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Post by vocabulitis5 on May 15, 2009 13:17:57 GMT -8
#1 And : conjunction Sentence and, Sentence C : learned by him : passive (X) Active first Ans. E #2 Burdened with three pieces of luggage and a pair of skies : Participle Phrase Sahra's search:noun => wrong (Possessive) Ans.E Sahra searched #4 The council kept the economy of the town from collapsing => main Ans. D elliminate the sentence. #6 but + comma = new sentence Ans. C ; contains 'but' #7 Where : place Field work is not a place, so where is wrong. Antecedent Ans. D during which the linguist #10 ,and ,but ,or ; . run-on/comma splice full sentence after ; #11
With billions of tons yet be mined : need 'what' #13 tense! : time same time of verbs is => was #14 Susan and Peter : 2 people to become a writer (X) #16 Begin sentence with one, do not change it to you. Do not mix them up. #17 Parallelism enters (X) #18 Dancer, Choreographer, and ... (person) #19 Which : Scientific writing #20 arisen #21 19th century : past will be =>would be #22 an abserver of Chinese elementry education singular An artist ; children (X) #24 clever => cleverly because it's modifying adj. #26 Before but, the sentence is done. 'effects' is become known #27 ought to = should #28 Preoccupation with : busy with something #29 By contract / in contrast to #31 E : goal of politics is not 'this person'. #34 Cannot be comma #35 Negative campaining Ans.E Active / Passive Charile, who was drunk and angry hit his poor dog, which was out of its house. Charlie's poor dog, which was out of its house, hit by drunken Charlie. Jane tears out a piece of newspaper, which contains U.S soccer team is beaten by Korean. A paper teared by her
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Post by vocabulitis5 on May 28, 2009 17:04:25 GMT -8
test 2
1. museums in Britain VS museums in Canada (Those) in Canada 2. comma splice => ; or . 3. Printing world news : object World News VS. Hometown news. hometown... what? (confusing) 4. Pronouns; They : Potatos or barrels => antrdent by which : highway was blocked 6. Sub-Verb : doesn't match (reasons and is) is because : is that demanding assignments : Noun 8. Dangling Participle modifier small town seemed it 9. George Eliot is having command Having ... : not good Because : good 11. confusing!!! 12. disintegrates should be in past tense 14. either ... or! 15. invaluable : very valuable it = shards (plural) => are 16. One of a kind : unique One of the kind : wrong The one of that kind : right 17. whose : posseisive 'whose' background 18. is worried : worry about past 21. Mr. Kim, (the best teacher ever,) teaches grammer. () : appositive by he : wrong. By him. 22. parallism : put parall each other, so looks same. => riding, explanning 24. appositive : ignore ,but : conjunction between 2 whole sentences. 25. preoccupation with 27. supported (by the commission) were 28. tablets = its 29. constantly changing. Dangling participle modifier Wearing a blue coat, the dog walked along his owner. wrong sentence -> Wearing a blue coat, the man walked his dog. Eating a big fish, a man's pet keeps barking. -> While a man eating a big fish, his dog keeps barking. Talking with a phone, the phone get excited. -> Talkng with a phone, the friends get excited. Playing the piano, a phone rings. -> When a girl playing the piano, a phone from the auditorium rings. [this is a run-on sentence]
Playing the soccer, the soccer ball got a hole -> Playing the soccer, the player saw his ball got a hole.[this one still has "ball" as the first noun after the comma]
Reading a book, the page accidently tore out. [tore out]
-> Reading a book, the reader accidently tore the page. [tore]
Walking in to the forest, the trees were thick and strong. -> Walking in to the forest, the man saw some thick and strong trees. Writing a dangling participle modifiers, the wrong sentences coming out. -> Writing a dangling participle modifiers, I write wrong sentences. Spinning a pencil, the pencil keep falling. -> Spinning a pencil, I keep fell the pencil off my hands.
