7+ quiz40

Mrs. Pike was mad because no way, not for at least one year, would she allow Danny back on wheels. In this sentence, mad means:

fearful

stubborn

confused

angry

jug means :

bottle

shelf

candle

track

enormous means :

perfect

massive

grave

strange

The opposite of violent is:

calm

wild

chatty

funeral means :

a miniature likeness of a person kept in remembrance

any entry into an area not previously occupied

a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated

an illegal enterprise carried on for material profit

I was promoted to bellboy, which meant a small increase in income. In this sentence, income means:

respect

pay

aid

leisure

The firm said that as a matter of policy, it does not reveal its funding sources; it declined to say why. In this sentence, reveal means to:

destroy property or hinder normal operations

manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand

combine by adding the same number repeatedly

make known to the public information previously kept secret

ridiculous means :

strongly motivated to succeed

given to arguing

of or relating to speech sounds

incongruous or absurd

The opposite of citizen is:

voter

figure

native

foreigner

“The consensus is that if we’re going to stay at the levels we’re at, the news has to be extraordinary,” Mr. Cass said. In this sentence, extraordinary means:

full of life and energy

causing anger or annoyance

deliberately violating principles of right and wrong

highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable

He taught her how to move the wheel with her foot while her hands flew across the moistened clay to make vases and jugs. In this sentence, jugs means:

pitchers

platters

lamps

figures

funeral means :

corpse

burial

coffin

vault

Farmers could breed new species to better resist heat and drought. In this sentence, resist means to:

prepare

demand

withstand

conceal

impression means :

lack of attention and due care

an inclination to approve

a clear and telling mental image

a methodical process of logical reasoning

The Fed's 2009 earnings were up 47% from 2008, when the central bank generated a net ________ of $35.5 billion and transferred $31.7 billion to the Treasury.

income

balance

conflict

function

The couple handed their passports to Customs and Border Protection officers and told them they had nothing to declare. In this sentence, declare means to:

make a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties

seize and take control of without authority

think about carefully; give careful consideration to

fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have

“Is it like paradise, the way he says? Sometimes I mistrust he’s just telling tales to an old woman.” In this sentence, tales means:

plans

fibs

secrets

prayers

"The gathering of information, as it relates to the watch lists, has begun," said Denis McDonough, the chief of staff to the National Security Council. In this sentence, council means:

dominant course of successive events or ideas

everything that is included in a collection

a body serving in an administrative capacity

The 28-member council had been debating punishing relatives of militants suspected in the recent killing of a fellow tribal leader, Khan said. In this sentence, council means:

dominant course of successive events or ideas

a body serving in an administrative capacity

everything that is included in a collection

Her daughter endeavoured to convince her of what she did not believe herself, that his attentions to Jane had been merely the effect of a common and ________ liking, which ceased when he saw her no more; but though the probability of the statement was admitted at the time, she had the same story to repeat every day.

droll

transient

reticent

intrinsic

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