AP English Unit 4 (Study)

1. The governor emphasized the _____________ of the situation by requesting the immediate dispatch of rescue teams.

• A.

  emergency

• B.

  exigency

• C.

  importance

• D.

  concord

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

2. If you leave the window open, a breeze may ___________ the papers on the desktop.

3. Syn: disorganized, dishevel

4. Ant: neat, organized

• A.

  disarray

• B.

  dismay

• C.

  jubilee

• D.

  spill

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

3. The ________ of the downtown business district began when two huge malls opened.

4. The patient's muscles have ____________.

• A.

  topography

• B.

  catastrophe

• C.

  development/

  developed

• D.

  atrophy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

4. A spirit of __________ was restored when the company compensated its employees with a huge bonus.

• A.

  concord

• B.

  discord

• C.

  strife

• D.

  disagreement

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

5. Contrary to popular belief, the military is not always a ___________ of political conservatism.

• A.

  house

• B.

  organization

• C.

  bastion

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

6. The lawyers could not _____________ the settlement util the two parties met face to face.

• A.

  consume

• B.

  consummate

• C.

  initiate

• D.

  begin

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

7. After the two ships collided, the survivors clung to various pieces of ___________ and hoped for rescue.

• A.

  flosam

• B.

  floatie

• C.

  nettle

• D.

  frenetic

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

8. Those who just stand around and __________(verb) about their low salaries are not likely to get raises.

9. The patient's latest _________(noun) was that he did not get any dessert with his dinner the night before.

• A.

  agreement

• B.

  conflict

• C.

  glean

• D.

  grouse

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

9. When the court order was issued, the social services department made a __________(adj.) search for the missing report.

• A.

  calm

• B.

  frenetic

• C.

  controlled

• D.

  leisure

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

10. After receiving the news that she was ahead in the polls, the candidate was in a delightfully ________ mood.

• A.

  jocular

• B.

  earnest

• C.

  grim

• D.

  humorless

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4