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jun 4, 2009 11:36:18 GMT -8
test 3
1. They : delegates Coming this far => front : ¿©±â±îÁö ¿À¸é¼ ; happening now Having come this far => done already. 2. As if : ÀÌ·¨´ø °Íó·³ If : had done Then : would have 3. More than two => are 4. Sub : issue would 5. The first woman~English Channel :appositive Except appositive, find the sentence.\ 6. Their work b) this = ? c) ,for : because d) has been 7. b) one who is reading : reader d) it : Poem's : wrong 8. gifted storyteller Being : not good Don't need 'she is' Ans. C 12. Modifier : Directed by George Wolfe, Broadway musical : appsositive 13. whether, if erase 'are they' 14. which is not for people. 15. He : patrick Henry liberty/because Most having been (X) Most have been Most can be plural or singular Most of members (plural) 16. how to do sth. Preserving 17. No one : singluar When : because (reason) 18. clearer (X) The whole claues is subject of the sentence. 19. reforms (plural) => have 20. Anticedent of it : crabs 1. S-V agreement 2. tense 3. Pronoun-anticedent 21. Which : system in the catching of (X) 22. Sensitive to be criticized 23. their : artists No error 24. fiercer : 2 strongest : 3 or more => stronger 25. two causes : less funding, decrease in jobs A and B 26. S: the number (singular) V: accentuate 27. Novel and C.B compare 28. trucks (plural) 29. No error IF-THEN SENTENCE Ex) yesterday, I didn't go to school => If I had gone to school, then I would have give my teacher an apple. I stole the money => If I hadn't stolen the money, then I would not have gone jail I lost my homework => If I hadn'y lost my homework, then I would have done it. I ditched my class => If I hadn't ditch my class, then I would have taken the test. I failed in my final exam. => If I hadn't fail in my final exam, then I would not have taken that class next year. I didn't sleep yesterday. => If I had sleep yesterday, then I would not have slept in your class. I played computer game yesterday. => If I didn't play computer game yesterday, then I would have gone to play tennis. There are two points on a plane => If there are two points on a plane, then there is exactly one line trough them. My sister tried to resistent against her mom. => If my sister didn't tried to resistent her mom, then the house would have remained quiet.
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jun 11, 2009 12:38:11 GMT -8
1. Subject : One (singular) Verb : were (X) =>was Ans. D 2. Pearallism i) toppling ii) uprooting iii) snapping 4. more ~er (X) No more because sorry is a 2 syllable word. 5. Determine about (X) whether A or B (O) If (X) Judges => they, not he or she 6. Having been riched Having reached..., climbers (normal) 7. S : whether ~ America V : remains In actuality (X) That ~ : (O) 8. S-V even so : with ; , adj/adv 10. Dangling : person be criticized is Amelia Earhart, and most people. Ans. D 11. and : begin with comma. Ans. A 12. Familiar to (O) latter : the formal and the 'latter' comparing word. 13. The same (O) would : past of will 14. differed 'from' different than (X) comparence 15. issues - are - plural that - singular 16. fish were (O) (fish is both singular and plural) them : fish 'each' ate its : each 17. In => for 18. Driving, to turn (parallelism) 20. Them : agency 21. which : disease. (renaming of malaria, to use appositive) has been - which (singular) of - travelers 22. correct => correctly 23. pride in something their : indian's 24. the ~ animals : fossil record : provides 25. Promote - exchange as => when 26. recommanded to who (tourist) expects 27. we => us 28. neither -> nor 29. Directory and a list - is (plural) is=> are Practice Sentences "than" 1. I am much bigger than he because he is only two years old, which mean a baby. 2. This cup is bigger than yours, so you will get a little bit of coke. 3. Joshua has a better mini i-pod than I, because he bought it yesterday. 4. I got better grade than you. 5. Mr. Kim has better phone than I. 6. Computer is slower than I in solving real math problems. 7. Earth's core temperature is hotter than sun's surface temperature.
