Vocabulary Quiz #1

Consider this __________ (hypothesis) situation: you're stranded on an island.

• hypothetical

• hypothetically

• hypothesize

It is of fundamental importance for elementary school teachers to train their students to read __________ (competence).

• competently

• incompetently

• competency

• compete

This cognitive task requires one to ____________ deep into one's subconscious.

• dig

• tap

• burrow

• lurk

What can be inferred from the following statement?

"He's one of those rare musicians who's able to marry artistic expression with technical excellence."

• His playing is both melodic and virtuosic.

• He's one of the very few artists who stays married.

• His music is an acquired taste.

• His music is often misunderstood.

A number of high-profile politicians were ____________ in the cover-up of the scandal.

• implicit

• complicit

• explicit

Stock prices are governed _________ a large extent by supply and demand, yet many are still befuddled when a stock doesn't perform the way they expect it to.

• to

• for

• with

• of

Parents, particularly fathers, sometimes find it difficult to __________ their feelings towards their children.

• verbally

• verbalize

• verbose

• proverbial

The advent of cars rendered horses, the prevailing method of transportation at the time, utterly _________.

• shocking

• redundant

• efficient

• slow