Name:________________________________________
Mrs. Daniel Block ___________________________
English 11H
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Vocabulary Lesson One: Practice #2
Part I: Inferences. Choose the answer that best suits the following statements.
1. Which would seem interminable?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Awaiting tests results
A kite in the wind
Building a doghouse
Eating dinner
2. A florid person is
a.
b.
c.
d.
Fast
Intelligent, nearly a genius
Tired from running
Red-faced
3. An anomaly would most likely be found in a
a.
b.
c.
d.
Map of America
Research paper
Test score that strongly deviates from the norm
Blueprint for a home
4. Two people who are estranged probably
a.
b.
c.
d.
Have had some kind of fight
Have never met before
Have been best friends forever
Look exactly alike
5. If a person is described as zealous then they
a.
b.
c.
d.
Have very few interests
Enjoy all sports
Hates cooking
Is obsessive and fanatical
6. A paper that is rife with errors would
a.
b.
c.
d.
Get a low grade
Get a high grade
Need no further revisions
Be published in a magazine
7. Someone speaking in the vernacular would
a.
b.
c.
d.
Be using complicated jargon
Be impossible to understand
Be using slang and everyday speech
Need to speak louder
Part II: Completing the Thought. Complete the following sentences based on your understanding
of the vocabulary words used.
8. After he decided to abjure his evil ways, the evil dictator
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9. It was very difficult to maintain equanimity when
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10. The lugubrious mood in the story was created
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11. Her outfit was described as nondescript because
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12. It was propitious that I decided to do my homework rather than go out because
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13. We had to truncate our plans because
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14. The errors in the paper were so ubiquitous
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