LUYỆN từ VỰNG TIẾNG ANH 17 how to check your progress comprehensive test III (session 47)

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HOW TO CHECK YOUR PROGRESS
Comprehensive Test III


SESSION 47
I—etymology
ROOT

  1. uo
EXAMPLE   a

MEANING

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uent

  2. pheme

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EXAMPLE   euphemism

  3. platys

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EXAMPLE   platitude

  4. felis

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EXAMPLE   feline

  5. piscis

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EXAMPLE   piscine

  6. nostos

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EXAMPLE   nostalgia

  7. kakos

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EXAMPLE   cacophony

  8. carnis

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EXAMPLE   carnivorous

  9. voro

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EXAMPLE   voracious

10. omnis

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EXAMPLE   omnivorous

11. potens, potentis

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EXAMPLE   impotent

12. ubique

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EXAMPLE   ubiquity

13. lupus

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EXAMPLE   lupine

14. doleo

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EXAMPLE   dolorous

15. porcus

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EXAMPLE   porcine

16. thanatos

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EXAMPLE   euthanasia

17. canis

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EXAMPLE   canine

18. vulpus

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EXAMPLE   vulpine

19. algos

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EXAMPLE   nostalgic

20. odyne
EXAMPLE   anodyne

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21. logos

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EXAMPLE   eulogy

22. sciens, scientis

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EXAMPLE   omniscient

23. ursus

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EXAMPLE   ursine

24. phone

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EXAMPLE   euphonious

25. penuria

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EXAMPLE   penury

II—more etymology
ROOT, PREFIX

  1. nervus

MEANING

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EXAMPLE   enervate

  2. ergon

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EXAMPLE   energy

  3. nego

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EXAMPLE   negation

  4. caput, capitis

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EXAMPLE   decapitate

  5. capitulum
EXAMPLE   recapitulate

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  6. vegeto

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EXAMPLE   vegetate

  7. simulo

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EXAMPLE   simulate

  8. similis

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EXAMPLE   similarity

  9. levis

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EXAMPLE   alleviate

10. intimus
EXAMPLE   intimate

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(v.)

11. miser

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EXAMPLE   commiserate

12. vacillo

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EXAMPLE   vacillate

13. ambi-

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EXAMPLE   ambivalent

14. oscillum

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EXAMPLE   oscillate

15. sequor, secutus

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EXAMPLE   obsequious

16. queror

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EXAMPLE   querulous

17. cilium

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EXAMPLE   supercilious

18. super-

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EXAMPLE   superior

19. strepo

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EXAMPLE   obstreperous

20. pecus

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EXAMPLE   impecunious

21. equus

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EXAMPLE   equine

22. caballus (caval-)

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EXAMPLE   cavalier

23. loquor, locutus

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EXAMPLE   circumlocution

24. cado

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EXAMPLE   decadence

25. vanesco
EXAMPLE   evanescent

III—same or opposite?
penury—a uence
SAME      OPPOSITE
vicarious—secondhand
SAME      OPPOSITE
ephemeral—evanescent

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SAME      OPPOSITE

badinage—persi age
SAME      OPPOSITE
cacophony—euphony
SAME      OPPOSITE

clandestine—surreptitious
SAME      OPPOSITE
parsimonious—extravagant
SAME      OPPOSITE
indigent—opulent
SAME      OPPOSITE
destitute—impecunious
SAME      OPPOSITE
euphemistic—indirect
SAME      OPPOSITE
cliché—bromide
SAME      OPPOSITE
platitudinous—original
SAME      OPPOSITE
voracious—gluttonous
SAME      OPPOSITE
omniscient—ignorant
SAME      OPPOSITE
omnipresent—ubiquitous
SAME      OPPOSITE
carnal—libidinous
SAME      OPPOSITE
carnage—slaughter
SAME      OPPOSITE
enervated—exhilarated
SAME      OPPOSITE
castigate—condone


SAME      OPPOSITE

simulate—pretend
SAME      OPPOSITE
IV—matching
WORDS

DEFINITIONS

  1. alleviating

a. excessively polite or servile

  2. cavalier (adj.)

