504 Essential Words Word Review slide 44 ex-es A, B, C, D E

Word Review #2
Here are some of the words that were covered in Lessons 7-12. The following exercises will test how well you learned them.

A. In each of the parentheses below you will find two of the new vocabulary words. Choose the one that fits better.

1. We will have to postpone our meeting unless more members show up.
2. Rexunderestimated the skill of the other tennis player, and he was beaten badly.
3. With only a mediocre typing ability, Veronica never expected to be hired.
4. Germs are a menace to our health.
5. Although Rip was reluctant to tell all he knew, he remained silent.
6. We invited only the most prominent people in town to our fund-raising party.
7. WHen her job in the city was abolished, Daisy went home to the farm.
8. Unforeseen problems kept coming up each day, making it harder and harder for me to finish my work.
9. I believe in our doctor and like the adequate reasons he gave us for keeping Grandma in the hospital.
10. Don’t you get angry when someoneignores your questions?

B. Opposites. In Columnn I are ten words that were taught in Lessons 7-12. Match them correctly with their opposiite meanings, which you will find in Column II.

1. consent — d. refuse
2. valid — j. untrue
3. ignite — a. put out
4. reveal — h. hide
5. urgent — b. not important
6. victorious — i. beaten
7. survive — c. die
8. mount — g. get off
9. prohibit — e. allow
10. miniature — f. large

C. Which of the vocabulary choices in parentheses fits best in these newspaper headlines?

1. ”Charges Against Me Are Absurd,” Complains Governor
2. High School Principal to Prohibit Student Autos
3. Postpone Flight of Space Shuttle for 48 Hours
4. Witness Promises to Reveal Truth Today
5. ”Best Novel in a Decade,” Says Critic
6. Sick Child Visited by Prominent Specialist
7. Flu Germs Menace Elderly Citizens
8. Stolen Jewels Are Objects of Massive Search
9. Huge Unemployment in Urban Areas
10. Weatherman Apologizes for Gloomy Weekend Forecast

D. From the list of words below choose the word that means:

1. be undecided as well as show reluctance — hesitate
2. an untruth but one that is practiced by even the best writers — fiction
3. ponderous or large and is the opposite of capule — massive
4. ten decades and has the sam root as cent — century
5. finish as well as make an inference — conclude
6. ridiculous yet in a certain phrase is close to sublime — absurd
7. easily understood as well as evident and apparent — obvious
8. save and in its origin bears a relation to family — preserve
9. a dream or hope as well as sight — vision
10. one of a kind and also rare or without equal — unique

1 — frank, 2 — hesitate, 3 — dread, 4 — tendency, 5 — urban, 6 — security, 7 — glimpse, 8 — obvious, 9 — consent, 10 — abolish