Week 10-Core 1

apathy means :

• an absence of emotion or enthusiasm

• an inclination to do something

• a strong liking

• uneasiness about the fitness of an action

“Is your jacket smoldering,” the Major asks Roger, “or are you just cooking something made of tweed?”

Source: New York Times

In this sentence, smoldering means:

• move away from each other

• burn slowly and without a flame

• increase in size, volume or significance

• rise rapidly

What behavior do you expect from someone who is apt to do something?

• he will choose another option

• he will avoid action at all costs

• he will most likely take action

• he will be reluctant to act

Lavender became well-known throughout the student body by ________ force of will, painstakingly trying to impress.

Source: Washington Times

• desolate

• candid

• incessant

• sheer

candid means :

• openly straightforward and direct without secretiveness

• taxing to the utmost

• related on the mother's side

• unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic

Putting aside her qualms about eavesdropping, she crept close enough to the door that she could hear every scrap of the conversation within, and listened.

Source: The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling

In this sentence, qualms means:

• rumors

• uneasiness

• secrets

• happiness

Which of the following people is most likely to chastise the other?

• a hunter who is calling to her lost dog

• a mother who is soothing her crying baby

• a dean who is angered by a student's action

• a contractor who is instructing his work crew

painstaking means :

• lazy

• inexpensive

• laborious

• smooth

Of the floods that have desolated the city, the greatest was that of November, 1824. Source: Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality

In this sentence, desolated means:

• denounced

• delegated

• deserted

• devastated

He seems listless and confused, and though he still learns new problems without external rewards, his performance is peculiar.

Source: Flowers for Algernon

In this sentence, listless means:

• spiritless

• angry

• reckless

• excited