Vocabulary Semester Assessment Part 2 Question Preview (ID: 20190)


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Fill in the blank. In the phrase, a ribbon of blue water, the word ribbon must be taken in ___; it does not mean a narrow, decorative fabric or a kind of prize awarded after an event. Has to do with # 4
a) 1 crescendo
b) 2 intervene
c) 3 aberration
d) 4 context

Fill in the blank. Her bicycle __________ as she rode down the hill until she was going so fast, she felt like she was flying! Has to do with # 1
a) 1 accelerated
b) 2 intervene
c) 3 context
d) 4 artisans

Fill in the blank. It is one of the primary missions of the United Nations to _______ and attempt to keep the peace when leaders of countries wish to go to war. Has to do with # 2
a) 1 artisans
b) 2 intervene
c) 3 deviate
d) 4 precursor

Fill in the blank. After hearing that his ________ had been published in the New York Journal, author Mark Twain sent a message to the press that said, The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. Has to do with # 3
a) 1 context
b) 2 incur
c) 3 obituary
d) 4 recant

Fill in the blank. While scientists and dreamers throughout history have longed to travel through time, how one might build a time machine is still a matter of ________ Has to do with # 2
a) 1 aberration
b) 2 conjecture
c) 3 excrescence
d) 4 obituary

Select the best analogy. aviary : birds Has to do with # 3
a) 1 swamp : alligator
b) 2 zoo : visitors
c) 3 apiary : bees
d) 4 dromedary : camels

Select the best analogy. artis : art Has to do with # 4
a) 1 canto : dance
b) 2 facio : cace
c) 3 erro : correct
d) 4 creso : increase

Select the best analogy. equus : horse Has to do with # 2
a) 1 avis : bee
b) 2 bovis : cow
c) 3 piscis : pig
d) 4 zoion : zoo

Select the best analogy. ursine: bear Has to do with # 3
a) 1 piscine : porcine
b) 2 dog ; canine
c) 3 simian : ape
d) leonine : tiger

Select the best analogy. salient : unremarkable Has to do with # 1
a) 1 voluble : tongue-tied
b) 2 valor : courage
c) 3 resilient : incur
d) 4 discourse : debate

Antonyms: Match the word with the word or phrase most nearly its opposite. abject Has to do with # 4
a) 1 valuable
b) 2 absurd
c) 3 unknown
d) 4 proud

Antonyms: Match the word with the word or phrase most nearly its opposite. accrue Has to do with # 1
a) 1 to lose
b) 2 to build
c) 3 to soften
d) 4 to help

Antonyms: Match the word with the word or phrase most nearly its opposite. capricious Has to do with # 3
a) 1 foreign
b) 2 rebellious
c) 3 thoughtful
d) 4 miserable

Fill in the blank. Against many an enemy will you draw your sword to no _______, said the war-master, but a sharp wit will never fail you. Has to do with # 3
a) 1 artisans
b) 2 excrescence
c) 3 avail
d) 4 interjection

Fill in the blank. Blacksmiths were among the most versatile ______ of medieval times. They they could forge heavy broadswords from shapeless lumps of iron they could forge heavy broadswords from shapeless lumps of iron. Has to do with # 2
a) 1 conjecture
b) 2 artisans
c) 3 recant
d) 4 incur

Fill in the blank. A revolving gas lantern enclosed in red and green glass, installed on a street corner in London in 1868 to regulate buggy and wagon drivers and pedestrians, was an early ________ of the modern traffic light. Has to do with # 1
a) 1 presursur
b) 2 context
c) 3 avail
d) 4 excrescence

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