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No Vocabulary Meaning Note

1 promote

2 facilitate

3 paralyse

4 forbid

5 humorous

6 idiomatic

7 concise

8 clever

9 disintegrating

10 hardening

11 porous

12 empire

13 plain

14 thowaway

15 glossy

16 refined

17 victory

18 symbolically

19 haughty

20 triumphantly

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Direction: Choose the alternative that best keeps the meaning of the underlined
words or phrase.

1. Several countries in Asian ban trade in plants and animals of endangered species.
1. promise 3. paralyse
2. facilitate 4. forbid

2. Streamlined sentences can be far more effective than flowery and wordy ones.
1. humorous 3. concise
2. idiomatic 4. clever

3. By Emperor Aurangzeb’s death, his empire was crumbling away.

1. disintegrating 3. porous
2. hardening 4. icing over

4. The fancy muslin handkerchiefs of the early nineteenth century have now been seeded by
disposable paper tissues.
1. plain 3. glossy
2. throwaway 4. refined

5. Winston Churchill often ended a talk by holding his fingers aloft in a V-sign for victory.
1. high above the head 3. haughtily
2. symbolically 4. triumphantly

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Forming suffixes

Study these suffixes. Be sure that you understand what each of the words in the Example
column means before you do the exercise

Suffix Meaning Example Meaning

expendable,
able, ible capable of being
comprehendible
al relating to traditional
ance relating to alliance
ary relating to aviary
ation action provocation
cy quality potency
ence relating to complacence

er one who worker

fy make beautify
ic pertaining to atmospheric
ious full of gracious
ist person who practices psychiatrist
ity condition complexity
ize to make like stabilize
less without penniless
ment result, state contentment

Directions: From the Example column above, choose a word that best fits the following
definitions.
1. A person with no money is _______________.
2. Something that is potent has _______________.
3. The state of being content is called _______________.
4. Something capable of being comprehended is _______________.
5. A person full of grace is _______________.
6. A celebration that has become a tradition is considered _______________.
7. Two countries that are allied form a(n) _______________.

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8. The area where birds (avi) are kept is called a(n) _______________.
9. Something capable of being expended is considered _______________.
10. When weather forecasters talk about the pressure of the atmosphere, they refer to
_______________ pressure.
11. A person who practices psychiatry is a(n) _______________.
12. Someone who works is a(n) _______________.
13. If something is described as complex, we can say it has _______________.
14. When someone provokes you, we can say he or she has given you ________.
15. When you make something stable, you _______________ it.
16. A complacent person is noted for his or her _______________.
17. To make a house beautiful is to _______________ it.

Vocabulary Builder
Directions: See if you can use the suffixes given in the previous exercise to form new words.
When you have finished, check your dictionary to make sure you spelled all the words correctly.

1.Someone who employs others is a(n) _______________.

2.A person who favors conservation is a(n) _______________.
3.The condition of being sane is _______________.
4.Something giving comfort is _______________.
5.Something full of infection is _______________.
6.The result of adjusting is _______________.
7.A person without sense is _______________.
8.A person with ideals is a(n) _______________, so we can say he or she is_______________.
9.A lenient judge is noted for his _______________.
10.To commit something to memory is to _______________ it.
11.A turbulent sea is characterized by its _______________.
12.To excite intensely as if by an electric shock is to _______________ another person.

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Assignment 1
Direction: Choose the best answer.

1. Winter air cheap the skin.

1. chills 3. numbs
2. roughens 4. winkles

2. The women’s suffrage movement forged a group of leader who went on to work for the
cause.
1. impressed 3. created
2. convened 4. remonstrated with

3. Insect larvae feed voraciously to store energy and material fo later metamorphosis.
1. instantly 3. adequately
2. insatiably 4. gradually

4. Many people mistakenly think that Henry Ford developed that automobile industry onto the
American Aviation industry.
1. wrongly 3. vehemently
2. supposedly 4. wishfully

5. many high schools give sports lessons.

1. academic 3. ratites
2. athletic 4. scripture

6. The Commerce Ministry has urged that Thai private sector not to________ the tensions in
Indonesia.
1. panic at 4. attend to
2. invest in 5. attack with
3. interfere with

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7. He said the Ministry has been _________ monitoring the situation in Indonesia.
1. obviously 3. closely 5. sincerely
2. publicly 4. moderately

8. Moreover, it is believed that the Indonesia riots will not_______ Thailand’ s trade and
investment.
1. end 3. cause 5. tension
2. impact 4. influence

Odd one out

9. 1. schedule 2. program
3. timetable 4. manual 5. chart

10. 1. effective 2. adorable

3. affectionate 4. amicable 5. peaceable

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