January DLRs

Choose the correct word that would best complete the analogy below.

detective is to clues as geologist is to ________.

• scientist

• dig

• rocks

• person

  Before the 1900s, Americans welcomed the new year by gathering outside Trinity Church
near Wall Street in Manhattan. When the clock struck midnight, bells would chime,
and people celebrated the new year on the church steps.
          Everything changed when The New York Times Company moved uptown to 46th
Street and Broadway. As a way to lure more people uptown, the company started a
fireworks display on New Year's Eve.  

 

Which does the word lure mean?

• attract

• caution

• warn

• repel

Match the following synonyms

• fresh

• new

• outbreak

• vindication

• revenge

• epidemic

Choose the correct spelling of the word to complete each sentence.

 

Important brain developments take place during _________.

• adolesense

• adolescence

• adoloscense

Choose the correct spelling of the word to complete each sentence.

The thief sobbed and begged, pretending to be __________ so he could avoid going to
jail.

• apologetic

• apologetik

• apalagetic

What does the word jest mean?

• serious

• joke

• unharmed

• singing

Choose the correct adverb to complete
each sentence.

• regularly

• Experts say the key to a healthy career and stable personal life for a child celebrity is to have parents or guardians who can __________ enforce boundaries and rules.

• suddenly

• A big reason why child celebrities break down is that they get used to all the attention that comes with fame and then __________ lose it when they grow up.

• extremely

• While the fame and fortune that comes with being a celebrity seem glamorous, it’s _____________ taxing for a kid who has to give up his or her childhood.

Choose the correct word that correctly completes the analogy below.

 

Hygienic is to an operating room as unsanitary is to a ___________________.

• bedroom

• kitchen

• ceiling

• garbage dump

Which pairs of words are antonyms?

• new, young

• hurtle, crawl

• captivate, beguile

Which sentence puts the adjectives in the correct order?

• I spied morning, golden, thin rays of the sun peek over the world at dawn.

• I spied the thin, golden morning rays of the sun peek over the world at dawn.