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2CONV0030

 

2CONV0030 Verb


726. speak in an unfriendly tone; ""She barked into the dictaphone""
A. care
B. dog
C. time
D. bark

727. put in barrels
A. fat
B. net
C. long
D. barrel

728. use as a basis for; found on; ""base a claim on some observation""
A. come
B. wrong
C. base
D. pick

729. cleanse the entire body; ""bathe daily""
A. run
B. bathe
C. circle
D. say

730. hit on the head, esp. with a pitched baseball
A. brother
B. cheap
C. bean
D. give

731. have; ""bear a resemblance""; ""bear a signature""
A. amount
B. net
C. green
D. bear

732. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; ""We began working at dawn""; ""Who will start?""; ""Get working as soon as the sun rises!""; ""The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia""; ""He began early in the day"";
A. continue
B. slow
C. cook
D. begin

733. accept as true; take to be true; ""I believed his report""; ""We didn't believe his stories from the War""; ""She believes in spirits""
A. believe
B. awhile
C. card
D. pet

734. attach a bell to; ""bell cows""
A. bell
B. better
C. brick
D. together

735. form a curve; ""The stick does not bend""
A. carry
B. pick
C. boot
D. bend

736. surpass in excellence; ""She bettered her own record""; ""break a record""
A. have
B. better
C. often
D. catch

737. ride a bicycle
A. cream
B. end
C. corn
D. bicycle

738. demand payment; ""Will I get charged for this service?""; ""We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights""
A. house
B. sit
C. choose
D. bill

739. to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws; ""Gunny invariably tried to bite her""
A. grab
B. bite
C. car
D. able

740. put or pin the blame on
A. blame
B. as
C. net
D. double

741. cover as if with a blanket; ""snow blanketed the fields""
A. yellow
B. check
C. blanket
D. sun

742. render unsuitable for passage; ""block the way""; ""barricade the streets""; ""stop the busy road""
A. block
B. white
C. close
D. cherry

743. exhale hard; ""blow on the soup to cool it down""
A. leave
B. low
C. blow
D. button

744. ride in a boat on water
A. still
B. turn
C. boat
D. yes

745. invest with or as with a body; give body to
A. body
B. brown
C. fix
D. lay

746. come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor; ""Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius""
A. circle
B. fit
C. boil
D. ask

747. study intensively, as before an exam; ""I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam""
A. brake
B. cool
C. bone
D. kick

748. record a charge in a police register; ""The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man""
A. book
B. already
C. home
D. no

749. kick; give a boot to
A. corner
B. house
C. toy
D. boot

750. take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; ""He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday""; ""Don't bother, please""
A. buy
B. wrong
C. far
D. bother

 

ANSWERS


  1. (D) bark
  2. (D) barrel
  3. (C) base
  4. (B) bathe
  5. (C) bean
  6. (D) bear
  7. (D) begin
  8. (A) believe
  9. (A) bell
  10. (D) bend
  11. (B) better
  12. (D) bicycle
  13. (D) bill
  14. (B) bite
  15. (A) blame
  16. (C) blanket
  17. (A) block
  18. (C) blow
  19. (C) boat
  20. (A) body
  21. (C) boil
  22. (C) bone
  23. (A) book
  24. (D) boot
  25. (D) bother
  26. bark-->Verb-->speak in an unfriendly tone; ""She barked into the dictaphone""
  27. barrel-->Verb-->put in barrels
  28. base-->Verb-->use as a basis for; found on; ""base a claim on some observation""
  29. bathe-->Verb-->cleanse the entire body; ""bathe daily""
  30. bean-->Verb-->hit on the head, esp. with a pitched baseball
  31. bear-->Verb-->have; ""bear a resemblance""; ""bear a signature""
  32. begin-->Verb-->take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; ""We began working at dawn""; ""Who will start?""; ""Get working as soon as the sun rises!""; ""The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia""; ""He began early in the day"";
  33. believe-->Verb-->accept as true; take to be true; ""I believed his report""; ""We didn't believe his stories from the War""; ""She believes in spirits""
  34. bell-->Verb-->attach a bell to; ""bell cows""
  35. bend-->Verb-->form a curve; ""The stick does not bend""
  36. better-->Verb-->surpass in excellence; ""She bettered her own record""; ""break a record""
  37. bicycle-->Verb-->ride a bicycle
  38. bill-->Verb-->demand payment; ""Will I get charged for this service?""; ""We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights""
  39. bite-->Verb-->to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws; ""Gunny invariably tried to bite her""
  40. blame-->Verb-->put or pin the blame on
  41. blanket-->Verb-->cover as if with a blanket; ""snow blanketed the fields""
  42. block-->Verb-->render unsuitable for passage; ""block the way""; ""barricade the streets""; ""stop the busy road""
  43. blow-->Verb-->exhale hard; ""blow on the soup to cool it down""
  44. boat-->Verb-->ride in a boat on water
  45. body-->Verb-->invest with or as with a body; give body to
  46. boil-->Verb-->come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor; ""Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius""
  47. bone-->Verb-->study intensively, as before an exam; ""I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam""
  48. book-->Verb-->record a charge in a police register; ""The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man""
  49. boot-->Verb-->kick; give a boot to
  50. bother-->Verb-->take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; ""He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday""; ""Don't bother, please""

 

 

PROFESSOR STEVEN DONAHUE MIAMI DADE COLLEGE  


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