504 Essential Words Word Review 1 slides 24-25 , ex-es A, B, C, D, E.

Word Review #1
In the first six lessons you were taught 72 important words. The following exercises will test how well you learned some of those words.

A. In each of the parentheses below you will find two of the new vocabulary words. Pick the one that fits better. Remember, the sentences should make good sense.

  1. It was a (dense, typical) day in July, hot and sticky.
  2. I could tell that Matt was coming because I knew his (blend, vapor) of tobacco.
  3. Please realize that if you try to climb the icy mountain (peril, tradition) awaits you.
  4. The mechanic (defected, detected) an oil leak in the engine.
  5. How could you (recline, neglect) paying the rent?
  6. Felix made a (sinister, frigid) remark that sent chills up and down my spine.
  7. Many questions had to be answered before Mrs. Soto could (qualify, evade) for the job.
  8. I am (unaccustomed, dismal) to receiving gifts from people I don’t know very well.
  9. Factory-made goods are plentiful, but farm products are (rural, scarce).
  10. When he got to the jail, the people in charge tried to (reform, abandon) him.

B. Opposites. In Column I are ten words taught in Lessons 1-6. Match them correctly with their opposite meanings, which you will find in Column II.

  1. approach a. unseen
  2. expensive b. filled
  3. visible c. hated
  4. popular d. dull
  5. vacant e. dry
  6. keen f. be seen
  7. descend g. leave
  8. humid h. not needed
  9. vanish i. climb
  10. essential j. cheap

1-g, 2-j, 3-a, 4-c, 5-b, 6-d, 7-i, 8-e, 9-f, 10-h.

C. Which of the vocabulary choices in parentheses fits best in these newspaper headlines?

  1. Sailors Abandon Sinking Ship (Defraud, Circulate, Abandon, Devise)
  2. Congress Votes to Raise Minimum Wage (Hardship, Minimum, Typical, Rural)
  3. Dense Fog Covers Bay Area (Dense, Thorough, Scarce, Keen)
  4. Unfit Parents Arrested for Child Neglect (Defect, Tradition, Neglect, Theory)
  5. Escaped Convict Continues to Evade Police (Abandon, Evade, Inhabit, Conceal)
  6. College Campus Quiet After Demonstration (Client, Campus, Debate, Probe)
  7. Mayor Takes Oath of Office on Steps of City Hall (Oath, Data, Majority, Reform)
  8. Rescuers Descend into Mine to Find Lost Workers (Descend, Assemble, Circulate, Recline)
  9. New Apartment House to Rise on Vacant Land (Frigid, Comprehensive, Dense, Vacant)
  10. Poll to Predict Outcome of Election (Qualify, Predict, Tempt, Eliminate)

D. From the list of words below choose the word that means:

  1. deceive
  2. thorough
  3. villain
  4. client
  5. probe
  6. tradition
  7. evade
  8. assemble
  9. dense
  10. theory
  11. abandon
  12. descend
  13. circulate
  14. predict
  15. tact
  16. persuade
  17. comprehensive
  18. talent
  19. devise
  20. conceal
  21. inhabit
  22. eliminate
  23. majority
  24. defraud
  25. data
  26. gallant
  27. hardship
  28. wholesale
  29. recline
  30. tempt
  • in large amounts as well as less costly — wholesale
  • an evil doer, but originally meant someone who lived on a farm — villain
  • more than half as well as the legal age at which persons can manage their affairs — majority
  • search or investigate either by means of an instrument or simply by questioning — probe
  • cheat and also deprive someone of rights or property — defraud
  • give up on a plan as well as neglect one’s post — abandon
  • gather (data) or just get together — assemble
  • reject and also expel — eliminate
  • leaving out little or nothing and is related to the word for “understanding” — comprehensive
  • skill in dealing with people as well as a fine touch or cleverness — tact

E. Letter of Complaint. The following business letter uses 10 words that appeared in Lessons 1-6. Fill in the blanks with those words, selected from the group below:

  1. conceal
  2. employee
  3. annual
  4. defect
  5. enormous
  6. circulate
  7. defraud
  8. essential
  9. comprehensive
  10. detect
  11. evade
  12. expensive
  13. gallant
  14. hardship
  15. majority
  16. neglect
  17. recline
  18. tempt
  19. wholesale
  20. abandon

Speedy Catalog Service
200 Beverly Road
Champaign, IL 61821

Dear Sirs:
Three weeks ago, I bought a 20 Royal TV set (Item #996R) from your catalog, which had featured an annual clearance sale at enormous savings. I am enclosing a copy of the $200 money order that I sent to you. When my father and I unpacked the set, we detected several defects, including a scratched screen and a broken volume dial. Since that was not my fault, I believe that I am entitled to receive a new set.

It was a hardship for me to save part of my weekly allowance for six months in order to pay for the TV, and I would appreciate your help in this matter. Even though it is not an expensive set, and I was getting it at a wholesale price, I still feel that the merchandise should be perfect. Obviously, one of your employees had neglected to do an comprehensive inspection before the TV was shipped to my home.

Sincerely,
Arthur Karnes