VOCABULARY 13.

ALOOF
a. Alone
1. If you are AMBIVALENT with the answers, analyze the b. Atop Answer: Apart
given problem. c. Apart
a. Confusion d. erect
b. Innocent Answer: uncertain 14. DOCILE
c. Uncertain a. Rebellious
d. Unaware b. Submissive Answer: Submissive
2. He left the country because of the OMINOUS c. Sickly
experiences he had in the past. d. sleepy
a. Unforgettable 15. NOVELTY
b. Threatening Answer: threatening a. Story
c. Ugly b. Difficulty Answer: Strangeness
d. remarkable c. Strangeness
3. Teenagers are easily SUSCEPTIBLE to peer influence. d. recency
a. Flexible 16. UNANIMOUS
b. Inspired Answer: inclined a. Majority
c. Dependable b. With consent of all Answer: With consent of
d. inclined all
4. My mother is always ADAMANT in eating breakfast c. Incomplete
before leaving the house. d. secret
a. Resolute 17. SCHISM
b. Uncertain Answer: resolute a. Join
c. Forgetful b. Split Answer: Split
d. clueless c. Classify
5. Reading words without understanding their meaning is d. group
FUTILE. 18. CALUMNY
a. Helpless a. Acknowledgement
b. Useless Answer: useless b. Accident Answer: False accusation
c. Unnecessary c. False accusation
d. avoidable d. praise
6. SHREWD 19. DECEIT
a. Strong a. Fraud
b. Brave Answer: Astute b. Misunderstanding Answer: Fraud
c. Smart c. False promises
d. astute d. Wrong
7. DECRY 20. TYPICAL
a. Examine a. Regular
b. Proclaim Answer: Belittle b. Ordinary Answer: Representative
c. Belittle c. Representative
d. detect d. Natural
8. MERCENARY
a. begar
b. Cutthroat Answer: Soldier for
Foreign
c. Loyal soldier Service
d. Soldier for Foreign Service
9. AMELIORATE
a. Disprove
b. Improve Answer: Improve
c. Destroy
d. simplify
10. SAVOR
a. To grow strong
b. To have the quality Answer: To have the
quality
c. To save
d. To belong
11. SUBSEQUENT
a. Final
b. Earlier Answer: Following
c. Following
d. Resultant
12. RANDOM
a. At large
b. Deliberate Answer: Haphazard
c. Haphazard
d. Profound
 GRAMMAR & CORRECT USAGE 14. The celebrant ____ the candles after we sang.
a. Blew off
1. She ____ the details of the proggrm? b. Blew up Answer: Blew-out
a. Put out c. Blew out
b. Wrote off d. Blew over
c. Wrote over 15. The secretary____ due to stress.
d. Wrote up a. Broke even
2. Always _____ your best effort in everything you do. b. Broke out Answer: Broke down
a. Put across c. Broke in
b. Put down Answer: Put forth d. Broke down
c. Put forth 16. The Edsa People’s Revolution ____ the Marcos
d. Put out regime.
3. We should never _____ people with disabilities for a. Brought in
they also have the right to live. b. Brought on Answer: brought down
a. Look down on c. Brought forth
b. Look forward to Answer: Look down on d. Brought down
c. Look out to 17. The unexpected ____ of vehicles along Marcos
d. Look up to Highway caused heavy traffic.
4. The partying teens were told to _____ the noise. a. Build up
a. Hold down b. Build on Answer: Build up
b. Hold forth Answer: Hold down c. Build in
c. Hold on d. Build over
d. Hold with 18. The cabinet meeting was _______ on account of
5. We should ______ on our expenditures and spend the President’s ill health.
only on our needs. a. Called in
a. Cut short b. Called up Answer: Called off
b. Cut up Anwer: Cut back c. Called out
c. Cut back d. Called off
d. Cut out 19. People of all races should try to _____ with each
6. The teachers distributed different ______ outlines other.
for the students to follow. a. Get around
a. Coarse b. Get along Answer: Get along
b. Corps Answer: Course c. Get at
c. Course d. Get over
d. Corpse 20. We should grow wiser as time _______.
7. Carl juggles orange, ___ you? a. Goes along
a. Why b. Goes by Answer: Goes by
b. May Answer: Can c. Goes down
c. Should d. Goes through
d. Can
8. The refugees decided to _____ their homes
because of the war.
a. Desert
b. Dessert Answer: Desert
c. Deserve
d. Reserve
9. My sister ____ to Zamboanga seven years ago.
a. Migrated
b. Migrating Answer: Immigrated
c. Immigrated
d. Immigrating
10. We used _____ sauce for the spaghetti last Sunday.
a. Less
b. Few Answer: Less
c. A number of
d. Pieces of
11. If we work together, we could finish this ___ in a
short time.
a. Piece
b. Peace Answer: Piece
c. Please
d. Peas
12. The villager elder told many interesting ______.
a. Tale
b. Tail Answer: Tales
c. Tails
d. Tales
13. Marty _____ Evelyn ______ to dinner.
a. Asked-out
b. Asked-after Answer: Asked-out
c. Called-out
d. Called-up