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Post by vocabulitis5 on May 15, 2009 13:21:38 GMT -8
1. sent. + sent. (need comm. between two sents.) c) passive (learned by) ----> usually go by active *active& passive I kcked Joe(active) / Joe was kicked by me(Joe resive) d) x (and then) e) subordinating conj. 2. participle phr. (start with verb) Burdened~ skis, Sharah(need n. after participle phr.)
4. ~,this -->what is it? a disaster 6. ; --> (however is okay) , but& where (okay) 7. ~ field work where(--> place(x) they (antecedent --> who?) (x) 10. ~ cnetury, they will be as dramatic as was the~ * ,and /,but /,or /; /. run on sent. / comma splice c) after ; (full sent.) e) conj. (as ~ as) 11. with billions of tones yet to be mine, some ~ ->not mattch b)because -> good choice (o) d) by --> not mattch 12. c) animal fable (sin.) d) and they had been 13. tense 14. Susan and Peter ~ writer (sing. x) 15. ether~ or 16. one, you (x) 17. ~,she hs to enter a company code, then her initials ~ password(x) p arallelism 18. dancer, choreographer, and collaborated( person x) 19. ~writings ~ dowkins which has ->have 20. ~ have repeatedly arose rise - rose - risen arise - arose - arisen 21. surely (o) nineteenth century will be -> would be
22. howard Garden,~ (appositive)~, d) a creative artist ->children artists 23. ~, were calculated to ->subject(?) announcement (was) 24. ~ clever designed (two adj. x) -> cleverly designed / clever, designed 25. will probably be (o) as much ~ as (o) 26. ~ , but~ has ~become ->subject(?) effects reasonly (adv.) have 28. ~ preoccupation in~ i am preoccupaid with ~ 29. Contrasting~rulers, Portugese kings by contract / it contract main idea : negative campaign 30. ~that are arising during ~. d) o 31. you (x) 34. ~lise, they ~. (run on) d)they~ -> sayng that (make not full sent.) 35. main idea! section 10 1.Some ~ ,comming from unsolicited donations. d) came from ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Active/ Passive 2 active ->2 passive -a small brown dog followed Hannah and her friends form her school Hannah and her frineds were followed by a small brown dog from her shcool -Shara picked up her m phone phone was picked up by her
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Post by vocabulitis5 on May 28, 2009 17:02:13 GMT -8
Test 2 2. run-on sent. b)disatch education, which manufactures 3. compre words --> campus newspaper <->hometown newspaper b) as (does) my hometown newspaper 4. c) highway, by which(highway) -- (passive) 6. The mair reasons -- is( -> are) is because -> x 8. *Dangling participle(modifier) driving for fast, my car spun off the highway (participle) Returning to --, the small town (x)--. --> Margo 9. b) pathos, tragedy, and her humorous side(x) c) --of both(for two) (x) e) because --.(o) 11. -_-......... 12. Fourteen years -- Galileo disintegrates (x) -> disintegrated(o) 14. Many professional -- either -- and(x) --> or(o) 15. **invaluable -> very valuable 16. (the (x)) one of a kind = unique (x) the one of that kind = the only of its kind (o) sub. = reef 18. Because he is(x) (-> was) absent -- , Sledy is worried (-->present (o))--. 21. The report -- *a report prepared jointly by he(x) ->him(o)and the committe,--. *appositive Mr.Kim, the best teacher ever, teaces grammar. -> appositive 22. compare -> to ride / to explianing(x) -> explian 24. Since some people are -- dowsing,(appositive)--, but (s) ->(x) Since -x 27. s= clinics v=was(x) were(o) 28. tablets -> its(x) 29. The research study -- constant (x) constantly--. ..........................................................................................................................................................
correct Looking for a new bag, the woman came into the store. which is the correct and which is incorrect?