b. gaunt, corpselike

  3. vacillating

c. noisy

  4. obsequious

d. poisonous

  5. querulous

e. highhanded

  6. obstreperous

f. sad

  7. innocuous

g. nagging; complaining

  8. cadaverous

h. harmless

  9. dolorous

i. soothing

10. noxious

j. constantly changing one’s mind

V—more matching
  1. condolence

a. a rising into the air

  2. decadent

b. harsh sound

  3. levity

c. powerlessness

  4. levitation

d. a return to life in a new form

  5. surreptitious

e. devouring all; eating


everything
  6. cacophony

f. expression of sympathy

  7. reincarnation

g. cowlike; phlegmatic; stolid

  8. omnivorous

h. morally deteriorating

  9. impotence

i. joking

10. bovine

j. stealthy; secret

VI—recall a word
lionlike
  1. L__________________
doglike
  2. C__________________
catlike
  3. F__________________
piglike
  4. P__________________
foxlike
  5. V__________________
bearlike
  6. U__________________
horselike
  7. E__________________
all-powerful
  8. O__________________
in the esh
  9. I__________________
to stagnate
10. V__________________
secret


11. C__________________
meat-eating (adj.)
12. C__________________
lasting a very short time
13. E__________________

stingy; tight- sted
14. P__________________
or P__________________
feeling contradictory ways at the same time (adj.)
15. A__________________
speech of praise
16. E__________________
a feeling of well-being, both physical and emotional
17. E__________________
statement intended to allay pain or anxiety
18. A__________________
mercy death
19. E__________________
science of speech sounds
20. P__________________
all-powerful
21. O__________________
to give in; to stop resisting
22. C__________________
a working together for greater e ect
23. S__________________
or S__________________
to behead
24. D__________________
relating to, pertaining to, or involving money (adj.)
25. P__________________
harmless
26. I__________________

tending to drink a lot (adj.)
27. B__________________
to express sympathy; to share su ering, pain, or grief (with)
28. C__________________
or C__________________
snobbish; contemptuous; haughty; arrogant
29. S__________________
mounted soldiers
30. C__________________


KEY:  A correct answer counts one point. Score your points for each
part of the test, then add for a total.
I
1–to ow, 2–voice, 3– at, broad, 4–cat, 5– sh, 6–a return, 7–harsh,
bad, ugly, 8– esh, 9–to devour, 10–all, 11–powerful, 12–
everywhere, 13–wolf, 14–to su er, grieve, 15–pig, 16–death, 17–
dog, 18–fox, 19–pain, 20–pain, 21–word, speech, 22–knowing, 23–
bear, 24–sound, 25–want, neediness
Your score: __________________
II
1–nerve, 2–work, 3–to deny, 4–head, 5–little head, chapter heading,
6–to live and grow, 7–to copy, 8–like, similar, 9–light, 10–
innermost, 11–wretched, 12–to swing back and forth, 13–both, 14–a
swing, 15–to follow, 16–to complain, 17–eyelid, 18–above, 19–to
make a noise, 20–cattle, 21–horse, 22–(inferior) horse, 23–to speak,
24–to fall, 25–to vanish
Your score: __________________
III
1–O, 2–S, 3–S, 4–S, 5–O, 6–S, 7–O, 8–O, 9–S, 10–S, 11–S, 12–O, 13–

S, 14–O, 15–S, 16–S, 17–S, 18–O, 19–O, 20–S
Your score: __________________
IV
1–i, 2–e, 3–j, 4–a, 5–g, 6–c, 7–h, 8–b, 9–f, 10–d
Your score: __________________
V
1–f, 2–h, 3–i, 4–a, 5–j, 6–b, 7–d, 8–e, 9–c, 10–g


Your score: __________________
VI
1–leonine, 2–canine, 3–feline, 4–porcine, 5–vulpine, 6–ursine, 7–
equine, 8–omnipotent, 9–incarnate, 10–vegetate, 11–clandestine,
12–carnivorous, 13–ephemeral, 14–penurious or parsimonious, 15–
ambivalent, 16–eulogy, 17–euphoria, 18–anodyne, 19–euthanasia,
20–phonetics, 21–omnipotent, 22–capitulate, 23–synergism or
synergy, 24–decapitate, 25–pecuniary, 26–innocuous, 27–bibulous,
28–condole or commiserate, 29–supercilious, 30–cavalry
Your score: __________________
Your total score: __________________
Signi cance of Your Total Score:
100–120:

Masterly

80–99:

Good

65–79:

Average

50–64:

Barely acceptable

35–49:

Poor

0–34:

Terrible!

Record your score in the appropriate space below as well as your
scores from Chapters 8 and 13. You will then have a comparison
chart of all three achievement tests.
SCORES

TEST I (Chapter 8):

__________________ out of 120.

TEST II (Chapter 13):

__________________ out of 120.


TEST III (Chapter 17):

__________________ out of 120.
(End of Session 47)