Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Other Words
Word Parts
100

You must add your zip _____ before the web site will accept your credit card.

code

100

Please ______ my this envelope so that no one can open it.

tape

100
not for or against

neutral

100

another word for "therefore" or "thus"

hence

100

What is the adjective form of "trauma"?

traumatic

200

In my apartment complex, water is included in the rent, but _____ are not.

utilities

200

In English, the Subject ______ the Verb.

precedes

200

Doing more than 30 minutes of listening per week is __________ in ESL 167. It is not required.

optional

200

How many times have you traveled _______ ? I've been to Europe and the Middle East twelve times.

overseas

200

What are the plural forms? analysis, criterium, medium

analyses, criteria, media

300

My grandmother doesn't like me to help her in the kitchen. She considers the kitchen her ______  .

domain

300

Please turn your music down. I cannot _______ .

concentrate

300

It is hard to say how the weather will be next week. Michigan weather is very _______ .

unpredictable

300

John was so angry that he couldn't think ______ . His thoughts and words weren't making any sense.

rationally

300

What is the meaning and word part? evasive, congregation, derive

evasive (adj): someone who won't answer questions directly

congregation (N): a group of people gathered

derive (V): to come from something else


400

I enjoy Ann Arbor because of its _____ . There are so many different kinds of people living together.

The ______ between the two languages of Afghanistan is great. The languages are not related at all.

diversity, contrast

400

The cost of your grocery bill must not _____ the amount of money in your checking account. You have no credit card!

Do they know who ______ the crime?

exceed

committed

400

It's best to travel when you are still single and ______.

Sometimes when my daughter whines, I have to _______ her. She just wants attention, and her demands are unreasonable.

unattached, ignore

400

Obedient children work ________ as they help take care of the house and yard. They get along!

cooperatively
400

Use correctly in a sentence that shows the meaning of the word: seize, persistent, refutation, manipulative

The bank will seize your property if you don't pay your mortgage.

His mother said "No," but he was persistent, and finally she let him go to the party.

A good argumentative essay contains a refutation of the opposition's main points.

Children can be very manipulative when one of their parents says "No."

500

My boss is disliked for his _________________ . He never lets us change our schedules.

Some people are rude just because of ______ . They have just never been taught how to respect other.

I have to get a new watch. The _____ that moves the hands no longer works.

inflexibility, ignorance, mechanism

500

Please wait while I _____ your information into the computer.

The government will ______ 6 billion dollars to protect the environment next year.

Charles Darwin _______ that humans have evolved in some ways from apes.

input, allocate, hypothesized

500

You dropped your watch into the ocean? Sorry. It's not ____________.

Who called you? They blocked their number. I don't know who they are. Their number is ______ .

The police did not find the stolen goods where their source said they were. The information that they got was ________ .

recoverable, untraceable, erroneous

500

The cake decoration should not be taken ______. Don't let your children eat it!

____________, have you been to Detroit yet? ("by the way")

Although she is only four years old, Sandra speaks very __________________. I think this is because her parents read to her all the time.

internally, incidentally, intelligently

500

What are the forms and meanings of these words?

charitable, consensual, concede, synthesis, bewilderment

charitable (adj): dealing with giving to the poor or those in need

consensual (adj): involving the agreement of people in a group

concede (V): to admit that something is true, to give something to someone that is their right

synthesis (N): something made by combining several things

bewilderment (N): a feeling of confusion