incorrect Looking for a new bag, the store was ..................................... =_=.. correct Walking the street,
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jun 4, 2009 11:34:20 GMT -8
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Test3
Section 6
1. The delegates coming this far, they did not want to return without accomplishing something. (x same sub. again) (take out they, coming this far ->front) c. participle (coming this far, the delegates)¿©±â±îÁö ¿À¸é¼ d.Having come this-. ¿©±â±îÁö ¿À°ÔµÇ¸é¼
2. After marching for four hours in temperatures exceeding ninety degrees, the band members were as soaked as if marching through a rainstorm. a. if s+v * as if(ÀÌ·¨´ø°Íó·³) (**** if had done / then wold have)
5. *appositive American journalist Harriet Quimby, the first woman to pilot a plane across the English Channel, doing it just mine years after the Wright brothers¡¯ first powered flight.
8. being at(x) - gifted storyteller(o), Linda-.
15. most/ some/ all ->can be singular & plural
16. how to preserve
17. When
18. Just[ how critical an improved balance of trade is to a healthy economy] has never been more clearer than it is now. [-] -> all subject. * singular
20. (antecedent) crabs ->it
21. system ->which(subject) uses(v)
22. sensitive to be criticized(x)
26. number(s) / accentuate(v) -> accentuates a number (plural)
27. The novel-, than Charlotte Bronte. (x) -> compare novel & novel
28. antecedent
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1. My friend took my notebook. 2. If my friend hadn't taken my notebook then I would have turned in my homework today.
1. The dog followed me all the way to home. 2. If dog hadn't followed me all the way to home then I would not have taken him to home.
1. She took a bus. 2. If she hadn't taken a bus then her mother would have given(?) her ride.
1. My brother called me yesterday. 2. If my brother hadn't called me yesterday then I would have called him today.
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jun 11, 2009 12:40:02 GMT -8
Test 4 2. parallism Topping-, uprooting -, and snapping-. 4. one or two sillabus: put -er (bigger) three or more : put more -. (more beautiful) ex) Mom loves the dog more than (I/me) * I : I love the dog* (choose) me : mom loves me
5. detrmine thing* (not about (x)) b) whether(okay) he or she( <-judges (plarul))(x) *wheter ex) I don't know (if/wheter) he came to class. if : if - than . wheter: true or not
7. b) -in actuality(x) d) That(o) -. *That statement(start with that)* ex) Mr.Kim tought us (the fact) [that students are lazy.]<- one noun That students are lazy is well known to everyone.(o) 8. d) game; as a result it(o) e) game; but it(o) 10. dangling* sentence Although criticized by a few for her daredevil aviation escapades, (most people) viewed Amelia Earhart as a skillful pilot. Althoug criticized -, Amelia Earhart -. 12. *latter David(1) and Joe(2) are my friends the former(1) - latter(2). 13. in 1508, - Leon who later would seek( futur in the past) 14. different than d)American artists / earlier times compareing is wrong)
15. c) that / those(o) 16. fish(singular & plaural) c) its -> each (it's= it is(x)) 17. c) in -> for(o) necessary in (x) ->for 18.Driving / to turn of => energy sving (x) parallelism problem. turning of(o) / to drive (o) * Driv(ing) -> gerend to do -> infinitive 21. Malaria, a disease which has been -, <- appositive 22.b) correct -> correctly 24. The record left by fossils , the ancient -,(possitive) provide -> subject:record. 26. studying (gerend)the language and culture of a foreign country is highly recommended to the tourist who expect to learn form his or her vacation abroad. expect (x)-> subjet: who = tourist -> expects(o) 27. for we(x) -> us(o) 29. is(x) - sub.: Directory and a list of job -> are(o) (in my desk) is a pen and pencil. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. My friend studied harder than she. -> My friend who came to America last year studied English harder than she who came two years ago. 2. Her puddle is smaller than he. -> Her white puddle 3. My brother is taller than I. -> My brother who used to be smaller than me two yaers ago, is taller than I. 4. He like to sing than she. 5. I like to reading than she.
