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Complete each sentence with one of the following words from the list. dismay            satiate              reverie             wayward         unfathomable  uncanny           defuse             sententious     callous            blot When he is not delivering …………….commonplaces or indulging in heavy whimsy, he makes an agreeable guide.

Four components of effective outlines are parallelism, coordination, subordination, decision.

True or False? Today’s pandemic also reverberates with the same kind of grievous assumptions and misperceptions that Jason saw after Carson’s death by suicide.   The above sentence is an example of compound sentence.

With all of these elements competing for attention, one might expect the Manor to be an over-the-top, ostentatious bag – but it’s really quite the opposite, since only a few of these details are incorporated in a Manor bag at one time. The above sentence is an example of a complex sentence.

If an organization decides to relegate a critical decision to a subcommittee, it could be interpreted as:a) Delegating important responsibility to a group with more expertise.b) Avoiding responsibility and pushing decisions to a lower level.c) Taking full responsibility for the decision and not involving others.d) Opening up the decision-making process to a broader range of stakeholders.  

Choose  the sentence that best expresses the implied main idea of each of the following paragraph. 1Are men also victims of domestic violence? 2Some women do abuse and even kill their partners. 3Approximately 12 percent of men reported that their wives had engaged in physically aggressive behavior against them in the past year—nearly the same percentage of claims reported by women. 4The difference between male and female batterers is twofold. 5First, although their frequency may be similar, their impact is drastically different: women are typically injured in domestic incidents two to three times more often than are men. 6These injuries tend to be more severe and result in significantly more deaths. 7Women do engage in moderate aggression, such as pushing and shoving, at rates almost equal to those of men. 8But severe aggression that is likely to land a victim in the hospital is almost always male against female. 9Second, a woman who is physically abused by a man is generally intimidated by him; she fears that he will use his power and control over her in some fashion. 10Men, however, generally report that they do not live in fear of their wives.

Which of the following sentences correctly uses the word ameliorate?a) The teacher ameliorated the test by making it more difficult.b) The new policy aims to ameliorate the traffic congestion in the city.c) She ameliorated her friends by ignoring them.d) His ameliorate attitude made the meeting unpleasant.

Amenorrhea (absence of menstruation) began in Sarah’s case approximately how many months before admission?

Today, a football team in possession of the ball has four plays to make a ten-yard first down, but during the late 1800s and early 1900s, the offensive team had three plays to make a five-yard first down, and passing was severely restricted, both by the rules and by tradition. 2As a result, coaches emphasized “mass plays,” which directed the maximum amount of force against a single isolated player. 3In the most notorious of these plays, the flying wedge, players grouped themselves into a V formation and started running before the ball was put into play. 4At the last moment, after the ball had been passed to a player within the wall of the wedge, the densely packed runners crashed into their stationary opponent as one massive force. 5However, protective equipment was crude at the time: players often played without helmets, and helmets did not have facemasks. 6As a result, this use of massed brute force injured hundreds of players a year. 7 As if such plays were not treacherous enough, referees back then rarely enforced rules against slugging, kicking, and piling on. ‘In fact. during just one season in 1909, such allowances resulted in 30 deaths and 216 serious injuries. 8Victory was the supreme object, and any method seemed justified in pursuit of that goal. Which statement is the author’s main idea? Football was a dangerous sport during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Schools should enforce strict safety measures with their football teams. They flying wedge is a brutal and dangerous football play that often leads to injury. During the late 1800s and early 1900, no one was concerned about the safety of football players. A and B A and D

Read the following paragraph and then select the statement that best expresses the implied main idea. (Please choose the correct letter only. Do not write the entire sentence, only the letter. Capitalize the letter).   During the middle years, humans experience a gradual decline in strength and stamina, as well as in the sharpness of their senses. But for most adults, health continues to be relatively good through the middle years. In fact, there is a marked decline in susceptibility to many acute conditions, such as infections and colds. However, middle-aged adults do experience an increase in chronic health problems, such as arthritis and heart disease. —From G. R. LEFRANCOIS, The Lifespan 1e (p.448). Copyright © 1996 Dr. Guy R. Lefrancois. Reprinted by permission. As youth disappears, adults face both advantages and disadvantages in their health. The body gradually degenerates as humans get older. Chronic health problems increasing for living things during middle age. For most adults, health continues to be relatively good through the middle years. Chronic health problems increase for living things during middle age. Adults facing both advantages and disadvantages in their health as youth disappearing.