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3CONV0030 Verb


726. speak in an unfriendly tone; ""She barked into the dictaphone""
A. bark
B. hold
C. see
D. hot

727. put in barrels
A. chair
B. barrel
C. action
D. here

728. use as a basis for; found on; ""base a claim on some observation""
A. age
B. breathe
C. base
D. bow

729. cleanse the entire body; ""bathe daily""
A. men
B. bathe
C. bottom
D. pull

730. hit on the head, esp. with a pitched baseball
A. bean
B. bike
C. thumb
D. then

731. have; ""bear a resemblance""; ""bear a signature""
A. jump
B. bear
C. bread
D. cook

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. bus
B. brother
C. begin
D. clap

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. come
B. fast
C. believe
D. bone

734. attach a bell to; ""bell cows""
A. bell
B. chin
C. candy
D. cool

735. form a curve; ""The stick does not bend""
A. today
B. well
C. bend
D. dirt

736. surpass in excellence; ""She bettered her own record""; ""break a record""
A. better
B. dark
C. left
D. giving

737. ride a bicycle
A. bury
B. bicycle
C. always
D. flat

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. bill
B. dirt
C. say
D. crayon

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

740. put or pin the blame on
A. close
B. answer
C. bottle
D. blame

741. cover as if with a blanket; ""snow blanketed the fields""
A. wind
B. dead
C. candy
D. blanket

742. render unsuitable for passage; ""block the way""; ""barricade the streets""; ""stop the busy road""
A. bone
B. must
C. block
D. end

743. exhale hard; ""blow on the soup to cool it down""
A. let
B. blow
C. laugh
D. dream

744. ride in a boat on water
A. boat
B. when
C. round
D. air

745. invest with or as with a body; give body to
A. kid
B. body
C. name
D. buzz

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

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

748. record a charge in a police register; ""The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man""
A. dig
B. bath
C. center
D. book

749. kick; give a boot to
A. cook
B. jump
C. church
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. cot
B. tell
C. same
D. bother

 

ANSWERS


  1. (A) bark
  2. (B) barrel
  3. (C) base
  4. (B) bathe
  5. (A) bean
  6. (B) bear
  7. (C) begin
  8. (C) believe
  9. (A) bell
  10. (C) bend
  11. (A) better
  12. (B) bicycle
  13. (A) bill
  14. (D) bite
  15. (D) blame
  16. (D) blanket
  17. (C) block
  18. (B) blow
  19. (A) boat
  20. (B) body
  21. (B) boil
  22. (B) bone
  23. (D) 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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