1.Barbara McClintock won the Nobel Prize in 1983 when her ___ that genes in corn kernels could "jump" proved correct.
A.
conjecture
B.
discourse
C.
interjection
D.
precursor
2.A bright red nose is the ___ feature of the Old World monkey, the mandrill.
A.
abject
B.
desultory
C.
resilient
D.
salient
3.Be careful not to ___too much debt by overusing credit cards.
A.
assail
B.
avail
C.
incur
D.
prevail
4. Those who fall ill with tuberculosis ___ slowly, recovering after many weeks or months of treatment.
A.
accelerate
B.
convalesce
C.
exult
D.
interject
5. In 1889, Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr established Hull House in Chicago, where they offered ___ to immigrants.
A.
celerity
B.
concurrence
C.
succor
D.
valor
6. Which word is not related to speaking?
A.
avail
B.
discourse
C.
interjection
D.
voluble
7. Which word is not related to the thinking process?
A.
concur
B.
conglomeration
C.
conjecture
D.
exult
8. Which word has a root not related to movement?
A.
celerity
B.
precursor
C.
salient
D.
valor
9. Which word does not describe the feelings of a victorious hero or heroine?
A.
prevalent
B.
exultant
C.
resilient
D.
valorous
10. jacere : interject ::
A.
volvere : avail
B.
valere : convalesce
C.
salire : accelerate
D.
currere : care
11. concur : agree ::
A.
evolve : develop
B.
interject : disturb
C.
prevail : argue
D.
conjecture : mix
12. desultory : thorough ::
A.
valorous : heroic
B.
prevalent : obvious
C.
abject : miserable
D.
inflexible : resilient
13. exult : victory ::
A.
race car : celerity
B.
prevail : triumph
C.
incursion : anger
D.
evolution : change
14. The tortoise wins the race against the hare in Aesop's fable, proving that persistence is more important than ___.
A.
conglomeration
B.
discourse
C.
celerity
D.
precursor
15.Approximately one-third of the world's population lives in ___ poverty and goes to bed hungry every night.
A.
salient
B.
abject
C.
voluble
D.
discourse
16. The hot-air balloon launched by the Montgolfier brothers in 1783 was the ___ of the modern airplane.
A.
precursor
B.
conglomeration
C.
valor
D.
celerity
17.In his novel The Jungle, Upton Sinclair ___ the filth of meat-packing plants in Chicago, an attack that led to the Pure Food and Drug Act.
A.
availed
B.
abjected
C.
assailed
D.
discoursed
18. Audie Murphy's demonstrations of ___ resulted in his becoming the most decorated soldier in World War II.
A.
discourse
B.
valor
C.
salient
D.
voluble
19.Madeleine Albright's ability to ___ in five languages helped make her an international diplomat.
A.
assail
B.
abject
C.
avail
D.
discourse
20.Gertrude Stein, patron of the arts, was a(n) ___ conversationalist when artists and writers visited her Paris apartment in the 1920s and 1930s.
A.
salient
B.
voluble
C.
abject
D.
precursor