) invent
d) approve
c) spiteful
b) tiny part
c) necessary
b) resist
b) profitable
d) rule
d) doubting
d) clever
d) profession
c) improve
c) rhyming
b) following one after another

b) believable
c) much later
d) unimportant
c) inborn
c) report
d) show
d) force
c) generous
b) underneath
d) doubtful
d) boring
c) remove
b) trip
d) very talkative
c) ceremony
b) forceful
d) healthy
c) large
c) expensive
b) refuse
d) folded
c) deadly
b) dangerous
b) complex
d) variety
c) difficult
b) communicate
b) war
d) bright
c) enthusiasm
b) itchy
b) stiff
d) large
d) approve
d) harmful
c) able
c) willing
d) at the same time

d) nearby
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____ 51. to encounter
a) come upon
b) count up
____ 52. obsolete
a) modern
____ 53. to terminate
a) stop
____ 54. altruistic
a) honest
____ 55. to enhance
a) reject
____ 56. nocturnal
a) supposed
____ 57. to suffice
a) think up
____ 58. to retaliate
a) repair
____ 59. to incorporate
a) combine
____ 60. an incentive
a) fear
____ 61. covert
a) distant
____ 62. to alleviate
a) make anxious
____ 63. to aspire
a) dislike
____ 64. an extrovert
a) shy person
____ 65. prone
a) disliked
____ 66. ominous
a) happy
____ 67. complacent
a) workable
____ 68. a consensus
a) majority opinion
____ 69. to condone
a) forgive
____ 70. deficient
a) forgotten
____ 71. fallible
a) capable of error
____ 72. pragmatic
a) ordinary
____ 73. avid
a) bored
____ 74. explicit
a) everyday
____ 75. ambivalent
a) unknown
c) depart from
b) continue
c) out-of-date
c) begin
b) lying
d) unselfish
c) improve
b) not logical
d) free
c) complex
b) be good enough
b) repeat
b) pride
c) concern
d) calm
d) encouragement
c) changed
b) depart
b) strongly desire
b) tending
c) impress
c) active
c) depressed
b) total
b) lacking
c) study
c) arrest
b) slow
b) disliked
b) distant
c) wise
d) friendly
d) healthy
d) approval
d) well-known
c) incomplete
d) simple
d) practical
c) enthusiastic
c) permanent
b) having mixed feelings
d) outgoing person
d) appoint
c) complete
b) complete
d) respect
d) rested
c) self-satisfied
b) represent
d) relieve
c) main point
b) threatening
b) lazy
d) adjusted
c) infect
b) magnet
d) reject
d) pay back
c) separate
b) hidden
d) active at night
c) allow
c) renew
b) anger
d) not sold
d) approach
c) proud
b) get
d) attack
d) plentiful
d) stated exactly
c) temporary
d) able to be done
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____ 76. vicarious
b) lively
a) rude
____ 78. to collaborate
a) respect
b) work hard
____ 79. to venerate
a) protect
b) create
a) unintentional
a) against
____ 82. robust
____ 83. sedentary
a) sitting
a) well-lit
b) secret
____ 85. austere
a) wealthy
b) complex
____ 86. notorious
a) too bold
b) written
d) lacking skill
____ 87. lucid
a) clear
____ 88. to encompass
a) include
____ 89. meticulous
a) broken-down
____ 90. innocuous
a) delightful
____ 91. to rejuvenate
a) set free
b) grow
____ 92. to facilitate
a) approve
b) make easier
____ 93. proficient
a) proud
____ 94. to emanate
a) go above
b) run through
____ 95. to implement
a) encourage
b) carry out
____ 96. to fabricate
a) misinterpret
____ 97. to emulate
a) be tardy
____ 98. a prognosis
a) hope
____ 99. a tumult
a) uproar
____ 100. to insinuate
a) demand
b) planned
c) inactive
c) partial
d) elementary
c) work together
d) search
c) make unfriendly
b) not for sale
d) respect
c) distant
b) unwilling to speak
d) near
c) undecided
b) healthy and strong
b) excessive
c) noble
d) loyal
d) repeated
d) harmless
c) plain
d) far
b) draw
c) careful
c) separate
b) curious
d) purchase
c) dangerous
c) refresh
d) disappointing
c) serve
d) clear from blame
d) well-known
c) go down
d) come forth
c) insult
b) put away
d) prevent
c) clothe
b) misunderstand
d) invent
c) imitate
d) prepare
c) opposite
d) memory
c) series
d) scolding
b) uncertainty
d) irregular
d) make easier
c) skilled
b) prediction
d) bold
b) harmless
b) state
c) tall
c) harmless
b) wise
d) occasional
c) deny
d) hint
To the Instructor: Use these guidelines to match your students with the appropriate TP vocabulary book.
Score
Recommended Book
09
VB
10 24
GBV
226
2549
BVS
50 74
IVS
7590
AVS
91100
AWP
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SECTION: ___________ DATE: _______________
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1. b
26. a
51. a
76. a
2. a
27. b
52. c
77. d
3. c
28. c
53. a
78. c
4. b
29. c
54. d
79. d
5. d
30. a
55. c
80. a
6. a
31. b
56. d
81. d
7. b
32. c
57. b
82. b
8. b
33. d
58. d
83. a
9. d
34. a
59. a
84. b
10. a
35. c
60. d
85. c
11. b
36. a
61. b
86. c
12. a
37. b
62. d
87. a
13. c
38. a
63. b
88. a
14. a
39. c
64. d
89. c
15. b
40. b
65. b
90. b
16. d
41. a
66. b
91. c
17. c
42. a
67. c
92. b
18. a
43. d
68. a
93. c
19. d
44. c
69. a
94. d
20. b
45. c
70. b
95. b
21. b
46. d
71. a
96. d
22. a
47. b
72. d
97. c
23. c
48. d
73. c
98. b
24. d
49. b
74. d
99. a
25. c
50. a
75. b
100. d
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Words and Word Parts in BUILDING VOCABULARY SKILLS

