NLN word knowledge test questions
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d. upset his composure - ANSWERS-The audience did its best to disconcert the musician. They
tried to
a. show he was out of tune
b. indicate their pleasure
c. encourage him to play another piece
d. upset his composure
b. imitated - ANSWERS-The new nurses emulated the actions of the supervisor' Emulated
means
a. criticized
b. imitated
c. admired
d. described
d. deleterious - ANSWERS-The effects of an unbalanced diet can be most harmful. The effects
can be
a. opprobrious
b. impervious
c. meritorious
d. deleterious
d. delta - ANSWERS-A narrow strip of land bordered on both sides by water & connecting two
larger bodies of land is called a
,a. isthmus
b. island
c. peninsula
d. delta
b. canceled - ANSWERS-The hospital workers wanted to abrogate the agreement that had been
reached with their employer. They wanted the contract
a. amended
b. canceled
c. extended
d. fulfilled
d. a criterion - ANSWERS-A standard by which the value of something can be measured is
a. a consensus
b. an appraisal
c. an evaluation
d. a criterion
b. discouraged - ANSWERS-When Vincent wanted to finish the race, I dissuaded him.
Dissuaded means
a. deserted
b. discouraged
c. disqualified
d. prevented
b. court-related - ANSWERS-The dispute was settled by a judicial decision.
, Judicial means
a. majority
b. court-related
c. reached by arbitration
d. wise
c. elongated - ANSWERS-the rubber band was stretched to a great length & thinness. It was
a. elided
b. concerted
c. elongated
d. prolonged
c. susceptible - ANSWERS-Harry constantly gets sinus infections. With respect to these
infections, he is
a. habituated
b. resistant
c. susceptible
d. reactive
a. specified - ANSWERS-She read the apartment lease carefully to see what it stipulated.
Stipulated means
a. specified
b. advised
c. proposed
d. meant
c. farming - ANSWERS-An agrarian community is one that is based on
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d. upset his composure - ANSWERS-The audience did its best to disconcert the musician. They
tried to
a. show he was out of tune
b. indicate their pleasure
c. encourage him to play another piece
d. upset his composure
b. imitated - ANSWERS-The new nurses emulated the actions of the supervisor' Emulated
means
a. criticized
b. imitated
c. admired
d. described
d. deleterious - ANSWERS-The effects of an unbalanced diet can be most harmful. The effects
can be
a. opprobrious
b. impervious
c. meritorious
d. deleterious
d. delta - ANSWERS-A narrow strip of land bordered on both sides by water & connecting two
larger bodies of land is called a
,a. isthmus
b. island
c. peninsula
d. delta
b. canceled - ANSWERS-The hospital workers wanted to abrogate the agreement that had been
reached with their employer. They wanted the contract
a. amended
b. canceled
c. extended
d. fulfilled
d. a criterion - ANSWERS-A standard by which the value of something can be measured is
a. a consensus
b. an appraisal
c. an evaluation
d. a criterion
b. discouraged - ANSWERS-When Vincent wanted to finish the race, I dissuaded him.
Dissuaded means
a. deserted
b. discouraged
c. disqualified
d. prevented
b. court-related - ANSWERS-The dispute was settled by a judicial decision.
, Judicial means
a. majority
b. court-related
c. reached by arbitration
d. wise
c. elongated - ANSWERS-the rubber band was stretched to a great length & thinness. It was
a. elided
b. concerted
c. elongated
d. prolonged
c. susceptible - ANSWERS-Harry constantly gets sinus infections. With respect to these
infections, he is
a. habituated
b. resistant
c. susceptible
d. reactive
a. specified - ANSWERS-She read the apartment lease carefully to see what it stipulated.
Stipulated means
a. specified
b. advised
c. proposed
d. meant
c. farming - ANSWERS-An agrarian community is one that is based on