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jun 18, 2009 12:38:44 GMT -8
1. Be afforded : passive voice Active voice : he is unable to afford 4. Subj : The city being => is although : right 7. being : X where : place 19th century is time : X is => was d) not completed sentence 8. whose renown as a pioneer in the field of psychoananlsis : description a swiss psychologist : appositive 9. run on sentence X => should be semicolon instead of comma 11. but : conjunction it : book 'at once' 12. Frank and George => are 14. Myself 1. Reflexive : I kicked myself 2. Intensive : I myself built this house 15. Parallelism => to remain, to move split infinitive : (to move) back => to not move back : wrong (before or after infinitive.) 17. Crossing and recrossing the stream : participle phrase 18. Though best known as a jazz vocalist : dangling whereby : awkward 19. sources is => sources are 21. Flood made, automoblies, had rentend : order!!! 1. flood 2. rent 3. automobile had rented : past perfect, wrong. => rented 22. plus being (X) 23. one, he, she... => your (X) 25. As a student... : clear (no dangling) A student => he 26. to be => as 28. use : steel (X) Use : use of steel 31. then = ? parallelism : challenged, fought, risked No "I" 5. They = ? (no plural) c. passive voice them = ? 13. number vs monster (X) Past Perfect Sentences 1. Before my math teacher collected the project, I had turned it in. 2. Before I even clicked the game icon in my computer, mom had came in. 3. After I went in to the bathroom, the phone had rang. 4. After many warnings about viruses, the computer had turned off.
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jun 25, 2009 11:20:19 GMT -8
1. Before because, full sentence. 7. It : Subj. (Finding) 8. Difficulties : plural, threatens : V (No matching) Threaten(O) 9. Comparision : something rather than something. To appeal and persuade rather than what it once did. (Parallelism) Educating and Informing It : role 10. As an undergraduate at Rutgers University : Not dangling which : interest No error. 11. Often by questionable means : ignore their : its D) passive voice : unneccessary. 12. Serene + ly 13. Will have done 14. Watch for dangling 15. calm => calmly 16. they would throw 17. Those : workers Which : those (X) who or whom who = he = nominative case whom = him = objective case This is the baby, who kissed me. whom I kissed. 18. Prefer A to B 19. Means : singular word. 21. Would be => will (future) 22. Who : workers 23. Protest over (X) protest (O) 24. I => me (objective) between you and me 25. People who wish to be models. 26. It : There is no antecedent 27. Insistence => are (X) ; is(O) 29. between => and If - Then Statements 1. (Past) I never attended preschool, but if I had attended preschool, I would have more pictures of my childhood. 2. (Present) I don't go to university high, but if I went to the university, I would studied about science. 3. (Future) I won't be going to the concert, but if I go to the concert, I will fail the final exam.
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jul 2, 2009 11:29:24 GMT -8
8. More marked in poetry in poetry than either fiction or drama. Parallelism 10. Discovered : past tense had begun : past perfect had shown : past perfect 11. since such is the case very few are in capitivity and - because : (X) and + full sentence 12. Langston Hughes born in the midway : not dangling. NY : where (place) 13. In constant demand as a speaker, Ms. Chemock (not dangling) more busier (cannot happen) 15. which : student (X) => who 16. One => you which => contributes more to 17. those => no antecedent 18. subject : species verb : is (X) => are 19. antecedent : signs , => these 21. subject : nations verb : has (X) => have 22. familiarize ~ with, taught... (Parallelism)
23. subject : observation Verb : show (X) => shows 24. Far away from (X) 26. inconsistent to (X) => inconsistent with 27. the most => more 28. Between you and ME 29.
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jul 9, 2009 11:22:44 GMT -8
1. Other groups being enthusiastic in their support of the new rules Enthusiastic of the rules (X) Enthusiastically suppoted 2. The problem of water pollution, frequently compounded Verb? 3. Dangling sentence check Helen is the victim (Not dangling)\ 4. They : Thier : (No antecedent) wherever : the best 8. earthquakes, and they c. Scientist seeking... : participle phrase. 9. types of injuries are no different for children than young children. (missmatching comparison) 10. The reason... is (that she is...) Ind. clause because ... that it... (X) No future tense 14. Introducing and replacing : subject Verb : is (O) 17. were watching, are (X) are => were 19. their life(X) => their lives 21. That and subject (X) 23. Something of... (O) 24. had been : past perfect rather than the state : erase 26. manager and the co-worker : subject 28. a candidate : they (X)
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jul 16, 2009 12:03:12 GMT -8
Grammar Review Instructions for July 9th.
We will be reviewing our grammar today. You are to look through the questions that you missed on previous practice tests, starting from Test #1. Your incorrect answers should already be highlighted in your Gdoc answer sheet.
Find questions that you do not completely understand and would like for me to explain again. In this document, write the test number and question number that you want to go over.
