Vocabulary in Context Practice 2 (Davis edit)

(Example) Before the invention of television, people spent more time on diversions such as going to town concerts and ball games, visiting neighborhood friends, and playing board games.

• tasks

• differences

• chores

• amusements

(Example) Changes in such abilities as learning, reasoning, thinking, and language are aspects of cognitive development.

• physical

• mental

• spiritual

• emotional

(Example) White-collar crime – for example, accepting a bribe from a customer or stealing from an employer – is more costly than “common” crime.

• gang members

• strangers

• workplace professionals

• undercover

(Identify the synonym for the italicized word) Managers should beware of having adversaries work together; opponents often do not cooperate well.

• often

• cooperate

• opponents

• well

(Identify the synonym for the italicized word) In the same way that the arrival of mechanical equipment meant fewer farm jobs, the advent of the computer has led to fewer manufacturing jobs.

• same way

• mechanical

• fewer

• arrival

(Identify the synonym of the italicized word) Many corporations like to be seen as benevolent and will actively seek publicity for their charitable donations.

• charitable

• publicity

• donations

• actively

(Antonym) To keep healthy, older people need to stay active.  Remaining stagnant results in loss of strength and health.

• inactive

• lively

• unhealthy

• obese

(Antonym) Being raised with conflicting values can be a detriment to boys’ and girls’ relationships with each other.  In contrast, shared values can be a benefit.

• improvement

• drawback

• relationship

• advantage

(Antonym) In the early days of automobile manufacturing, stringent laws controlled motorists’ speed.  In contrast, the laws designed to protect consumers from faulty products were extremely weak.

• informal

• not effective

• lax

• strict

(General Sense) Suicide rates tend to fluctuate with the seasons, with much higher rates in the winter than in the summer.

• go up and down

• disappear

• stay the same

• persist