Summer School 2 Unit 3 Practice 2

1. Which of the following would be a belligerent?

• 1. a person standing on the sidewalk

• 1. a student taking an oral exam

• 1. a soldier on the battlefield

• 1. a player who has gotten injured

1. Which of the following would most likely be considered benign?

• 1. a loaf of moldy bread

• 1. a reality television show

• 1. a sarcastic teenager

• 1. a non-cancerous tumor

1. ecstatic means :

• respectful

• joyous

• significant

• social

1. emaciated means :

• 1. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

• 1. of or relating to the body or flesh

• 1. causing dejection

• 1. having calluses

1. I had come to believe that people befriended only to exploit one another. In this sentence, exploit means to:

• 1. use or manipulate to one's advantage

• 1. give moral or emotional strength to

• 1. pursue or chase relentlessly

• 1. express a totally negative opinion of

In a December speech to the Economic Club of Washington, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke of the weak labor market among the "________ headwinds" to recovery.

• imposed

• editorial

• formidable

• equivalent

1. haughty means :

• 1. working hard to promote an enterprise

• 1. having or showing arrogant superiority to

• 1. taut or rigid

• 1. lacking originality or spontaneity

1. initiative means :

• 1. first step

• 1. good luck

• 1. matter of course

• 1. sleight of hand

1. monotonous means :

• 1. pleasant-smelling

• 1. providing no shelter or sustenance

• 1. tediously repetitious or lacking in variety

• 1. of little substance or significance

1. Their dignity had been obliterated, replaced with a pervasive sense of shame and worthlessness. In this sentence, pervasive means:

• 1. consisting of two or more associated entities

• 1. relating to or involving the mental process of knowing

• 1. uncertain in purpose or action

• 1. spreading or spread throughout