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Vocabulary Unit 6 Assessment
Test Description: Vocabulary
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) To express his enthusiasm for American musical traditions, composer George Gershwin wrote ___ in Blue in 1924. A speech or writing with great enthusiasm.
A
Crescendo
B
Rhapsody
C
Facsimile
D
Parody
2) Surfboarders must practice for hundreds of hours to become ___ at riding the curl of a wave. To do with ease-fluent.
A
pictograph
B
facile
C
artless
D
beneficent
3) Pinocchio's lies cause his nose to grow, but when he ___ it returns to its usual size. To take back a statement.
A
accrues
B
depicts
C
mollifies
D
recants
4) Harry Potter and his friends learn ___ such as Flipendo! at Hogwarts. The chanting or speaking of words.
A
artisans
B
factions
C
incantations
D
odes
5) Even a young actor can appear old through the ___ of stage makeup. Craftiness, trickery, skill
A
context
B
artifice
C
depiction
D
artifact
6) Which word does not imply a change? A group or clique within a larger one.
A
excrescence
B
recant
C
mollify
D
faction
7) Which word does not include a derivation from the Latin verb, facio, facere, feci, factum? A picture or drawing representing words or phrases.
A
faction
B
efficacious
C
pictograph
D
mollify
8) Which word refers to a person? Someone who does a humorous imitation.
A
context
B
beneficence
C
pretext
D
parodist
9) Which word describes the connection between rhapsody and ode? A poem, speech or writing
A
devotion
B
writing
C
truth
D
music
10) excrescence : outgrowth This is an analogy
A
crescendo : music
B
facsimile : copy
C
context : page
D
depiction : tapestry
11) crescere : to grow This is an analogy.
A
cantare : to argue
B
pingere : to paint
C
texere : to build
D
facere : to face
12) factious : argumentative This is an analogy
A
efficacious : harmful
B
rhapsodic : critical
C
beneficent : kindly
D
facile : clumsy
13) parody : humorous This is an analogy
A
rhapsody : mournful
B
beneficence : harmful
C
accrual : shrinking
D
ode : respectful
14) Movies portray Tarzan as a primitive, ___ creature, incapable of deceit or trickery.
A
context
B
efficacious
C
artisan
D
artless
15) The Salk vaccine has proved to be a(n) ___ protection against the crippling disease of polio.
A
crescendo
B
efficacious
C
artless
D
excrescence
16) The Ming Dynasty of China produced the world's finest potters, ___ whose porcelain vases and figures are exhibited in museums today.
A
excrescence
B
artisans
C
contexts
D
pretexts
17) At times the noise in the New York City subway system reaches such a(n) ___ that it is impossible to carry on a conversation.
A
pretext
B
crescendo
C
context
D
excrescence
18) The Roman god Neptune is able both to provoke and to ___ the turbulent waves of the Mediterranean Sea.
A
mollify
B
crescendo
C
efficacious
D
depict
19) The witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts, may have been a(n) ___ for some members of the community to take water rights from their neighbors.
A
crescendo
B
context
C
pretext
D
excrescence
20) Understanding the meaning of the word bark depends upon its ___: trees or dogs?
A
excrescence
B
artisan
C
pretext
D
context
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