Vocab in Context: Author's Use of Language (TSI reading)

Dr. Hayes, who heads the research team, personally spoke to each of the junior members to go over procedures to be followed on the expedition

• lower in rank

• younger in age

• named after

• very successful

The structural integrity of the building was compromised by the intense heat of the fire, which caused the girders to crystallize and split.

• maintained

• offered

• weakened

• negotiated

The map was accurate and the captain's course true, so avoiding the reefs and bars, the ship sailed into port safely.

• simple

• incorrect

• organic

• straight

In the near riot that followed, Barclay was the eye of the storm, sitting sedately at the head of the table while everyone else gestured wildly and shouted at and over each other.

• calmly

• innocently

• emotionally

• originally

After the initial shock, Germaine retreated to the restroom for a moment and then re-emerged, once again, composed and in control of her emotions.

• interested

• imaginative

• original

• collected

The curious result of the investigation was the discovery that, unsuspected by anyone at the start, the crime was committed y Colonel Mustard in the conservatory.

• unlimited

• unreasonable

• unsatisfactory

• unexpected

The dance the couple performed was animated as they whirled and leapt to the quick tempo of the tune played by the fiddle.

• lively

• illustrated

• cartoonish

• humorous