units 1-3 test review
the meaning of epitome is
a. model
surmise
certainty
the best meaning for hiatus
a break
for the most part, which of the following orginazational methods does the writer use
a. chronological
elicited most nearly means
a. extracted
adventitious most nearly means
acquired
the author's attitude toward corrigan is best describe as one of
admiration
ingratiate
alienate
sangfroid
anxiety
the general's death defying....
approbation merit
credit the painting to Picasso
ascribe
aplomb
awkwardness
Precipitated is best defined as
b. provoked
the passage implies that none of the following feelings inspired the nickname "wrong way" corrigan except
d. affectionate approval
circuitous
direct
commanded our attendance
enjoined
petulant
even-tempered
urge them to cooperate
exhort
Some Senators favored the new budget proposal and in the warmest terms ________ their colleagues to pass the measure. Others disliked the idea and just as vehemently ________ against its adoption.
exhorted inveighed
commiserate
feel no sympathy for
a weary expression
jaded
during the last 1000 years
millennium
Though the Prime Minister actually directs the British government, the reigning monarch is the _____ head of state and, by virtue of that position, also the _____ leader of the Anglican Church.
nominal ex officio
hackneyed
original
stolen from company funds
peculated
fill the air
permeate
the right to change one's mind
prerogative
through my teaching job entails...
prerogatives hiatus
abominate
relish
adopt strict rules
stringent
tenuous
strong
epitomes is best defined as
summaries
ferment
tranquility
surpass limitations
transcend
Ascribed is best defined as
attributed
The authorities denied corrigan permission to make a transoceanic flight because
b. his plane was old and in poor condition
an __________ government will prove workable
coalition transcend
the result of low standards
decadence
in lines 27-34, the author suggests that
e. the flight staff mistook corrigan for an innocent amateur
best word for occulted
eclipsed
while the roman people remained vigorous
lassitude decadent
seditious
loyal
sensational account of the tragedy
lurid
bombastic
peaceful
noncommittal
postive
took offense at my remark
umbrage
cutting words
vitriolic
The primary purpose of the passage is to
c. explain how corrigan earned the sobriquet "wrong way"
the meaning of assuage is
d. allay
drew forth our applause
elicited
assuage
inflame
provincial
worldly
the word provincial is used to mean
american colonial
argue with the referee
expostulate
Circuitous most nearly means
indirect
encroach on my territory
infringe
plead on her friend's behalf
intercede
inclination for foreign languages
proclivity
imitate his diction
simulate