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jun 18, 2009 12:37:07 GMT -8
Test 5 1. c) don't have antecedent about that 8. C.G. Yung,a Swiss psychologist(appositive), -. 9. many people think taxes are too high,(comma splite)-. many - high;(o)-. 15. split infinitive (to move) back I want you to never smoke they to move 17. 18. where by.. 19. 21. past perfect 22. plus being(x) 26. to be ->as 27. are -> is 28. use(sub.) is greater than steel(x)->use of steel 31. *hardly(not study at all) 5. they(antecedent)-> ?
------------------------------------------------------------------------- Before she walked to her English class through the hallway, Jenie had seen her with Esther. Before I got up at this morning, my brother had already gone with his friends to play pennis. After he had writen the letter to his math teacher, he turned the computer on. After my English teacher had graded all students works, we had free time after that.
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jun 25, 2009 11:21:14 GMT -8
Test6 1. d) wiolation,- where (o) e) x) 7. Finidng a wide- it is in (looking antecedent) Sub.->finding 8. Television - thratens(? sub?) sub. = difficulties 9. Today the primary role of a dvertising may be- rather than what is once did-. ((o)to do A+B) sub=role 10. which = interest 11. their-roman empire(place) their(x) ->its(o) d) passive (x) -> not much use 12. it - conoeing 13. - will have voted(x)
if I _______eat________ the taco I ____get sick_____ ->if i had eaten the taco, i would have gotten sick.
if i go to college, then i be smater ->if i went to college, then i would be smarter
16. have - throw 17. those = workers / which = those who = he whom= him this is the baby [who kissed me.] [whom i kissed.] 18. prefer A to B. than 20. sub.=use 21. would be(present/ past(x)) -> will be(o) 22. who = workers 23. dangling (not dangling) wehemently = very strongly 24. *- between you and me.(always) 25. models 26. - do it. -> no antecedent . 29. between A "and" B (not "or".) ------------------------------------------------------ 1) I never attended preschool but if I had attended the preshcool, then I would not got problem with English.
2) I don't go to university but, if I went to university, then I would not come here. 3) I will going to concert but if I were going to the concert, then I
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jul 2, 2009 11:30:31 GMT -8
Test7 3. using->used / troop anticipating(x) ->technique anticipating
5. programmers->they(antecedent) / lesser(x) -> less 6. than - same comparing audiences = audiences 7. dangling issue ->(unlike- him,) Frank c) architecture (building)(x) <-> architects(person)
d) dangling issue -> Frank Lloyd Wright's designs(x) -> Frank Lloyd Wright(o) 8. perelalism issue marked in poetry than (in) either (in(x))fiction or drama 10. In discovered(past) - had begun(past perfect) , - had shown(o)(it still about past perfect) then(it reminde it is 4years before) 11. b) - because of that ( not good)(because should go front) c) bad writing e) (o) 12. - NY City, where,(o) like other writers in the 1930's, he had wrote had wrote(x)-> written 17. species(sub.) is(x) -> are 19. b)this (antecedent) -signs 21. b) has -> have ex) Canada, and the UN, are Canada, (along with the UN)(prep.), is Canada, (as well as the UN), is 22. paralalism issue c) they had ( not paralal with sentence) ex) I like to study, to swim, and sking(x) -> to ski ->infinitive (to study) / gerund (sking) 23. show -> shows / observation(single sub.) 24. Far away from (x) ->Far from/ far away 25.b) was -> has done(present perfect) 26. c) inconsistent to (x) -> inconsistent with 27. d) the most spirit -> the more spirit 28. a) and I -> and me
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jul 9, 2009 11:24:42 GMT -8
Test8 1. b) enthusiastic of rules(x) c) enthusiastically supported of rules 2. e) area**(,) and - 3. having been-, Hellen (dangling issue)(o) ***** ex) a generous person, yujinia (appositive) ex) being generous(=having generosity), hellen (participle) ex)(past) having been(=had) generosity), 4. d) - wherever e) -in the place where=wherever (x)(just make long) 8. ***** s+v ( ) s+v (,and) / (,or) /(,yet) / (,so)/ (,but) / ( / (;however) a) okay (-) b) scientist who- they(x) c) Scientists -(participle)- are (o) 9. *** reason is that(o) reason is because(x)->(adv.) a) antecedent for it -> (x) e) they will draw(x) 14. introducing new ideas and replacing old ones( one processing) b) is (o) e) no error 19. b) committed their life(x) -> lives(o) 21. In a world that the rate(x)-> ex) he said [that s+v] the world [that is around] 24. passive socialism, -(appositive), d) owns -> workers (x) own 26. c) she antecedent - manager or coworker(x) -> her coworker 27. attaining speed -,(<-participle) cheetahs are-.
