VOCAB1
Determine the word that best completes the sentence.
It was a known fact that the King was too ________ that other leaders were too intimidated.
adversary
dissent
imperious
imperious
He looks _______________ as he went to the market simply holding his basket with worn-out jeans, but he works as the CEO of a company.
dissent
destitute
detached
destitute
disagreement
A. dissent
B. reconciliation
C. avert
A
Using context clues in the sentence "The second time the knocking came it was so loud and imperious that the rickety door could have fallen down," it is identified that the meaning of rickety is _______________________.
Rickety probably means that the door is unstable or could easily collapse.
TRUE or FALSE
Context clues can help readers determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word.
TRUE
The soldiers hid at the _______________ during the attack which prevents causalities among them.
quiver
dissent
trench
trench
Dean asked, trying to control the _____________ in his voice.
adversary
quiver
evidently
quiver
enemy
A. dissent
B. avert
C. adversary
C
TRUE or FALSE
Homographs are words with the same sound and are spelled the same but have different meanings.
FALSE
hair and hare are examples of _________________
homophones
homonyms
homographs
homophones
I offered to act as a mediator and tried to bring about a ___________________ between the two parties.
reconciliation
detached
dissent
reconciliation
Pieces already ________________ were restored to their original positions, and those blackened by damp and dust were carefully cleaned.
dissent
detached
destitute
detached
aloof
A. detached
B. reconciliation
C. destitute
A
_________________ refers to a word's literal meaning.
Denotation
T or F
The definition “persistent sound” of the whistle is an example of connotation.
F
The most straightforward is to physically destroy an ________________'s computers or critical network nodes.
extremity
avert
adversary
adversary
I can't imagine the ____________________ of her suffering from the accident and death of her children.
extremity
evidently
dissent
extremity
shake
A. trench
B. quiver
C. dissent
B
________________________ is used to persuade.
Rhetorical device
Three types of rhetorical devices
repetition
restatement
rhetorical question
Let the other party leaders get paranoid about internal_____________.
reconciliation
dissent
detached
dissent
For a while, it seemed that even this would not _______________ a European war.
detached
adversary
avert
avert
commanding
A. reconciliation
B. trench
C. imperious
C
Out-of-date words are called ________________.
Archaic Language
T or F
An affix carries an essential meaning of a word.
F