Word Power Made Easy - Norman Lewis 2014

8 How to check your progress
Part one. Getting off to a good start

Comprehensive Test I

Session 18

If you have worked diligently thus far, you have:

1. Become acquainted, or perhaps reacquainted, with approximately 300-350 expressive words—

2. Learned scores of important Latin and Greek prefixes, roots, and suffixes—

3. Set up valuable habits of self-discipline and self-directed learning—

4. Explored your attitudes toward grammar and current usage, meanwhile erasing any confusion you may once have felt about specific problems of correctness in your use of words—

5. And, finally, taken good, long steps toward your ultimate goal, namely, the development of a better, richer, more expressive—in short, superior—vocabulary.

Here is your chance both to review and to check your learning.

(Bear in mind that without careful and periodic review, a significant amount of learning is lost.)

Methods of scoring your achievement on this test, and the meaning of your results, will be explained at the end of the chapter.

IV matching

I

1. dislikes women

2. is pathologically self-interested

3. studies the development of the human race

4. is an expert on insects

5. collects books

6. mounts and stuffs animal skins

7. is an eye doctor

8. is a student of linguistics

9. has “split off“ from reality

10. commits antisocial acts without guilt or pangs of conscience

II

a. entomologist

b. taxidermist

c. egomaniac

d. bibliophile

e. ophthalmologist

f. psychopath

g. philologist

h. anthropologist

i. psychotic

j. misogynist

V more matching

I

1. delivers babies

2. treats female ailments

3. treats infants

4. treats skin diseases

5. treats skeletal deformities

6. is a heart specialist

7. treats mental or emotional disturbances

8. treats disorders of the nervous system

9. treats minor ailments of - the feet

10. treats ailments of the gums

II

a. pediatrician

b. cardiologist

c. psychiatrist

d. podiatrist

e. dermatologist

f. periodontist

g. obstetrician

h. neurologist

i. orthopedist

j. gynecologist

VI recall a word

1. ruthless; without conscience

2. suspiciously fluent or smooth

3. outstandingly bad; vicious

4. out of place

5. study of the family tree; specialty of tracing ancestry

6. science of heredity

7. in correct order of time

8. socially awkward

9. record of heart action

10. equally skillful with both the right and left hand

11. social scientist who deals with the problems of aging

12. extrasensory perception

13. branch of dentistry specializing in the care of children’s teeth

14. blood-pressure apparatus

15. growing old (adj.)

16. palm reader

17. that which arouses sexual desire

18. representation of the whole

19. diseased; pertaining to the study of disease (adj.)

20. measurement of time

21. hostility; strong dislike; aversion

22. to occur, or cause to occur, at the same time or rate

23. ignorant

24. knowledge of an occurrence beforehand

25. enjoying being with the herd; liking companionship

26. to identify strongly with the feelings of another

27. instrument to measure atmospheric pressure

28. to separate from the herd

29. possessed of shapely buttocks

30. ugly, illegible handwriting

1. U ...

2. G ...

3. E ...

4. I ...

5. G ...

6. G ...

7. C ...

8. G ...

9. C ...

10. A ...

11. G ...

12. T ...

13. P ...

14. S ...

15. S ...

16. C ...

17. A ...

18. E ...

19. P ...

20. C ...

21. A ...

22. S ...

23. N ...

24. P ...

25. G ...

26. E ...

27. В ...

28. S ...

29. C ...

30. C ...

Key: A correct answer counts one point. Score your points for each part of the test, then add for a total.

I

1-1, self, 2-to hate, 3-marriage, 4-woman, 5-skin, 6-straight, correct, 7-mind, soul, spirit, 8-nerve, 9-science, study, 10—life, 11-view, sight, vision, 12-pain, 13-leading, 14-foot, 15-child, 16-people, 17-eye, 18-medical healing, 19-measurement, 20-old age, 21-body, 22-disease, 23-tooth, 24-foot, 25-hand

Your score: ...

II

1-to write, 2-beauty, 3-buttock, 4-harsh, ugly, bad, 5-old, 6-mankind, 7-star, 8-sailor, 9-earth, 10-animal, 11-tongue, 12-tolove, 13-book, 14-self, 15-companion, 16-known, 17-highest, 18-old, 19-birth (beginning, origin), 20-time, 21-feeling, 22-herd, flock, 23-knowing, 24-all, 25-law, order, arrangement

Your score: ...

III

1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-S, 5-S, 6-S, 7-S, 8-0, 9-0, 10-0, 11-S, 12-0, 13-0, 14-0, 15-S, 16-0, 17-S, 18-0, 19-S, 20-0

Your score: ...

IV

1-j, 2-c, 3-h, 4-a, 5-d, 6-b, 7-e, 8-g, 9-i, 10-f

Your score: ...

V

1-g, 2—j, 3-a, 4-e, 5-i, 6-b, 7-c, 8-h, 9-d, 10-f

Your score: ...

VI

1-unconscionable, 2-glib, 3-egregious, 4-incongruous, 5-genealogy, 6-genetics, 7-chronological, 8-gauche, 9-cardiogram, 10-ambidextrous, 11-gerontologist, 12-telepathy, 13-pedodontia, 14-sphygmomanometer, 15-senescent, 16-chlromancer, 17-aphrodisiac, 18-epitome, 19-pathological, 20-chronometry, 21-antipathy, 22-synchronize, 23-nescient, 24-prescience, 25-gregarious, 26-empathize, 27-barometer, 28-segregate, 29-callipygian, 30-cacography

Your score: ...

Your total score: ...

Significance of Your Total Score:

100-120: Masterly work; you are ready to move right along.

80- 99: Good work; this review was useful to you.

65-79: Average work; you’re getting a good deal out of your study, but perhaps you should review thoroughly after each session.

50-64: Barely acceptable; work harder.

35-49: Poor; further review is suggested before you go on.

0- 34: You can do much better if you really try; continue with firmer resolve and more determination.