Reading Academic Vocabulary Practice Test

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• Which term matches the definition 'the answer or solution to the problem or struggle'?
• Subsequent describes events that occur when?
• An inference is a conclusion drawn from ...
• Which word is a part of speech that can express action?
• To summarize a passage, you should which of the following?
• In the sentence 'The dog barks loudly', which part of speech is 'barks'?
• What does 'denote' mean in scholarly writing?
• The verb 'depict' most nearly means to ...
• Which term describes 'the backdrop of a narrative, including place and era'?
• Which term describes selecting a smaller group from a larger population for study?
• Which term describes words that indicate relationships between ideas, such as examples, also, and however?
• A short retelling of the main ideas in a longer piece of writing such as a book, essay, or movie.
• Having qualities in common or being nearly but no exactly the same.
• Which term refers to 'the answer or solution to the problem or struggle'?
• Which term means the reason something happened?
• In general, which word class is used to express action or state of being?
• Which term describes a short group of words without a subject and a verb?
• The term empirical is best described as information derived from what source?
• Which term is used for the central message or meaning of a story?
• Which term describes a basic unit that can stand alone and has meaning?
• What term is a word that is added to the beginning of the root?
• Which statement about a hypothesis is most accurate?
• Which term shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence?
• What term describes a series of steps that must be taken in order to do something?
• Which of the following is a past tense form of a verb?
• Which option is a verb in base form?
• Which term describes a verb that expresses possibility when paired with another verb?
• The word 'congruent' conveys what kind of relationship?
• Which term best matches: a word that means the same as another word?
• Which term matches the definition 'any person, animal, or figure represented in a story'?
• The word implicit is best described as
• Which term best matches the definition: a cause or explanation for an action, opinion, or belief?
• If a standard is normative, it is
• Which term refers to the way the problem is solved?
• Which term describes a sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause?
• Which term best fits the definition: stories, poems, plays, and other written work that people consider to have cultural value?
• Which term means to tell someone what something or someone is like, or to give an account of something in words?
• Which term describes the specific details that support the main idea?
• Which term denotes the subject matter being discussed or written about?
• Which term describes the central point that a paragraph or passage is trying to convey?
• Which term best matches the definition: hints found within a sentence, a paragraph, or a passage that a reader can use to help understand unfamiliar words?
• Which term refers to a word that has the same spelling as another word but a different meaning and pronunciation?
• The term pedantic best describes someone who is ...
• Which term refers to a verb typically used with another verb to indicate possibility?
• Which type of sentence makes a statement, provides information, or states a fact?
• If a source is "credible," it is ...
• Which word means 'to indicate or designate'?
• Choose the option that is a verb.
• Which term denotes an obstacle or something that has gone wrong and needs to be fixed?
• Which type of data is "quantitative"?
• Explicit meaning is best described as?
• Which term refers to figurative language that makes imaginative comparisons such as similes and metaphors?
• Which of these is not a verb form?
• To correlate generally means to which of the following?
• What is the term for a sentence that has at least two independent clauses joined by a comma, semicolon, or conjunction?
• Which term refers to a story acted out?
• A systematic error that biases results in a particular direction is called ...
• What term refers to a basic word with no prefix or suffix added?
• Which term describes summarizing the main ideas of a larger work?
• What does the verb collocate mean?
• Which of the following is NOT a verb?
• Which term matches the definition 'a conclusion or educated guess that you use your text and schema to create the conclusion'?
• Which term denotes the sequence in which events are arranged in time?
• Which pronoun ends in -self or -selves?
• Which term describes a word that talks about place, time, or reason for something, reflecting the three w's: where, when, and why?
• Which term matches the definition 'very clear'?
• Which term describes the shortened form of a word or phrase formed by omitting letters and adding an apostrophe?
• To corroborate an argument is to ...
• To tell someone what something or someone is like, or to give an account of something in words.
• What term describes something that follows order, or a certain sequence?
• Which term describes 'the parts of a story that build the plot'?
• An 'anomalous' result is best described as?
• Which term describes the consistency of results across repeated trials?
• Which term matches the definition 'your background knowledge'?
• The verb delineate means to ...
• Which term best matches the definition: What the passage is mostly about?
• Which term refers to a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun?
• The adjective fraught often describes situations that are ...
• In research, empirical evidence is primarily derived from
• The property of being practical and focused on real-world applications is called...
• Which term means trying to find the meaning of a passage/text?
• Which term denotes the lesson or message of a story?
• Which term refers to a word that joins words or word groups together?
• Which term means the reason why something happened?
• To deduce means to
• Which term refers to 'any person, animal, or figure represented in a story'?
• In academic context, 'synthesize' means to ...
• Which term describes a figure of speech that makes a comparison not literally true to create an image?
• Which term refers to the relative pronoun used to introduce a relative clause (who, which, that, whom, whose)?
• Which term describes a struggle or obstacle faced by characters in a story?
• Which term identifies the punctuation used to enclose direct quotes?
• Which of the following is an example of a verb?
• Which of the following best defines paradigm in an academic context?
• Which term best matches the definition: Important details in a story that support the main idea?
• To paraphrase a sentence means to ...
• Which term describes a certain type of literature (for example, fiction or fantasy)?
• Which term means to present the main points concisely?
• Which term describes something we take for granted without proof?
• Which statement correctly contrasts correlation with causation?
• Which sentence uses a verb?
• The adjective 'normative' is used to describe standards that are ...
• Which term refers to the way a story is organized?
• Which term best matches the definition: the subject of a passage?
• Which concept concerns whether a measure truly reflects what it intends to measure?
