Pretest 6A -- Academic Words VI -- abstract, acknowledge, aggregate, allocate, cite, discriminate, enhance, explicit, furthermore, incentive, incorporate, incidence, inhibit, migrate, motive, nevertheless, rational, scope, subsidy, transform

1. After three days of selling tickets, their ________________  was only 25.  a) subsidy  b) aggregate  c) incidence  d) incentive  e) abstract

 

 

2. I didn't actually read all 3200 pages of the study; I just read a(n) _____________ of it, which was only 20 pages.  a) subsidy  b) incidence  c) acknowledge  d) abstract  e) transform

 

 

3. They used to be best friends, but now they don't even ________________ each other when they pass in the hall.  a) inhibit  b) migrate  c) enhance  d) transform  e) acknowledge

 

 

4. The judge understood the reason he did the crime, ______________ he had to give him the full sentence.  a) discriminate  b) furthermore  c) nevertheless  d) rational  e) motive

 

 

5. Disinfectants can kill mold, and ____________ its further growth.  a) allocate  b) inhibit  c) enhance  d) transform  e) migrate

 

 

6. Since the .10 fine was introduced, the _______________ of clicker-dropping has dropped dramatically.  a) transform  b) incidence  c) incentive  d) furthermore  e) allocate

 

 

7. At the dance, the boys and girls sort of ______________(ed) to opposite sides of the gym.  a) transform  b) acknowledge  c) abstract  d) discriminate  e) migrate

 

 

8. Please ______________ at least five academic words in your essay.  a) incorporate  b) enhance  c) aggregate  d) inhibit  e) migrate

 

 

9. Nobody could understand the _____________ of the man who gave all his money away. It was a mystery why he did it.  a) motive  b) incidence  c) rational  d) abstract  e) discriminate

 

 

10. Before the fine for clicker-dropping was introduced, there was very little ______________ not to drop them.  a) rational  b) discriminate  c) scope  d) acknowledge  e) incentive

 

 

11. He is honest, trustworthy, and loyal; ______________, he is funny. a) nevertheless  b) furthermore  c) allocate  d) acknowledge  e) transform

 

 

12. Part of his job with the city was to decide how much money to ________________ to police and fire protection.  a) allocate  b) incorporate  c) discriminate  d) explicit  e) enhance

 

 

13. People use cosmetic surgery to try to ________________  their looks.  a) rational  b) discriminate  c) enhance  d) inhibit  e) incorporate

 

 

14. I gave very _____________, step-by-step instructions; they should be easy to follow.  a) explicit  b) transform  c) abstract  d) cite  e) scope

 

 

15. The _____________ of the novel was huge; it covered everything from dinosaurs to computers, and everything in between.  a) scope  b) transform  c) incidence  d) subsidy  e) cite

 

 

16. When you write your research paper, you will have to ______________ the sources of your information.  a) scope  b) cite  c) transform  d) discriminate  e) allocate

 

 

17. Please try to think ______________(ly); try not to let your emotions cloud your thinking. a) enhance  b) discriminate  c) scope  d) cite  e) rational

 

 
 
 

18. After spending time as a chrysalis, the creature ______________(s) into a butterfly.  a) abstract  b) scope  c) transform  d) migrate  e) cite

 

 

19. The only way they could afford to stay in that house was because of a _____________ from her parents.  a) abstract  b) subsidy  c) discriminate  d) allocate  e) rational

 

 

20. He was a very _________________(ing) collector; he only accepted the very finest into his collection.  a) scope  b) incentive  c) aggregate  d) explicit  e) discriminate.