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
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. The business spent too much money, and didn't have enough __________, so it folded.  a) conflict  b) entity  c) logic  d) transit  e) revenue
  4. 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
  5. A law is only effective if it is ___________(ed).  a) entity  b) enforce  c) generate  d) consult  e) amend
  6. A paradox is a __________(al) contradiction; it can't have a correct answer. a) logic  b) capacity  c) clause  d) logic  e) notion
  7. Sue did her homework, and passed the test, __________ Jimmy skipped his homework and failed.  a) transit  b) facilitate  c) whereas  d) sustain  e) conflict
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. Don't __________ your problem by lying. That will only make the penalty worse.  a) generate  b) compound  c) transit  d) generate  e) enforce
  11. Most of The Martian Chronicles focuses on the ___________ of the Martian and Earth cultures.  a) logic  b) capacity  c) conflict  d) enable  e) fundamental
  12. The counselor's job was to _________ the meeting, and help things along.  a) facilitate  b) sustain  c) amend  d) generate  e) enforce
  13. The corporation is a separate ____________ from the people who run it. a) enforce  b) entity  c) revenue  d) conflict  e) fundamental
  14. A conjunction connects words, phrases, and ________(s).  a) entity  b) notion  c) clause  d) compound  e) transit
  15. If you don't know whether it's a word or not, ________ your dictionary.  a) notion  b) enforce  c) generate  d) sustain  e) consult
  16. If you make excuses for a person with destructive behavior, they call that _________(ing).  a) logic  b) enable  c) sustain  d) conflict  e) generate
  17. 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
  18. Soon you will have to ____________ your own ideas for writing.  a) sustain  b) generate  c) consult  d) logic  e) orient
  19. Somewhere, in _____________ between home and school, I lost my wallet.  a) orient  b) revenue  c) transit  d) conflict  e) generate
  20. 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

  1. The ghost always seemed to ____________ itself at the top of the stairs just out of reach.
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  2. 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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  3. Third period had better start _____________(ing) at Mr. Coward's feet...
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  4. ...and asking for a _____________, because right now he's pretty angry.
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  5. After holding the white clicker for three weeks, Dorathy finally had to _____________ it to Harrison.
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  6. After a hard day of digging holes in the hot sun, his throat was ____________.
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  7. He tried to ____________ his income by selling steak knives door to door.
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  8. The magician ____________(ly) switched the card to his other hand.
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  9. After the painful memories of war and the like, Jonas always felt ____________ for a long time.
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  10. The warm afternoon and their full bellies made fifth period feel very ___________ and indolent.
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