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Jul 30, 2009 11:41:14 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.
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RED FLAG RULE 4:00 P.M. this afternoon Redundency (two part modify same thing) -> one should reduce a means of survival no error A means (o) a number of -are (The number of -is) A talented and versatile artist, Dangling appositive abide with (x) abide by about me getting the seats posessive before a gerund (my, his) about who After seeing the movie, dangling agreement among two people among(more than 3) between(o) Along the curve of the island lies¡ v-s petern as expensive than than(x) as(o) At the heart of this program.... v-s barely double negative (rarely) (scarcely) because of being¡ being(x) s-v before A before B (B after A) best workers are those which¡ between between A (AND) B Between the sales manager and I I (x) -> me(o) between you and I I(x) -> me(o) Burdened with luggage¡ clever designed birdfeeder clever(x) -> cleverly concerned ____ about (with) confident about about(x) ->in department collective noun different than than(x) -> from each of the women is /does - she either singuler (go with 'or') everybody (singuler) is /does open his (they->x) everyone singular family singular Far away from being a conservative,¡ away(x) fieldwork where they can study ¡ ex) movie where B.P. (x) -> movie is not where for Joe and I I(x) -> me for we students we(x)-> us for who who(x)-> whom foundation awarded Carlos and I I(x) -> me had swam swum had taken Hailed as one of the best poets of all time, +s. has taken he had wrote wrote(x)->written he has cast his vote cast-cast-cast he is regarded to be to be (x)->as her ability for supervising to supervise him talking his talking I am as smart as she I am better than he her(x)-> she I am taller than she (is taller) I feel badly feel(linking v.) badly(x)->bad I prefer that ¡ s+v -> (ex)she com) if could, he would choose to do it if (he) could, (form) If he had done A, then he would have done B. If he ¡ +-were/-had done If I was any faster If I were if she had accepted, she¡ would have-(done) imminent (about to happen very soon) In the foothills of the mountain range is¡ (where) verb-sub. form In the year of 1977 In 1977(redundancy) incredulous indebted with with(x)-> to Inside the box is ¡ v-s. form intently and with compassion whit compassion(x)-> compassionately invaluable very valuable is different ¡ -from It is important that ¡ s+v. (simple form) It was them It= they itself jury =coneective is/does it kind of a car a kind of a car =kinds of cars largely due to =>because last year lay lay-laid-laid lie-lay-lain less -than <->fewer(countable) less fat fewer calories less paper less than three women less(x)-> fewer look at the prices close closely me gaining weight me(x)-> my more 2 most 3 + Mother told my brother and I I(x)-> me neither -( ) is neither + nore neither none is/ does none of us is/ does not only A but(also) B now that something (has happended) one likes to believe¡ one -> she/he one of the kids ought people which were attending people who wish to be a model persecuted plus being (x) prefer -to 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 the reason is because the scene when the story where the use of plastic is greater than¡ there is usually two German shepherds there were two causes: this being that this group of people To pass English this year, ¡ Until it can was more widely read than we had rented you you are taller than I off of discrete discreet
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Post by 101 Angela Yoo on Aug 13, 2009 16:38:25 GMT -8
