Pretest 7a. Academic Word List VII.
adapt, advocate, comprehensive, comprise, confirm, contrary, convert, differentiate, dispose, phenomenon, extract, finite, hierarchy, innovate, prohibit, simulate, submit, successor, thesis, ultimate

1. After a long series of mistakes, the ______________ result was that the project failed.  a) adapt  b) simulate  c) comprehensive  d) ultimate  e) phenomenon
   
   
   
2. After moving to a new city, she had to _____________ to a new school, and new ways of doing things.  a) submit  b) adapt  c) simulate  d) innovate  e) differentiate
   
   
   
3. Your research paper should start with a ______________ that you will set out to prove or disprove through your research.  a) comprehensive  b) phenomenon  c) successor  d) hierarchy  e) thesis
   
   
   
4. The band was ______________(ed) of four members: bass, drums, and two guitars.  a) comprise  b) differentiate  c) advocate  d) comprehensive  e) dispose
   
   
   
5. Tomorrow we will have a _________________ exam that will test everything we should have covered by now.  a) comprise  b) ultimate  c) comprehensive  d) confirm  e) finite
   
   
   
6. There is only a ____________ amount of oil in the Earth; once it's gone, it's gone...  a) comprise  b) ultimate  c) comprehensive  d) confirm  e) finite
   
   
   
7. ...and at the rate we are _____________(ing) it from the ground, that won't be more than in about 100 years.  a) prohibit  b) extract  c) dispose  d) convert  e) innovate
   
   
   
8. She wasn't sure of the social _________________ at her new school; she could never remember which groups were supposedly cooler than others.  a) comprehensive  b) differentiate  c) successor  d) hierarchy  e) phenomenon
   
   
   
9. One of the reasons that you can't eat outside any more is that you seem unable to _____________ of your trash properly. a) prohibit  b) extract  c) dispose  d) submit  e) comprise
   
   
   
10. The president nominates a person to the Supreme Court, but the Senate has to ______________ his choice.  a) comprise  b) contrary  c) comprehensive  d) confirm  e) submit
    
    
    
11. Reports of UFOs were a very common __________________ in the 1950's.  a) adapt  b) simulate  c) comprehensive  d) ultimate  e) phenomenon
    
    
    
12. Everybody agreed that his ______________(ive) plan was the simplest, and yet the cleverest, of all. a) submit  b) adapt  c) simulate  d) innovate  e) differentiate
    
    
    
13. San Luis Obispo was one of the first cities in the country to _____________ smoking indoors in bars and restaurants.  a) prohibit  b) extract  c) dispose  d) submit  e) contrary
    
    
    
14. To ______________ partial weightlessness, astronauts often train underwater. a) prohibit  b) extract  c) dispose  d) simulate  e) innovate
    
    
    
15. The dying dictator has not yet named a ______________. Nobody is sure who will rule after he is dead.  a) comprehensive  b) phenomenon  c) successor  d) hierarchy  e) thesis
    
    
    
16. _______________ to popular belief, dogs do not really have a consciousness, and do not think as people do. Really, they don't. a) advocate  b) phenomenon  c) dispose  d) submit  e) contrary
    
    
    
17. I hope you know how to _____________ a fraction into a decimal. Otherwise, you won't pass this class.   a) prohibit  b) extract  c) dispose  d) convert  e) innovate
    
    
    
18. If you are color blind, it usually doesn't mean that you see the world in black and white. It just means that you can't ______________ between some colors, such as red and green.  a) submit  b) adapt  c) simulate  d) innovate  e) differentiate
    
    
    
19. Please _____________ your 600 words by the end of the period tomorrow.  a) comprise  b) contrary  c) comprehensive  d) confirm  e) submit
    
    
    
20. Your lawyer is supposed to act as your ______________ in the courtroom, and plead your case.  a) advocate  b) phenomenon  c) successor  d) submit  e) contrary