Pretest 5A -- Academic Words V - amend,
capacity, clause, compound, conflict, consult, enable, enforce, entity,
facilitate, retain, fundamental, generate, logic, notion, orient, revenue,
sustain, whereas, transit
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After the Constitution was written, it was ___________(ed)
to add what we call the Bill of Rights. a) sustain b) clause
c) compound d) amend e) generate
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The Bill of Rights lists what we now consider our _____________
rights associated with being free. a) logic b) retain c) enforce
d) notion e) fundamental
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The business spent too much money, and didn't have enough
__________, so it folded. a) conflict b) entity c) logic
d) transit e) revenue
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After the snowstorm, it was difficult for the hikers to _________
themselves; everything looked the same. a) amend b) revenue
c) orient d) generate e) enforce
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A law is only effective if it is ___________(ed). a)
entity b) enforce c) generate d) consult e) amend
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A paradox is a __________(al) contradiction; it can't have
a correct answer. a) logic b) capacity c) clause d) logic
e) notion
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Sue did her homework, and passed the test, __________ Jimmy
skipped his homework and failed. a) transit b) facilitate
c) whereas d) sustain e) conflict
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He had the mental __________ to do well, but he was lazy,
and didn't use it fully. a) logic b) sustain c) revenue
d) capacity e) conflict
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The lush garden was difficult to ____________ during the
long drought, and most of it died. a) generate b) orient
c) amend d) sustain e) compound
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Don't __________ your problem by lying. That will only make
the penalty worse. a) generate b) compound c) transit
d) generate e) enforce
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Most of The Martian Chronicles focuses on the ___________
of the Martian and Earth cultures. a) logic b) capacity
c) conflict d) enable e) fundamental
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The counselor's job was to _________ the meeting, and help
things along. a) facilitate b) sustain c) amend
d) generate e) enforce
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The corporation is a separate ____________ from the people
who run it. a) enforce b) entity c) revenue d) conflict
e) fundamental
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A conjunction connects words, phrases, and ________(s).
a) entity b) notion c) clause d) compound e) transit
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If you don't know whether it's a word or not, ________ your
dictionary. a) notion b) enforce c) generate d)
sustain e) consult
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If you make excuses for a person with destructive behavior,
they call that _________(ing). a) logic b) enable c)
sustain d) conflict e) generate
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Some people still have the ___________ that the whole flight
to the moon was a fake. a) entity b) clause c) revenue
d) notion e) capacity
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Soon you will have to ____________ your own ideas for writing.
a) sustain b) generate c) consult d) logic e) orient
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Somewhere, in _____________ between home and school, I lost
my wallet. a) orient b) revenue c) transit d) conflict
e) generate
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Even after he sold the business, he ___________(ed) the right
to have a say in how it was run. a) consult b) sustain
c) amend d) retain e) generate
Vocabulary - parched, pervade, lethargic, relinquish,
augment, wretched, deft, reprieve, grovel, manifest
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The ghost always seemed to ____________ itself at the top
of the stairs just out of reach.
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In the Christmas memory, Jonas could feel the love _________(ing)
the room, but he didn't know the feeling was called love.
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Third period had better start _____________(ing) at Mr. Coward's
feet...
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...and asking for a _____________, because right now he's
pretty angry.
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After holding the white clicker for three weeks, Dorathy
finally had to _____________ it to Harrison.
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After a hard day of digging holes in the hot sun, his throat
was ____________.
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He tried to ____________ his income by selling steak knives
door to door.
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The magician ____________(ly) switched the card to his other
hand.
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After the painful memories of war and the like, Jonas always
felt ____________ for a long time.
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The warm afternoon and their full bellies made fifth period
feel very ___________ and indolent.
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