[TEST1] SECTION2 2. affluenc(rich) that _______ <- it summarize about front corpulence (fat) praticality(realiatic) vex(irritate) 3. succulent (right) redolent (smell something, remind something) mandatoru( require) therapeutic ( helps with your problem) 4. valuable and comprehensive (both +) subsequent (following) undermind(weaken) dissolve (get rid off) 5. _______ attempts - delaying the launch thwarted (make slow the way) (O) inplemented (use) redoubled (increase) 6. offended(-) _____them/ these_____ remakrs commendable (praise) conciliatory (words, tring to make it something) indulgent (please) intemperate (not mild, extream) harangue(haranguing) (insult someone) accommodating(comfortable, porvide other person) 7. a ________ gait, (limping slowly back to the cam-. halting prompt (on time) facile( easy) 8. melodrama(overly drametic drama) raising thier voices and preteding to swoon(faint). imperious (impire, act like you own everything) inscrutable ( you can't even tell what is right) convivial (life with other people) (gregarious) solicotious ( asking people to okay or something +) histrionic (too drametic) 15. longevity (liveing long)misconception(misunderstnd) 17. undermines(weaken) 24. preconceoption(base idea)
SECTION5
1. Soon after-( negative), could be( )and worth exploring D)threatening(-)...fascinating 2. Her dislike of ( ) -her approval throgh praise -> as ( ) E) flattery... sycophants (* right word) autocrates(strict person) defiance(fighting back) adulation(adulation of the fan)(flattery) 3. Some scientists - had ( )- [thin, pliable, and somewhat transparent]. <-def.( ) D)membranous arable (good for farming) viscous (stickiness) 4. To reflect the ( ) - [mixture of dialects]. E)heterogeneity(mix of different things) <->homogenious spontaneity (happening suddenly) intonation(tone of sound) 5. she [apologized profusely] - have ( ) effect. b) palliative (suding) reprehensilbe (diseving blame) depreciatory(<->appreciate)(level going down) litigious (law suite) compendious (collection of summery) *conciliatory(apologizing profusely) 23.*sience vs. art uninitiate (new, not familiar) A) machines can be a s inspiring as works of art(poetry) 15. "folly" (devorse) C) atouse strong emotions in their owners SECTION8 3. Although*-different styles, ( ) between the two is ( ) - mississippi. A) comparison ... inevitable (unaboidable) concord(with harmony) discord (without harmony) 4. Cito Gaston, one of the least( ) , - by [weeping openly] - [team won the play-off]. B)demostrative (demonstrating emotion) 5. That [obscuere and dense] - , one finds its ( ) -. E) opacity (opaque) (cannot see trhough) brevity of telegram (shorten) floridity (florid complection) (discriptic, not flowery) rigidity ( unbending, strict) 6. C) negligible irrepressible (cannot pressible) magnanimous (generous) momentaus (memorable) counterproductive (product work against you) 13. differ in, jerry and passage2 [SECTION 2] 3. The answer is "E) therapeutic (helps with your problem)" (_______)is some discription of effects of the hot springs that can helpful to tourists. 19. "They dealt in magic- they were stuck in their past" This "they" is uropean point of view not the author's point. 21. Wstrn historian always looking for written doc. but Native American do not have much written doc. However Wsetern historian think they can make "education guesses". The answer is "B) sources such as oral histories and religious rituals" [SECTION 5] 8. The anwer is "B) A discussion of the role of central market places in the early Middle Ages" Early Middle Ages are right to found the beginning of the study. [SECTION 8] 16. The answer is "E) in contact with interesting people and ideas"
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Post by 101 Angela Yoo on Aug 20, 2009 16:36:29 GMT -8
[Test 2] SECTION 2 1. 2. c)atastrophic "weakened" -> atastrophic re/gressive(step)= going backword 3. practical _____/ one not necessarily______of love "economic advantage" A) devoid (not have any) disparaging = insult it 4. procrastinator -> to ______ and to _______ discussions B)temporize / porolong temporize = procrastine scoff at = what ever, dismissing, laugh at it prolong = make it longer
5. light/ insulation -> gases______(lessing) incoming sunlight and _____(keep) heat radiated from the ground c) admit ( lessing) / contain (keep) dispense = release
6. praise for herstyle(+) / ridiculed for her vacuity(-) she moved naive listners with _____(style)/ speech has _____ (not empty/ content) ritorical speech in skill rhetoric (style of speech) dalliance ( wondering around) infelicity ( not good fourtune/ not happy) (<->felicity) boorishness (person very crass(no manner, no class) pragmatism (usefull, practical) conviction (very strong belief)
