Time for Review!
Now it’s time to see how you have progressed since Chapter 1 and how well you have
understood the material in this book. Complete the exercises in this chapter and then check
your answers against the answer key, which starts on this page.
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Word Relationships
Decide whether each pair of words below is roughly similar (S) in meaning, roughly opposite
(O) in meaning, or unrelated (U) to each other. Answers can be found on this page.
Set 1
1 . posthumously replete
2 . legacy posterity
3 . aptitude ineptitude
4 . vocation provocation
5 . ascertain determine
6 . assimilate isolate
7 . astute smart
8 . polarized antipodal
9 . asylum danger
10 . callous benevolent
Set 2
1 . pragmatic automatic
2 . penitent penchant
3 . proliferate grow
4 . amenable atheist
5 . prolific productive
6 . reticent reserved
7 . peripatetic traveling
8 . rudimentary sophisticated
9 . inferior subservient
10 . flaunt sagacious
Set 3
1 . invoke evoke
2 . extrovert introvert
3 . bluster shyness
4 . castigate deplore