Quiz on AWL Levels 6-10

This quiz on AWL levels 6-10 checks your recognition of some of the less common words from the Academic Word List.

Although the 300 words in levels 1-5 are used more frequently, all the words on the AWL are important to understand to read college textbooks, scientific papers, or news, business, and political analysis-- the communications of the educated English-speaking world. How many of these words do you know?

Choose the best response to each question. After checking your answer, push the arrow button to move on to the next question.

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Questions 1-3 ask you to choose the Odd One (the one with a very different meaning). Then there are a variety of question types.

For questions 11-13, select all the answers that are correct. If you choose any that are not correct, OR if you miss any that ARE correct, your score will show those subtracted from the total.

(For example, if there are 5 possible answers and you mark all correctly but one, you will get a score of 4/5. That means you either missed one that you should have marked, OR marked one that was not correct. Go back and check your work and make any changes needed.)

Questions #14-18 ask you to choose the best word to fill in the blank (gap) in a sentence or quotation.

Quiz Questions

Which one is different from the others (the odd one)?
1. aggregate
2. accumulate
3. isolate
4. compile
Which one is different?
1. confined
2. restrained
3. unlimited
4. restricted
Which one is different?
1. contrary
2. converse
3. opposing
4. unified
To accompany means
1. to contribute to a company
2. to go with
3. to send to your company
4. to cooperate
Integrity is
1. a quality closely related to honesty
2. when people of different races or groups mix together
3. a special kind of thinking
4. inside a company or group
Erosion is
1. a form of discrimination
2. a slow wearing away or loss
3. another word for mistake
4. a mathematical term
Which of these is NOT a synonym for 'bulk'?
1. volume
2. quantity
3. compilation
4. extent
Which of these is NOT a possible meaning of ‘suspended’?
1. terminated temporarily
2. hung from the ceiling
3. denied admission to school for a certain period
4. anxious to know the outcome
Bond may mean
1. license
2. mediation
3. connection
4. registration
Which of these means ‘near’ something?
1. contemporary
2. adjacent
3. virtual
4. implicit
These are common human responses before, during, or after an event. Which of these might a person do BEFORE an event? Mark all that apply.
1. anticipate it
2. survive it
3. respond to it
4. predict it
5. prepare prior to it
6. adapt to it
7. .participate in it
8. react to its consequences
9. emerge from it a better person
Which of these can mean ‘AT THE SAME TIME’ as something else? (Select all that apply.)
1. concurrent
2. contemporary
3. following
4. prior
5. subsequent
Which of these mean AFTER an event? (Select all that apply.)
1. concurrent
2. contemporary
3. following
4. prior
5. subsequent
For the next 5 questions, choose the best word to fill in the blank in the sentence or quote. 14: “Junk food ___________ the bulk of his diet. No wonder he’s overweight!”
1. poses
2. comprises
3. diminishes
4. disposes
____________ markets sell grains, other foods, and precious metals.
1. Currency
2. Bond
3. Comprehensive
4. Commodities
“While their parents packed, the children eagerly anticipated their ____________ migration from Chicago to Oregon.”
1. prior
2. overseas
3. forthcoming
4. adjacent
To change from a passive acceptance of fate to a dynamic involvement in public affairs requires a major ___________ shift.
1. paradigm
2. hierarchy
3. scenario
4. appreciation
In contemporary society, terrorism, as well as ___________ of international treaties, pose ongoing risks to international peace.
1. restraints
2. commodities
3. violations
4. scenarios

How did you do on this quiz? You can review most of these words in English Detective issues 19-21 (though some have been practiced from the earliest issues on.)

If you want to know which newsletter practiced a particular word, or its various forms, you can check in the Alphabetical Academic Word List (for A-B) or its following pages for words beginning with C-E, F-M, N-R, or S-Z.

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