7. ______ behavior ,he quickly became "irritated" fastidious (difficult to please) -> not irritated
mercenary (soldiers who paid for fight/care more money than toehrthings) (selfish and mercenary) sed/ulous (sit) (assid/uous worker) working hard vindictive crule D) petulant ¼º¸¶¸¥,±î´Ù·Î¿î 8. films have been called _______/ sentimental (something called sentimental) cursery (casually done) meticulous (house keeper) (care little things) A) treacly (very sweet, motional) cloying (everythings very sweet) prosaic (dull, boaring)
SECTION 5 1. detail-oriented worker (+)_____ / at keeping track of the myriad B)adept at ( good at it) remiss in contemptuous of (strong dislike)
2. the controversial tax ________ that could not be _______ conflartion (of 1666) (big fire) E) quelled (the riot) fortified (make it stronger) 3. inbreeding(having relation with same family group, marry with same family group) _____(-)genes/ make animal subject disease E) deleterious (-)(harmfull) ineffable = not expressable articulated= shows up the express, express consummate (lier) = best of something, "complete" -> it can go with this ____genes but it is not carring disease 4. ______ so frequently / accused him of _____ (-) steadfastness (loyer) inflexiblility ( not flecable, rigid) neglignece (not giving attention) vacillated (go back and forth) 5. judicious(good judgement) must be ______ representation /both the stengths and the weaknesses/ extreames fo _____(+) and indictment(-)(too negative) E) equitable= =,balance /eulogy(of heroes)= good word 20. Detract least (+) e) doesn't support or release SECTION 8 1. her _____/ that advice D) counsel 2. _____ <--That excitement share (with man ) ______
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Sept 17, 2009 11:29:57 GMT -8
[TEST 3] section 3 5. A)byzantine-conmplex/ adroit player adroit handling of the ball nafarious-villian devious(devil devious way)-cheating you, deceptive conscientious (conscientious editor)-picky, thorough lackadaisial-careless slipshod(construction)- bad product (like china products) compulsive- to focus on something, following pattern on sectoin 7 3. _____(positive), =(the ability to prceive-), as-. c)instution (women instuition) autonomy (50 autonomous states) incoherence- not understandable sophistry (sopho-wise) not true but sounds convincing
4. about 'coordinated manner' answer is A) undermines -make weaken compromises- weaken disparage (disparage the rivers effort) - to be little curtails (curtail the program) - cut, make it short 5. detested of _______ (example of what they detested) A) epitome -essence proponent - people how favor about advoctes (lincon advocated the freedome of the slaves)-supporter debunkers(-) - refute, you show something to be false 6. ______ - keen judgment and insight c) acumen (business acumen ) - sharp mind intemperance -not mildness partisanship- group of one side irreverence - no respect
7. ______and _______ - obscure(not clear) references and baffling digression B) arcane (arcane tradition) - old, tradition, abstruse (abstruse essay) - idea is very difficult didactic (didactic puzzle) - instructional concise - in to point esoteric -known only to a few people, uncommen knowlodge 8. ______ (openhanded) with her private ______ (opposite) openhanded (do with money) <->tightfisted (stingy) C) magnanimity (magnanimous preist), pattiness solicitousness (solicit - ask help for like donation (-)) (solitous (+)) section 9 2. boasting _____ way egotistcal - about boasting, bradd a lot erratic - not normal inconspicuous - not noticeable 3. _____ and ______ : steadfast (god is steadfast)-ºÎµ¿ÀÇ, tactful d) resolute / diplomatic
