Chapter 2: Mastery Test 7
 
A. Using context clues, choose the best meaning for each of the words in bold type.
      1. Exercise, proper diet, and regular medical exams may increase one's longevity or life span. 

 
 
 
 


      2. Marty broke up with Marie because he said she hampered his ability to feel good about himself.  

 
 
 
 


      3. Some songs from the 1960s and 1970s bring back poignant-emotional-memories of good times from my late teenage years.  

 
 
 
 


      4. Obesity is no longer rare among American youth. It has become alarmingly prevalent.  

 
 
 
 


      5. Because Joshua did not plan to give his speech today, he had to improvise his presentation.  

 
 
 
 


      6. Colin faced a dilemma when his car wouldn't start on the very morning he had his job interview.  

 
 
 
 


     

B. Using context clues, match the definition for each word in bold type. Use each definition once. 

Using the pulldown boxes, match each item on the left to the corresponding item at right.

A. thin and bony
B. rejecting
C. wastes
D. something that prevents







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