Choose the one that is similar in meaning to the given word.
1. merchandise
a.
stores
b. money
c. goods
d. fame
corrupt
a. healthy
b. bad
c. angry
d. nice
rubbish
a. trash
b. power
c. food
d. truth
transaction
a. meeting
b. friend
c. test
d. sale
revenue
a.
concert
b. guide
c. income
d. trade
manipulate
a. control
b. explain
c.
decrease
d. attempt
infrastructure
a. education
b. science
c. religion
d. roads
headquarters
a.
material
b. base
c. dream
d. section
audit
a. enjoy
b. leave
c. inspect
d. prepare
incentive
a. reason
b. product
c. waste
d. idea
E x e r c i s e 2
Write C if the italicized word is used correctly. Write I if the word is used incorrectly.
1.
2
.
3.
4.
5.
6
.
7.
8
.
9.
10
.
This is the
affluent area of the city. It is where most of the poor people live.
. He added his trash to the large pile of
rubbish.
. The company
automated by hiring twenty new workers.
.This painting is an important part of the city’s
infrastructure.
_ The
subsidy helped the company recover some of the money it had lost.
. The store sold most of its
merchandise in the sale over the weekend.
.The cook
violated the two sauces together into one delicious sauce.
.She took the food out of the refrigerator and then
disposed the door.
.The company’s bank records were
audited.
_ Bigger kids sometimes find
it easy to manipulate smaller children.
E x e r c i s e 3
m
Choose the one that is opposite in meaning to the given word
1. violate
a. borrow
2. affluent
a. smart
b.
respect
b. quick
c. poor
c. approve
d. explain
d. evil
3. dispose
a. keep
b. make
c. feed
d. speak
4.
administrator
a. singer
5. legitimate
a. free
b. student
b.
pretty
c. mother
c. wrong
d. worker
d. alert
Write a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined part.
1. Getting to play with her friends was something to make her want to clean her room.
2. The act of selling something took place right before the shop closed.
3. By the end of the meeting, they had made into law the repair of the highways.
4. She illegally persuaded the guard, so he would let her into the secret meeting.
5. It was a good year for the banks, but it was a bad year for places that sell things to the public.
6. The person who controls the company is a very efficient manager.
7. The papers that she needed were at the building where the bosses worked.
8. The law-breaking company was stealing money from many of its investors.
9. Shawn is working for a law-following organization in a bad part of town.
10. The money made by our company was even better than last year’s.
