Review Game Zone
Flash Cards
(current)
Games
Teachers
Search
Vocabulary Unit 8 Assessment
Test Description: Vocabulary
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Barbara McClintock won the Nobel Prize in 1983 when her ___ that genes in corn kernels could jump proved correct. Has to do with # 1
A
3 interjection
B
1 conjecture
C
2 discourse
D
4 prescursor
2) A bright red nose is the ___ feature of the Old World monkey, the mandrill. Has to do with # 4
A
abject
B
resilient
C
desultory
D
salient
3) Be careful not to ___too much debt by overusing credit cards. Has to do with # 3
A
avail
B
prevail
C
assail
D
incur
4) Those who fall ill with tuberculosis ___ slowly, recovering after many weeks or months of treatment. Has to do with # 2
A
interject
B
exult
C
convalesce
D
accelerate
5) In 1889, Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr established Hull House in Chicago, where they offered ___ to immigrants. Has to do with # 3
A
4 valor
B
1 celerity
C
2 concurrence
D
3 succor
6) Which word is not related to speaking? Has to do with # 1
A
2 discourse
B
4 voluble
C
3 interjection
D
1 avail
7) Which word is not related to the thinking process? Has to do with # 2
A
3 conjecture
B
2 conglomeration
C
1 concur
D
4 exult
8) Which word has a root not related to movement? Has to do with # 4
A
1 celerity
B
4 volubility
C
3 salient
D
2 precursor
9) Which word does not describe the feelings of a victorious hero or heroine? Has to do with # 1
A
2 exultant
B
4 valorous
C
3 resilient
D
1 prevalent
10) jacere : interject is similar to # 2
A
4 currere : care
B
3 salire : accelerate
C
2 valere : convalesce
D
1 volvere : avail
11) concur : agree is similar to # 1
A
4 conjecture : mix
B
2 interject : dusturb
C
3 prevail : argue
D
1 evolve : develop
12) desultory : thorough is similar to # 4
A
3 abject : miserable
B
2 prevalent : obvious
C
1 valorous : heroic
D
4 inflexible : resilient
13) exult : victory is similar to # 2
A
4 evolution : change
B
2 prevail : triumph
C
1 race car : celerity
D
3 incursion : anger
14) The tortoise wins the race against the hare in Aesop's fable, proving that persistence is more important than ___. Has to do with # 3
A
2 discourse
B
3 celerity
C
4 precursor
D
1 conglomeration
15) Approximately one-third of the world's population lives in ___ poverty and goes to bed hungry every night. Has to do with # 2
A
2 abject
B
4 discourse
C
1 salient
D
3 voluble
16) The hot-air balloon launched by the Montgolfier brothers in 1783 was the ___ of the modern airplane. Has to do with # 1
A
1 precursor
B
2 conglomeration
C
3 valor
D
4 celerity
17) In his novel The Jungle, Upton Sinclair ___ the filth of meat-packing plants in Chicago, an attack that led to the Pure Food and Drug Act. Has to do with # 3
A
3 assailed
B
4 discoursed
C
2 abjected
D
1 availed
18) Audie Murphy's demonstrations of ___ resulted in his becoming the most decorated soldier in World War II. Has to do with # 2
A
3 salient
B
2 valor
C
4 voluble
D
1 discourse
19) Madeleine Albright's ability to ___ in five languages helped make her an international diplomat. Has to do with # 4
A
1 assail
B
4 discourse
C
2 abject
D
3 avail
20) Gertrude Stein, patron of the arts, was a(n) ___ conversationalist when artists and writers visited her Paris apartment in the 1920s and 1930s. Has to do with # 2
A
1 salient
B
3 abject
C
2 voluble
D
4 precursor
*select an answer for all questions
Check Results & Get Answers
Play Games with the Questions Above
Teachers: Create FREE classroom games with your questions
Click for more info!
©2007-2024
ReviewGameZone.com
|
About
|
Privacy
|
Contact
|
Terms
|
Site Map
WAIT! Find what you needed?
×
Still Looking for the Answers?
Have Another Question?
Play a Review Game with These Questions?
Want to Make Your Own Test Like This One?