tenacious - not giving up (ten- to hold) 4. (women little control over-. ) remarkable degree of ________ autonomy consecration - holding effacement (efface the graph.)- deleting 5. following the decree banning ____ (-) c) seditious/ insurrectionists - rebels nonpartisans - don't have parties 6. limited range of roles (wide spectrum of ) characters that provided a ______ a) corrective stimulus- anykinds of that makes you move precursor - anything that goes before [TEST 4] sectio 3 3. B) penchant /pilfer (steal) predilection 4. ligitimacy A) inseparable from .. prestige (high considertation) profundity (serious and deep) detachement(completely apart) the(god)ology -religious 5. opponents of the research institute label it ____(-) -,have ______ (french nobility) ana/chronism(time)(out of time) in movies A) elitist (to be high, being important)(-) perquisites (privileges) 16. the first two sent. are characterized, respectively(in order),by A) disclaimer(not responsable to that) & assertion rebuttle (answer of the arguemnt) section 7 1. D) phobic agnostic ( empiric (base on reserch) quixotic (want to make wright things but chase wrong thing) 2. allege (accuse someone before show evidence) ascertain (find out the truth) 3. B) gaiety brevity (brevity of the telegram) (conciseness) presumption (usume that you can do something) conspicuousness (very noticible) 4. dema(people)/gogues(leading) (leader who mislead people) ped(child)/agoue(leading) (teacher) C) create 5. orangutans are ______apes: lives up in the trees C) arboreal (arbor day-tree day) indigenous (native people) ransitory (something change) recessive (dominant/allele(o)) pliant (ply-fold) (bendable, foldable)(obedient student) 6. _______ advocate (person who support) (stradfast(unchanging) ad constant) B)un/swerving(going left and right) (staying straight) antagonistic(antagonistic antagonist) (being opp.) elusive(elusive quaterback) 7. the author______ - to appease those critics who ____(-) extolled cnsure (keep warning, blame) C) disparaged (disparage his rival)(be little , put it down) , expanded (make it longer) 8. lacked worldy wisdom and that this________ -opp. of sophistication A) naive venal politician seciton 9 6. marred by a _______ of (denunciations and accusations(-)) that preclude(prevent)______ (+) libel (written form of slander caco(ugly)/phony(sound) <->calli(beautiful) callipygian( someone has good but) [TEST 5] section2 5. Concrete is ______ , (that mixed up) conflagratuib(1666) (big fire) concordance (make reference) abrration (away/error) (not normal) E)amalgamation (mixture of) 6. E) is the answer. (that have dileman between two language) A) not about published to sell the books b) not celebrate the achievements C) several languages seems relate but it is about the author expressiveness (is positive thing) D) about all the writers not about this author 10. 12. about woman political actions Loyalist woment - they want to get political power (with argued for their propety rights/ protested against various wartime artrocities etc.) B) is answer. Loyalist woment empesize about different women A) Loyalist is not mean about "disloyal" C) cannot say Loyalist women were more vocal (not really) 16. particarchy (rule by man), man decided that man should be lead and women who tried to get political power is rediculous D) is answer. ridiculed means rediculous and teared means threat to the whole society B) not showing any ambivalence and not about founding fathers. 20. they study animals about their physiological explanation. (baby learn (play) skills with playing to use when they become adult) A,B,C,E D) is answer that relate about skills they learn section 5 8.
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Oct 1, 2009 14:48:48 GMT -8
A. antonyms
1. drench means wet and soak, so antonym for drench is d) dry out OK
2. stimulate means encourage, and antonym of stimulate is b) suppress means stop, check OK
3. civil means good manner or polite and antonym for civil is a) rude OK
4. repture means break or split so answer is e) union means combine or join OK
5. Groundless means unfounded or having no good reason and antonym is c) wellfounded.OK 6. Bungle means make clumsy mistake so opposite meaning e) handle competently is right answer. 7. Ostentatious means show or showing off so anytonyme is c) modest.OK 8. Vigilant means careful, watchful and an antonym of viligant is e)inattentive means carelessOK 9. Capitulation means surrender and antonyme is d) resistanceOK 10. Mutability means change and antonyme is c) constancy means staying OK
B. sentence completion 1. The answer is d) keen becasue this sentence is talk about sense of smell and it discribe scientists can distinguishing thousands of chemical odors. So answer is keen that discribe sense of smell.
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