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Vocab Workshop Unit 5 Summative Assessment

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30 questions
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I. Using context clues and the vocab term given, choose the option that best completes the sentence.

The word radiant BEST COMPLETES which sentence below?

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The word substantial BEST COMPLETES which sentence below?

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The word entreat BEST COMPLETES which sentence below?

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The word iota BEST COMPLETES which sentence below?

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The word potential BEST COMPLETES which sentence below?

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The word consolidate BEST COMPLETES which sentence below?

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The word anecdote BEST COMPLETES which sentence below?

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The word uncertainty BEST COMPLETES which sentence below?

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The word docile BEST COMPLETES which sentence below?

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The word dominate BEST COMPLETES which sentence below?

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II. Choose the definition that most nearly matches the word in boldface.

The word: fallible

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The word: anecdote

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The word: fugitive

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The word: maul

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III. Using context clues, select the word that best completes the sentence.

The Florida Times Union, Friday, October 23, 2020, headline news reported: "Good News: 'Superheroes' fight _____ windows, make kids smile." This story is in reference to superhero window-washers, who are delighting the attention of adolescent patients at Nemours Children’s Specialty Care in San Marco.

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According to a news article published in the fall of 2020, a columnist admits to being ____ about looking forward to the changing of the seasons and admits, “Give me a few days of cold—long enough to feel icy toes or the barest of shivers down my spine—and chances are I’ll be wishing for warmer days.”

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Pittwire, the University of Pitttsburgh’s news outlet, ran an article on March 19, 2021, under the headline “_______ Rules as March Madness Begins.” The editorial elaborated, “Picking a March Madness bracket is hard in the best of years, but what will the insecurity of COVID bring to the 2021 NCAA basketball tournaments? COVID-19 canceled the 2020 NCAA Division I basketball tournaments and while March Madness has returned this spring, the ongoing pandemic has modified the matchups, following a complicated 2021 season.”

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Reuters, Wire Service Content, reported on March 16, 2021, “Dutch authorities on Tuesday said that the fallout for the Netherlands from a hack on Microsoft Corp’s Exchange was ________, with at least 1,200 Dutch servers likely to have been affected." Furthermore, "'The National Cyber Security Centre observes that, as a result of vulnerabilities, data is being stolen, malware is placed, back doors are being built in and mailboxes are offered for sale on the black market, the government cyber security watchdog said, urging companies to run updates.' The Dutch watchdog's comments follow warnings from authorities in the United States and Europe about major weaknesses found in Microsoft's Exchange Server software.”

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On March 16, 2021, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) published findings in a March 16, 2021, news release stating, “Ultrasound has ____ to damage coronaviruses." The press release clarified, "A new study by researchers in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering suggests that coronaviruses are possibly vulnerable to ultrasound vibrations, within the frequencies used in medical diagnostic imaging. Simulations show ultrasound waves at medical imaging frequencies can cause the virus’ shell and spikes to collapse and rupture."

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Marc Siegel M.D., medical director of Doctor Radio at NYU Langone Health, wrote a recent article titled “The ____ of Memory,” in which he states, “Each time we remember something we are reconstructing a past event, and this reconstruction isn’t entirely reliable. Memory adapts and changes to fit the expectations of a person’s latest experience, but it is not always completely accurate, even if we are positive that it is."

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According to a 2021 report published by the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan American think tank based in Washington, D.C., "Roughly seven-in-ten self-described urban residents (72%) say their local news media mainly cover the area they live in, while a majority of those who describe themselves as ____ residents (68%) say the opposite is true – their local news media mostly cover some other area. Yet, residents living in the country express the same level of desire as urban and suburban residents for getting news from journalists who are personally engaged in their communities."

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Although students are instructed not to _____ with the computer's settings, regularly they do so anyway.

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It is the ______ goal of an entrepreneur to search for change, respond to it, and finally develop it as an opportunity.

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The office manager was _____ in the polite way she handled the employees' odor problems.

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Even though we are all _____ to some degree, the most successful people have learned how to rise above their weaknesses.

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IV. Vocabulary in Context: Informational Text

Read the following passage, in which some of the words you have studied in this unit appear in boldface type. Complete each statement by choosing the letter of the correct answer.


The meaning of rural as used in paragraph 1 above is

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Potential in paragraph 2 above most nearly means

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Uncertainty found in paragraph 3 above cannot be defined as

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The meaning of counterfeit as stated in paragraph 3 above is

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In paragraph 4 above, ultimate most nearly means