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3CONV0003

 

3CONV0003 Adj


51. being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light; ""as white as fresh snow""; ""a bride's white dress""
A. arm
B. bike
C. clap
D. white

52. (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something; ""able to swim""; ""she was able to program her computer""; ""we were at last able to buy a car""; ""able to get a grant for the
A. able
B. buy
C. sun
D. now

53. appearing earlier in the same text; ""flaws in the above interpretation""
A. dream
B. bark
C. above
D. given

54. not in a specified place physically or mentally
A. absent
B. next
C. always
D. flat

55. placed crosswise; ""spoken with a straight face but crossed fingers""; ""crossed forks""; ""seated with arms across""
A. across
B. fish
C. crayon
D. time

56. serving as or forming a base; ""the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats""
A. seven
B. base
C. brother
D. white

57. delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration; ""a beautiful child""; ""beautiful country""; ""a beautiful painting""; ""a beautiful theory""; ""a beautiful party""
A. brake
B. why
C. side
D. beautiful

58. expletives used informally as intensifiers; ""he's a blasted idiot""; ""it's a blamed shame""; ""a blame cold winter""; ""not a blessed dime""; ""I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing""; ""he's
A. blame
B. crack
C. circle
D. time

59. consisting of or made up of bone; ""a bony substance""; ""the bony framework of the body""
A. bone
B. along
C. band
D. up

60. emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; ""the sun was bright and hot""; ""a bright sunlit room""
A. bottom
B. black
C. bright
D. good

61. providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities; ""they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect""; ""campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's""
A. apart
B. collect
C. camp
D. desert

62. first-rate; ""a capital fellow""; ""a capital idea""
A. capital
B. sleep
C. who
D. mother

63. exercising caution or showing care or attention; ""they were careful when crossing the busy street""; ""be careful to keep her shoes clean""; ""did very careful research""; ""careful art restorers""; ""careful of the rights of others
A. turn
B. often
C. bus
D. careful

64. relatively low in price or charging low prices; ""it would have been cheap at twice the price""; ""inexpensive family restaurants""
A. cheap
B. inch
C. clean
D. clear

65. having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
A. hot
B. dessert
C. hit
D. cherry

66. preferred above all others; ""the chosen few""; ""her chosen abode""
A. blame
B. make
C. bath
D. chosen

67. at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other; ""close to noon""; ""how close are we to town?""; ""a close formation of ships""
A. often
B. break
C. lunch
D. close

68. payment due by the recipient on delivery; ""a collect call""; ""the letter came collect""; ""a COD parcel""
A. collect
B. chosen
C. continue
D. blanket

69. belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public; ""for the common good""; ""common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community""
A. blue
B. common
C. home
D. bone

70. neither warm or very cold; giving relief from heat; ""a cool autumn day""; ""a cool room""; ""cool summer dresses""; ""cool drinks""; ""a cool breeze""
A. cool
B. gray
C. age
D. drive

71. free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; ""the correct answer""; ""the correct version""; ""the right answer""; ""took the right road""; ""the right decision""
A. wind
B. blue
C. sun
D. correct

72. involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm; ""a dangerous criminal""; ""a dangerous bridge""; ""unemployment reached dangerous proportions""
A. dangerous
B. want
C. bathe
D. use

73. relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply; ""a deep breath""; ""a deep sigh""; ""deep concentration""; ""deep emotion""; ""a deep trance""; ""in a deep sleep""
A. bread
B. keep
C. awake
D. deep

74. located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; ""a desert island""; ""a godforsaken wilderness crossroads""; ""a wild stretch of land""; ""waste places""
A. more
B. bear
C. breathe
D. desert

75. unlike in nature or quality or form or degree; ""took different approaches to the problem""; ""came to a different conclusion""; ""different parts of the country""; ""on different sides of the issue""; ""this meeting was different fr
A. bother
B. different
C. pick
D. ready

 

