Lessons 1-4
"A customs union is an organization of autonomous countries that agree that international trade between member states is free of restrictions."
Autonomous is closest in meaning to _____.
a. massive
b. acclaimed
c. prosperous
d. independent
d. independent
"Sometimes, advertisers impact society by the use of advocacy ads, whose purpose is not to persuade the public to buy a product, but to change the public's view about a specific issue."
Persuade is closest in meaning to _____.
a. convince
b. dissuade
c. solicit
d. encourage
a. convince
"Work practices tend to reflect the organization's design theory present at the time the organization was founded."
Reflect is closest in meaning to ____.
a. influence
b. mirror
c. cultivate
d. accelerate
b. mirror
"Feigning death is one of the opossum's principal defense mechanisms. This confuses its predators, protecting the opossum from danger."
Feigning is closest in meaning to _____.
a. imagining
b. enacting
c. pretending
d. displaying
c. pretending
"Scientists can only speculate on the possible fate of the Cosmos. If the universe is unbound, there is little possibility that its expansion will halt. Thus, eventually the galaxies and stars will all die."
Halt is closest in meaning to _____.
a. continue
b. stop
c. expand
d. intensify
b. stop
"A contemporary issue among psychologists is the activation or cause of emotion."
Contemporary is closest in meaning to _____.
a. current
b. acclaimed
c. contemptuous
d. favored
a. current
"It is common for groups of people to use the natural resources around them to work out a way of visually designating social rank."
Work out is closest in meaning to _____.
a. restore
b. discard
c. argue
d. develop
d. develop
"In the field of artificial intelligence, scientists are studying methods for developing computer programs that display aspects of intelligent behavior."
Display is closest in meaning to _____.
a. exhibit
b. narrate
c. declare
d. arrange
a. exhibit
"Brief whirlwinds are erratic in motion, but the longer-lasting ones move slowly with the prevailing winds and are more regular in their movement."
Erratic is closest in meaning to _____.
a. unique
b. inconsistent
c. arbitrary
d. complex
b. inconsistent
"Great technological advances were made during the infancy of the United States' industrial growth."
Infancy is closest in meaning to _____.
a. prime
b. beginnings
c. miracle
d. ambiguity
b. beginnings
"The participants who crafted the treaty concluded that the moon and all other celestial bodies were to be free for exploration and use by all nations. They also concurred that the use of weapons of mass destruction was to be forbidden in space."
Concurred is closest in meaning to _____.
a. assumed
b. agreed
c. anticipated
d. observed
b. agreed
"With computers, a wide range of fonts became available to the public, and their number was far greater than that of conventional printing presses."
Conventional is closest in meaning to _____.
a. restricted
b. available
c. traditional
d. competing
c. traditional
"The Scotch weed, or cotton thistle, which have dense heads of small pink or purple flowers, can make attractive garden plants and are widely cultivated for ornamental purposes."
Dense is closest in meaning to _____.
a. small
b. many
c. beautiful
d. thick
d. thick
"One of the main responsibilities of an engineering geologists survey is to determine whether the geological structure of a location is suitable for the building of huge structures such as dams."
Suitable is closest in meaning to _____.
a. appropriate
b. extensive
c. recoverable
d. perfect
a. appropriate
"The term aerospace medicine has evolved to encompass practice in both space medicine and aviation medicine."
Encompass is closest in meaning to _____.
a. favor
b. promote
c. emphasize
d. include
d. include
"A chameleon is thought to change color to conform to its surroundings, but that is rarely true."
In stating that the chameleon's color conforms to its surroundings, the author means that it _____.
a. differs from the color of its setting
b. contrasts with its surroundings
c. clashes with the colors around it
d. looks the same as its environment
d. looks the same as its environment
"Many blame people's shortened attention span on the instantaneous nature of Internet content."
In stating that Internet entertainment is instantaneous, the author means that it is _____.
a. constantly being viewed
b. available without delay
c. difficult to find
d. of low quality
b. available without delay
"In its early years, road engineering was rudimentary, and many trusts did not know how to preserve the roads."
Rudimentary is closest in meaning to _____.
a. elaborate
b. haphazard
c. flawed
d. basic
d. basic
"A caricature is a picture or other representation that exaggerates a particular physical, facial appearance, dress, or the manners of an individual to produce a distinct comical effect."
Exaggerates is closest in meaning to _____.
a. emphasizes
b. astonishes
c. embellishes
d. fabricates
c. embellishes
"The 1938 radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds created panic among listeners who, believing the attack to be real, inundated law enforcement agencies with numerous inquiries."
Inundated is closest in meaning to _____.
a. agitated
b. overwhelmed
c. astonished
d. delighted
b. overwhelmed
"The lawmaking process can become stagnant if the states do not agree with the proposed legislation."
Become stagnant is closest in meaning to _____.a. continue flowing
b. stop progressing
c. be cancelled
d. create arguments
b. stop progressing
"Many patients feel they don't get the attention they deserve from the medical profession; many see the profession as selfish to its core."
In stating that the medical profession is selfish to its core, the author means that it _____.
a. is entirely interested only in itself
b. contains a group of bad doctors
c. has wide support among patients
d. includes good and bad physicians
a. is entirely interested only in itself
"Some research supports the claim that musical talent is inherited–many children have some talent, but few are exceptionally talented, and only they have any hope of becoming concert pianists."
In stating that few children are exceptionally talented, the author means that _____.
a. musical ability is evenly distributed
b. almost everyone should study music
c. the most talented are few in number
d. twins cannot sing along with a song
c. the most talented are few in number
"Today. NASA is confident that spacecraft are fundamentally sound and perfectly safe."
In saying that spacecraft are fundamentally sound, the author means that they are _____.
a. basically well designed and built
b. equipped with electronic music
c. dangerously old and worn
d. entirely new and experimental
a. basically well designed and built
"The use of cast-metal pieces as a medium of exchange is an ancient tradition. It probably developed out of the use in commerce of ordinary ingots of bronze and other metals that had an intrinsic value."
Intrinsic is closest in meaning to _____.
a. inherent
b. nominal
c. documented
d. inordinate
a. inherent