You should also check the bulletin board for your past notes. If there are any concepts you don't understand, I will explain those as well. Write your questions in this document.
You will do this preparation for the first hour. I will check this document periodically to make sure that you are working through the questions.
You can take your break at 4:50. We will begin our lecture session at 5:00.
MR.K
Test 1 Sec.7 3 10 22 27 Sec.10 2 5 8 10 14 (the best?)
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jul 30, 2009 11:42:53 GMT -8
Instructions for July 16th.
The following are problematic phrases taken from practice tests. Before we begin the lecture, take some time to go through the list and try to identify the grammar rule associated with the phrase. Write your guess in the right column. You are not expected to know all of them, but I will need to see your guesses to know how well you know your grammar topics. During lecture, you will need to replace your text with the correct answers.
You have until 4:30 PM to go through the list.
RED FLAG RULE 4:00 P.M. this afternoon Redundency : saying twice, not needed 4:00 P.M is afternoon. a means of survival means => end a means (O) a number of the number of ... "is" A talented and versatile artist, appositive/
talented : adjective/ dangling abide with abide by about me getting the seats possesive before a gerund
"my getting" about who About whom (object pronoun) After seeing the movie, gerund, appositive,
can be dangling agreement among two people among => between Along the curve of the island lies¡ propositional phrase
V-S sentence as expensive than as expensive as At the heart of this program.... V-S pattern barely double negative word (rarely, scarecely...) because of being¡ wrong (idiom) before Tense (one thing is before than other, Past - Past perfect...) best workers are those which¡ The best worker, which => who between Between A and B Between the sales manager and I I => me between you and I I => me Burdened with luggage¡ clever designed birdfeeder cleverly concerned ____ about confident about Confident in department collective noun (singular)
pronoun => it different than different from each of the women either everybody singular (is, his...) everyone Singular family Far away from being a conservative,¡ away(X) fieldwork where they can study ¡ fieldwork(not a place)
where(X) for Joe and I I => me for we students For us student for who for whom foundation awarded Carlos and I I => me had swam swum had taken Past Perfect Hailed as one of the best poets of all time, has taken Present perfect he had wrote had written he has cast his vote has : present perfect
cast-cast-cast he is regarded to be to be => as her ability for supervising ability to supervise(infinitive) him talking his talking I am as smart as as... possesive I am better than her compare I am taller than her / she (is tall) I feel badly I feel(linking verb) bad
linking verb : being, equal I prefer that ¡ wish/hope
I recommand, I hope ...
that... "verb" if he could, he would choose to do it If he had done A,(then) he would have done B. If he ¡ were, had done
(hypothetical situation) If I was any faster If I were any faster if she had accepted, she¡ would have gone(p.p)...
hypothetical imminent Imminent : about to happen very soon.
Emitnent : Someone who is very famous. In the foothills of the mountain range is¡ verb-subject pattern
(Where) V-S In the year of 1977 incredulous indebted with Inside the box is ¡ intently and with compassion invaluable is different ¡ It is important that ¡ It was them itself jury kind of a car largely due to last year lay less less fat less paper less than three women look at the prices close me gaining weight more most Mother told my brother and I neither neither none none of us not only now that one likes to believe¡ one of the kids ought people which were attending people who wish to be a model persecuted plus being prefer preoccupation principle prohibit prohibit to own protested over the decision rarely rock and roll scarcely sensitive to be cricized she could of done since 1985 staff stationery supply and demand surely ten pages or less than the announcement where ¡ the author about whom I wrote¡ the boys and their teacher the council announced their decision the latter the most perfect the number of the number of people have increased the period of time the principal was aggravated the principle doctrines the rapid spreading notion participle the reason is because the scene when the story where the use of plastic is greater than¡ there is usually two German shepherds there are there were two causes: this being that participle this group of people To pass English this year, ¡ infinitive Until it can was more widely read than we had rented you you are taller than I Me off of discrete discreet