List of the 260 Vocabulary Words
absurd
accelerate
accessible
acknowledge
acute
adapt
adhere
adverse
advocate
affirm
affluent
agenda
alienate
alleged
allude
alter
alternative
ample
anecdote
anonymous
antidote
apathy
apprehensive
appropriate
arrogant
ascend
assess
audible
avert
awe
bestow
bland
blunt
candid
chronic
chronological
cite
coerce
coherent
comparable
compatible
compel
compensate
competent
compile
comply
concede
conceive
concise
confirm
consecutive
consequence
conservative
conspicuous4
contempt
contrary
controversy
convey
data
deceptive
deduction
defect
defer
defy
delete
delusion
denounce
derive
destiny
detain
deter
deteriorate
devise
dialog
dimensions
diminish
disclose
discriminate
dismal
dismay
dispense
disperse
distort
diversity
doctrine
dogmatic
dominant
donor
drastic
dubious
ecstatic
elaborate
elapse
elite
emerge
encounter
endeavor
endorse
equate
erode
erratic
essence
evasive
evolve
exempt
exile
exotic
extensive
fallacy
fictitious
finite
fluent
forfeit
fortify
frugal
futile
gesture
gruesome
gullible
harass
hypocrite
idealistic
illuminate
illusion
immunity
impact
impair
impartial
imply
impose
impulsive
indifferent
indignant
indulgent
inept
inevitable
infer
infinite
inflict
ingenious
inhibit
initiate
innate
integrity
intervene
isolate
lament
legitimate
lenient
lethal
liable
liberal
literally
lure
malicious
mania
mediocre
menace
miserly
moderate
morale
morbid
naive
nostalgia
notable
novice
obsession
obstacle
obstinate
optimist
option
ordeal
overt
parallel
passive
patron
perceptive
persistent
pessimist
phobia
plausible
pretense
prevail
procrastinate
profound
prolong
prominent
propaganda
propel
prospects
provoke
prudent
query
radical
rational
recede
recipient
reciprocate
recur
refrain
refuge
refute
reinforce
relevant
reminisce
remorse
reprimand
restrain
retain
retort
retrieve
revert
revoke
ridicule
ritual
ruthless
sadistic
savor
scapegoat
seclusion
sedate
sequence
severity
shrewd
simultaneous
site
skeptical
sophisticated
stereotype
stimulate
strategy
submit
subside
subtle
summon
superficial
supplement
surpass
susceptible
sustain
tactic
tedious
tentative
theoretical
transaction
transition
transmit
treacherous
trivial
undermine
unique
universal
urban
valid
verify
versatile
vigorous
vital
vivid
vocation
-less
-logy, -ology
malman
mem
micromono-, mon-
multiped
phon, phono
port
postprere-
script, scrib
-ship
spect
subsuperteletherm-, thermo
transtri
ununivis, vid
List of the 40 Word Parts

