Academic Words Review I-IV.

1. If you don't know the meaning of the word, there are some ____________(s) you can use to try to figure it out.  a) site  b) strategy  c) design  d) distinct e) proceed
2. In professional sports, usually it is the team with the most _____________(s) that wins the most, because they can afford to pay for the best players.  a) achieve  b) acquire  c) resource  d) proceed  e) impact
3. Put the title in a large, fancy font so it has the most _____________.  a) consume  b) consequently  c) potential  d) impact  e) restrict
4. What _____ will this have on my grade?  a) affect  b) effect  c) distinct  d) potential e) design
5. He always tried to ______________ a good GPA, because keeping good grades is easier than trying to get them back after they drop. a) vary  b) proceed  c) consequently  d) affect  e) maintain
6. After he had taken the first step, he didn't quite know how to _______________.  a) consume  b) acquire  c) obtain  d) proceed  e) restrict.
7. After his heart attack, his doctor told him to _______________ how much fat and salt he ate, and to exercise more.  a) acquire  b) restrict  c) principle  d) secure  e) potential
8. They interviewed at least 20 _____________ applicants. Only 5 were allowed to apply.  a) perceive  b) obtain  c) site  d) potential  e) strategy
9. The twins may look alike, but they have very ____________ personalities.  a) obtain b) restrict  c) previous  d) vary  e) distinct
10. While he was in Australia for so many years, he _______________(ed) a bit of an accent in his speech, and started saying g'day a lot.  a) consume  b) acquire  c) resource  d) previous  e) strategy
11. The United States ______________(s) much more oil, electricity, and other natural resources than any country in the world. a) consume  b) consequently  c) design  d) site  e) resource
12. Many times, things are not really what we __________________ them to be.  a) vary  b) potential  c) maintain  d) perceive  e) secure
13. The ______________ for the new mall is next to a school, and many people are worried that traffic will be a problem.  a) resource  b) obtain  c) site  d) principle  e) distinct
14. He was caught cheating, __________________, the teacher called his mother.  a) consume  b) restrict  c) design  d) consequently  e) proceed
15. The police said that the driver's use of alcohol ______________(ed) to the crash.  a) illustrate  b) coordinate  c) convene  d) contribute  e) correspond
16. In order to prove his claim in court, he had to _______________ everything that happened. a) outcome  b) consent  c) imply  d) component  e) document
17. When I first met him, my _____________ impression was that he was a bit sloppy.  a) component  b) coordinate  c) valid  d) consent  e) initial
18. Before you can appear on tv, you have to sign a _______________ form that basically says that they have your permission.  a) constrain  b) consent  c) imply  d) considerable  e) sequence
19. By the tone of his voice I could tell he was ______________(ing) something he wasn't saying.  a) imply  b) scheme  c) coordinate  d) valid  e) contribute
20. The reasons he gave for the grade I received didn't seem ____________. He couldn't really back them up with examples. a) document  b) valid  c) scheme  d) illustrate  e) considerable
21. Since you didn't ________________ how you wanted you sandwich made, I made it the same as mine.  a) initial  b) specify  c) dominate  d) correspond  e) illustrate
22. In his speech, he ________________(ed) all of the technical terms he used with examples.  a) illustrate  b) justify  c) valid  d) sequence  e) dominate
23. Usually, how far you get in life ________________(s) to how hard you work at it.  a) document  b) dominate  c) contribute  d) correspond  e) justify
24. A major ________________ of any good spelling program is PRACTICE!  a) outcome  b) component  c) sequence  d) contribute  e) scheme
25. One should hope that a(n) ___________________ of a good spelling program would be better spelling.  a) sequence  b) component  c) coordinate  d) convene  e) outcome
26. After what happened at the high school, a special meeting of the school board was ________________(ed)  a) outcome  b) convene  c) dominate  d) contribute  e) considerable
