PAX Vocabulary NLN TEST BANK ANSWERED

1. answer: anachronism: to say that William Shakespear typed his plays is an A.) affinity B.) antithesis C.) anachronism D.) atrophy 2. answer: defaces: The inscription was the work of a vandal. A vandal is someone who A.) foretells. B.) mobilizes. C.) misleads. D.) defaces. 3. answer: heavenly: The researcher was studying celestial navigation. Celestial means A.) oceanic B.) subterraneanC.) heavenly D.) coastal. 4. answer: penetrated: The water permeated the sand in the potted plant. Permeated means A.) dissolved. B.) penetrated. C.) washed away. D.) packed down. 5. answer: seized: The suspect was apprehended by the crowd. The suspect was A.) seized. B.) engulfed. C.) pursued. D.) attacked. 6. answer: proxy: Those who will not be present must vote by A.) rote. B.) intonation. C.) orientation. D.) proxy. 7. answer: apprehension.: The police officer had no qualms about taking on the difficult patrol. Qualm means A.) forethought. B.) conscience. C.) delicacy. D.) apprehension. 8. answer: steal: The writer gained fame by plagiarizing the content of his novel. Plagiarize means to A.) steal. B.) slander. C.) misquote. D.) prevaricate. 9. answer: proposal: The revolutionary government made overtures to the opposition. Overture means a A.) proposal. B.) promise. C.) truce. D.) threat. 10. answer: briefness.: Brevity is the sole virtue the official could claim at this point. Brevity means A.) honesty. B.) promptness. C.) briefness. D.) eloquence. 11. answer: noisy quarrel.: A conversation between two people ended in a brawl. A brawl is a A.) wrenching handshake. B.) hostile embrace. C.) noisy quarrel. D.) menacing stance. 12. answer: pacifists.: Some recruits for military service refused to participate in the war. They were A.) pacifists. B.) nihilists. C.) realists. D.) imperialists. 13. answer: entreaty.: The mother would not listen to her little boy's begging and pleading for another cookie. She would not listen to his A.) imprudence. B.) banter. C.) compliance. D.) entreaty. 14. answer: commendable.: The employer thought that Anita's attention to detail was laudable. Laudable means A.) essential. B.) commendable. C.) time-consuming. C.) odd. 15. answer: substantial.: The gift made it possible for the hospital to build a new wing. The gift must have been A.) substantial. B.) meager. C.) subtle. D.) primary. 16. answer: an armory.: A storage place for guns and munitions is A.) an armory. B.) an arcade. C.) a stockade. D.) a plant. 17. answer: constantly.: Anna was invariably late for her classes. Invariably means A.) never. B.) rarely. C.) occasionally. D.) constantly. 18. answer: satire: A novel which mocks man's industriousness as slavery to machines is an example of A.) satire. B.) drama. C.) free verse. D.) journalism.