-able
antiautobicent-, centicondict
disem-, enex-ful
graph, gram
ininter-
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Words and Word Parts in IMPROVING VOCABULARY SKILLS

absolve
abstain
acclaim
adamant
adjacent
affiliate
agnostic
alleviate
allusion
aloof
altruistic
ambivalent
amiable
amoral
animosity
antagonist
appease
arbitrary
aspire
assail
attest
attribute
augment
averse
avid
banal
benefactor
benevolent
benign
bizarre
blase
blatant
blight
calamity
charisma
commemorate
complacent
comprehensive
comprise
concurrent
condescend
condone
conducive
confiscate
congenial
consensus
constitute
constrict
contemplate
contemporary
contend
contrive
conventional
conversely
covert
credible
cryptic
cursory
curt
curtail
cynic
decipher
default
deficient
deficit
degenerate
demise
demoralize
depict
deplete
designate
deter
detract
detrimental
devastate
deviate
devoid
digress
dilemma
diligent
discern
disdain
dispatch
dispel
dissent
diversion
divulge
dwindle
eccentric
elation
elicit
empathy
encounter
endow
engross
enhance
enigma
epitome
escalate
esteem
euphemism
evoke
exemplify
exhaustive
explicit
exploit
expulsion
extrovert
facade
fallible
falter
feasible
feign
fiscal
flagrant
flaunt
flippant
fluctuate
formulate
frenzy
furtive
gape
garble
gaunt
genial
gist
glib
gloat
habitat
hamper
haughty
hypothetical
immaculate
impasse
implausible
implication
implicit
implore
improvise
incentive
inclination
incoherent
incorporate
indispensable
inequity
infamous
infirmity
infringe
infuriate
inhibition
innovation
intercede
interim
intermittent
intimidate
intricate
intrinsic
introvert
irate
ironic
jeopardize
latent
legacy
libel
longevity
lucrative
magnitude
malign
mandatory
mediate
menial
mercenary
methodical
mobile
mortify
mundane
muted
niche
nocturnal
nominal
nullify
nurture
obscure
obsolete
ominous
orient
pacify
paradox
pathetic
perception
persevere
plagiarism
poignant
ponder
pragmatic
precedent
predominant
prerequisite
pretentious
prevalent
prompt
prone
proponent
pseudonym
punitive
qualm
quest
rapport
rationale
recession
reconcile
redundant
rehabilitate
relentless
render
repertoire
reprisal
retaliate
retort
revitalize
revulsion
rigor
rupture
sabotage
sanctuary
saturate
scrutiny
secular
shun
sibling
simulate
sinister
smug
sneer
sparse
speculate,
squander
subjective
subsequent
succinct
succumb
suffice
syndrome
taint
tangible
terminate
transcend
transient
traumatic
turmoil
venture
viable
vile
vindictive
virile
vivacious
vulnerable
waive
wary
zeal
forc, fort
-fy
-gamy
geo-hood
hum
hyper-
il-, im-ish
-ly
magni-, magnmisnonomni-
pater, patripath, -pathy

pend
phob
pop
propsych-, psycho
quart, quadrrect
semi
the, theo-ward

ann, enn
aster-, astro-ate
audi, audiobioclaim, clam
contra-
cor, cour
cycl, cyclodi-, du-dom
-er, -or
fin
flex, flect
230
Words and Word Parts in ADVANCING VOCABULARY SKILLS

abrasive
adept
admonish
adroit
advocate
ambiguous
analogy
annihilate
antipathy
antithesis
assimilate
attrition
atrophy
auspicious
austere
autonomy
belligerent
berate
bolster
bureaucratic
charlatan
chide
circumvent
clandestine
coalition
cohesive
collaborate
commensurate
complement
connoisseur
connotation
conspiracy
constituent
contend
contingency
contrite
corroborate
criterion
culmination
cursory
decorum
demeanor
denunciation
deplore
depreciate
deprivation
deride
derogatory
despondent
detriment
dexterous
diabolic
dilapidated
discreet
discretion
disparity
disseminate
dissident
dissipate
distraught
diverge
docile
dormant
egocentric
emanate
emancipate
embellish
emulate
encompass
entrepreneur
equivocate
eradicate
esoteric
espouse
estrange
euphoric
exacerbate
exhilaration
exhort
exonerate
exorbitant
expedite
extenuating
extricate
fabricate
facetious
facilitate
facsimile
fastidious
flamboyant
flout
foible
forestall
fortuitous
fraudulent
germane
gregarious
grievous
grotesque
heinous
hierarchy
hoist
holistic
homogeneous
idiosyncrasy
illicit
imminent
impeccable
impede
impending
imperative
impetuous
implement
implicit
impromptu
inadvertent
inane
incapacitate
inclusive
incongruous
indigenous
indiscriminate
indolent
infallible
inherent
innocuous
innuendo
inquisitive
insidious
insinuate
instigate
integral
interrogate
intuition
inundate
irreparable
irrevocable
jurisdiction
juxtapose
lethargy
liability
liaison
lucid
macabre
magnanimous
mandate
masochist
maudlin
mesmerize
metamorphosis
meticulous
misconstrue
mitigate
nebulous
nonchalant
notorious
noxious
objective
oblivious
obsequious
obtrusive
omnipotent
opportune
optimum
orthodox
ostentatious
ostracize
panacea
paramount
perfunctory
permeate
pinnacle
placebo
platitude
plight
precarious
precipitate
predisposed
preposterous
presumptuous
proficient
prognosis
proliferation
prolific
promiscuous
propensity
provocative
quandary
rancor
raucous
rebuke
recourse
recrimination
redeem
regress
reinstate
reiterate
rejuvenate
relegate
relinquish
replete
reprehensible
repudiate
repugnant
resilient
reticent
retribution
retrospect
robust
rudimentary
sanction
scenario
scoff
scrupulous
sedentary
sensory
sham
solace
solicitous
sordid
spontaneous
sporadic
squander
squelch
standardize
staunch
stigma
stint
stringent
subordinate
subsidize
subversive
superfluous
symmetrical
synchronize
tantamount
tenacious
tenet
tenuous
terse
transgress
travesty
tumult
turbulent
ubiquitous
unassuming
unilateral
unprecedented
utilitarian
utopia
validate
vehement
venerate
verbose
vicarious
vindicate
vociferous
yen
zealot
zenith
-en
extrafid
homo-ism
ject
liber, liver
-log, -logue
miss, mit
mort
nov
oct-, octo-ous
pan-
phil, -phile
polyprim, prime
rect
sursym-, syntempo, tempor
ten
ver
vit, viv
voc, vok
vol

