PA Vocab Review - all skills (not unit 6)

Good employees take ________________ well. They hear what they are doing wrong, and they make appropriate changes to their work.

• favoritism

• criticism

• potential

• address

The new employee has a lot of _______________. She knows a lot about our business. I’m sure she’ll be promoted soon.

• favoritism

• criticism

• potential

• address

A mother often has a bias toward her own children. She sometimes thinks they are better than other children.

• hope for

• thoughts about

• preference for

Most people consider stealing to be _____________ wrong. It is not within the social standards for most societies.

• assume

• contribute

• morally

• contradiction

I like to go on vacation and be (a)   . It’s nice not to have

to deal with problems at work for a while.

It’s been a long time since I read that book. It’s hard for me to ________________ some of the details.

• recall

• take note of

• appreciation

• expand

The additional information was superfluous because I had already made up my mind. I didn’t need to hear more about the topic.

• to be made up of

• making something difficult

• great or important

• more than what you need or want

Not long ago, there was no wireless communication. But now, living without it is inconceivable for many people.

• hard to find

• hard to imagine

Derek is usually late to class. ________________ , he’ll be late today as well.

• Odds

• He will

• In all probability

• He's deprived

The writer was very modest. She didn’t like to talk about how famous she had become.

• being an important, basic part of something

• to have more power or skill and to control someone or something with it

• to reach a belief or opinion as a result of thought or study

• not talking much about one’s own abilities or possessions