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Food Crops
(a) weaken
2. intensify
(b) separate
3. irrigation
(c) lose
4. aggregate
(d) drainage
5. adversely
(e) positively
Disaster
1. persevere
2. anticipate
(b) to give up
3. famine
4. collide
(d) harmless
catastrophic
1. physical
2. migration
3. adapt
(c) die
4. inherent
5. survive
(e) mental
Petroleum Alternatives 4
1. stable
(a) keep
2. contamination
(b) expand
3. extinct
(c) unsteady
4. dispose of
(d) existing
5. shrink
(e) purity
1. The (constraints / contamination) of being in prison made her hate society even more.
2. A recognition that the Earth is round was one of the (elemental /shrunken) advances in
thought during the time period.
3. Mother Teresa, who helped the poorest of the poor, had a great (disposal / reservoir) of
love within her spirit.
4. Automobiles are responsible for some (emissions / extinction) of green5. By the end of the storm, the hikers had (depleted / reserved) even their emergency stores.
Time Efficiency
1. arbitrary
(a) mix up
2. maximize
(b) intersecting
3. sequence
(c) minimize
4. infinitesimal
(d) huge
5.parallel
Ancient Life
1. seep
(a) fill
2. gut
(b) separate
3. retain
4. compress
(d) loosen
5.overlap
(e) throw away
1. Which sentence best expresses the essential information of this passage?
a. Preserved life-forms, including petrified matter and fossils, teach us
about ancient life.
b. The primary function for preserved life-forms is scientific discovery.
c. Scientists try to replicate natural processes that preserve ancient
life-forms.
d. Ancient organic matter provides the most concentrated forms of energy known to humans.
2. In the passage, the words submerged in are closest in meaning to
a. made wet
b. completely covered
c. adjacent to
d.depleted of
Computers
Target Words
1. circulate
2. corrode
3. derive
4. detection
5.expeditiously
6. implement
7. innovative
8. installation
9. maintenance
10. simulation
2. The article implies that the question How do I cut and paste a file? is
a. too basic to require professional attention
b. a good question to give to in-house tech support
c. appropriate for a freelancer to address
d.a good topic for a training program
Energy 8
combustion
convey
permeate
source
trigger
1. It is often difficult to ___convey _______ the meaning of a poem to a large
audience.
2. The _permeate _________ of the gossip was someone inside this office.
3. Her bad mood that day __ trigger________ the atmosphere in the laboratory.
4. The internal __ source________ engine revolutionized the way automobiles
run.
5. A cigarette ___combustion_______ the explosion.
1. rotate
2. solar
3. component
4. discretely
5. nucleus
A huge (anomaly / gap) between the wealthy and the working class
often leads to social unrest.
2. The new computers enable us to (intervene / retrieve) information
more quickly.
3. Although she wasnt qualified for the job, she (indisputably /
intuitively) felt that she should apply.
4. When he joined the military, he did not expect the officers to
(degrade / recede) him.
5. The art in the foyer was an important (acquisition / consciousness)
for the museum.
a. People purposefully present a slanted version of events.
b. Memories can be altered at any point in memory creation.
c. People naturally cannot recall everything they observe.
d. Memories are an indisputable source of fact.
e. Time and emotion contribute to memory degradation.
f. Past occurrences often displace current memories.
Memory provides an imperfect record of events.
a. People purposefully present a slanted version of events.
Memories can be altered at any point in memory creation.
People naturally cannot recall everything they observe.
Spirituality 10
be inclined to
contemplate
deify
exalted
sacrifice
1. Traditionally, the Camerian society __ contemplate ________ its leaders, considering them to be sent from the land of the gods.
2. To do well in his university courses, he had to __ sacrifice________ a lot of his
personal time.
3. The generation of American leaders known as the Founders are
__deify ________ by many scholars for their wisdom and courage.
4. She knew she would always __exalted________ agree with what her mother
said, so she struggled to remain unbiased.
5. The human resources department ___be inclined to _______ whether they should let
Mary go.
1. animism, animal, animation
The root anima probably means
a. color
b. death
c. many
life
2. atheistic, amoral, apathetic
The prefix a probably means
a. not
b. loving
c. excessiv
surely
1. Which sentence best expresses the essential information of this
passage?
a. The Russian Orthodox Church was banned under Soviet control.
b. Few Russians believe in a god.
c. Aleksey II has updated the churchs image.
d. The Russian Orthodox Church has a long history of strong membership in Russia.
1. Which sentence best expresses the essential information of this
passage?
a. The Russian Orthodox Church was banned under Soviet control.
b. Few Russians believe in a god.
c. Aleksey II has updated the churchs image.
d. The Russian Orthodox Church has a long history of strong membership in Russia.2. According to the passage, Aleksey II of Moscow is
a. a god
b. a high church official
c. a secular leader
an atheist
Illness 11
disease
fatal
persist
prognosis
wound
1.__wound______ He sustained a serious injury in the war, so he was sent
home immediately.
2. __disease______ Her sickness was so rare, doctors werent certain how to
treat it.
3. __ persist ________ His motto was to keep trying, no matter what happened.
4. _prognosis _______- The medical staff could not know for sure whether the
treatment would work, but they made a confident
prediction that the patient would recover.
5.__fatal________ The airplane crash was tragic, killing many people immediately and inflicting injuries on others that would
eventually prove deadly.
aggravate
decrepit
forensics
terminal
vein
1. __forensics_______ the science involved in solving crimes
2. ____vein______________ a vessel for carrying blood
3. ______aggravate ______________________to make worse
4. _____ terminal ____________________ unable to be cured
5._____decrepit _________________in very bad condition
1. Why does the author mention a wound ?
a. The wound caused the death.
b. It was evidence of a struggle.
c. It was suspicious.
d. It was predictable, considering the mans disease.
2. In the passage, the word inherit is closest in meaning to
a. lose
b. gain
c. earn
want
Surgery
For each word, choose the word or phrase that has
the most similar meaning.Write the letter of your choice on the line.
1. __ mark____ scar
(a) bandage (b) mark (c) shine (d) cover
2. __add to______augment
(a) take away
(b) discuss (c) use (d) add to
3. _added difficulty______ complication
(a) added difficulty (b) improved performance
(c) method of training (d) prediction about results
4. __very overweight ______ obese
(a) attractive
(b) healthy (c) very overweight (d) high
5. ___heal_______cure
(a) heal (b) study (c) diagnose (d) tie up
1. The (procedure / scar) to prepare for the surgery took four hours.
2. Only seriously (certifiable / obese) people should get their stomachs
surgically reduced.
3. He almost died during the operation because the doctors did not
give him the right kind of (anesthesia / complication).
4. Doctors are now able to (cure / implant) many types of sickness that
were usually fatal in the past.
5. Before (augmenting / injecting) a painkiller, the dentist rubbed cloves
on the womans gums to numb them.