Chapter 2: Review Test 5

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Chapter 2: Review Test 5

Context Clues

A. Using context clues, select the best meaning for each word in bold type.

1. For nearly 50 years, Jean Piaget developed theories about the ways that children think, reason, and solve problems.

a. ideas

b. facts

c. products

d. intelligence

2. Jean Piaget gave the name schemes to the mental structures that help individuals understand the world.

a. tricks

b. visions

c. frameworks

d. opinions

3. An infant's first schemes are based on sensorimotor systems such as sucking, looking, grasping, and pushing.

a. emotional

b. physical

c. awkward

d. skilled

4. The doctor placed drops in my eyes and waited twenty minutes for my pupils to dilate, or expand.

a. close

b. sting

c. widen

d. rise

5. Instead of being filled with her usual patience and understanding, Shajuana was surprisingly devoid of sympathy for her boyfriend's excuses.

a. empty

b. full

c. tired

d. giving

B. Using context clues, type the definition for each word in bold type. Choose definitions from the list below. Use each definition once.

spontaneous
unimportant
withdraw
winding
restated

6. Marcel can throw together a well-organized impromptu speech on nearly any topic he is given.

Impromptu means .

7. Although the no-smoking sign was prominently displayed, the tour guide reiterated the no-smoking policy by saying in a firm voice, "Smoking is forbidden in this area."

Reiterated means .

8. Before the Civil War, South Carolina was the first Southern state to secede from the Union. By February 1861, six other states had also separated themselves and sent representatives to a meeting to form the Confederate States of America.

Secede means .

9. Despite the less interesting scenery, Damon prefers to drive on the straight highways of the interstate and bypass the sinuous roadways that were built to follow rivers and mountain paths.

Sinuous means .

10. Most people tell a social lie at one time or another, for example, complimenting someone on a piece of clothing, a pet, or a dish they actually find awful. This is a venial kind of lie, not a serious offense.

Venial means .