CBEST Reading Exam Questions and
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indifference - ✔✔unconcern, disinterest, unimportance, irrelevance, insignificant
inference - ✔✔deduction, conclusion, assumption, guess
logic - ✔✔reasoning, argument
prevailed - ✔✔win, triumph, succeed, overcome, conquer
assumptions - ✔✔hypothesis, guess, belief, expectation
persuasive - ✔✔fitted, intended to persuade, able
citing respected authorities - ✔✔"quotes" citing
upholster(ing) - ✔✔to cover the walls or furniture with textiles
spatial order - ✔✔items are arranged according to their physical position or relationship
word PARAMOUNT means - ✔✔ranking higher than any other
term EXOSKELETON means - ✔✔an external supporting structure
Carcadian rhythm is a term coined by and used primarily in - ✔✔biology
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, preciousness is a synonymous with - ✔✔rarity
the word plummet means - ✔✔to plunge
a phrase that could replace GO FOR NAUGHT would be - ✔✔turn out to be worthless
the word DESICCATED as used in this selection means - ✔✔completely dry
the phrase THROWN TO THE WINDS in this selection probably means - ✔✔forgotten
about
the phrase OF THAT ILK means - ✔✔of the same sort or class
INTREPID as used in the selection means - ✔✔fearless, dauntless
the word GLEAN as used in this passage means - ✔✔to gather, learn, or find out
a complex sentence - ✔✔a sentence containing a subordinate clause or clauses...
complex sentences are often formed at the beginning of the clause; as, as if, before, after,
because, though, even though, while, when, whenever, if, during, as soon as, as long as,
until, since,
a compound complex sentence - ✔✔a sentence having two or more coordinate
independent clauses and one or more independent clauses
a compound sentence - ✔✔a sentence with more than one subject
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Answers 100% Pass
indifference - ✔✔unconcern, disinterest, unimportance, irrelevance, insignificant
inference - ✔✔deduction, conclusion, assumption, guess
logic - ✔✔reasoning, argument
prevailed - ✔✔win, triumph, succeed, overcome, conquer
assumptions - ✔✔hypothesis, guess, belief, expectation
persuasive - ✔✔fitted, intended to persuade, able
citing respected authorities - ✔✔"quotes" citing
upholster(ing) - ✔✔to cover the walls or furniture with textiles
spatial order - ✔✔items are arranged according to their physical position or relationship
word PARAMOUNT means - ✔✔ranking higher than any other
term EXOSKELETON means - ✔✔an external supporting structure
Carcadian rhythm is a term coined by and used primarily in - ✔✔biology
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, preciousness is a synonymous with - ✔✔rarity
the word plummet means - ✔✔to plunge
a phrase that could replace GO FOR NAUGHT would be - ✔✔turn out to be worthless
the word DESICCATED as used in this selection means - ✔✔completely dry
the phrase THROWN TO THE WINDS in this selection probably means - ✔✔forgotten
about
the phrase OF THAT ILK means - ✔✔of the same sort or class
INTREPID as used in the selection means - ✔✔fearless, dauntless
the word GLEAN as used in this passage means - ✔✔to gather, learn, or find out
a complex sentence - ✔✔a sentence containing a subordinate clause or clauses...
complex sentences are often formed at the beginning of the clause; as, as if, before, after,
because, though, even though, while, when, whenever, if, during, as soon as, as long as,
until, since,
a compound complex sentence - ✔✔a sentence having two or more coordinate
independent clauses and one or more independent clauses
a compound sentence - ✔✔a sentence with more than one subject
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