Word Power Made Easy - Norman Lewis 2014

13 How to check your progress
Part two. Gaining increased momentum

Comprehensive Test II

Session 38

IV—matching

1. is lewd and lustful

2. caters to the rich

3. is an accomplished musician

4. sneers at traditions

5. is the mother-ruler of a family tribe, or nation

6. has an irresistable urge to steal

7. is excessively patriotic

8. is a loud-mouthed woman

9. is a beginner

10. is a dabbler

a. chauvinist

b. sycophant

c. dilettante

d. iconoclast

e. lecher

f. tyro

g. virtuoso

h. termagant

i. matriarch

j. kleptomaniac

V—more matching

1. does not know whether or not God exists

2. is a criminal

3. is a connoisseur of good food

4. sets fires for revenge

5. meets adversity or pain without flinching

6. walks in his sleep

7. is obsessively addicted to drink

8. has imaginary ailments

9. compulsively sets fires

10. is a woman who is sexually insatiable

a. dipsomaniac

b. pyromaniac

c. agnostic

d. hypochondriac

e. gourmet

f. stoic

g. malefactor

h. somnambulist

i. nymphomaniac

j. incendiary

VI—recall a word

1. to make unnecessary

2. to flatter fulsomely

3. to spread slander about

4. economical in speech

5. trite and hackneyed

6. word for word

7. killing of masses of people

8. inheritance from one’s father

9. belief in many gods

10. a person aggressively fighting for a cause

11. sincere; valid; in good faith

12. babbling ceaselessly about trivia (adj.)

13. to speak to oneself, as in a play

14. masterpiece

15. unselfish; not revengeful

16. able to walk after being bedridden

17. inability to fall asleep

18. morbid fear of heights

19. the killing of one’s brother

20. opposite in meaning (adj.)

21. “joy of life”

22. to rob of life or vigor

23. inexperience, unsophistication

24. scrupulously careful in the observance of proper procedure

25. clear, understandable (of style or language)

26. wary, cautious, watchful

27. a backward look

28. all of one mind (adj.)

29. uncomplaining in face of pain, misfortune, or emotional difficulties (adj.)

30. between cities (adj.)

1. О ...

2. A ...

3. M ...

4. L ...

5. В ...

6. V ...

7. G ...

8. P ...

9. P ...

10. M ...

11. В ... F ...

12. G ...

13. S ...

14. M ... О ...

15. M ...

16. A ...

17. I ...

18. A ...

19. F ...

20. A ...

21. J ... D ... V ...

22. D ...

23. N ...

24. P ...

25. P ...

26. C ...

27. R ...

28. U ...

29. S ...

30. I ...

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

I

1-to write, 2-equal, 3-bad, evil, 4-to say or tell, 5-to wish, 6-to do or make, 7-good, well, 8-faith, 9-to give, 10-night, 11-horse, 12-balance, pound, 13-to be silent, 14-to speak, 15-alone, 16-belly, 17-big, large, great, 18-word, 19-to roll, 20-mind, 21-back, 22-voice, 23-to bear or carry, 24-to walk, 25-sleep

Your score: ...

II

1-to show, 2-man, male, 3-father, 4-name, 5-the same, 6-sound, 7-to rule, 8-mother, 9-to kill, killing, 10-person, 11-wife, 12-husband, 13-fire, 14-God, 15-to live, 16-to believe, 17-to pierce sharply, 18-one, 19-to tremble, 20-spark, 21-city, 22-country (countryside), 23-knowledge, 24-all, 25-all

Your score: ...

III

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

Your score: ...

IV

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

Your score: ...

V

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

Your score: ...

VI

1-obviate, 2-adulate, 3-malign, 4-laconic, 5-banal, 6-verbatim, 7-genocide, 8-patrimony, 9-polytheism, 10-militant, 11-bona fide, 12-garrulous, 13-soliloquize, 14-magnum opus, 15-magnanimous, 16-ambulatory, 17-insomnia, 18-acrophobia, 19-fratricide, 20-antonymous, 21-joie de vivre, 22-devitalize, 23-naivete, 24-punctilious, 25-perspicuous, 26-circumspect, 27-retrospect, 28-unanimous, 29-stoical, 30-interurban

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.

You might turn back for a moment to Chapter 8, in which you recorded your score on the first Comprehensive Test Did you do better this time? Let’s make a record of both scores at this point for the sake of comparison and to give you a mark to shoot at in the Comprehensive Test you will take in Chapter 17.

Scores

Test I (Chapter 8): ... out of 120

Test II (Chapter 13): ... out of 120

(End of Session 38)