B efore you start your study of vocabulary, you may want to get an idea of how much you already know and how much you need to learn. If that’s the case, take the pretest in this chapter. The pretest consists of 50 questions introducing you to many of the words you will learn as you complete the exercises in this book. Even if you get all the questions on this pretest right, it’s almost guaranteed that you will find a few words in this book that you didn’t know before. On the other hand, if you hardly know any of the words on the pretest, don’t despair. Out of the many words in this book, you’re sure to find a few that you are already familiar with, and that will make the going easier. So, use this pretest just to get a general idea of how much of this book you already know. If you get a high score on this pretest, you may be able to spend less time with this book than you originally planned. 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Mark your answers on the answer sheet on page 3 by darkening the corresponding oval. 1. When I received my term paper back, my teacher’s comments on it were so that I had to ask him to explain each one. a. disinterested b. copious c. audible d. illegible 2. The data supports the belief that there has been an increase in population. a. nominal b. demographic c. pragmatic d. puerile 3. The veterinarian came out and told the cat’s owner that the animal’s for recovery is good. a. prognosis b. etymology c. pragmatism d. euphemism 4. Because I didn’t want anyone else to be able to uncover the meaning of my note, I wrote a message only he could understand. a. chronic b. agoraphobic c. cryptic d. incisive 5. Scientists research gene in fruit flies to see how genes change from one generation to the next. a. remittance b. mutation c. mediocre d. cliché 6. The hotel tried to their mistake by giving us a suite at a reduced price. a. debut b. rectify c. recapitulate d. exempt 7. The theatre’s acoustics were awful; the actors’ voices were barely . a. equity b. audible c. bandwidth d. abrogate 8. Our club values the of its members; we know we can always count on one another. a. perjury b. epigram c. fidelity d. firewall 9. Now that it has gotten so late, it is that they are not going to show up. a. moot b. prose c. churlish d. evident 10. The one year the company did not break even was just a/an . a. acme b. facetious c. syllogism d. anomaly – PRETEST – 5 Choose the word that is closest in meaning to the bold word. 11. purge a. cite b. purify c. perspective d. decimate 12. parity a. equality b. mimicry c. antipathy d. sympathy 13. furtive a. open b. demote c. secret d. utopia 14. vivacious a. lively b. relevant c. ornate d. flippant 15. audacious a. badinage b. guttural c. bold d. stolid 16. acme a. pinnacle b. server c. retrospect d. consortium 17. staid a. pallor b. sham c. sober d. elite 18. addle a. stolid b. empiric c. ruminate d. muddle 19. erudite a. genteel b. scholarly c. garrulous d. bequest 20. tenet a. belief b. antecedent c. teleology d. demote Choose the word that is most nearly the opposite of the bold word. 21. feisty a. staid b. relevant c. tangential d. hot 22. bigotry a. prognosis b. open-mindedness c. badinage d. parity – PRETEST – 6 23. agonize a. blasé b. rectify c. enjoy d. trivial 24. élan a. fidelity b. ingénue c. error d. frumpy 25. bane a. solace b. crux c. pun d. downfall 26. banal a. puerile b. trite c. fresh d. obtuse 27. dross a. improvise b. waste c. oblique d. essential 28. extricate a. remove b. entangle c. malaise d. gauche 29. avant-garde a. cliché b. vendetta c. original d. trivial 30. purloin a. larceny b. wallow c. return d. plausible Choose the word that is spelled correctly. 31. a. percieve b. achieve c. reciept d. hygeine 32. a. knarled b. blight c. alite d. fraut 33. a. indeight b. indite c. indight d. indict 34. a. kerchiefs b. kerchievs c. kerchieves d. kercheifs 35. a. curiculums b. curriculmns c. curriculas d. curricula 36. Spike was the most dog you could ever wish for. a. peacable b. paeceable c. paecable d. peaceable – PRETEST – 7 37. Spending your summer in Spain will be a great for you to improve your Spanish. a. opportunity b. opportuneity c. oportunity d. oportuneity 38. Al and Jane hired attorneys, and together, the added up to over $10,000. a. lawyer’s bills b. lawyers’ bills’ c. lawyers’ bills d. lawyers bills 39. The county commissioners said going to discuss the taxation issue at the meeting next week. a. they’re b. there c. their d. thei’r 40. Young people think that they are , so they tend to take more risks. a. invincible b. invincable c. invensible d. invinseble Match the definition in column B to the correct word in column A. 41. consummate a. elegant 42. copious b. inclined 43. euphemism c. rise and fall 44. mediocre d. inelegant 45. urbane e. complete 46. gauche f. embodiment 47. fluctuate g. abundant 48. epitome h. average 49. mete i. allocate 50. prone j. inoffensive expression – PRETEST – 8 1. d 2. b 3. a 4. c 5. b 6. b 7. b 8. c 9. d 10. d 11. b 12. a 13. c 14. a 15. c 16. a 17. c 18. d 19. b 20. a 21. a 22. b 23. c 24. d 25. a 26. c 27. d 28. b 29. a 30. c 31. b 32. b 33. d 34. a 35. d 36. d 37. a 38. c 39. a 40. a 41. e 42. g 43. j 44. h 45. a 46. d 47. c 48. f 49. i 50. b – PRETEST – 9  Answers . be amazed at how much your vocabulary will improve by completing the exercises in each chapter. CHAPTER Pretest 1 1 – LEARNINGEXPRESS ANSWER SHEET – 3. easier. So, use this pretest just to get a general idea of how much of this book you already know. If you get a high score on this pretest, you may be able