Wordly Wise Book 4 Final Test 1-4

To ensure that a decision is not too risky means to

• hope that the decision is not risky.

• worry about how careless the decision is.

• make sure that the decision is a safe choice.

• apologize for making a risky decision.

In this sentence, apparent means

• A. interesting.

• B. amusing.

• C. clear.

• D. complicated.

Read this sentence from the passage. We all know that the world is vast, so why would we call it small? This sentence means that the world is very

• large.

• beautiful.

• unpredictable.

• fascinating.

In this sentence, "remark on" means

• A. comment on.

• B. brag about.

• C. complain about.

• D. ask about.

Read these words from the passage. ... let's say that your cousin Monique gets engaged to be married. Someone who is engaged to be married

• is newly married.

• is looking for someone to marry.

• has promised to marry someone.

• has relatives who are married.

Read this sentence from the passage. This means that you shouldn't promise to do more than you are capable of doing. To be capable of doing something is to

• A) ask someone to do it.

• B) attempt to do it.

• C) hope to do it soon.

• D) be ready and able to do it.

In this sentence, alter means

• create.

• change.

• plan.

• attend.

Read these words from the passage. ... there is no use getting upset over some misfortune that you cannot change. In this sentence, misfortune means

• an unlucky event.

• a celebration.

• an event that will happen in the future.

• an event that was expected.

Read these words from the passage. Don't depend on just one person . . . To depend on a person is to

• A) love him or her.

• B) work for him or her.

• C) count on him or her.

• D) help him or her.

In this sentence, humiliated means very

• embarrassed.

• sad.

• angry.

• messy.