English 11 Vocab 24

The inhabitants of cities in the U.S. are not like those in other parts of the world; the mix of cultures makes the U.S. ______ unique.

• proletarian

• populace

• mercenary

• appraisal

Answer explanation

Context clue: inhabitants of cities

inference

Many people wanted to claim political control over the cities, but the most ____ and ___ people were the ones who took advantage of others to gain power.

• proletarian, pernicious

• rapacious, mercenary

• furtive, recalcitrant

• appraised, permeated

Answer explanation

Context clue: who took advantage of others to gain power

synonym

Although many immigrants arrived legally in the early 20th century, later laws restricting immigration forced others to sneak into the country ____

• perniciously

• mercenarily

• rapaciously

• furtively

Answer explanation

Context clue: sneak

synonym

Although many have moved to the city, a longing for rural life ____ the country. This widespread attitude is not realistic, but it ____ refuses to fade from the public consciousness.  

• accosts, rapaciously

• permeates, furtively

• populates, perniciously

• permeates, recalcitrantly

Answer explanation

Context clue:

longing

refuses to fade from the public consciousness.  

synonym, definition

During the Industrial Revolution, cities were home to a huge ___ workforce that worked for low wages.

• pernicious

• mercenary

• furtive

• proletarian

Answer explanation

Context clue: workforce

synonym

The ___ of high crime rates in many U.S. cities threatens peoples’ lives every day

• rapaciousness

• perniciousness

• recalcitrantly

• furtiveness

Answer explanation

Context clue: crime rates in many U.S. cities

inference

Urban landscapes do, however, offer positive experiences, including a widely varied ____. A careful ____ of city life shows the value of living with many different kinds of people.

• proletariat, appraisal

• rapaciousness, accosting

• populace, appraisal

• perniciousness, furtiveness

Answer explanation

Context clue:

widely varied

many different kinds of people.

inference/synonym

Being ____ by unfamiliar cultures and faced with new experiences can be unsettling to a new arrival in the city.

• appraised

• permeated

• accosted

• populated

Answer explanation

Context clue:

faced with new experiences

inference

Urban renewal often threatens older neighborhoods, and people who have lived in them for a long time can be ____ about the changes. They resent the _____ of developers whose main concern is profit, not people.

• mercenary, proletarians

• furtive, populace

• pernicious, permeability

• recalcitrant, rapaciousness

Answer explanation

Context clue:

They resent

main concern is profit, not people.

Synonyms

An important part of urban development is land ____, which tells people the value of their property.

• rapaciousness

• appraisal

• permeability

• furtiveness

Answer explanation

Context clue:

which tells people the value of their property.

definition