Active Vocabulary General and Academic Words - Amy E. Olsen 2013
Chapter 5. Review
Part 1 General Words
Focus on Chapters 1-4
The following activities give you the opportunity to further interact with the vocabulary words you've been learning. By taking tests, answering questions, using visuals, doing a crossword puzzle, and working with others, you will see which words you know well and which ones need additional study.
Self-Tests
1 Match each term with its synonym in Set One and its antonym in Set Two.
Synonyms
Set One
1. enable a. capable
2. virtual b. boredom
3. resourceful c. simulated
4. submissive d. obedient
5. apathy e. permit
Antonyms
Set Two
6. serenity f. calm
7. intermittent g. hatred
8. frenzied h. conceal
9. indicate i. disorder
10. affinity j. steady
2 Pick the word that best completes each sentence.
1. I wasn't sure of company ..., so I called my manager to find out if I could take a client to lunch.
a. ovation
b. serenity
c. protocol
d. terminology
2. I don't consider myself a(n) ... person, but I don't like to pay more than my fair share when we split the bill at lunch.
a. mercenary
b. virtual
c. amiable
d. zealous
3. I need to stop ... myself when I do poorly on a test and start studying more.
a. intriguing
b. exemplifying
c. indicating
d. berating
4. Tony is such a ... worker that he had the house half painted by the time I got out of bed.
a. virtual
b. mercenary
c. fruitful
d. zealous
5. When I noticed people whispering in the halls, I knew there. was some going on at work.
a. intrigue b. serenity c. glitch d. assurance
6. The ... in my art history class was challenging to learn. I hadn't realized there were so many words one could use to describe a painting.
a. serenity
b. terminology
c. ovation
d. affinity
7. I am no longer going to ... my success by thinking negative thoughts. From now on I will have a can-do attitude.
a. undermine
b. exemplify
c. intrigue
d. enable
8. I was tired of the ... meetings with my new girlfriend. I told her that we needed to quit meeting secretly or break up.
a. intermittent
b. amiable
c. clandestine
d. omnipresent
3 Pick the vocabulary word that best completes the sentence. Use each word once.
zealous
amiable
virtual
dour
omnipresent
1. Malila is usually a pleasant person, but she wasn't that ... at the party last night. I wonder if something is wrong with her.
2. I decided to avoid Roger at work until his ... expression disappeared.
3. Food seemed to be ... at the party, or maybe it just felt that way because I was on a diet.
4. The woman was ... about running; she went out even when two feet of snow covered the ground.
5. The ... office program shows that our company could be more efficient if we rearrange our work spaces.
4 Complete the following sentences that illustrate collocations. The rest of the collocation is in italics. Use each word or phrase once.
a plan
in the system
silence
gave his
standing
reality
discussion
1. The audience was so impressed with the violinist's skills that it gave her a ... ovation.
2. Due to a glitch ..., your credit card was billed twice for your meal. I was able to fix the problem.
3. I had afruitful ... with my sons last week, and they now understand why it is important to carefolly do their homework each evening.
4. It has taken hard work by several individuals to implement ... as big as this one.
5. When I asked Antonia where she got her gorgeous gold bracelet, her answer was a discreet ... .
6. The president of the company ... assurance that the plant would not close and send jobs overseas.
7. One of the benefits of virtual ... programs is that they can help us learn how to adapt to different environments.
5 Fill in the missing word part, and circle the meaning of the word part found in each sentence.
omni
pie
mis
ary
am
ify
1. I would say that Miguel is a mercen ... person because anything connected with money grabs his attention.
2. It will be difficult to im ...ment Dan's plan because we need to fill three vacant positions before it can work.
3. I try to exempl... a good student because I want to make my parents and brothers proud of me.
4. Campaign signs are ... present in my town months before an election; they are all over the place.
5. Yoki is so sub...sive that I could send her to the grocery ten times in one day and she wouldn't complain.
6. I love being around Katy; she is such a(n) ...iable person that she always cheers me up.
Answers to the analogies practice in foe Getting Started section on page 7:
1.b
2. a
3. d
4. c
5. sleep
6. huge
7. warmth
8. beverage
6 Finish the story using the vocabulary words below. Use each word once.
Vocabulary list
affinity
apathy
aversion
dependable
enable
exemplified
frenzied
resourceful
submissive
undermine
Appreciating Nature
I used to have a(n) (1)... to sleeping on the ground. And at best I had (2)... toward carrying a pack on my back, but when I dropped off friends for an overnight hike at Hidden Glen, I was intrigued by the beauty at the start of the hike. My friend said the lovely wooded pathway (3)... the rest of the area. He told me about forests to explore, meadows to wander in, and streams to camp near. He also said I was too much of a wimp to ever join them. I decided then that I wouldn't let his comments (4)... my desire to see what was beyond the path.
