Vocabulary and Contextual Understanding

The police department set a clever ______________ for the notorious criminal so that they could arrest him.

• snare

• bribe

• smithereens

• iota

Her continual __________________ through the internet during class caused her to be banned from using any technology in class.

• browsing

• lighting

• skipping

• developing

After losing his entire family to the villains who burned his house down, the man swore _________________________ against the arsonists.

• aggression

• frustration

• reluctance

• vengeance

What is a good working definition of MARGINAL?

• pivotal

• borderline

• critical

• central

What would a doctor do for you to feel better?

• protect a treatment

• predict a treatment

• prescribe a treatment

• proscribe a treatment

Which is a synonym of DYNAMIC?

• chemical

• forceful

• sluggish

• lackadaisical

When the man found out he had cancer, his family was discouraged at the ______________ outlook.

• hopeful

• dynamic

• fortunate

• grim

If someone really would rather not do something, what are they demonstrating?

• malleability

• reluctance

• flexibility

• cooperation

What part of speech is the word FRUSTRATE?

• preposition

• noun

• verb

• adverb

How could you describe a prominent person?

• anonymous

• eradicated

• well-known

• obsolete