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Final Exam

Question 1 of 65

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abdicate

Select one of the following:

  • carefree, cheerful, showing no concern

  • to calm someone down

  • to give up power or control

  • extreme dislike or hatred

Explanation

Question 2 of 65

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Abut

Select one of the following:

  • To plead beg or act humblu

  • to store something away for future use

  • to lighten or cause to rise

  • to be on the border of something

Explanation

Question 3 of 65

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Adapt

Select one of the following:

  • To prevent

  • to adjust to change

  • to make something shiny

  • to thicken into a mass

Explanation

Question 4 of 65

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aghast

Select one of the following:

  • to increase, to grow, or to intensify

  • to collect or to accumulate

  • easily convinced

  • to be in wonder or fear, great horror

Explanation

Question 5 of 65

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Ample

Select one of the following:

  • Plenty,more than enough

  • to increase, to grow

  • leaving nothing out

  • understood by only a few

Explanation

Question 6 of 65

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Apparition

Select one of the following:

  • Bias or favoritism

  • a ghostly figure

  • freedom; a geographical term

  • to increase, grow, or intensify

Explanation

Question 7 of 65

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Armistice

Select one of the following:

  • A temporary cease-fire between warring parties

  • a period of time or break between governments

  • a strong challenge to authority

  • bias or favoritism

Explanation

Question 8 of 65

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Articulate

Select one of the following:

  • lacking harmony

  • using language to be clearly understood

  • that which cannot be avoided

  • permanent or ongoing

Explanation

Question 9 of 65

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Assert

Select one of the following:

  • to insist on something, or state strongly

  • to cause, to bring about

  • to grow larger

  • to pull apart

Explanation

Question 10 of 65

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Attest

Select one of the following:

  • extreme dislike

  • to increase or grow

  • carefree cheerful

  • to declare something is true

Explanation

Question 11 of 65

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Bask

Select one of the following:

  • Carefree, cheerful

  • to laugh at or make fun of

  • to relax in warmth or be satisfied

  • extreme dislike, hatred

Explanation

Question 12 of 65

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Doctrine

Select one of the following:

  • an overwhelming amount

  • to increase, to grow

  • a body of teaching, or knowledge, or belief system

  • an amateur in the arts

Explanation

Question 13 of 65

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Endow

Select one of the following:

  • to give or provide

  • to increase or grow

  • to confuse or puzzle

  • making peace, solve a dispute

Explanation

Question 14 of 65

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Epitaph

Select one of the following:

  • A belief system

  • to collect, to accumulate

  • slyness or cunning

  • an inscription on a tomb

Explanation

Question 15 of 65

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Grapple

Select one of the following:

  • to upset or harm

  • to make impure

  • to struggle with or hold on to

  • to trim down, reduce

Explanation

Question 16 of 65

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Jaunty

Select one of the following:

  • to collect onesel

  • buoyantly self-confident or dapper

  • sharp intelligence and judgement

  • attempt to make peace,solve problems

Explanation

Question 17 of 65

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Judicious

Select one of the following:

  • to collect, accumulate

  • to increase

  • unusual or extraordinary

  • having good judgement

Explanation

Question 18 of 65

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Juncture

Select one of the following:

  • severe poverty

  • someone involved in a lawsuit

  • a place where two thing meet

  • excessively pampered boy

Explanation

Question 19 of 65

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Maim

Select one of the following:

  • to cause severe injury

  • to prevent

  • carefree, cheerful

  • extreme dislike, hatred

Explanation

Question 20 of 65

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Milieu

Select one of the following:

  • carefree, cheerful

  • to grow rapidly, bloom

  • to make shiny

  • cultural and social surroundings

Explanation

Question 21 of 65

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Myriad

Select one of the following:

  • to collect, accumulate

  • variety, a great number of things

  • a deep sense of guilt

  • making peace, solving problems

Explanation

Question 22 of 65

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Opus

Select one of the following:

  • an effect or result of something

  • severe poverty

  • a special privilege

  • a musical composition or literary work

Explanation

Question 23 of 65

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Ornate

Select one of the following:

  • worthy of being praised

  • beautifully detailed, showy or decorated

  • easily understood, not hard to follow

  • easily angered or quick-tempered

Explanation

Question 24 of 65

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Pallid

Select one of the following:

  • Based on unproven theory

  • unusually pale, weak

  • permanent or ongoing

  • not favoring anyone

Explanation

Question 25 of 65

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Prodigal

Select one of the following:

  • A person who wastes money

  • complete absence of government

  • to collect or accumulate

  • to increase, or grow

Explanation

Question 26 of 65

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Recourse

Select one of the following:

  • something that comes before

  • an effect or result of something

  • assistance or method of obtaining assistance

  • severe poverty

Explanation

Question 27 of 65

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Resolute

Select one of the following:

