AP Vocabulary Unit 1 Test

umbrage is to resent as:

• interest is to ascribe

• notice is to abominate

• delight is to relish

• pity is to enjoin

assuage is to irritate as:

• intercede is to mediate

• expedite is to hamper

• surmise is to guess

• ameliorate is to improve

The antonym of decadence:

• environment

• rise

• sophistication

• mythology

The antonym of approbation:

• commendation

• setting

• direction

• disapproval

The antonym of elicit:

• call forth

• expect

• stifle

• force

The _____of penmanship for formal communication is a by-product of the ease of modern interactive forms, such as instant messaging and e-mail.

• approbation

• decadence

• hiatus

• coalition

Serious illness forced a _____ in her education; however, she recovered completely and returned to school with more focus.

• decadence

• prerogative

• umbrage

• hiatus

Pilots are trained to cope with midair emergencies in cockpit modules that ______ actual flight conditions.

• assuage

• simulate

• elicit

• expostulate

"I'm not surprised that you too _______ at that remark," my friend told me, "for it was truly offensive."

• decadence

• innuendo

• prerogative

• umbrage

It may be necessary for an outside mediator to ______ in a legal standoff in which the two sides cannot find common ground.

• transcend

• simulate

• intercede

• epostulate