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Post by Insang Jang on Aug 13, 2009 16:41:50 GMT -8
Reading Note 1. Realistic room perched on a dirt pile : stage scenery Ans. Setting 2. afflence : rich that ____ : pointing to something, summerizing it. ans. overabundance - thrive 3. suffering from illness, thermal pools => to get better. Because of the cure (therapeutic) effects 4. More ~ Phenomenon : positive / subsequent : following ans. Provided 5. ____attempt / delaying the launch ans. thwarted 6. offensive remarks. commendable : praise conciliatory : suiting words indulgent : please someone intemperate : extreme , haranguing : (ans) 7. limping slowly back : halting 8. melodrama : overly emotional imperious : like an emperor (X) Inscrutable : cannot tell what it is convivial : lively, gregarious solicitous : Being nice, donating... Histrionic : Too dramatic, yells, screams... (Ans) 9. Dolphins do... sign language, solve puzzle, use objects... like human Ans. E 10. Dolphins are smart, but different from human. ans. B 11. Dolphins are highly intelligence, but we don't know much and they are smart in their ways 13. Mysterious native American compared to the 350years ago pilgrim Making comparison to now. (parallel) 14. charded by vision : commanded by vision inspired by vision (better ans) 15. Misconception, longevity (long life) 16. international crowd pleaser anthropological fallacy 17. Difficulty : ancestor-descendant model used by European observers 18. Culture, medicine, 19. Way one group (European) perceived another (native American) 21. educated guess based on 'sources' 23. disillusionment : were mistaken in something. 24. minus zero : preconception
Reading Note (8/6/09)
1. Worth exploring : positive - Unlimited (X) - Wicked (X) - Cooperative (O) - Fascinating (O) - Harmful (X) Remote Island : isolated
2. approval through praise - dictator (X) - toadied (O) - connoisseur (X) - Superior (X) - Sycophants (O) dislike 'flattery'
3. Thin, pliable, somewhat transparent : membrane, callous
4. Reflect mixture of dialects : heterogeneity
5. Apologized profusely : Palliavate effect
- reprehensible actions of the terrorists
15. Marry it again after the folly of a divorce (for painting) folly suggests that painting can arouse strong emotions in their owners.
23. About how airplane is engineered, like a poem. : Machines can be as inspiring as works of art.
24. Biographer says deeply middle-class ans unheroic - Unimaginant thinking (X) - Demystify (O)
Reading 1- sec.8
2. refrigeration, transportation : ____available food : More, many kinds of : expanded, variety.
3. although : similar (mississippi) : must compared
4. weeping openly surprised people because the coach was not an emotional person.
5. obscure and dense : opacity (cannot see through)
6. Oil companies wants to drill for oil negligible : very little amount
Homework
1-2 2. The answer is B overabundance ... thrive overabundance : left thing thrive : become rich affluent society : rich society, and it causes disease that comes from overeating and poor nutrient.
3. Ans. E therapeutic : cure tourists go to the hot spring because it heals the people.
5. The answer is A. The word 'thwarted' means disturb. In this sentence, high winds disturbed space shuttle launch, so it delayed.
7. The answer is A. halting means limping. Chris is walking with a injured leg, (limping slowly back to the campsite) so he is walking with halting gait.
8. The answer is D histrionic means is acting purposely, raising their voices and pretending to swoon.
9. In lines 2-8 is about dolphins are able to do many things that are associated with human. Dolphins are able to understand sign language, solve puzzles, and so on. The answer is E "Dolphins have skills usually associated with humans.
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Post by Insang Jang on Sept 10, 2009 15:33:55 GMT -8
Reading
Sec. 3 4. 30,000 species have been... fossil records (many) catalogued
5. devious, nefarious : evil adroit : good at strategies
Sec.
3. autonomy : adjacent sophisrty : something that's not true, but convincing intuition
4. supplement : support integrates compromises : weaken disparage : be little curtail : shorten
5. epitome : essence proponents : someone who favors something advocates : Lincoln advocated freedom of the slaves 6. acumen : sharp minded partisant : one sided 7. arcane : very old abstruse : known for only few people esoteric :
8. openhanded _____ , difficult to reconcile ______(opposite) magnnanimity----pettiness (opposite)
Sec.
