Name : Awalia Mahda L F

NIM : P1337431219088
Class : STr Gizi Reg B

CONTEXT CLUES -- PRACTICE EXERCISES

EXERCISE I : Circle the letter of the best meaning for the underlined word as it
is used in context.

1. My brother said, “I just freed myself from a very loquacious history professor. All
he seemed to want was an audience.”
a. pretentious
b. grouchy
c. talkative
d. worried

2. There is no doubt that the idea of living in such a benign climate was appealing. The
islanders seemed to keep their vitality and live longer than Europeans.
a. tropical
b. not malignant
c. kind
d. favorable

3. It is difficult to imagine a surfeit of talent in one individual, yet Leonard Bernstein

4. There is a large demand all over the United States for plants indigenous to the
desert. Many people in Arizona have made a good business of growing and selling
cacti and other local plants.
a. native
b. necessary
c. foreign
d. alien

5. After the Romans left, a millennium and a half passed before people again lived in
such comfort. Churchill wrote, “From the year 400 until the year 1900 no one had
central heating and very few had hot baths.”
a. a decade
b. many years
c. 1000 years
d. a century
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6. Many years before, Caesar’s men had tried and failed to invade Britain. No doubt
this contributed to the xenophobia of the Romans. They were cautious about
strangers who entered their country.
a. honesty
b. fear of foreigners
c. kindliness
d. stubbornness

7. Such are the vicissitudes of history. Nothing remains the same. Three hundred years
of peace ended in darkness and confusion.
a. evils
b. mistakes
c. changes
d. rules

8. The purpose of the psychiatrist is to mitigate the suffering of the patient.

9. We knew he couldn’t hold out much longer, because he had been doomed from the
beginning. One night he met his ineluctable fate.
a. forgotten
b. inevitable
c. hidden
d. unhappy

10. A combination of fog and industrial smoke, called smog, has vitiated the air in and
around many big cities.
a. concentrate
b. fill up
c. replace
d. contaminate

CONTEXT CLUES -- PRACTICE EXERCISES

EXERCISE II: In the space provided, write a synonym for each underlined word
as it is used in context.

1. His lucid lectures, along with his clearly presented explanations, made him a popular
professor.
_____________________
2. Their vociferous chatter made me wish I had ear plugs.
_____________________

3. He was so impudent to his mother that I would have punished him if he talked to me that
way.
_____________________

4. The Russians are skillful at sending cryptic messages, open to many interpretations.
Our State Department spends days puzzling over their meanings.
_____________________

5. The Great Flood of Noah’s day was caused by incessant rain that fell for 40 days and
nights.
_____________________

6. The students who arrived late told the teacher an implausible story about stopping to
watch a UFO.
_____________________

7. After spending three weeks in the hospital, I had a surfeit of daytime TV programming.
_____________________

8. The prisoners liberated from the Nazi death camp were so emaciated that they looked like
skeletons.
_____________________

9. Bob decided to be prudent and call ahead for reservations, instead of just showing up.
_____________________

10. The ambiguity of Joe’s directions made it almost impossible to find his house.
_____________________

11. The job candidate’s background was impeccable – good references and many years of
experience, but the company did not give her the job.
_____________________

12. The tranquilized grizzly bear was lethargic enough for the scientists to safely examine his
teeth and tattoo his ears.
_____________________