  • Showing or having a fixed purpose

  • Sensitivity tobeauty

  • Making peace; solving problems

  • to collect for oneself

Explanation

Question 28 of 65

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Rue

Select one of the following:

  • extreme dislike or hatred

  • to compete

  • to feel sorrow or regret

  • undecided, vacillate

Explanation

Question 29 of 65

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Simper

Select one of the following:

  • buoyantly carefree; dapper

  • carefree, cheerful

  • smile in a silly way

  • to prevent

Explanation

Question 30 of 65

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tether

Select one of the following:

  • unusually pale or weak

  • cultural and social surroundings

  • very much alike; related

  • to tie something to something

Explanation

Question 31 of 65

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Trepidation

Select one of the following:

  • ones bearing or manner; attitude

  • twisted or distorted

  • fearful uncertainty or anxiety

  • having good judgment

Explanation

Question 32 of 65

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Vie

Select one of the following:

  • To strive for victory; compete

  • feelings of sorrow or regret

  • unusually pale or weak

  • twisted or distorted

Explanation

Question 33 of 65

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waif

Select one of the following:

  • a lonely, needy young person

  • one who wastes his riches and means

  • not straightforward

  • to severely injure

Explanation

Question 34 of 65

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Waver

Select one of the following:

  • Ones bearing or manner; attitude

  • a musical composition or literary work

  • A body of teaching; a belief

  • Going back and forth; undecisive

Explanation

Question 35 of 65

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Wry

Select one of the following:

  • Twisted and Distorted

  • Pale and weak

  • a silly smile

  • A lonely needy young person

Explanation

Question 36 of 65

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abase

Select one of the following:

  • to shorten or lessen

  • to embarrass or shame

  • to do something to make up for a wrong

  • to suspend meeting until a later time

Explanation

Question 37 of 65

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abridge

Select one of the following:

  • a hospital for the mentally incompetent; a place of rest

  • make up for an unkind act or mistake

  • hard to do requiring much effort

  • to shorten or lessen; reduce

Explanation

Question 38 of 65

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atone

Select one of the following:

  • adhering, sticking to; someone who follows or believes in someone or something

  • hard to do, very difficult

  • to make up for a mistake, or wrong doing

  • to degrade or put down someone verbally

Explanation

Question 39 of 65

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admonish

Select one of the following:

  • to scold gently; to advise against something

  • highly skilled; masterful; expert

  • sanctuary, shelter, place of peace

  • hard to do requiring much effort

Explanation

Question 40 of 65

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adept

Select one of the following:

  • adhering to, someone who follows someone else

  • highly skilled

  • to embarrass or shame someone; lower yourself

  • to take something secretly

Explanation

Question 41 of 65

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adherent

Select one of the following:

  • Break from a meeting

  • Someone who follows a doctrine and helps spread the word

  • to scold gently; advise against

  • hard to do; difficult

Explanation

Question 42 of 65

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adjourn

Select one of the following:

  • to degrade or put down

  • hard to do; requiring much effort

  • highly skilled; masterful; expert

  • Break from a meeting or gathering

Explanation

Question 43 of 65

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asylum

Select one of the following:

  • make up for an unkind deed or mistake

  • sanctuary shelter, place of refuge or peace

  • to scold gently

  • requiring much effort

Explanation

Question 44 of 65

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arduous

Select one of the following:

  • to shorten or reduce, lessen in length

  • to degrade or put down

  • hard to do, difficult, requiring much effort

  • to do something to make up for a wrong

Explanation

Question 45 of 65

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diligent

Select one of the following:

  • Behave well or properly

  • to involve in a conflict or difficulty; to throw into confusion

  • the waste or impurities removed from refined metal;

  • Doing one's work in a careful, steady way

Explanation

Question 46 of 65

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autocratic

Select one of the following:

  • to make easier; to assist

  • Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance.

  • A single ruler with complete authority

  • to remove the color from; to make or turn pale

Explanation

Question 47 of 65

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facilitate

Select one of the following:

  • to promote, aid or make easy

  • to involve in a conflict or difficulty

  • A single ruler with complete authority

  • To behave; to act according to what is expected

Explanation

Question 48 of 65

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embroil

Select one of the following:

  • to be defiant; shameless; harsh sounding or loud.

  • to make easier; to assist

  • Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

  • to involve in a conflict or difficulty; to throw into confusion

Explanation

Question 49 of 65

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bogus

Select one of the following:

  • the waste or impurities removed from refined metal

  • to make easier; to assist

  • Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

  • Doing one's work in a careful, steady way; working hard; industrious

Explanation

Question 50 of 65

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comport

Select one of the following:

  • Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

  • to spread or scatter freely or widely;

  • To behave; to act according to what is expected.

  • to be defiant; shameless; harsh sounding or loud.

Explanation

Question 51 of 65

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blanch

Select one of the following:

  • Spread out; not concentrated in one place.