2. tacful : skillful in dealing with people inconspicuous : not noticeble
3. steadfast & tactful (synonym) resolute, diplomatic (synonym)
4. autonomy : self ruling
5. insurrections : rebels, sedition : against government
Reading (8/26) TEST4 Sec.3 2. adept : good at something congenial : friendly vulnerable : weak re/clus/ive : livng by yourself 3. decorate, amass(gather) => steal (pilfer) penchant : like somthing (syn. predilection) 4. legitimacy : make something legiment prestige profundly (X) accuracy (X) detachment (negative X) 5. research institute vs. opponent nobility => elite (high in the society) perquisites : privilages 20. the meeting of the eye contacts of people (not physical) Sec. 7
1. agnositic : Don't know whether God exist or not eclectic : many ways phobic : has fear of something 2. allege : accuse 3. presumption : assuming something conspicuous : easily noticible 4. Demagogues : bad leader of people 5. up in the trees : arboreal pliant : foldable (obedient) 6. steadfast and constant : unswerving advocate : support unwitting : don't know what's going on. inhibiting : control himself 7. critics : negative brevity : short extoll : praise censure : punish disparage : put something down 8. gubernatorial candidate lacked worldly wisdom naivete : negatively, don't know about bad things venality : venal politician Sec. 9 3. Docile puppy gluttony is a deadly sin 4. ranged from classical music to jazz (wide range) => scope 5. skepticism : could not convince the skeptic nihilism foreshadow
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Post by Insang Jang on Sept 10, 2009 17:51:15 GMT -8
1. drench : get soaked ant : dried out 2. 3. 4. rupture : burst a. immensity : big b. clamor : land c. dejection : down, throw d. scrutiny : Looking very carefully e. union - answer 5. groundless : fears a. familiar : b. symmertical : mirror images c. well founded - ans 6. bungle : mistake e. handle competently - ans 7. ostentatious : poor c. modest - ans 8. vigilant : durng an exam, they are very watchable e. inattentive - ans. 9. capitulation : surrender c. mediocre : middle d. resistance - ans
10. mutability : able to change c. constancy - ans a. contentiousness : laud, wild Sentence Completion 1. Capble of distinguishing thousands of odors => _____ is good. d. keen : sharp (ans) c. erratic beavier a. inert : not moving 2. +, + or -, - b. few, unsound 3. examplifies : good c. superfluous : over d. incontrovertible : absolutely true. 4. recognized, detrators, even, but... e. questioned, champion (ans) a. adversaries : defeat the adversary 5. altruistic (money) c. lamented, mercenary a. condoned : forgive 2. lie : untruthful (def) pardon : forgive 3. shell : walnut (protect outside) peel, banana 4. renovate : building : make it new restore : painting 5. applause : ovation (degree a<b) disturbance : turmult 6. annul : marriage : cancel void 7. blueprint : building : design score : music 8. neophyte : experience : lacks b. traitor : loyalty 9. progenitor : lineage d. founder : dynasty 10. maxim : terse d. cliche : trite Antonyms 1. excess d. shortage 2. 3. predetermined : decided before 4. coincide a. diverge 5. vaporize : water => steam d. condense 6. drawback : problem of some sort e. asset 7. unsung : should be celebrated, but not d. celebrated 8. convivial e. unsociable 9. effervescent : bubbles up b. flat 10. un/expuragated e. censored 11. parity c. inequality 12. ascendancy : over the followers d. subjugation 13. jettison the cargo a. recover 14. querulous : complaining a. uncomplaining 15. pithy remark a. rambling Sentence completion 1. insistence on self discipline b. obsessive 2. little change of size replaced 3. fixed price, laughter e. negotiable, anger 4.sermonize d. preach 5. never stayed at any one site long b. nomadic 6. too ___ for exhibition, bad for art lovers e. vulnerable, inaccessible 7 melodic line rises ___ c. lyrical, passionately 8. reversal of its ruling 9. astounded, knew to be ___, but tacitum e. garrulous 10.finalcial loss : bad, for limited market d. loath, limited Analogies 1. hammer : carpenter (tools used by...) b. brush : painter
2. expel : school b. banish : country
3. salutation : letter (opening) a. greeting : conversation
4. pepper mill : grinding a. scale : weighing
5. faction : politics c. sect : religion
6. egoism : self b. materialism : possetions
7. spy : watch b. hoard : save 8. arboretum : trees c. museum, artwork
9. conflagration : fire b. metropolis : coty
10. flaccid : firmness (lacking) c. amorphous : form Antonyms
1. durable b. easily destroyed
2. slump a. upsurge
3. dispute (argument) b. affirm
4. profane e. holy
5. retrograde (going backward) d. moving forward
6. debilitate c. invigorate
7. balm b. irritant
8. deplore a. celebrate
9. propensity b. aversion
10. daunt c. hearten
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Post by Insang Jang on Sept 17, 2009 17:56:22 GMT -8
From 4:00 to 4:30, you will review the material we covered last week. Open up the same document. If you can't locate it, you should be able to find it in your mailbox.
