Vocab Unit 7 Pretest

My boyfriend said adieu because it was getting late.

I think Adieu means

• I love you

• Farewell

• Scram

• I'm late

Everyone was afraid that the advent of the year 2000 would cause computers to crash the world over.

I think advent means

• occasion

• ending

• arrival

• experience

At the apex of our country sits the president of our nation.

I think apex means

• the middle

• the throne

• the highest point

• the valley

The body assimilates digested food.

I think assimilate means

• to take in; absorb

• expels

• rejects

• craves

The man is currently being sought for selling bogus stock shares for a nonexistent company.

I think bogus means

• expensive

• legal

• dirty

• fake

Because of my limited budget, I am unable to make exorbitant purchases.

I think exorbitant means

• unlimited

• space-related

• excessive

• unconfirmed

You should be cured of your cold within fourteen days, but you should take this medicine in the interim to help with your symptoms.

I think interim

• morning

• meantime; time between

• evening

• long-tem

When the radio station offered free Taylor Swift concerts to the 200th caller, the phone lines were inundated.

I think inundated means

• cut

• opened

• overwhelmed

• switched

After losing the game, the star maligned the rest of the team.

I think maligned means

• consoled

• left

• talked poorly of

• encouraged

Sometimes my mother likes to meander through the aisles of antique stores.

I think meander means

• wander about

• run full speed

• search

• walk with purpose