ANSWERS


  1. (D) white
  2. (A) able
  3. (C) above
  4. (A) absent
  5. (A) across
  6. (B) base
  7. (D) beautiful
  8. (A) blame
  9. (A) bone
  10. (C) bright
  11. (C) camp
  12. (A) capital
  13. (D) careful
  14. (A) cheap
  15. (D) cherry
  16. (D) chosen
  17. (D) close
  18. (A) collect
  19. (B) common
  20. (A) cool
  21. (D) correct
  22. (A) dangerous
  23. (D) deep
  24. (D) desert
  25. (B) different
  26. white-->Adj-->being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light; ""as white as fresh snow""; ""a bride's white dress""
  27. able-->Adj-->(usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something; ""able to swim""; ""she was able to program her computer""; ""we were at last able to buy a car""; ""able to get a grant for the
  28. above-->Adj-->appearing earlier in the same text; ""flaws in the above interpretation""
  29. absent-->Adj-->not in a specified place physically or mentally
  30. across-->Adj-->placed crosswise; ""spoken with a straight face but crossed fingers""; ""crossed forks""; ""seated with arms across""
  31. base-->Adj-->serving as or forming a base; ""the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats""
  32. beautiful-->Adj-->delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration; ""a beautiful child""; ""beautiful country""; ""a beautiful painting""; ""a beautiful theory""; ""a beautiful party""
  33. blame-->Adj-->expletives used informally as intensifiers; ""he's a blasted idiot""; ""it's a blamed shame""; ""a blame cold winter""; ""not a blessed dime""; ""I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing""; ""he's
  34. bone-->Adj-->consisting of or made up of bone; ""a bony substance""; ""the bony framework of the body""
  35. bright-->Adj-->emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; ""the sun was bright and hot""; ""a bright sunlit room""
  36. camp-->Adj-->providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities; ""they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect""; ""campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's""
  37. capital-->Adj-->first-rate; ""a capital fellow""; ""a capital idea""
  38. careful-->Adj-->exercising caution or showing care or attention; ""they were careful when crossing the busy street""; ""be careful to keep her shoes clean""; ""did very careful research""; ""careful art restorers""; ""careful of the rights of others
  39. cheap-->Adj-->relatively low in price or charging low prices; ""it would have been cheap at twice the price""; ""inexpensive family restaurants""
  40. cherry-->Adj-->having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
  41. chosen-->Adj-->preferred above all others; ""the chosen few""; ""her chosen abode""
  42. close-->Adj-->at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other; ""close to noon""; ""how close are we to town?""; ""a close formation of ships""
  43. collect-->Adj-->payment due by the recipient on delivery; ""a collect call""; ""the letter came collect""; ""a COD parcel""
  44. common-->Adj-->belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public; ""for the common good""; ""common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community""
  45. cool-->Adj-->neither warm or very cold; giving relief from heat; ""a cool autumn day""; ""a cool room""; ""cool summer dresses""; ""cool drinks""; ""a cool breeze""
  46. correct-->Adj-->free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; ""the correct answer""; ""the correct version""; ""the right answer""; ""took the right road""; ""the right decision""
  47. dangerous-->Adj-->involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm; ""a dangerous criminal""; ""a dangerous bridge""; ""unemployment reached dangerous proportions""
  48. deep-->Adj-->relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply; ""a deep breath""; ""a deep sigh""; ""deep concentration""; ""deep emotion""; ""a deep trance""; ""in a deep sleep""
  49. desert-->Adj-->located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; ""a desert island""; ""a godforsaken wilderness crossroads""; ""a wild stretch of land""; ""waste places""
  50. different-->Adj-->unlike in nature or quality or form or degree; ""took different approaches to the problem""; ""came to a different conclusion""; ""different parts of the country""; ""on different sides of the issue""; ""this meeting was different fr

 

 

PROFESSOR STEVEN DONAHUE MIAMI DADE COLLEGE  


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