For each question from the beginning, write a brief explanation of each question and answer. You may ignore the wrong answers. Your response should be just one or two sentences for each. Write in full sentences. Don't just say what the correct answer is; you must EXPLAIN why it is the correct answer.
We will begin lecture portion at 4:30.
A. Antonyms 1. drench ans. (d) dry out Drench means soaked, having too much water, and dry out means having no water. OK
2. stimulate ans. (b) suppress Stimulate means to cheer up, impulse, and suppress means to resist. OK
3. civil ans. (a) rude Civil means polite, nice, and gentle, rude means not polite, do whatever what you want.OK 4. rupture ans. (e) union Rupture means tear apart, and union means to unite.OK 5. groundless ans. (d) well founded Groundless means saying something without reason, and well founded means having good reason.OK 6. bungle ans. (e) Bungle means mess up, and the antonym would be handle competently.OK 7. ostentatious ans. (c) modest Ostentatious means show up, and modest means humble and simple.ok 8. vigilant ans. (e) Vigilant means careful, and inattentive means not attentive and dangerous. ok
9. capitulation ans. resistance Capitulation means to surrender, and the antonym would be resistance.ok 10. mutability ans. (c) constancy Mutability means easy to change, and constancy means not changing.ok B. Sentence completion 1. The answer is (d) keen, which means very accurate. The sentence says sense of smell is very accurate, enough to distinguish thousands of chemical odors. 2. The answer is (b) few-unsound. The two words should have similar connotation, and these two have similar connotation. 3. The answer is (c) superfluous
Ch.2 A. Antonym Durable : strong - easily destroyed Slump : going down - upsurge Dispute : argue - affirm Profane : violate holyness - holy Retrograde : going backward - moving forward Debilitate : weakened - invigorate Balm : warm and soothing - irritant Deplore : Hate - celebrate Propensity : likely to - aversion Daunt : discourage - hearten B. Sentence completion 2. c. limited 3. e. didactic 4. clean and regimented : b. disappointing, seediness
5. speak very little : tacitum C. Analogies 1. cloth : = iron : rust 2. critic : 3. zoo : animal = museum : painting 4. fathom : depth = knot : speed 5. offhand : forethought = voluntary : coercion 6. opaque : light = watertight : dampness 7. amorphous : shape = nondescript : classification 8. sabarite : luxury = Hermit : seclusion 9. annex : building = addendum : book 10. boast : speak = swagger : walk D. Antonym 2. hidious : delightful 3. complex : elementary 4. abusive : cordiality 5. inopportune : convenient 6. embed : extract 7. corrugated : smooth 8. morbidity : wholesomeness 9. illustrious : infamous 10. voluminous : slight 11. equanimity : lack of composer 12. inconsequential pivotal 13. 14. verbose : terse 15. burgeon : wither E. Sentence Completion 1. 2. toxic 3. obsolete 4. e. decided informed 5. c. outspoken 6. a protected, halted 7. contrary, complement 8. e. expatriate 9. c absolute 10. c proscribed, augment F. Analogy 1. clock : minute = ruler : centimeter 2. lawyer : client = tutor : student 3. chill : cold = parch : dry 4. recuperate : health = revive : consciousness 5. legend : map = glossary : text 6. rifle : munitions = spatula : utensils 8. hiatus : activity = intermission : play 9. lionize : celebrity = ostracize : outcast 10. charismatic : loyalty = obdious : repugnance Test 3 A. Antonyms 1. protect : endanger 2. bizarre : ordinary 3. vibrant : lifeless 4. blunder : act wisely 5. bulge : indentation 6. angular : rotund 7. monotony : diversity 8. conviction : doubt 9. indefatigable :easily tired 10. beguile : enlighten 11. stymie : assist 12. confound : distinguish between 13. dessolution : integration 14. voluble : taciturn 15. noisome : wholesome
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Sept 24, 2009 15:16:32 GMT -8
From 4:00 to 4:30, you will review the material we covered last week. Open up the same document. If you can't locate it, you should be able to find it in your mailbox.
