Vocabulary in Context 2

Vocabulary in Context

part 2

difficult word

context clues

Multiple Choice

In a government election, the incumbent generally has a strong advantage over a newcomer. A person who is already in office and thus has a certain degree of prominence has a better chance of being elected than does someone who is unknown to the electorate.

• a special type of election

• a political party

• a beneficial comment

• a current office-holder

Multiple Choice

In a government election, the incumbent generally has a strong advantage over a newcomer. A person who is already in office and thus has a certain degree of prominence has a better chance of being elected than does someone who is unknown to the electorate.

• Fame

• Timeliness

• Youthfulness

• Novelty

Fill in the Blanks

History has shown a strong proclivity in elections at all levels of government to return the incumbent to office.

What is the word in the passage that is closest in meaning to "tendency."

simple word

context clues

Multiple Choice

Faced with serious threats to its future, the company is taking steps to improve its outlook. The company has brought in a new crop of trainees to staff some of its empty positions.

• stairs

• walks

• footsteps

• actions

Multiple Choice

Faced with serious threats to its future, the company is taking steps to improve its outlook. The company has brought in a new crop of trainees to staff some of its empty positions.

Look at the word crop in the passage. This word could best be replaced by

• group

• produce

• situation

• plantation

Fill in the Blanks

In addition, the company has created a new committee to research various proposals and has appointed a key member of its management team to chair the committee.

What is the word in the passage that could best be replaced by "lead."

word part

what you do

• port = carry [porter]

• mute = change [commute]

• ven = come [intervene]

• etc.

Multiple Choice

keenly alive and brisk

• avert

• exceed

• vivacious

• credo

Multiple Choice

write hastily and messily

• graphology

• scribble

• dictate

• rupture

Multiple Choice

person who is sent to deliver a message

• porter

• emissary

• subsidiary

• visionary

where and when

• pre | ante | fore = before [previous, foretell]

• post = after [postpone]

• cir = aroun [circulate]

Multiple Choice

relative who came before you

• postern

• forefather

• subordinate

• benefactor

Multiple Choice

occuring before the expected time.

• expel

• transgress

• premature

• finale

universe and body

Multiple Choice

false teeth

• corpulent

• denture

• podiatry

• dermatitis

Multiple Choice

a series of raised levels of earth

• geocentric

• hydraulic

• terrace

• capstone

human states

Multiple Choice

in love

• pathetic

• malign

• enamored

• euphoric

Multiple Choice

wanting to do good to other

• bibliophile

• kleptomania

• dyslexia

• benevolent

Opposites and Number

• immature | unarmed | illiterate | irregular

• solo | bicycle | octopus | decade | century | million

Multiple Choice

If you __________ something, you move around it to avoid it.

• prevent

• reverse

• circumvent

• disinter

Multiple Choice

someone who lives outside of his or her own country is a(n) __________

• mortician

• benefactor

• expatriate

• manicurist

Multiple Choice

if you _____ a message, you send it from one place to another.

• prevent

• exhale

• transmit

• minimize

Multiple Choice

A friend who is ______ always insists on controlling every solution.

• apathetic

• abrupt

• morbid

• domineering

Multiple Choice

If you are believable, you have ________.

• vitality

• credibility

• amity

• duplicity

Multiple Choice

Someone who acts with ________ makes up his or her mind before the facts are known.

• prejudice

• dyspepsia

• circumlocution

• solitude