Vocabulary College Prep Essentials — Set 2: Quick Drills flashcards
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Which word means a person's natural temperament, the mood they usually bring to daily life?dispositionCharacter & Behavior
Trainers look for a calm disposition in a future guide dog, since an excitable one may bolt at a siren. -
Which word means a personal wish or willingness to do something, the pull you feel toward doing it?inclinationFeelings & Attitudes
Left to her own inclination, Rosa would spend every Saturday in the library. -
Which word means describing things through words and observation of their nature, not through numbers?qualitativeThinking & Knowing
Her notes on how the children played together were qualitative, not statistical. -
Which word means inside what was just referred to, whether a place, a text or a point?thereinSpeaking & Arguing
The box held old letters, and the secrets therein surprised the whole family. -
Which word means to reserve or hand out money, time or resources with a specific purpose in mind?allocateActions & Effort
The club allocated half its budget to the spring trip. -
Which word means a chain of events, like falling dominoes, with every step setting off the one after it?cascadeChange & Growth
In blood clotting, each protein switches on the next in a cascade that ends with a clot sealing the cut. -
Which word means a range whose two ends are far apart, though each point along the way blends into the next?continuumSize & Amount
Dialects can form a continuum: neighboring villages understand each other, but villages at the far ends cannot. -
Which word means a breakdown in how something normally works, whether a body organ or the way a group gets along?dysfunctionQuality & Judgment
Doctors tested her thyroid for dysfunction after she complained of feeling cold all the time. -
Which word means to make a law or principle hold firm, or, of a court, to let an earlier ruling stand?upholdSociety & Power
Referees must uphold the rules even when the home crowd boos. -
Which word means a person's, family's or species' ancestors, traced back generation by generation?lineageNature & Time
The horse's lineage includes three famous racing champions.
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