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efore you start your study of vocabulary, you may want to get an idea of how much you already
know and how much you need to learn. If that’s the case, take the pretest in this chapter.
The pretest consists of 50 questions introducing you to many of the words you will learn as you
complete the exercises in this book. Even if you get all the questions on this pretest right, it’s almost guaranteed
that you will find a few words in this book that you didn’t know before. On the other hand, if you hardly know
any of the words on the pretest, don’t despair. Out of the many words in this book, you’re sure to find a few that
you are already familiar with, and that will make the going easier.
So, use this pretest just to get a general idea of how much of this book you already know. If you get a high
score on this pretest, you may be able to spend less time with this book than you originally planned. If you get a
lower score, you’ll be amazed at how much your vocabulary will improve by completing the exercises in each
chapter.
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b. agoraphobic
c. cryptic
d. incisive
5. Scientists research gene in fruit flies to see
how genes change from one generation to the
next.
a. remittance
b. mutation
c. mediocre
d. cliché
6. The hotel tried to their mistake by giving
us a suite at a reduced price.
a. debut
b. rectify
c. recapitulate
d. exempt
7. The theatre’s acoustics were awful; the actors’
voices were barely .
a. equity
b. audible
c. bandwidth
d. abrogate
8. Our club values the of its members; we
know we can always count on one another.
a. perjury
b. epigram
c. fidelity
d. firewall
9. Now that it has gotten so late, it is that
they are not going to show up.