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Number 1. In the opposite direction

a. backbeat
b. backfield
c. backward
d. pitiless

Correct Answer: c. backward

Number 2. A winning team

a. victors
b. victory
c. victor
d. victorious

Correct Answer: d. victorious

Number 3. A drawing that describes

a. photograph
b. diameter
c. diagram
d. filmography

Correct Answer: c. diagram

Number 4. Tool for looking at tiny objects

a. periscope
b. telescope
c. stethoscope
d. microscope

Correct Answer: d. microscope

Number 5. By the flame warmth

a. matchless
b. firelight
c. fireside
d. matchbox

Correct Answer: c. fireside

Number 6. Extreme sadness

a. underside
b. heartbreak
c. overburden
d. breakthrough

Correct Answer: b. heartbreak

Number 7. A centennial celebration

a. thousand-year
b. fifty-year
c. hundred-year
d. five-year

Correct Answer: c. hundred-year

Number 8. Person who is unhappy

a. ignored
b. expendable
c. generous
d. malcontent

Correct Answer: d. malcontent

Number 9. A room divider

a. partition
b. separate
c. partner
d. partly

Correct Answer: a. partition

Number 10. Completely sealed

a. landlocked
b. fogbound
c. airtight
d. windbreak

Correct Answer: c. airtight

Number 11. Clothing that holds in warmth

a. dermatology
b. thermal
c. unlined
d. solarium

Correct Answer: b. thermal

Number 12. Lack of agreement

a. accord
b. explanation
c. diagram
d. discord

Correct Answer: d. discord

Number 13. Eyeglasses with two points of focus

a. trifocals
b. magnifiers
c. crystals
d. bifocals

Correct Answer: d. bifocals

Number 14. Glass for looking outside

a. windowwasher
b. windswept
c. windmill
d. windowpane

Correct Answer: d. windowpane

Number 15. Ink that is unable to be seen

a. envision
b. visualize
c. invisible
d. visible

Correct Answer: c. invisible

Number 16. There is no precedent for this law

a. available duplicate
b. sound reason
c. new change
d. earlier example

Correct Answer: d. earlier example

Number 17. Travel on the underground train

a. subway
b. cavern
c. subterranean
d. substation

Correct Answer: a. subway

Number 18. My promise that nothing will go wrong

a. ingenuity
b. uncertainty
c. temperament
d. assurance

Correct Answer: d. assurance

Number 19. Catherine spoke with softness and grace

a. politeness
b. more polite
c. politely
d. polite

Correct Answer: c. politely

Number 20. Metaphor

a. When Lexi first started gymmastics, she was'nt very good
b. Her coach was the only to see the potential
c. She said Lexi was a diamond in the rough
d. After a whole year of practice, Lexi was ready for competition

Correct Answer: c. She said Lexi was a diamond in the rough

Number 21. Metaphor

a. We didn't sleep much last night, because it was raining cats and dogs
b. Eva and I listened to it for hours until I finally dozed off
c. In the morning, the newspaper we left on the sidewalk was an ink-stained sponge
d. The steam rose from it like smoke from a campfire

Correct Answer: c. In the morning, the newspaper we left on the sidewalk was an ink-stained sponge

Number 22. Simile

a. Last night, Keisha and I watched a horror movie
b. It was about a brilliant doctor whop was as mad as a hatter
c. He spoke with quiet intensity
d. When the movie ended, we thought we could still hear his voice

Correct Answer: b. It was about a brilliant doctor whop was as mad as a hatter

Number 23. Simile

a. Our teacher assigned the worst project this week
b. She wants us to build a model of a national monument
c. This project is a dark cloud in an otherwise great class
d. The assignment is clear as mud

Correct Answer: d. The assignment is clear as mud

Number 24. Metaphor

a. Our teacher assigned the worst project this week
b. She wants us to build a model of a national monument
c. This project is a dark cloud in an otherwise great class
d. The assignment is as clear as mud

Correct Answer: c. This project is a dark cloud in an otherwise great class

Number 25. Simile

a. Rosa is like Marlena
b. They both love to act
c. Rosa was brave as a lion through the final act
d. Marlena thought that Rosa was energized by the applause

Correct Answer: c. Rosa was brave as a lion through the final act

Number 26. Charges agains a good man that are untrue

a. false
b. interesting
c. corrupt
d. frank

Correct Answer: a. false

Number 27. Muscular weight lifter

a. brawny
b. vigorous
c. bright
d. valiant

Correct Answer: a. brawny

Number 28. She did not reply

a. expect
b. request
c. induce
d. answer

Correct Answer: d. answer

Number 29. A clever racoon opening a barn door

a. timid
b. sly
c. intense
d. outgoing

Correct Answer: b. sly

Number 30. Hidden feelings of disappointment

a. subtle
b. superb
c. sound
d. ordinary

Correct Answer: a. subtle

Number 31. Come forth from the darkness

a. disappear
b. emerge
c. vanquish
d. fade

Correct Answer: b. emerge

Number 32. A stiff piece of leather

a. marine
b. rigid
c. muddled
d. vivid

Correct Answer: b. rigid

Number 33. Snow might delay mail delivery for two days

a. shield
b. interrupt
c. incite
d. forestall

Correct Answer: b. interrupt

Number 34. Uncertain about the future

a. bizarre
b. intricate
c. dubious
d. inane

Correct Answer: c. dubious