AP Literature & Comp

WEEK EIGHT

8A Understanding Meanings

Read the sentences in each group below. If a sentence correctly uses the word in boldface, write C on the line of the corresponding number below the group. If a sentence is incorrect, rewrite it so that the vocabulary word in boldface is used correctly.

  1. Someone who is galvanized is stimulated to do something.
  2. The magnitude of something is its size or extent.
  3. To be beset with something is to be burdened by it.
  4. Two things that are adjacent are side-by-side.
  5. A desultory survey is one with disturbing results.

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

  1. A muster is a group that is brought together.
  2. Something that materializes comes into view.
  3. To cede a point is to yield it.
  4. An inconsequential action is one with unforeseen consequences.
  5. A vanguard is a device that protects against damage.

6. ______

7. ______

8. ______

9. ______

10. ______

  1. Prohibitive measures are those that dissuade or hinder.
  2. Something that is reminiscent of the past reminds you of it.
  3. Circuitous language is not direct or straightforward.
  4. An implement is a change of plan or direction.
  5. A visionary goal is one that is doomed to failure.

11. ______

12. ______

13. ______

14. ______

15. ______

8B Using Words

If the word (or form of the word) in boldface fits in a sentence in the group below it, write the word in the blank. If the word does not fit, leave the space empty.

  1. reminisce
  2. A high school reunion is a perfect opportunity to ______about the old days.
  3. I do ______meeting him but can’t remember where or when it was.
  4. Sitting around a wood fire on a camping trip can be a time to ______.
  1. visionary
  2. Bill Gates is a ______who saw the great future of personal computers.
  3. Wernher von Braun was a rocket engineer who lived to see his ______goal of space travel.
  4. A ______look came into her eyes when she spoke of the future.
  1. adjacent
  2. Since the two yards are ______, they can be combined into one large yard.
  3. The town square and ______streets are closed off for the parade.
  4. My younger brother Ted is the most ______to me in age.
  1. beset
  2. She was quite aware of the problems that can ______new businesses.
  3. Earlier this year we were ______by financial difficulties until my mother got a promotion at work.
  4. I told her she could ______her mind at rest for we would help her find an apartment.
  1. materialize
  2. A figure seemed to ______out of thin air.
  3. The new job I had set my hopes on failed to ______.
  4. Rumplestiltskin was able to take straw and ______it into gold.
  1. magnitude
  2. The ______of the crime calls for the most severe sentence.
  3. Scientists measure the ______of an earthquake on the Richter scale.
  4. The ______of her literary output in impressive by any standard.
  1. galvanize
  2. The delivery of the pizza ______my parents into action; they had the table set in two minutes.
  3. A loud knock on the door ______the dogs into furious leaping and barking.
  4. She stared at the stranger as though ______by his piercing eyes.
  1. implement
  2. The spade is perhaps the most common gardening ______.
  3. Congress has an obligation to ______the will of the people.
  4. He wondered why she was trying to make an ______out of him.

8C Synonyms, Antonyms, Analogies

Each group of four words below contains two words that are either synonyms or antonyms. Circle these two words; then circle the S if they are synonyms, the A if they are antonyms.

  1. VISIONARYVITAL

INCONSEQUENTIALRAMPANTSA

  1. REMINISCENTCIRCUITOUS

IDEALISTICDIRECTSA

  1. AMELIORATEMUSTER

APPEARMATERIALIZESA

  1. ADJACENTRESTRICTIVE

PROHIBITIVEPERVERSESA

  1. MUSTERIMPLEMENT

SUMMONADJUSTSA

Complete the analogies by selecting the pair of words whose relationship most resembles the relationship of the pair in capital letters. Circle the letter in front of the pair you choose.

  1. BESET : ASSIST ::
  2. respect : cherishc. hinder : expedite
  3. plan : prepared. devise : originate
  1. VISIONARY : IDEALIST ::
  2. buffoon : implacablec. perpetrator : illicit
  3. extrovert : outgoingd. alien : indigenous
  1. RAKE : IMPLEMENT ::
  2. stipend : luminaryc. soccer : hockey
  3. toaster : applianced. celebration : anniversary
  1. CEDE : RETAIN ::
  2. lose : winc. hold : grip
  3. follow : chased. jump : skip
  1. DESULTORY : METHODICAL ::
  2. infamous : dislikec. rambunctious : placid
  3. rampant : tumultuous d. disgruntled : dissatisfied

8D Images of Words

Circle the letter of each sentence that suggests the numbered boldface vocabulary word. In each group, you may circle more than one letter or none at all.

  1. circuitous
  2. We traveled from New York to Seattle via San Antonio and Los Angeles.
  3. The straight-line distance between Boston and Chicago is about 850 miles.
  4. Even though the river is 90 miles in length, it’s so winding that it ends only 20 miles from its source.
  1. implement
  2. Once the plan is decided upon, it is up to you to make it work.
  3. You need a sledgehammer to split that wood.
  4. The awning provided shade as well as protection from occasional rain showers.
  1. muster
  2. It’s amazing the way the sheep dogs keep the sheep in a group.
  3. Although Todd had promised fifty recruits would show up, only twenty came.
  4. The on-duty police officers report at 11:00 pm to receive instructions for the night shift.
  1. vanguard
  2. Claude Monet was one of the first artists to paint in the Impressionists style.
  3. Because her last name was Abbott, Jill was always first in line at school.
  4. Stephen Jay Gould was a scientist in the forefront of evolution theory.
  1. cede
  2. Nine southern states withdrew from the Union to form the Confederacy.
  3. After nearly three years of fighting, China gave up the island of Hong Kong to Britain in 1842.
  4. Once he lost his rook, John realized that he would probably lose the chess game, so he gave up, saying, “Okay, you win.”
  1. inconsequential
  2. The new regulation will have no noticeable effect on United States citizens,
  3. She is so rich that the price of that car wouldn’t even make a dent in her bank account.
  4. No one paid the slightest attention to his objection.
  1. visionary
  2. Grandmother Kelly is 87 and can still read fine print without glasses.
  3. Ferdinand de Lessep’s dream of building a canal at Suez was realized in the 1860s.
  4. Jason fell asleep that night, hoping that the tooth fairy would visit.
  1. reminisce
  2. Next year we plan to go on a cruise from Los Angeles to Acapulco.
  3. Abraham Lincoln was born in Hardin County, Kentucky, in 1809.
  4. They talked about the treehouse they used to play in as children.
  1. desultory
  2. The conservation was aimless and marked by long periods of silence.
  3. It took Jamie an hour to finish a task that would normally take her ten minutes to complete.
  4. He read every article in that magazine before putting it down.
  1. prohibitive
  2. We knew that we were not allowed inside the principal’s office.
  3. Experts warn that heating oil could triple in price over the winter months.
  4. The cost of launching a nuclear attack was too great for either side.