For each question from the beginning, write a brief explanation of each question and answer. You may ignore the wrong answers. Your response should be just one or two sentences for each. Write in full sentences. Don't just say what the correct answer is; you must EXPLAIN why it is the correct answer.
We will begin lecture portion at 4:30.
A. Antonyms 1. drench ans. (d) dry out Drench means soaked, having too much water, and dry out means having no water. OK
2. stimulate ans. (b) suppress Stimulate means to cheer up, impulse, and suppress means to resist. OK
3. civil ans. (a) rude Civil means polite, nice, and gentle, rude means not polite, do whatever what you want.OK 4. rupture ans. (e) union Rupture means tear apart, and union means to unite.OK 5. groundless ans. (d) well founded Groundless means saying something without reason, and well founded means having good reason.OK 6. bungle ans. (e) Bungle means mess up, and the antonym would be handle competently.OK 7. ostentatious ans. (c) modest Ostentatious means show up, and modest means humble and simple.ok 8. vigilant ans. (e) Vigilant means careful, and inattentive means not attentive and dangerous. ok
9. capitulation ans. resistance Capitulation means to surrender, and the antonym would be resistance.ok 10. mutability ans. (c) constancy Mutability means easy to change, and constancy means not changing.ok B. Sentence completion 1. The answer is (d) keen, which means very accurate. The sentence says sense of smell is very accurate, enough to distinguish thousands of chemical odors. 2. The answer is (b) few-unsound. The two words should have similar connotation, and these two have similar connotation. 3. The answer is (c) superfluous
Ch.2 A. Antonym Durable : strong - easily destroyed Slump : going down - upsurge Dispute : argue - affirm Profane : violate holyness - holy Retrograde : going backward - moving forward Debilitate : weakened - invigorate Balm : warm and soothing - irritant Deplore : Hate - celebrate Propensity : likely to - aversion Daunt : discourage - hearten B. Sentence completion 2. c. limited 3. e. didactic 4. clean and regimented : b. disappointing, seediness
5. speak very little : tacitum C. Analogies 1. cloth : = iron : rust 2. critic : 3. zoo : animal = museum : painting 4. fathom : depth = knot : speed 5. offhand : forethought = voluntary : coercion 6. opaque : light = watertight : dampness 7. amorphous : shape = nondescript : classification 8. sabarite : luxury = Hermit : seclusion 9. annex : building = addendum : book 10. boast : speak = swagger : walk D. Antonym 2. hidious : delightful 3. complex : elementary 4. abusive : cordiality 5. inopportune : convenient 6. embed : extract 7. corrugated : smooth 8. morbidity : wholesomeness 9. illustrious : infamous 10. voluminous : slight 11. equanimity : lack of composer 12. inconsequential pivotal 13. 14. verbose : terse 15. burgeon : wither E. Sentence Completion 1. 2. toxic 3. obsolete 4. e. decided informed 5. c. outspoken 6. a protected, halted 7. contrary, complement 8. e. expatriate 9. c absolute 10. c proscribed, augment F. Analogy 1. clock : minute = ruler : centimeter 2. lawyer : client = tutor : student 3. chill : cold = parch : dry 4. recuperate : health = revive : consciousness 5. legend : map = glossary : text 6. rifle : munitions = spatula : utensils 8. hiatus : activity = intermission : play 9. lionize : celebrity = ostracize : outcast 10. charismatic : loyalty = obdious : repugnance Test 3 A. Antonyms 1. protect : endanger 2. bizarre : ordinary 3. vibrant : lifeless 4. blunder : act wisely 5. bulge : indentation 6. angular : rotund 7. monotony : diversity 8. conviction : doubt 9. indefatigable :easily tired 10. beguile : enlighten 11. stymie : assist 12. confound : distinguish between 13. dessolution : integration 14. voluble : taciturn 15. noisome : wholesome
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