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Level C Unit 12

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

Choose the item that BEST completes the comparison below:


WILLFUL is to TRACTABLE as

a)

PRONE is to APT

b)

VORACIOUS is to RETENTIVE

c)

STAID is to OUTLANDISH

d)

WHIMSICAL is to FRIVOLOUS

2.

Choose the item that BEST completes the comparison below:


SHIFTLESS is to ENTERPRISING as

a)

WAVERING is to UNFLAGGING

b)

PERTINENT is to RELEVANT

c)

GINGERLY is to UNGAINLY

d)

AMPLE is to BOUNTIFUL

3.

Choose the item that BEST completes the comparison below:


CAPACIOUS is to ROOM as

a)

OBLIQUE is to DIRECTION

b)

LAGGARD is to TIME

c)

PRODIGIOUS is to SIZE

d)

JAUNTY is to ATTITUDE

4.

Choose the item that BEST completes the comparison below:


WRANGLE is to ACCORD as

a)

OSTRACIZE is to FAVOR

b)

VIE is to RIVALRY

c)

COMPLY is to AGREEMENT

d)

COLLABORATE is to COMPETITION

5.

Choose the item that BEST completes the comparison below:


TAINT is to DEFILE as

a)

QUALM is to HESITATE

b)

DEFECT is to REPAIR

c)

QUIRK is to HABITUATE

d)

DETRIMENT is to HARM

6.

Choose the item that BEST completes the comparison below:


PLAUSIBLE is to SCOFF AT as

a)

COMMENDABLE is to UPBRAID

b)

PERCEPTIBLE is to OBSERVE

c)

AUDIBLE is to HEAR

d)

DURABLE is to WEAR

7.

Choose the item that BEST completes the comparison below:


SEQUEL is to ENSUE as

a)

PROLOGUE is to PRECEDE

b)

PREFACE is to FOLLOW

c)

AFTERMATH is to INTRODUCE

d)

FINALE is to IMPEND

8.

Choose the item that BEST completes the comparison below:


SCAVENGER is to FERRET as

a)

RECIPIENT is to ENDOW

b)

MENDICANT is to BEG

c)

SCAPEGOAT is to PRECLUDE

d)

TURNCOAT is to RAVAGE

9.

Choose the item that BEST completes the comparison below:


TENET is to DOCTRINE as

a)

BANTER is to RUBBLE

b)

REPERCUSSION is to BACKLASH

c)

ANGUISH is to INTRIGUE

d)

CRONY is to ENEMY

10.

Choose the BEST answer using the sentence below:


The levity of some gases in respect to air ideally suits them to use in dirigibles, weather balloons, and other such devices.


The word LEVITY most nearly means

a)

fickleness

b)

lightness

c)

frivolity

d)

mildness

11.

Choose the BEST answer using the sentence below:


As Great Britain pushed its colonial empire to the limit in the late 19th century, English men and women began to turn up in the most inaccessible and outlandish places.


The word OUTLANDISH can best be defined as:

a)

out-of-the-way

b)

unconventional

c)

freakish

d)

foreign-looking

12.

Choose the BEST answer using the sentence below:


Writing may have come to ancient Egypt directly from Sumer, or it may have arrived by some mediate process involving Syria and Palestine.


The word MEDIATE can best be defined as:

a)

indirect

b)

casual

c)

middle

d)

agreed

13.

Choose the BEST answer using the sentence below:


As Dickens points out, the fierceness with which Mr. Boythorn expresses his opinions hardly accords with his overall mildness of temperament.


The word ACCORDS can best be defined as:

a)

bestows on

b)

approves of

c)

adapts to

d)

harmonizes with

14.

Choose the BEST answer using the sentence below:


Once young Mr. Sedley, whose sweet tooth was decidedly pronounced, had glutted himself on chocolates, he fell asleep, much to the annoyance of his sister and Miss Sharp.


The word GLUTTED most nearly means:

a)

flooded

b)

overstuffed

c)

choked

d)

sickened

15.

Choose the pair of words that BEST completes the sentence below:


With all the fervor of the ________ Knights of the Round TAble and other fabled heroes of old, Don Quixote embarked on his hilarious personal ________ to right the wrongs of the world.

a)

elite...embargo

b)

legendary...crusade

c)

myriad...juncture

d)

renowned...ruse

16.

Choose the pair of words that BEST completes the sentence below:


Though ______________ like the mountain lion and the lynx have entirely disappeared from the settled parts of this country, they can still be found in areas that ____________ with wildlife.

a)

predators...teem

b)

scavengers...bask

c)

milieus...wallow

d)

decoys...cover

17.

Choose the pair of words that BEST completes the sentence below:


"Certain misguided students may think that they can ________ school property with ________, but I assure them that such acts of vandalism will not go unpunished," the principal warned.

a)

maim...longevity

b)

bestow...incognito

c)

incapacitate...nonentity

d)

deface...impunity

18.

Choose the pair of words that BEST completes the sentence below:


When labor and management cannot arrive at an agreement through collective bargaining or some other means, they sometimes have ________ to outside ________ to settle a dispute.

a)

proximity...infiltration

b)

transition...intrigue

c)

recourse...mediation

d)

proxy...jurisdiction

19.

Choose the pair of words that BEST completes the sentence below:


Since he derived no pleasure from the more serious pursuits of life, the fun-loving prince _____ himself with hunts, balls, and other ____________ entertainments.

a)

bolstered...solicitous

b)

glutted...ethical

c)

regaled...frivolous

d)

asserted...conventional

20.

Choose the word that is BEST suggested by the phrase:


"If you will mow my lawn, I'll wash your car."

a)

mediate

b)

regale

c)

barter

d)

impart