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Vocabulary Round 5, Pretest (10/3-10/12)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word in red mean?

In time my father’s growth and independence would be his undoing.

a)
freedom from control or influence of another or others
b)
approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
c)
Autonomy
d)
absolute sovereignty.
2.

What does the word in red mean?

They take pains to explain that ants are not, emphatically not, tiny mechanical models of human beings. (The Lives of a Cell)

a)
of or relating to a paradigm.
b)
a representation or image of something on a small or reduced scale.
c)
a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
d)
a counterfeit; copy.
3.

What does the word in red mean?

My comrades believed this was a trivial matter and the negative consequences of resistance would outweigh any benefits. (Long Walk to Freedom)

a)
be against
b)
a mental position from which things are considered
c)
unfavorable or antagonistic in purpose or effect:
d)
less than zero
4.

What does the word in red mean?

Let me be perfectly blunt: my purpose in writing this brief note is to suggest that we meet. (Stuart Little)

a)
to wish or long for; crave; want.
b)
an anticipated outcome that guides your planned actions
c)
in an earnest, ardent, or eager way; keenness:
d)
the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end:
5.

What does the word in red mean?

ERC, they call it, and their main goal is to get the Equal Rights Amendment ratified and added to the Constitution. (You Bring the Distant Near)

a)
to provide or send with credentials; designate officially:
b)
to sign one's name on (a commercial document or other instrument).
c)
approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
d)
the act or fact of intending, as to do something:
6.

What does the word in red mean?

“Our office will address the issue as necessary later this week.” (Millionaires for the Month)

a)
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
b)
a subject for a composition or essay.
c)
the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
d)
a conference
7.

What does the word in red mean?

This statement was strongly opposed by the others, and Constance was elected to speak for them. (Redwall)

a)
to give way to superior force; yield
b)
to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation:
c)
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
d)
be against
8.

What does the word in red mean?

Dari seemed so nervous and Twig was so confident that I couldn’t help but laugh at how opposite they were. (The Science of Breakable Things)

a)
to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of:
b)
altogether different in nature or quality or significance
c)
to keep (a person) from succeeding in an enterprise, plan, etc.
d)
to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc.; evade:
9.

What does the word in red mean?

“And this time I want you to come ready to speak up. I think your viewpoint is going to be particularly valuable.” (The Benefits of Being an Octopus)

a)
to have or be influenced by a subjective point of view, bias, personal feeling or inclination, etc.
b)
a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty.
c)
a mental position from which things are considered
d)
something that actually exists; reality; truth:
10.

What does the word in red mean?

Frantic, I start yanking her letters out of the box, checking the dates, scanning each page for potential hints. (I Can Make This Promise)

a)
seeming like truth, fact, or certainty; reasonably to be believed or expected; believable:
b)
existing in possibility
c)
to come to or arrive at in some course of progress, action, etc.:
d)
concealed; obscure; covert: