Vocabulit Lesson

​Question Type #1

Sentence Completion

Choose the word that best completes each sentence.

Multiple Choice

The audience let out a huge cheer when the ...?... guest star took the stage.

• sentimental

• unannounced

• heartsick

• apt

Multiple Choice

The ...?... between siblings' personalities was like night and day.

• acculturation

• proposal

• niche

• contrast

Multiple Choice

New housing developments ...?... the habitat of the animals in the area.

• romanticize

• threaten

• swirl

• gravitate

Multiple Choice

With ...?... footsteps, the exhausted runner barely crossed the finish line.

• legitimate

• sentimental

• apt

• faltering

Multiple Choice

The store has a unique ...?... ; it sells only previously owned sports.

• haven

• internship

• niche

• campus

Multiple Choice

No other guitarists held the instrument in John's ...?... way.

• idiosyncratic

• ultimate

• bittersweet

• unannounced

​Question Type #2

Synonyms

Choose the word that is most similar in meaning to the word in bold type.

Multiple Choice

Eric was working under the MISINTERPRETATION that he didn't need to wait for his younger sister after school.

• misquote

• misunderstand

• misfortune

• misheard

Multiple Choice

The songwriter TWEAKED his lyrics until they were just right.

• adjusted

• celebrated

• removed

• avoided

​Question Type #3

Antonyms

Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the word in bold type.

Multiple Choice

Feeling SENTIMENTAL, Maria called her aunt to tell her how much she loved her.

• loving

• thorough

• hateful

• frantic

Multiple Choice

Katie BRISTLED at the suggestion that she should share her lunch with her younger brother, who forgot his.

• irritated

• worried

• sang

• delighted

​Question Type #4

Context Clues

Read the passage. Then answer the questions that follow.

Multiple Choice

Tiny retail computer shops serve as a ...?... and gathering spot for ...?... geeks, nerds, and techs who are miles from the nearest computer superstore and who will never set foot in a lab at MIT or Caltech.

• haven ... idiosyncratic

• contrast ... sentimental

• niche ... ultimate

• proposal ... heartsick

Multiple Choice

Which words or phrases from the passage best help the reader answer the previous question:

Tiny retail computer shops serve as a ...?... and gathering spot for ...?... geeks, nerds, and techs who are miles from the nearest computer superstore and who will never set foot in a lab at MIT or Caltech.

• retail computer shops; computer superstore

• shops serve; in a lab

• gathering spot; geeks, nerds, and techs

• miles from; MIT or Caltech

​Question Type #5

Analogies

Read each analogy. Choose the word that best completes the analogy.

Multiple Choice

uplift : depress :: gravitate :

• ignore

• approach

• retreat

• amuse

Multiple Choice

mayor : govern:: immigrant :

• cry

• relocate

• stay

• discuss

​Question Type #6

Root Word Familes

Choose the form of the word that best completes each sentence.

Multiple Choice

The immigrant was ...?... , having never learned to read and write as a child.

• illiterate

• literate

• literacy

• literateness