The next day I went out shopping for a backpack. The clerk recommended one that would (5)... me to carry my essential gear and still be light weight. He also helped me pick out other equipment that he said every (6)... hiker should have. Two weeks later, after a(n) (7)... night of packing and repacking, I was ready the next morning when
my friends picked me up. On that first hike I was pretty (8)... and did whatever my friends told me. Now, after five years of backpacking, I have become a(n) (9)... leader who can make important decisions. I have also discovered that I have a real (10)... for nature.
Interactive Exercise
Answer the following questions to further test your understanding of the vocabulary words.
1. What are two signs that would indicate a person is interested in meeting you?
2. What are two essential materials needed for a fruitful study session?
3. Where would you hold a clandestine meeting in your town? Why is it a good place for such a meeting?
4. Name two courses where you have had to learn new terminology.
5. What is something people should be discreet about?
6. What would you do if there was a glitch in your computer system the night before you had a paper due?
7. What are two activities that you do intermittently?
8. What do you do to restore your serenity after a busy week?
9. What is something you have an aversion to? Why do you think you feel this way?
10. What does a performer need to do to get a standing ovation from you?
Make Your Own Tests
A great way to study is to make your own tests in the same style of the tests that you will have in class. Making the tests puts you in the instructor's frame of mind and makes you think about what is important to study.
✵ Before the first test (or quiz), ask your instructor what format(s) the test will be in-true/false, multiple choice, matching, essay.
✵ Create a test in the same format(s) with questions that you think will be asked, neatly handwritten or typed. Set the test aside for a day,
✵ The next day, take the test and correct yourself. How much did you remember?
✵ Make a test for a friend, and exchange tests with each other. Did you come up with similar questions?
✵ If you examine the first in-class test, you will have a better idea of what the instructor is looking for, and then your homemade tests will be even more useful.
Name lt
Write three titles or headlines for each photograph. Use at least six of the words below in your titles or headlines. Feel free to add word endings (i.e., -s, -ing, -ly). It might help you to imagine the photograph as hanging in an art gallery, on the cover of a book, or accompanying an article in a newspaper or magazine. Your titles/headlines can be serious or humorous. Share what you have written with your classmates. Your instructor may ask the class to vote on the titles and headlines that best capture the mood or action of each photograph.
Examples
Title: Serenity in a Soda
Headline: Resourceful Parents Know When to Give Kids a Shopping Break
Vocabulary list
assurance
enable
mercenary
intermittent
berate
serenity
dependable
fruitful
aversion
implement
dour
frenzied
resourceful
intrigue
protocol
Crossword puzzle
Across
1. gloomy
3. "I'm eager to go!"
4. careful
7. trustworthy; responsible
11. a minor technical error
13. Diplomats need to learn this.
14. fondness
17. ten children in a small house, for example
18. almost existing
19. Eating hamburgers and fries daily may do this to one's health.
20. self-confidence or a promise
Down
2. "Bravo!" and "Encore!" accompanied by clapping
5. to represent
6. arrhythmia, ketosis, hemochromatosis, as examples
8. "Whatever."
9. James Bond is always involved in this.
10. "You never do anything right!"
12. for example, a meeting in a dark alley
15. to show the need for
16. "I'm fine with any of the restaurants downtown for lunch."
Use the following words to complete the crossword puzzle. Use each word once.
Vocabulary list
affinity
glitch
amiable
indicate
apathy
intrigue
assurance
omnipresent
berate
ovation
clandestine
protocol
dependable
terminology
discreet
undermine
dour
virtual
exemplify
zealous
Mix It Up
Matching Meanings
Get four to six classmates together, and make teams of two to three people. You will need two sets of flash cards. Lay out a rectangle of 25 flash cards with the words face up. Lay out another rectangle of the same 25 words with the definitions face up. (You can make larger or smaller rectangles, but it is best to have at least fifteen words, and no more than forty.) One person on a team picks up a word and tries to find the matching definition in the other rectangle. Teammates can help the person. If foe person is right, he or she gets to keep both cards. If the person is wrong, he or she returns the cards to their places. A team can keep going until it misses a match. When an the words and definitions are matched, the team with the most cards wins. This activity can also be played with pairs, or you can test yourself individually if you have two sets of flash cards (or you can write the words on slips of paper and match them to the definition side of your flash cards).
