Test Vocabulary List 1 Review 2

Psychics claim to ___________ the future, which means they say they can tell you what is going to happen in advance, before it actually happens. We __________ that you will see the word _____________ on many standardized tests.

• suggest

• define

• predict

• describe

When something is _____________, it relates to the issue that you are discussing. Its opposite is ____________, "not important; not related to the topic at hand." ___________ details help support an argument, while ____________information is simply distracting. (Bonus Point for correctly identifying the antonym of this vocabulary word)

• perspective

  anti-perspective

• relevant

  irrelevant

• compare

  contrast

• define

  definite

When you ___________ something, you are using language to create a representation in the mind of your reader. You could ___________ an apple as "round" or "red," and you could ____________ a character's emotional state as "amused" or "angry."

• predicet

• context

• compare

• describe

To ____________ a word is to give its meaning. _________ can also mean to make something that is confusing a little clearer.

• define

• describe

• option

• relevant

When you examine the similarities and differences between two ideas or two passages, you ___________ them.

• perspective

• compare

• predict

• define

______________ refers to the facts and data we have on a topic. Information is not limited to words or descriptions, but can also be taken from statistics, graphs, and charts.

• Options

• Context

• Information

• Perspective

____________ refers to the surrounding textual "environment" where something (usually a word or phrase) is found. You can use __________ to figure out what a word means in a particular sentence or passage. You can also use _____________ clues to make judgments about a character or event in a work of literature.

• Context

• Perspective

• information

• option

When you have to choose between several things, we say that you have a bunch of ____________.  ______________ is a word that will likely show up in test directions that ask you to select an answer from several ______________.

• information

• perspective

• describe

• options

Your ____________ is your point of view; it's how you see something. On the reading comprehension portion of a standardized test, you may be asked to interpret a writer's ______________  on an issue.

• option

• information

• describe

• perspective

When you see the word _________________ on a standardized test, it usually means "to imply or to indirectly say something." You'll see this commonly used in questions about what a passage or author most strongly _____________.

• relevant

• suggest

• describe

• context