Review Units 1-3

Vocabulary for Comprehension

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2. b
3. e
4. e
5. d
6. c
7. a
8. b
9. c
10. c
11. d
12. d
Grammar in Context
Error is listed along with the incorrect sentence. Second line is a correct sentence.
1. Sentence fragment !"e #arger a cit$ is t"e m%re tras".
The larger a city is, the more trash it produces.
2. Sentence fragment Rec$c#ing man$ items in t"e cit$ w"ere we #ive.
People are recycling many items in the city where we lie.
3. &%mma s'#ice (irb%rne di%)ins dis'erse* t"e$ event+a##$ reac" "+mans t"r%+g" t"e
f%%d c"ain.
!irborne dioxins disperse, and they eentually reach humans through the food
chain.
4. &%rrect as is ,f $%+ wis" t% create #ess waste* c%ns+mer fewer 'r%d+cts.
5. &%mma s'#ice -%t 'a$ing attenti%n t% rec$c#ing r+#es is f%%#is"* it.s a#s% against t"e
#aw.
"ot paying attention to recycling rules is foolish# it$s also against the law.
6. &%mma s'#ice /e 0n%w w"at "a''ens t% %#d news'a'ers* w"at "a''ens t% %#d train
cars and air'#anes1
%e &now what happens to old newspapers, but what happens to old train cars
and airplanes'
7. &%mma s'#ice !"at b%%0 ab%+t "%w s%me c%m'anies near 2%st%n '%##+ted a river
and made 'e%'#e in t"e neig"b%r"%%d sic0 was made int% a m%vie* did $%+ see it1
That boo& about how some companies near (oston polluted a rier and made
people in the neighborhood sic& was made into a moie. )id you see it'
Two*%ord Completions
1. d 'i#fering3e)'+#si%n
2. b dissenters34eer
3. d 'a+'er3#+crative
4. c debris3sa#vage
5. b rifts3a#tercati%ns
6. a s+rm%+nt...circ+ms'ect
7. a c%nd%ne3diss%#+te
Choosing the +ight ,eaning
1. abridge red+ce
2. cumbersome s#%w-m%ving
3. breach vi%#ati%n
4. eminent 4+tting
5. diffuse ramb#ing
!ntonyms * opposites
1. tantali-e gratif$
2. erratic c%nstant
3. unflinching wavering
4. lucratie +n'r%fitab#e
5. obesity emaciati%n
6. expulsion admissi%n
7. cherubic im'is"
8. muddle neatness
9. relin.uish 0ee'
10. condone c%ndemn
11. unbridled restrained
12. salage aband%n
13. diffuse c%ncentrate
14. fortify +ndermine
15. trite %rigina#
16. rift rec%nci#iati%n
%ord !ssociations
1. a#ien citi5en %f a f%reign c%+ntr$
2. a#tercati%n n%is$* "eated 6+arre#
3. circ+ms'ect caref+# t% c%nsider a## '%ssibi#ities
4. c%mmandeer sei5e f%r mi#itar$ '+r'%ses
5. diss%#+te #%%se in %ne.s m%ra#s %r be"avi%r
6. brigand %ne w"% #ives b$ '#+nder %r r%bber$
7. terminate bring t% a c%nc#+si%n
8. sa#vage resc+e 'r%'ert$ in danger
9. efface ma0e indistinct b$ wearing awa$
10. s+rm%+nt rise s+'eri%r t%
11. feint distract attenti%n fr%m t"e intended '%int %f attac0
12. %'ini%nated "%#ding st+bb%rn#$ t% %ne.s %wn 4+dgment
13. di#emma c"%ice between tw% +ndesirab#e c%+rses %f acti%n
14. terse wit"%+t +nnecessar$ w%rds
15. dissent differ in %'ini%n
16. f%dder s%met"ing t% be c%ns+med
17. dead#%c0 bring t% a standsti##
18. mara+der %ne w"% invades t"e territ%r$ %f an%t"er
19. c%nd%ne win0 at
20. irate c"aracteri5ed b$ anger