Vocabulary

1. Is there a ……………………… difference between these two hypotheses?

• a) vigorous
• b) significant
• c) perishable
• d) brief

2. You are required to attend an info session ……………………… to registration.

• a) however
• b) seldom           
• c) besides
• d) prior

3. Which word has the closest meaning to the word “improve”?

• a) enhance   
• b) postpone    
• c) improvise    
• d) utilize    

4. The story ………………….. place in a remote village in Peru.

• a) rates      
• b) takes  
• c) shakes  
• d) makes

5. This old painting ………………….. a typical county house in the 16th century.

• a) purchases
• b) rectifies
• c) depicts
• d) hastens

6. Nothing is better than eating  ………………….. pizza made by a true Italian chef.

• a) authentic    
• b) ferocious    
• c) tremendous
• d) rudimentary

7. He has a lot of skills that he can ………………………….in his new job.

• a) depict
• b) accumulate
• c) utilize
• d) commence

8. We do not have a …………….. amount of food for the party. 

• a) sufficient   
• b) controversial  
• c) graphic 
• d) foremost  

9. If you put sugar in hot tea, the sugar will……………

• a) generate
• b) dissolve
• c) boost
• d) accelerate

10. The department store is easy to find; it is ………… to the bank.

• a) acrid
• b) accurate
• c) enthusiastic
• d) adjacent

11. This drill cannot ………………… this rock; we need a more powerful one.

• a) entangle
• b) gratify
• c) penetrate
• d) verify

12. It’s still not clear what …………………the civil war in 1865.

• a) triggered
• b) merged
• c) enticed
• d) involved

13. I am looking for a school in the ………………….. of my home.

• a) vicinity
• b) function
• c) pamphlet
• d) catastrophe

14. She is really  ……………………… to improve her performance.

• a) dominating
• b) impairing
• c) striving
• d) excavating

15. A system of millions or billions of stars is called a …................

• a) galaxy
• b) criterion
• c) survival
• d) capacity

16. Plant-eating animals are called ………………….

• a) symmetrical
• b) skeptical
• c) herbivorous
• d) abundant

17. Which word has a completely different meaning?

• a) vital
• b) crucial
• c) agile
• d) essential

18. Driving conditions can be ..……….….. in the winter.

• a) treacherous
• b) trustworthy
• c) refutable
• d) lucrative

19. An ……………..…is very important in determining the cause of one’s death.

• a) aridity                                   
• b) aspiration  
• c) autposy   
• d) amenity

20.  The ………….…..of men to women in the class is 10 to 25.

• a) ransom
• b) ratio
• c) radius
• d) rank

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