27. How much money you spend should be __________________(ed) by how much money you earn, but credit cards allow people to live beyond their means.  a) contribute  b) coordinate  c) convene  d) constrain  e) dominate
28. Many people's weddings get so complicated, they need people to __________________ all the tasks that need to get done on time.  a) convene  b) coordinate  c) consent  d) sufficient  e) contribute
29. The police didn't have __________________ evidence to charge him with the crime, so they had to let him go.  a) outcome  b) component  c) convene  d) initial  e) sufficient
30. The police report said that, because the man was holding a weapon, the use of force by the officer was _______________(ed).  a) convene  b) initial  c) justify  d) dominate  e) sufficient
31. The teacher said I was wasting my ___________________ talent for writing by playing videogames all day.  a) dominate  b) considerable  c) initial  d) sufficient  e) scheme
32. The guest teacher's _________ to teaching didn't really work for this class. a) approach  b) conduct  c) authority  d) available  e) benefit,
33. Her style seemed to ____________ of telling random stories, for example, about the time she was "jacked" by gypsies. a) involve  b) benefit  c) concept  d) consist  e) evidence
34. She wasted a ___________ amount of time demonstrating her "superpower" of  learning all of our names. a) involve  b) structure  c) feature  d) factor  e) significant,
35. A good teacher tries to _________ the students in the lesson. a) involve  b) conduct  c) consist  d) conduct  e) factor
36. Try to figure out the word's meaning from its __________ a) concept  b) conduct  c) consist  d) context  e) factor
37. The teacher had to call home about the student's _________. a) concept  b) conduct  c) consist  d) context  e) significant
38. You should have ___________ to back up your opinion. a) evidence  b) structure  c) feature  d) factor  e) significant
39. In conclusion, though, the negative _______________(s) outweighed the positive ones. a) evidence  b) structure  c) feature  d) factor  e) significant
40. What are your ______________ for a good book? Suspense? Action?  Good characters?  a) emphasis  b) tradition  c) confer  d) contrast  e) criteria
41. With all the changes in her life, the one ________________ was her friend Sydney, who was always there for her.  a) promote  b) element  c) constant  d) attribute   e) concentrate
42. He has many fine _______________(s), but he is also rather lazy.  a) attribute  b) hence  c) tradition  d) emphasis  e) institute
43. He tried to live his life by the _______________ of the so-called "Golden Rule."  a) confer  b) framework  c) emphasis  d) philosophy  e) dimension
44. Beer commercials try to _________________ drinking their brand of beer with being sophisticated and sexy. a) equate  b) concentrate  c) emphasis  d) hence  e) promote
45. The airline investigators tried to ____________________ the cause of the crash from the wreckage, but they could never be sure exactly what happened.  a) concentrate  b) approximate  c)  adequate  d) contrast  e) emerge
46. Mr. McCheese's style _________________(s) sharply with that of Mrs. ElQueso. He  never lets us jabber like that.  a) emerge  b) promote  c) contrast  d) despite  e) emphasis
47. The Red Cross volunteers decided to ___________________ their efforts on the worst-hit areas first.  a) framework  b) institute  c) hence  d) confer  e) concentrate
48. After the disputed call, the referees all _________________(ed), and they finally decided the play would stand.  a) emerge  b) despite  c) promote  d) confer  e) concentrate
49. Sometimes, ______________ our best efforts, things still go wrong.  a) despite  b) contrast  c) equate  d) confer  e) concentrate
50. Television commercials often __________________ terrible eating habits.  a) equate  b) emerge  c) criteria  d) promote  e) element
51. Mr. Coward _________________(ed) a new fine of a dollar for failing to bring your homework.  a) adequate  b) emerge  c) institute  d) emphasis  e) tradition
52. After Christmas break, this class will feature an increased _______________ on writing.  a) philosophy  b) emphasis  c) element  d) criteria  e) dimension
53. Ouch! From the looks of the grade, it doesn't look like you did  ______________ preparation for the test. a) framework  b) emphasis c) adequate  d) tradition  e) concentrate