Pretest 6A -- Academic Words VI -- abstract, acknowledge, aggregate, allocate, cite, discriminate, enhance, explicit, furthermore, incentive, incorporate, incidence, inhibit, migrate, motive, nevertheless, rational, scope, subsidy, transform
  1. After three days of selling tickets, their ________________  was only 25.  a) subsidy  b) aggregate  c) incidence  d) incentive  e) abstract

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  3. I didn't actually read all 3200 pages of the study; I just read a(n) _____________ of it, which was only 20 pages.  a) subsidy  b) incidence  c) acknowledge  d) abstract  e) transform

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  5. They used to be best friends, but now they don't even ________________ each other when they pass in the hall.  a) inhibit  b) migrate  c) enhance  d) transform  e) acknowledge

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  7. The judge understood the reason he did the crime, ______________ he had to give him the full sentence.  a) discriminate  b) furthermore  c) nevertheless  d) rational  e) motive

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  9. Disinfectants can kill mold, and ____________ its further growth.  a) allocate  b) inhibit  c) enhance  d) transform  e) migrate

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  11. Since the .10 fine was introduced, the _______________ of clicker-dropping has dropped dramatically.  a) transform  b) incidence  c) incentive  d) furthermore  e) allocate

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  13. At the dance, the boys and girls sort of ______________(ed) to opposite sides of the gym.  a) transform  b) acknowledge  c) abstract  d) discriminate  e) migrate

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  15. Please ______________ at least five academic words in your essay.  a) incorporate  b) enhance  c) aggregate  d) inhibit  e) migrate

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  17. Nobody could understand the _____________ of the man who gave all his money away. It was a mystery why he did it.  a) motive  b) incidence  c) rational  d) abstract  e) discriminate

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  19. Before the fine for clicker-dropping was introduced, there was very little ______________ not to drop them.  a) rational  b) discriminate  c) scope  d) acknowledge  e) incentive

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  21. He is honest, trustworthy, and loyal; ______________, he is funny. a) nevertheless  b) furthermore  c) allocate  d) acknowledge  e) transform

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  23. Part of his job with the city was to decide how much money to ________________ to police and fire protection.  a) allocate  b) incorporate  c) discriminate  d) explicit  e) enhance

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  25. People use cosmetic surgery to try to ________________  their looks.  a) rational  b) discriminate  c) enhance  d) inhibit  e) incorporate

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  27. I gave very _____________, step-by-step instructions; they should be easy to follow.  a) explicit  b) transform  c) abstract  d) cite  e) scope

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  29. The _____________ of the novel was huge; it covered everything from dinosaurs to computers, and everything in between.  a) scope  b) transform  c) incidence  d) subsidy  e) cite

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  31. When you write your research paper, you will have to ______________ the sources of your information.  a) scope  b) cite  c) transform  d) discriminate  e) allocate

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  33. Please try to think ______________(ly); try not to let your emotions cloud your thinking. a) enhance  b) discriminate  c) scope  d) cite  e) rational

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  35. After spending time as a chrysalis, the creature ______________(s) into a butterfly.  a) abstract  b) scope  c) transform  d) migrate  e) cite

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  37. The only way they could afford to stay in that house was because of a _____________ from her parents.  a) abstract  b) subsidy  c) discriminate  d) allocate  e) rational

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  39. He was a very _________________(ing) collector; he only accepted the very finest into his collection.  a) scope  b) incentive  c) aggregate  d) explicit  e) discriminate.