ESL 156 - Reading and Vocabulary V » Summer 2023 » Final Exam Vocabulary Quiz 1

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Question #1
Prosper
A.   grow vigorously
B.   to succedd in material terms; be financially successful.
C.   to prosper; flourish
D.   make steady progress
Question #2
Thrive
A.   grow vigorously
B.   make steady progress
C.   to prosper; flourish
D.   extend in one or more directions
Question #3
Fly High
A.   make steady progress
B.   extend in one or more directions
C.   extend in one or more directions
D.   grow vigorously
Question #4
Flourish
A.   to prosper; flourish
B.   extend in one or more directions
C.   to succedd in material terms; be financially successful.
D.   grow vigorously
Question #5
Expand
A.   to prosper; flourish
B.   to succedd in material terms; be financially successful.
C.   extend in one or more directions
D.   make steady progress
Question #6
Boom
A.   a deep prolonged loud noise
B.   to add details to or make more complete:
C.   to make (an action or process) happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly.
D.   to make a detailed statement (often followed by on).
Question #7
Expound
A.   to make a detailed statement (often followed by on).
B.   to make (an action or process) happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly.
C.   to add details to or make more complete:
D.   to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night.
Question #8
Expedite
A.   to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night.
B.   to add details to or make more complete:
C.   to make (an action or process) happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly.
D.   a deep prolonged loud noise
Question #9
Flesh Out
A.   to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night.
B.   a deep prolonged loud noise
C.   to add details to or make more complete:
D.   to make a detailed statement (often followed by on).
Question #10
Lucubrate
A.   to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night.
B.   to make (an action or process) happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly.
C.   a deep prolonged loud noise
D.   to make a detailed statement (often followed by on).
Question #11
Dilate
A.   marked by complexity and richness of detail.
B.   a good or satisfactory condition of existence; a state characterized by health, happiness, and prosperity; welfare.
C.   the quality or state of being wise; knowledge of what is true or right coupled with just judgment as to action; sagacity, discernment, or insight.
D.   become wider.
Question #12
Elaborate
A.   to think or speculate curiously.
B.   the quality or state of being wise; knowledge of what is true or right coupled with just judgment as to action; sagacity, discernment, or insight.
C.   a good or satisfactory condition of existence; a state characterized by health, happiness, and prosperity; welfare.
D.   marked by complexity and richness of detail.
Question #13
Well-being
A.   to think or speculate curiously.
B.   a good or satisfactory condition of existence; a state characterized by health, happiness, and prosperity; welfare.
C.   the quality or state of being wise; knowledge of what is true or right coupled with just judgment as to action; sagacity, discernment, or insight.
D.   become wider.
Question #14
Wisdom
A.   marked by complexity and richness of detail.
B.   become wider.
C.   to think or speculate curiously.
D.   the quality or state of being wise; knowledge of what is true or right coupled with just judgment as to action; sagacity, discernment, or insight.
Question #15
Wonder
A.   become wider.
B.   to think or speculate curiously.
C.   marked by complexity and richness of detail.
D.   a good or satisfactory condition of existence; a state characterized by health, happiness, and prosperity; welfare.
Question #16
Epilogue
A.   supplementary material at the end of a book, article, document, or other text, usually of an explanatory, statistical, or bibliographical nature.
B.   a concluding part added to a literary, as a novel
C.   a preliminary statement in a book by the book's autho or editor, setting forth its purpose and scope, expressing acknowledgment of assistance from others, etc.
D.   a passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like; extract.
Question #17
Excerpt
A.   a preliminary statement in a book by the book's autho or editor, setting forth its purpose and scope, expressing acknowledgment of assistance from others, etc.
B.   supplementary material at the end of a book, article, document, or other text, usually of an explanatory, statistical, or bibliographical nature.
C.   a passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like; extract.
D.   a formal, printed inscription in a book, piece of music, etc., dedicating it to a person, cause, or the like.
Question #18
Preface
A.   a formal, printed inscription in a book, piece of music, etc., dedicating it to a person, cause, or the like.
B.   supplementary material at the end of a book, article, document, or other text, usually of an explanatory, statistical, or bibliographical nature.
C.   a concluding part added to a literary, as a novel
D.   a preliminary statement in a book by the book's autho or editor, setting forth its purpose and scope, expressing acknowledgment of assistance from others, etc.
Question #19
Appendix
A.   supplementary material at the end of a book, article, document, or other text, usually of an explanatory, statistical, or bibliographical nature.
B.   a formal, printed inscription in a book, piece of music, etc., dedicating it to a person, cause, or the like.
C.   a concluding part added to a literary, as a novel
D.   a passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like; extract.
Question #20
Dedication
A.   a passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like; extract.
B.   a concluding part added to a literary, as a novel
C.   a preliminary statement in a book by the book's autho or editor, setting forth its purpose and scope, expressing acknowledgment of assistance from others, etc.
D.   a formal, printed inscription in a book, piece of music, etc., dedicating it to a person, cause, or the like.
Question #21
Thinking outside the box
A.   think creatively, abandoning all preconceptions.
B.   Thinking that is not grounded or in touch with realities of the present.
C.   utilize something to the business's advantage
D.   anyone who's involved in a particular project.
Question #22
Blue-sky thinking
A.   utilize something to the business's advantage
B.   Thinking that is not grounded or in touch with realities of the present.
C.   anyone who's involved in a particular project.
D.   approaching something from the same point of view as them, with the same agreed assumptions in mind.
Question #23
Stakeholders
A.   approaching something from the same point of view as them, with the same agreed assumptions in mind.
B.   think creatively, abandoning all preconceptions.
C.   utilize something to the business's advantage
D.   anyone who's involved in a particular project.
Question #24
Leverage
A.   think creatively, abandoning all preconceptions.
B.   approaching something from the same point of view as them, with the same agreed assumptions in mind.
C.   utilize something to the business's advantage
D.   Thinking that is not grounded or in touch with realities of the present.
Question #25
On the same page
A.   anyone who's involved in a particular project.
B.   think creatively, abandoning all preconceptions.
C.   approaching something from the same point of view as them, with the same agreed assumptions in mind.
D.   Thinking that is not grounded or in touch with realities of the present.

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