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Vocabulary quiz Unit 1

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of the following word : acquire

a)

Provide with shelter

b)

Choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans

c)

Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

d)

Call for and obtain payment of

2.

What is the definition of the following word : comprehend

a)

Get the meaning of something

b)

The cognitive condition of someone who understands

c)

To become aware of through the senses

d)

Understanding of the nature, meaning, quality or magnitude of something

3.

What is the definition of the following word : contradict

a)

Make politically neutral and thus inoffensive

b)

Deny the truth of

c)

Go against, as of rules and laws

d)

Be in contradiction with

4.

What is the definition of the following word : correlate

a)

To bear a reciprocal or mutual relation

b)

Examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition

c)

Be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something

d)

Guarantee financial support of

5.

What is the definition of the following word : demonstrate

a)

A glass container used to store and display items in a shop, museum or home

b)

A setting in which something can be displayed to best effect

c)
  1. (computing) an instance of a data type that contains other objects

d)

Give an exhibition of to an interested audience

6.

What is the definition of the following word : distinguish

a)

Mark as different

b)

See or hear differences; identify a particular part or parts of a whole; detect with difficulty

c)

Become more focused on an area of activity or field of study

d)

Be specific about

7.

What is the definition of the following word : elucidate

a)

Make clear and (more) comprehensible

b)

Cause to take on a definite and clear shape

c)

Finish a task completely

d)

Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear

8.

What is the definition of the following word : explicate

a)

Make plain and comprehensible

b)

Make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation

c)

Undergo development or evolution

d)

Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

9.

What is the definition of the following word : generalize

a)

Cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use

b)

Make understandable to the general public

c)

Draw from specific cases for more general cases

d)

Become widely known and passed on

10.

What is the definition of the following word : hypothesize

a)

Regard something as probable or likely

b)

To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

c)

Look forward to the probable occurrence of

d)

Have as a feature; convey

11.

What is the definition of the following word : postulate

a)

Express a supposition

b)

Take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof

c)

Pursue or resume

d)

Maintain or assert

12.

What is the definition of the following word : validate

a)

Make different; cause a transformation

b)

Make more intense, stronger, or more marked

c)

Declare or make legally valid

d)

Become bigger or greater in amount

13.

Complete the sentence with the correct word:

"They (a)   their concerns to the board of trustees";

14.

Complete the sentence with the correct word:

"Children learn early on to (a)   ";

15.

Complete the sentence with the correct word:

I will (a)   an elaborate plan of attack";

16.

Complete the sentence with the correct word:

Can you (a)   the claim?

17.

Complete the sentence with the correct word:

"The experiments (a)   the instability of the compound";

18.

What is the word to the following definition :

Conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief

a)

justify

b)

acquire

c)

authentic

d)

paraphrase

19.

What is the word to the following definition :

(logic) reason by deduction; establish by deduction

a)

infer

b)

evaluate

c)

prove

d)

deduce

20.

What is the word to the following definition :

Estimate or determine the nature, value, quality, ability, extent, or significance of

a)

evaluate

b)

contradict

c)

bias

d)

elicit

21.

What is the word to the following definition :

(logic) reason by deduction; establish by deduction

a)

infer

b)

justify

c)

prove

d)

postulate

22.

What is the word to the following definition :

Express the same message in different words

a)

deduce

b)

paraphrase

c)

derive

d)

prove

23.

What is the word to the following definition :

A partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

a)

deduce

b)

prove

c)

bias

d)

derive

24.

What is the word to the following definition :

(logic) reason by deduction; establish by deduction

(a)  

25.

What is the word to the following definition :

Represented accurately or precisely

(a)  

26.

What is the word to the following definition :

Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

(a)  

27.

What is the word to the following definition :

(logic) reason by deduction; establish by deduction

a)

infer

b)

derive

c)

justify

d)

analyze

28.

What is the word to the following definition :

Express as a number, measure or quantity

a)

categorize

b)

bias

c)

quantify

d)

paraphrase

29.

What is the word to the following definition :

Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)



(a)  

30.

What is the synonym of : elicit

a)

say

b)

arouse

c)

touch

d)

infer

31.

What is the synonym of : comprehend

a)

get wise

b)

grok

c)

include

d)

think over

32.

What is the synonym of : generalize

a)

universalize

b)

infer

c)

reason

d)

prove

33.

What is the synonym of : hypothesize

a)

anticipate

b)

expect

c)

conjecture

d)

think out

34.

What is the word to the following definition :

(sometimes followed by 'with') in agreement with what is already known; compatible with something else

(a)  

35.

What is the synonym of : paraphrase

a)

reword

b)

redo

c)

rephrase

d)

replay

36.

What is the synonym of :  bias

a)

preconception

b)

think

c)

skew

d)

diagonally

37.

What is the synonym of : deduce

a)

justify

b)

infer

c)

deduct

d)

prove

38.

What is the synonym of : prove

a)

make

b)

look

c)

turn out

d)

trust

39.

What is the synonym of :  Acquire

a)

get

b)

open

c)

change

d)

have

40.

What is the word to the following definition :
Make sense of; assign a meaning to

(a)