• Which term describes a word that has the opposite meaning of another word?
• Which term best describes a fictional work that is not true in fact but is invented?
• Which term refers to a word that replaces a noun?
• In research, methodology most accurately refers to
• Which term means present everywhere?
• An inference is best defined as which of the following?
• Which word means to describe or portray precisely?
• A person's beliefs, feelings, or thoughts about something.
• What is the term for the reasoning or justification for a course of action?
• Which term is used to describe a word that connects two independent clauses and expresses relationships like addition, contrast, or choice?
• Which sentence contains a verb?
• Which term describes a sentence that makes a statement or provides information?
• Which term describes the past, present, or future tense of the verb?
• Which term refers to the relationship between an action or event and the results that follow?
• Which term refers to the act of describing something in detail?
• Which term refers to a story from the past believed to be true but cannot be proven?
• The subject of a conversation, speech, essay or book.
• What term refers to a word that takes the place of a noun?
• Which term refers to a word that is spelled and pronounced the same as another word, but has a different meaning?
• Which term best matches the definition: a word that means the same as other words?
• Which term refers to the organization or structure of a text?
• The adjective 'ubiquitous' means something is ...
• Which term matches the definition 'The time and place of a story'?
• The word "tenet" means a fundamental...
• Which term refers to a word part added to the end of a root word?
• What does the term mitigate most nearly mean?
• Which term refers to a series of events that make up a story?
• Which term matches the definition 'something that happens in the story'?
• The word 'arbitrary' often suggests judgments made...
• Which term describes an action or state of being?
• Which term would you use to describe a hint within text used to understand unfamiliar words?
• A nexus in academic writing is best described as which of the following?
• In linguistics, what does collocation refer to?
• Which word means to portray or represent?
• Which term represents the outcome produced by an action or event?
• The word esoteric is used for knowledge that is ...
• The verb conceive in research contexts most nearly means to ...
• The term rationale refers to ...
• A theory that is coherent is described as being
• Which term means telling the most important part of the text in your own words?
• Which term describes something that shares many features with another but is not identical?
• Which term describes something arranged in order of time?
• Which term means to restate the main points of a text in your own words?
• Which term describes words that have more than one syllable?
• The quality of obtaining consistent results across repeated trials is called what?
• Which term is a story about how the world was created and why certain things happen?
• What describes a group of words that begin with a preposition and end with a noun, pronoun or noun phrase?
• Which term describes 'something that happens in the story'?
• Which term refers to a book that tells a made up story?
• Annotate a text means to ...
• Which term refers to a group of words that share a common pattern of letters, sounds, or have a similar meaning or root word?
• Which term is a traditional story from the past that people believe to be true but cannot be proven?
• What term describes a word that is added to the beginning of the root?
• Which word best describes a person who is overly focused on formal rules or minute details?
• A coherent argument is best described as
• To 'juxtapose' two ideas means to place them how?
• Which sentence uses a verb to express action?
• Which term matches the definition 'Parts of a story that build the plot (characters, problem, solutions, themes, settings)'?
• Which term matches the definition 'details that relate to the problem or the solution of the story'?
• Which term best describes a source that is credible?
• The verb conflate means to ...
• The result of an event or situation that is caused by something else.
• When you infer from data, you ...
• Which term indicates the main argument or position?
• Which term describes a person's attitude or stand on a particular subject?
• Which term means to describe in detail?
• What is the fundamental belief or principle that guides an argument or theory?
• An assumption is something we ...
• Which term describes a sentence that expresses a complete thought and includes a subject and a predicate?
• An anomalous result is best described as
• Which term includes a noun and describes it?
• Which term denotes the shortened form of a word by omitting letters and using an apostrophe?
• The adjective constrained means something is ...
• Which term is a word that connects a subordinate clause to a main clause and provides extra information about a noun? Examples: who, which, that, whom, and whose?
• Which term is used for a basic statement that provides information?
• A paradigm shift is best described as which of the following?
• What term means a person, place, or thing?
• To juxtapose two ideas means to place them
• In the sentence 'They dance together', which word is the verb?
• The process of selecting a subset from a population for study is called ...
• Which data type would you classify customer satisfaction as?
• Which term best matches the definition: something that is true?
• Which term best matches the definition: the features in nonfiction that help locate important parts of the text?
• Which term refers to groups of words that share a common root or meaning?
• An inference is a conclusion drawn from ...
• Which term describes the problem or struggle in a story?
• Which term is defined as the main argument or position?
• Which term best matches the definition: a story about how the world was created and why things happen?
• Which term means the smallest unit of meaning within a word?
• Which term describes a sentence that expresses a complete thought and is made up of a subject and predicate (verb)?
• Which statement best defines a verb?
• The term 'derive' in research often means to ...
• What term means a group of letters that can stand alone and has meaning?
• Which term describes a sentence in which the exact words spoken are reproduced in speech marks?
• To 'deduce' means to ...
• Which type of data is "qualitative"?
• A hypothesis is which of the following?
• Which term describes the act of combining two or more things into one, often causing confusion?
• Which term matches the definition 'proof taken directly from the text, supports your answer'?
• Which term describes a word part added to the end of a root word to modify its meaning?
• Which term describes a prefix or suffix?
• A person's attitude or stance on a particular subject.
• Which term refers to knowledge intended for or understood by a small, specialized group?
• Which category includes words that contain more than one syllable?
• The difference between 'implicit' and 'explicit' is that 'implicit' means?
• Which term best matches the definition: a group of words that work together in a sentence but does not contain a subject and a verb?