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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
4 prescursor
B
1 conjecture
C
3 interjection
D
2 discourse
2) A bright red nose is the ___ feature of the Old World monkey, the mandrill. Has to do with # 4
A
salient
B
desultory
C
resilient
D
abject
3) Be careful not to ___too much debt by overusing credit cards. Has to do with # 3
A
prevail
B
incur
C
assail
D
avail
4) Those who fall ill with tuberculosis ___ slowly, recovering after many weeks or months of treatment. Has to do with # 2
A
convalesce
B
interject
C
accelerate
D
exult
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
2 concurrence
B
4 valor
C
1 celerity
D
3 succor
6) Which word is not related to speaking? Has to do with # 1
A
1 avail
B
2 discourse
C
3 interjection
D
4 voluble
7) Which word is not related to the thinking process? Has to do with # 2
A
2 conglomeration
B
4 exult
C
1 concur
D
3 conjecture
8) Which word has a root not related to movement? Has to do with # 4
A
2 precursor
B
4 volubility
C
3 salient
D
1 celerity
9) Which word does not describe the feelings of a victorious hero or heroine? Has to do with # 1
A
4 valorous
B
3 resilient
C
1 prevalent
D
2 exultant
10) jacere : interject is similar to # 2
A
4 currere : care
B
2 valere : convalesce
C
3 salire : accelerate
D
1 volvere : avail
11) concur : agree is similar to # 1
A
4 conjecture : mix
B
2 interject : dusturb
C
1 evolve : develop
D
3 prevail : argue
12) desultory : thorough is similar to # 4
A
4 inflexible : resilient
B
3 abject : miserable
C
2 prevalent : obvious
D
1 valorous : heroic
13) exult : victory is similar to # 2
A
3 incursion : anger
B
4 evolution : change
C
1 race car : celerity
D
2 prevail : triumph
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
1 conglomeration
C
3 celerity
D
4 precursor
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
1 salient
B
4 discourse
C
3 voluble
D
2 abject
16) The hot-air balloon launched by the Montgolfier brothers in 1783 was the ___ of the modern airplane. Has to do with # 1
A
4 celerity
B
1 precursor
C
3 valor
D
2 conglomeration
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
2 abjected
B
3 assailed
C
1 availed
D
4 discoursed
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
1 discourse
C
4 voluble
D
2 valor
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
3 abject
B
2 voluble
C
1 salient
D
4 precursor
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