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With the ___ of Madame C.J. Walker's hair-care products, African-American women were easily able to purchase products designed just for them. Has to do with advent.
a) advent
b) erratic
c) telepathic
d) transitory
Coming from all over the United States, men named Bob ___ every July in Talent, Oregon, to celebrate Bob Day. Another word for with-together. Has to do with convene.
a) convene
b) deviate
c) intervene
d) transgress
Historians have not been able to trace Hannibal's ___ over the Alps; the bones of the elephants that died on the route have not been found. Has to do with itinerary
a) aberration
b) episode
c) itinerary
d) obituary
In 1971, Stephanie Kwolek patented Kevlar, a fiber that can be woven into armor-like fabric that is ___ to most bullets. Has to do with impervious.
a) devious
b) impervious
c) transient
d) transitive
Every August, Parisians make an ___ to the countryside, leaving the hot city to foreign tourists. Has to do with exodus.
a) aberration
b) ambience
c) exodus
d) itinerant
Which word has a root meaning light?
a) ambience
b) impervious
c) transitive
d) translucent
Which word does not include the idea of travel in its Greek or Latin root? Has to do with episode.
a) episode
b) exodus
c) itinerary
d) transient
Which Greek derivative does not include the idea of leaving the path? Has to do with telepathy
a) deviate
b) devious
c) erratic
d) telepathy
Which word does not describe a person? Has to do with transitive.
a) devious
b) erratic
c) itinerant
d) transitive
Which of the following objects can be both impervious and translucent? Has to do with glass
a) cardboard
b) glass
c) steel
d) wood
obituary : newspaper is similar to episode : book
a) advent : arrival
b) episode : book
c) ambience : place
d) telepathy : magazines
erratic : irregular is similar to deviant : abnormal
a) ambient : cloudy
b) telepathic : thoughtful
c) deviant : abnormal
d) transitive : past
In 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne creates a(n) ___ in which giant and colorful sea creatures stalk their prey. Has to do with ambience.
a) aberration
b) ambience
c) transgression
d) obituary
Acne is a(n) ___ skin problem that afflicts chiefly teenagers and generally fades away in adulthood. Has to do with transitory
a) devious
b) exodus
c) transitory
d) transitive
A direct object follows a ___ verb. Has to do with transitive.
a) transitive
b) transient
c) translucent
d) transitory
Historically, the Amish people have forbidden the use of modern conveniences; many consider ownership of an automobile a(n)___ of community law. Has to do with transgression.
a) ambience
b) trangression
c) intervention
d) exodus
When the singer and African-American activist Paul Robeson died, many were surprised to read in his ___ that he had lived the final years of his life quietly in Philadelphia.
a) exodus
b) aberration
c) intervention
d) obituary
Anne Williams's development of an antitoxin to diphtheria in the 1890s guaranteed ___ in the spread of this deadly disease among children.
a) intervention
b) transgression
c) obituary
d) ambience
Frequent changes in fashions indicate that styles are usually ___. Has to do with transitory.
a) transitive
b) transitory
c) inpervious
d) devious
The initial failure of the Hubble telescope resulted from a tiny ___ in the lens. Has to do with aberration
a) transgression
b) intervention
c) aberration
d) exodus
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