loadingUnit test 3
Part I: Vocabulary and Structure
Section A: Choose the best way to complete the sentences.
1. Throughout history, many people have attempted to find the _____ secret to success,
but relatively few have actually done it.
a. elusive b. evasive c. illusory d. eloquent
2. It was hard for Cynthia to remain uninvolved with the controversy since she is such a
_____ part of the company.
a. visibility b. risible c. visible d. visibly
3. \
everything to be at your _____.\
a. dispose b. disposal c. disposing d. disposed
4. The mountain climbers demonstrated a(n) _____ feat of selflessness when they turned
around to help an injured stranger.
a. advantageous b. gorgeous c. outrageous d. courageous
5. Many movie stars are notorious for wearing excessive amounts of expensive _____.
a. jewellery b. jewels c. jewelers d. jewelling
6. Her novel successfully _____ an entire generation of young women to believe they
could be whatever they wanted.
a. emboldened b. embittered c. empowered d. embroidered
7. I'm not really a _____ of pop culture trends, so can you explain that reference to
me?
a. flower b. follower c. fellow
d. fallowing
8. We just moved into town so we're still a little _____.
a. unsettling b. settlers c. settled d. unsettled
9. The movie is fantastic, but you'll need to _____ your disbelief toward the end.
a. upend b. suspend c. depend d. misspend
10. Don't _____ Jack's determination to do whatever it takes to win.
a. underestimate b. overestimate c. estimate d. misestimate
11. As judge, I _____ over this courtroom and have the final say on all matters.
a. preside b. reside c. presume d. resume
12. Please stay back! This is a _____ area!
a. constricted b. districted c. restricted d. unrestricted
13. The moon shone down and cast a _____ glow over the entire field.
a. luminosity b. luminous c. luminal d. luminously
14. The state dinner is a _____ affair, so please dress appropriately.
a. distinctive b. respectable c. dramatic d. formal
15. Stock prices rose _____ after the company publically announced its new product.
a. dramatically b. magically c. loosely d. exclusively
16. The colonists began to form a _____ in response to the unfair taxes.
a. rebel
b. rebellion c. rebellious d. rebelling
17. After striking the iceberg, the ship quickly sank into the _____ depths.
a. skinny b. preppy c. murky d. baggy
18. I'm not a good typist, so I find it easier to _____ all of my emails.
a. dictate b. elucidate c. explicate d. exacerbate
19. To accommodate increased traffic, city planners are going to expand the _____of the
highway.
a. length b. height c. depth d. width
20. Let's be proactive and do something instead of just watching the situation _____.
a. ameliorate b. collaborate