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10, 18, 4, 15, 3, 21, x
If x is the median of the 7 numbers listed above,
which of the following could be the value of x ?
(A) 5
(B) 8
(C) 9
(D) 14
(E) 16


What is D ?
100


Many private universities depend heavily on -------, the
wealthy individuals who support them with gifts and bequests.

(A) instructors (B) administrators
(C) monitors (D) accountants
(E) benefactors


What is E ?
100



A name derived from the name of a place.



What is toponym
100


in/at/on/above/beyond what am I?


What is "a preposition" ?
100


Bring vs. Take


Bring describes the movement of something toward a
specified location.

Take, on the other hand, generally describes the
movement of something away from a location.

Example:
You bring food to a party.
I have to take the garbage out tonight.
200


Two spheres, one with radius 7 and one with radius 4,
are tangent to each other. If P is any point on one
sphere and Q is any point on the other sphere, what is
the maximum possible length of PQ ?

(A) 7
(B) 11
(C) 14
(D) 18
(E) 22


What is E?
200


The range of colors that homeowners could use on the
exterior of their houses was ------- by the community’s
stringent rules regarding upkeep of property.

(A) circumscribed (B) bolstered
(C) embellished (D) insinuated
(E) cultivated


What is A ?
200



A collection of things or persons



What is Kit and Caboodle
200


Contains a subject and a verb; may contain a complete idea.


What is "a clause" ?
200


What is the difference between discreet and discrete?


Discreet implies the showing of reserve and prudence in one's behavior or speech.
Discrete means something quite different - 'distinct, separate, unrelated'.

This is an example of a pair of homophones
(words that sound alike but are different in spelling or meaning or both)
300


All of Kay’s brothers can swim. If the statement above is true, which of the following must also be true?
(A) If Fred cannot swim, then he is not Kay’s brother.
(B) If Dave can swim, then he is not Kay’s brother.
(C) If Walt can swim, then he is Kay’s brother.
(D) If Pete is Kay’s brother, then he cannot swim.
(E) If Mark is not Kay’s brother, then he cannot swim.


What is "A" ?
300


While traveling near the Sun, the comet Hale-Bopp
produced a ------- amount of dust, much more than the
comets Halley or Hyakutake.

(A) voracious (B) disposable (C) redundant
(D) superficial (E) prodigious


What is E ?
300



ignoramus



What is an un-educated or ignorant person
300


This is used to combine two independent clauses with similar ideas.


What is "a semicolon" ?
300


What is the difference between stationary and stationery?


Stationary means 'fixed in one place and not moving'
Stationery means 'the paper and envelopes used for writing correspondence'.
400


PQRS is a rectangle.
Point T lies on the base PS of the rectangle and length of PT = 2/5 of PS
RS is one side of the rectangle.
Triangle RST has an area of 7.

What is the area of rectangle PQRS?


What is 70/3 ?
400


Only after the campaign volunteers became aware
of their candidate’s questionable motives could they
recognize the ------- statements made in his seemingly
------- speeches.

(A) insightful . . astute
(B) partisan . . callous
(C) cordial . . hostile
(D) duplicitous . . candid
(E) cunning . . surreptitious


What is D ?
400


parastatal
defervescence
imprimis
poltroon
tumulus


What is common among these words?



What is All these words use only one of the vowels.
400


A noun formed from a verb


What is "a GERUND" ?

Examples:
feeling
Acting
400


What’s the Difference Between “A While” and “Awhile”?


These two terms represent different parts of speech.

The two-word expression "a while" is a noun phrase, consisting of the article a and the noun while,
defined as “a period or interval of time.”

The one-word "awhile" is an adverb that means “for a short time or period.”
500


What is the product of the smallest prime number that is greater than 50 and the greatest prime number that is less than 50 ?


What is 2491 ?
(53 * 47)
500


No longer narrowly preoccupied with their own
national pasts, historians are increasingly ------- in
that they often take a transnational perspective.

(A) conciliatory (B) bombastic (C) mendacious
(D) cosmopolitan (E) jocular


What is D ?
500



The longest word in the English language



What is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
500


Define Comma Splice


What is combining two independent clauses with a comma and no conjunction, creating a run-on sentence.

examples:
We hiked for three days, we were very tired.
The television is too loud, the picture is fuzzy.
500


When do you use "who" vs. "whom"?


Who is a subjective-case pronoun, meaning it functions as a subject in a sentence.

Whom is an objective-case pronoun, meaning it functions as an object in a sentence.

Example: Who rescued the dog? (who is doing the rescuing in this sentence)
Whom did you see? (whom is being seen here, not doing the seeing)


Whom is mostly prefixed by a preposition..
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