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Advancing Vocab Skills -- C. 2 -- Words in Context

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

At ACHS, our students often COLLABORATE on projects by working together.

a)

to compete

b)

to stop work

c)

to act as a team

2.

Devon becomes DESPONDENT too easily. If he gets even one bad grade, he loses all hope of succeeding in school.

a)

ill

b)

depressed

c)

angry

3.

The rock group’s violent performance INSTIGATED a riot in the audience.

a)

to prevent

b)

to predict

c)

to cause

4.

Plant life is RESILIENT. For example, a few weeks after the Mount St. Helens volcano erupted in Washington in 1980, flowers were growing in the ashes.

a)

widespread

b)

slow to recover

c)

quick to recover

5.

When I took Ms. Klein’s writing course, I thought she was too demanding. In RETROSPECT, though, I realize that she taught me more than anyone else.

a)

looking back

b)

looking for excuses

c)

looking ahead

6.

I’m so used to adding and subracting on a calculator that I’ve probably forgotten how to do those RUDIMENTARY mathematical calculations on my own.

a)

basic

b)

intermediate

c)

advanced

7.

Ray SCOFFED at reports that a hurricane was coming until he saw the winds knocking down trees and overturning cars.

a)

to laugh at

b)

to watch

c)

to take seriously

8.

My grandma shot me a dirty look during dinner when I couldn’t quite manage to SQUELCH a burp.

a)

to encourage

b)

to hold back

c)

to release

9.

The Tlingit Native Ameicans VENERATE the wolf and the raven, and their totem poles illustrate stories in praise of these animals.

a)

to pity

b)

to honor

c)

to remember

10.

Annie, a ZEALOT about health, runs a hundred miles a week and never lets a grain of sugar touch her lips.

a)

an extremist

b)

an observer

c)

a doubter