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ENG 098 Vocabulary Practice Quiz 1



Multiple Choice
Choose the correct word form for each blank.
 

 1. 

Exposure to different cultures, races and beliefs often gives people an _______________ for those differences.
 A.
appreciate
 C.
appreciation
 B.
appreciable
 D.
appreciated
 

 2. 

Children often try to ____________ their guilt in any problem, but it is the sign of maturity for adults to accept full responsibility for their actions.
 A.
denial
 C.
deniable
 B.
deny
 D.
undeniable
 

 3. 

Mark’s father recorded the kilometers he drove when he used the family car. Mark considered this quite a _____________ on his freedom.
 A.
constrain
 C.
constraining
 B.
constraining
 D.
constraint
 



Matching
Complete each sentence with a word from the list. No changes need to be made to the words, and no word is used more than once.One word will not be used.
 
 
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A.
derived
D.
cooperative
B.
enforcement
E.
parameters
C.
attributed
 

 4. 

The _______________ of traffic laws is the responsibility of the police.
 

 5. 

The teacher set up the ________________ of our group project so that no one student could do all the work.
 

 6. 

Everyone _____________ the young girl’s intelligence to her mother, who was a Harvard graduate, until we learned that the girl was adopted.
 

 7. 

The father in the popular movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding got great pleasure in telling everyone how English words were _____________ from the Greek.
 
 



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A.
highlighted
D.
isolate
B.
minimized
E.
genders
C.
guarantee
 

 8. 

Hospitals with patients with the SARS virus had to _____________ them .
 

 9. 

Since we had such limited time for review, the teacher ______________ the most important points from the semester.
 

 10. 

In a letter to his brother, C.S.Lewis’ comment that the people attending a particular meeting were of various _____________ was humorous since there really are only two possibilities.
 

 11. 

The father ______________ the behavior problems of his child until those problems were too serious to overlook.
 
 

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A.
cooperative
D.
adult
B.
media
E.
decade
C.
ratio
 

 12. 

Because she had such a ______________ attitude, it was very easy to consolidate our departments.
 

 13. 

Disco dancing was popular in the _____________ of the 1970s.
 

 14. 

Research proves that the _____________ greatly influences the beliefs of people.
 

 15. 

It is often a shock for ____________ children when they become the caretakers for their elderly parents.
 
 



Matching Definitions
Match each definition with a word from the list.
A.
motivation
D.
enforcement
B.
capable
E.
constraint
C.
random
 

 16. 

the act of making people obey laws and rules
 

 17. 

the reason to do something
 

 18. 

limitation
 

 19. 

happening at any time; unplanned
 

 20. 

having the ability to do something
 




Yes/No
If the underlined word is used correctly in the sentence, choose Yes, and choose No if it is not.
 

 21. 

The identical twins were very easy to tell apart.
A.
Yes
B.
No
 

 22. 

If you minimize your ability, you are always bragging about how talented you are.
A.
Yes
B.
No
 

 23. 

Too much exposure to the sun can lead to skin cancer.
A.
Yes
B.
No
 

 24. 

The decreased budgets at the school required the students and faculty to find ways to generate funds for the extracurricular programs.
A.
No
B.
Yes
 

 25. 

My best friend graciously aided me when he realized I didn’t have enough money for rent.
A.
Yes
B.
No
 



 
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