a-, ananima
ante-, antiarch, -archy,
ben-, benebibl-, bibliochron, chrono-
-cian, -ian
-cide
de
decdorm
duct, duc
-ee
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BUILDING VOCABULARY SKILLS, 3/e

THE TOWNSEND PRESS VOCABULARY SERIES

GROUNDWORK FOR A BETTER VOCABULARY (reading level 58)

BUILDING VOCABULARY SKILLS (reading level 79)

IMPROVING VOCABULARY SKILLS (reading level 911)

ADVANCING VOCABULARY SKILLS (reading level 1113)

BUILDING VOCABULARY SKILLS, SHORT VERSION*

IMPROVING VOCABULARY SKILLS, SHORT VERSION*

ADVANCING VOCABULARY SKILLS, SHORT VERSION*

ADVANCED WORD POWER (reading level 1214)

more manageable approach to vocabulary development.

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Instructors Manual and Test Bank to Accompany

Brief Guidelines for Using the Vocabulary Books

About the Computer Software

About the Word Lists

Research and Vocabulary Instruction

BUILDING VOCABULARY SKILLS: Pretests and Posttests

Answer Sheet for Pretests and Posttests

Answers to the Pretests and Posttests

BUILDING VOCABULARY SKILLS: Answers to the Activities in the Book

Chapter 2 (Nate the Woodsman) 42

Chapter 3 (Whos on Trial?) 43

Chapter 4 (Students and Politics) 44

Chapter 5 (Night Nurse) 45

Chapter 7 (Relating to Parents) 46

Chapter 8 (Job Choices) 47

Chapter 9 (No Joking) 48

Chapter 10 (Museum Pet) 49

Chapter 11 (Unacceptable Boyfriends) 50

Chapter 13 (Our Headstrong Baby) 51

Chapter 14 (Mr. Perfect?) 52

Chapter 15 (A Narrow Escape) 53

Answers to the Mastery Tests

(The Power of Advertising) 54

BUILDING VOCABULARY SKILLS: Additional Unit Tests

IMPROVING VOCABULARY SKILLS: Pretests and Posttests

Answer Sheet for Pretests and Posttests

Answers to the Pretests and Posttests

IMPROVING VOCABULARY SKILLS: Answers to the Activities in the Book

Chapter 2 (Telephone Salespeople) 114

Chapter 3 (A Cruel Sport) 115

Chapter 4 (Bald Is Beautiful) 116

Chapter 5 (No Luck with Women) 117

Chapter 7 (Accident and Recovery) 118

Chapter 8 (Animal Senses) 119

Chapter 9 (Money Problems) 120

Chapter 10 (The New French Employee) 121

Chapter 11 (A Cruel Teacher) 122

Chapter 13 (Learning to Study) 123

Chapter 14 (The Mad Monk) 124

Chapter 15 (Conflict Over Holidays) 125

Answers to the Mastery Tests

(Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) 126

IMPROVING VOCABULARY SKILLS: Additional Unit Tests

ADVANCING VOCABULARY SKILLS: Pretests and Posttests

Answer Sheet for Pretests and Posttests