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Do You Remember?: Synonym Matching

The document provides a synonym matching activity with 20 words and their synonyms. It also includes a short reading passage about not liking one's mother-in-law due to her constant anxiety. It describes her being worried about food and getting upset at a rabbit stew. It notes her visits are exhausting. It then provides two multiple choice questions about the tone of the passage and the meaning of the word "allay" in the passage.

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Do You Remember?: Synonym Matching

The document provides a synonym matching activity with 20 words and their synonyms. It also includes a short reading passage about not liking one's mother-in-law due to her constant anxiety. It describes her being worried about food and getting upset at a rabbit stew. It notes her visits are exhausting. It then provides two multiple choice questions about the tone of the passage and the meaning of the word "allay" in the passage.

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Do You Remember?

Synonym Matching: In the space provided, write the letter of the synonym on
the right that corresponds to the word on the left.

1. Domicile ____ A. Tranquilize


2. Abhor _____ B. Uneasiness
3. Pacify _____ C. Frightful
4. Harrowing _____ D. Hopeless
5. Austere _____ E. Agonizing
6. Forlorn _____ F. Soothe
7. Abscond _____ G. House
8. Redoubtable _____ H. Hate
9. Sedate _____ I. Sneak
10. Anxiety ____ J. Simple

Reading Comprehension: Read the passage below and answer the questions
based on the text.

I have to be honest: I don’t like my mother-in-law very much. It’s not that I abhor
her or anything, it’s just that she’s so anxious all the time, it’s a little hard to
deal with. It’s always a daunting task whenever she comes over to dinner. No
matter what I cook, we have to allay all of her fears about the food before
she’ll take a single bite. And it’s pretty hard to pacify her once she gets excited.
One time, when I cooked rabbit stew, she got so worked up that she told me
that cooking rabbit was reprehensible, that you should only cook feral animals.
I asked her if she considered a cow to be a feral animal, but she wouldn’t
answer me. Instead she ate nothing and remained taciturn for the rest of the
dinner. Her visits are so exhausting and enervating!

1. The tone in the passage is best described as:


(A) Analytical
(B) Skeptical
(C) Reverent
(D) Hateful
(E) Annoyed

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2. The word “allay” in the passage above most closely means:
(A) Cook
(B) Assuage
(C) Discuss
(D) Exemplify
(E) Answer

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2 to sooth, ease 1 to demolish


5 moderation from excess, or calm tranquility 3 uneasiness
6 run-down, abandoned 4 to calm, soothe
7 to soothe, assuage 7 rich, wealthy
9 impoverished 8 a demand for goods, often by an authority
10 savage, wild, untamed 12 to ease, pacify
11 deserving of criticism 13 no longer used or exist- ing
16 to make more violent, intense 14 a residence, a home
18 intimidating 15 to hate, loathe
19 to restore, return to original state 17 of the most miserable or contemptible kind
20 in a state of disrepair

WORD BANK: Abhor, abject, affluent, allay, anxiety, assuage, daunting, defunct,
derelict, destitute, dilapidated, domicile, exacerbate, feral, pacify, raze, renovate,
reprehensible, requisition, sedate, sobriety.
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1 to sneak away and hide 2 deserted, lifeless


5 an abnormal fear of closed or crowded 3 old-fashioned
spaces 4 lonely, hopeless
6 a piece of cloth on which an artist paints 7 very bare, bleak, simple
9 not inclined to talk 8 an abnormal fear of open or public places
11 discouraged, hopeless, depressed 10 to weaken, make weary
13 formidable, commanding respect 12 requiring tremendous strength or energy
14 one who practices restraint as a means of 17 to be thrown off balance or feel dizzy
self-discipline, usually religious
15 agonizing, distressing
16 arousing fear or alarm
18 transparent, light, airy

WORD BANK: Abscond, agoraphobia, ascetic, austere, canvas, claustrophobia,


desolate, despondent, diaphanous, enervate, forlorn, formidable, harrowing, quaint,
redoubtable, reel, strenuous, taciturn.

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