  • Doing one's work in a careful, steady way; working hard; industrious

  • Turn pale, as if in fear

  • refuse, trash, waste products

Explanation

Question 52 of 65

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Which of these is a simple sentence?

Select one of the following:

  • I voted for the class president.

  • All the music.

  • in the forest.

  • Went to the big game yesterday.

Explanation

Question 53 of 65

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Which of these is a compound sentence?

Select one of the following:

  • The Johnsons moved in next door

  • Don’t cheat on your test.

  • Molly, Keisha and Ben had a lemonade
    sale

  • I liked visiting New York, but I don’t want
    to live there.

Explanation

Question 54 of 65

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Read the two simple sentences below. Choose the compound sentence that joins
them with the right punctuation.

She’ll learn to play the piano. She’ll learn to play the trumpet.

Select one of the following:

  • She’ll learn to play the piano, she’ll learn
    to play the trumpet.

  • She’ll learn to play the piano, or she’ll
    learn to play the trumpet.

  • She’ll learn to play the piano she’ll learn
    to play the trumpet.

  • She’ll learn to play the piano or she’ll
    learn to play the trumpet.

Explanation

Question 55 of 65

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Which of the following is an independent clause?

Select one of the following:

  • After the rain,

  • Until the bus came.

  • I don’t like snakes.

  • While we waited,

Explanation

Question 56 of 65

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Which of the following is a dependent clause?

Select one of the following:

  • Because she was too young,

  • Jesse climbed a mountain.

  • The dog ran into the forest.

  • I can speak Spanish.

Explanation

Question 57 of 65

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Which of the following is a complex sentence?

Select one of the following:

  • It’s good to reduce, reuse and recycle.

  • Pollution is bad for the environment.

  • Even though it takes more time, we
    should recycle.

  • I would never throw trash on the ground

Explanation

Question 58 of 65

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In a text with a sequence text structure, the author

Select one of the following:

  • describes a topic and its characteristics.

  • tells about events in the order they
    happened.

  • explains how things are similar and
    different.

  • describes a problem and then explains
    how someone solved it.

Explanation

Question 59 of 65

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In a text with a compare and contrast text structure, the author

Select one of the following:

  • explains something that happened and
    the reasons why

  • tells about events in the order they
    happened.

  • explains how things are similar and
    different

  • describes a problem and then explains
    how someone solved it.

Explanation

Question 60 of 65

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In a text with a cause and effect text structure, the author

Select one of the following:

  • explains something that happened and
    the reasons why.

  • tells about events in the order they
    happened.

  • describes a topic and its characteristics.

  • describes a problem and then explains
    how someone solved it.

Explanation

Question 61 of 65

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4. Identify the main text structure used in the passage below.

Many students in the US say that they've been bullied at school. Natalie Hampton is a high school
student who was bullied a lot in middle school. She often had no one to sit with at lunch. So she
created a phone app called "Sit With Us." This app lets students sign up and post when there are free
seats at their lunch tables. These students have promised to be kind to those who come sit with
them. Hampton hopes her app will help students find people to sit with without fear of being
bullied.

Select one of the following:

  • description

  • problem and solution

  • compare and contrast

  • sequence

Explanation

Question 62 of 65

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Identify the main text structure used in the passage below.
A river is a large natural stream of flowing water. The source of a river is the place where the river
starts. This is usually the highest point in the river. Many rivers begin in springs, places where
underground water flows to the Earth’s surface. Some rivers begin in melting glaciers high up in the
mountains or in lakes.

Select one of the following:

  • sequence

  • description

  • cause and effect

  • problem and solution

Explanation

Question 63 of 65

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Identify the main text structure used in the passage below.
Robots that look like humans are called androids. But not all robots are androids. The industrial
robots used in manufacturing and production look like machines and not at all like human beings.
So what does an android have in common with an industrial robot? They both have computers. And
they both have sensors to gather information and ways to interact with their environments, too.

Select one of the following:

  • problem and solution

  • compare and contrast

  • cause and effect

  • sequence

Explanation

Question 64 of 65

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Identify the main text structure used in the passage below.
A current is a steady flow of water in the ocean. In the Pacific Ocean, garbage from the shore and
ships gets trapped by ocean currents. The currents move the trash into a large area in the middle of
the ocean. This has created a swirling mass of plastics and seawater called the Great Pacific Garbage
Patch.

Select one of the following:

  • cause and effect

  • compare and contrast

  • problem and solution

  • description

Explanation

Question 65 of 65

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Identify the main text structure used in the passage below.
The Greenland shark can grow to be around 16 feet long. It’s an apex predator, an animal that is at
the top of the food chain. No other creatures prey on apex predators. The Greenland shark can live
to be about 400 years old, making it the the longest-living vertebrate animal.

Select one of the following:

  • sequence

  • compare and contrast

  • description

  • cause and effect

Explanation

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