VOCAB 1
If your first has been satisfied, it has been_____
slaked
Passengers who have been ambushed and robbed have been _______.
waylaid
Is the sentence below written using active or passive voice?
Mom washes the dishes.
1. Active
Which sentence is capitalized correctly?
3. I have shopped for clothes from the Gap on the store's website.
What shouldn't children do when Santa gives them gifts?
A. cheat and lie
B. dance and sing
A. cheat and lie
What word that we learned recently is another word for worldwide?
What word that we learned recently is another word for flourish?
wither
The list of Mayan deities that represent various natural forces suggest that the ancient Mayans were keenly attuned to their environment.
A.Suggest
B.Suggests
C.Suggesting
D.Having suggested
E.That suggest
B.Suggests
Although the night shift is fully staffed (A), the managers always holds us (B) responsible for that shift’s (C) work if it (D) is not finished when we arrive in the morning.
No error (E)
B
True or False: The first Christmas tree appeared in the United States.
False
Which of the following words is the opposite of antiquated?
3. contemporary
If, on a windy day. a sheet on a clothesline rises and swells like a wave, it
2. billows
Of the two options, neither the system of appointing judges to the bench nor the process of electing judges are entirely satisfactory.
is entirely satisfactory.
At the highest level of competitive chess, players are so familiar to one another’s strategies that they can practically read their opponents’ minds; the result is drearily predicable play.
familiar with
How many horses pull the sleigh in the song Jingle Bell?
One
Read the following sentence.
"Yet through it all, she still managed to become a great and valuable author of children's books."
Which of these shows how the suffix -able changes the meaning of the base word value?
4. full of value
Choose the definition that best fits the word.
semiskilled
3. okay at something
Though I am acquainted with Mr. Bartholomew and have long known of his interest in painting, that he has gone to such lengths to obtain it astonishes me.
No error
In 1988 a Soviet icebreaking ship helped free three gray whales that had become trapped in the Arctic ice after they had swam into the coastal waters of Alaska to feed.
had swum
December 26th, the day after Christmas is celebrated as ___________?
Boxing day, where gifts are given to employees by their bosses.
If -phobia means "to have fear of", -philo means .
2. to love
Using your knowledge of roots, prefixes, and suffixes, what is the definition of an audiologist?
4. the study of hearing defects
Smallest of the copperhead snakes, the broad-banded copperhead, if disturbed, vibrates its tail rapidly, and they are also known to secrete a substance that smells like cucumbers.
A.rapidly, and they are also known to secrete a B.rapidly, and it is known that they secrete a C.rapidly, and is also known to secrete a
D.rapidly also secreting their
E.rapidly, in addition, ti secretes its
C.rapidly, and is also known to secrete a
If there are no dancers that aren’t slim and no singers that aren’t dancers, then which statements are always true?
1. There is not one slim person that isn't a dancer
2. All singers are slim
3. Anybody slim is also a singer
4. None of the above
2. All singers are slim
Why are Christmas candy canes red and white in color?
The color white symbolizes the purity of Jesus, and the color red symbolizes the blood that Jesus shed for us.