Pretest 5A -- Academic Words V
amend, capacity, clause, compound, conflict, consult, enable, enforce,
entity, facilitate, retain, fundamental, generate, logic, notion, orient,
revenue, sustain, whereas, transit
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After the Constitution was written, it was ___________(ed) to add what
we call the Bill of Rights. a) sustain b) clause c) compound
d) amend e) generate
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The Bill of Rights lists what we now consider our ________________ rights
associated with being free. a) logic b) retain c) enforce
d) notion e) fundamental
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The business spent too much money, and didn't have enough ____________,
so it folded. a) conflict b) entity c) logic d)
transit e) revenue
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After the snowstorm, it was difficult for the hikers to ___________
themselves; everything looked the same. a) amend b) revenue
c) orient d) generate e) enforce
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A law is only effective if it is ____________(ed). a) entity
b) enforce c) generate d) consult e) amend
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A paradox is a ___________(al) contradiction; it can't have a correct
answer. a) logic b) capacity c) clause d) logic
e) notion
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Sue did her homework, and passed the test, _____________ Jimmy skipped
his homework and failed. a) transit b) facilitate c)
whereas d) sustain e) conflict
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He had the mental ____________ to do well, but he was lazy, and didn't
use it fully. a) logic b) sustain c) revenue d)
capacity e) conflict
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The lush garden was difficult to ____________ during the long drought,
and most of it died. a) generate b) orient c) amend
d) sustain e) compound
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Don't ______________ your problem by lying. That will only make the
penalty worse. a) generate b) compound c) transit
d) generate e) enforce
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Most of The Martian Chronicles focused on the ______________
of the Martian and Earth cultures. a) logic b) capacity
c) conflict d) enable e) fundamental
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The counselor's job was to _______________ the meeting, and help things
along. a) facilitate b) sustain c) amend d) generate
e) enforce
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The corporation is a separate ____________ from the people who run it.
a) enforce b) entity c) revenue d) conflict e)
fundamental
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A conjunction connects words, phrases, and ____________(s). a)
entity b) notion c) clause d) compound e) transit
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If you don't know whether it's a word or not, ______________ your dictionary.
a) notion b) enforce c) generate d) sustain e)
consult
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If you make excuses for a person with destructive behavior, they call
that ___________(ing). a) logic b) enable c) sustain
d) conflict e) generate
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Some people still have the ______________ that the whole flight to the
moon was a fake. a) entity b) clause c) revenue
d) notion e) capacity
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Soon you will have to _________________ your own ideas for writing.
a) sustain b) generate c) consult d) logic e) orient
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Somewhere, in _____________ between home and school, I lost my wallet.
a) orient b) revenue c) transit d) conflict e)
generate
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Even after he sold the business, he ______________(ed) the right to
have a say in how it was run. a) consult b) sustain c)
amend d) retain e) generate
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