Vocabulary in context 1

Sandra is a _______ secretary. Her shorthand is fast and accurate and she can type in both Thai and English.

• creative

• competitive

• enthusiastic

• competent

The _____ of our school has grown because several students have won academic prizes.

• reputation

• advertisement

• position

• standard

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Since she stopped exercising, she became so _____ that she could not wear her clothes.

• active

• obese

• easygoing

• obvious

Bodybuilders use mental imaging to _____ their physical development.

• require

• interpret

• facilitate

• supply

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

A test is useful for _____ those students who have reached a higher level from those at a lower level.

• considering

• motivating

• exhibiting

• discriminating

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Certain colors when incorporated into the decor of a room can produce cozy atmosphere.

• light

• roomy

• cluttered

• comfortable

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Researchers are gradually deciphering the genetic structure found in the cells of organisms.

• deforming

• destroying

• devising

• decoding

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Mercury’s velocity is so much greater than the Earth’s that it completes more than four revolutions around the Sun in the time it takes Earth to complete one.

• speed

• orbit

• weight

• diameter

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

In literature, caricatures usually contain verbal exaggeration through which the writer achieves comic and often satiric effects.

• expression

• humor

• interaction

• overstatement

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The predominant activities in rural societies are those that involve the production of food and raw materials.

• principal

• predictable

• necessary

• routine