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Inside Reading - Unit 8
Vocabulary words in sentences
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Undergraduate 1
03/19/2014

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Term
appropriate

inappropriate
Definition
Safe activities like coloring pictures and playing with friends are ______ for young children.

Dangerous activities like building fires are ______ for young children.
Term
appropriately
Definition
How do you ______ drive a car? You pay attention, keep both hands on the steering wheel, and do not use your phone.
Term
inappropriateness
Definition
The child said he did not like his mother. The ______ of his comment made his mother angry.
Term
appropriate

(past: appropriated)
Definition
Last year, the department ______ 500 rials for a new smart board. The smart board works so well that they will ______ 1000 more rials this year!
Term
appropriation
Definition
The government gave the school 4,000 rials. This ______ helped the school buy books, pencils, printers, and paper.
Term
assess

reassess
Definition
Exams help teachers ______ how much students have learned.

Teachers assessed the students when they entered the college, and they will ______ them at the end of the semester.
Term
assessment

reassessment
Definition
An ______ can be an exam, a quiz, or a survey, among other things.

The company made some changes because they didn’t have enough money. After the made the changes, a ______ showed them that their financial situation was better.
Term
assessable
Definition
Skills like riding a bike or driving a car are easily ______. Other skills, like thinking or hearing are more difficult to assess.
Term
capable

incapable
Definition
The average child is ______ of imagining things that are not real. An autistic child may be ______ of doing that.
Term
constrain
Definition
The child started crying and running away when his mother took him to the doctor to get a shot. His mother had to ______ him.
Term
constraint (constraints)
Definition
Some people think that the government should make ______ on who can fish in Omani waters.
Term
constrained

unconstrained
Definition
My time feels very ______. I have seven homework assignments and a presentation to prepare this week!

When I’m on holiday, I am ______. I can do anything I want!
Term
infer
Definition
If a child covers her ears and starts crying, her father might ______ that the music is too loud.
Term
interact
Definition
Sometimes people must take two types of medicine at the same time. If those medicines ______ with each other, they may not work as well as they should.

Most children enjoy playing together, but it is difficult for autistic children to ______ with others.
Term
link (n)
Definition
Research shows that there is a ______ between car accidents and using a phone while you are driving.
Term
link (v)
Definition
Words like ‘but’ and ‘however’ can ______ two sentences that have opposite meanings.
Term
mature (v)
Definition
The tree is very small now, but soon it will ______ and have leaves and fruit on it.
Term
mature (adj)

immature (adj)
Definition
A ______ student will tell the teacher when he doesn’t understand something.

An ______ student will not ask for help. He might even say he understands when he doesn't.
Term
maturation
Definition
The ______ of an insect is much faster than that of an elephant.
Term
maturational
Definition
A plant that does not receive enough water and sunlight will have ______ problem.
Term
maturity

immaturity
Definition
______ can change an angry child into a kind, responsible adult.

His ______ became clear when he hit is sister and then laughed.
Term
odd
Definition
We thought is was ______ our teacher didn’t show up for class for three days.

The teacher asked the female students to answer the even numbered questions and the boys to answer the ______ questions.
Term
odds
Definition
The ______ are good that it will rain next week.
Term
participate
Definition
If you want to be accepted to a big university, it is a good idea to ______ in academic and community activities.
Term
participant
Definition
Salim is a ______ in the English Club and the Arabic club, and he writes for the school newspaper.
Term
participation
Definition
______ is required for the final exam.
Term
participatory
Definition
Many teachers do activities from the textbook in class, but my teacher makes us do ______ activities like grammar games. These require us to pay attention and work together.
Term
phase
Definition
The foundation program is the first ______ of your program at this college.
Term
predominance
Definition
The ______ of coffee shops over other restaurants in Portland shows that coffee must be very important to Portlanders.
Term
predominant
Definition
Coffee shops are the ______ type of restaurant in Portland. There are more coffee shops than other types of restaurants.
Term
predominate
Definition
Coffee shops ______ the restaurant industry in Portland. They are the most common type of restaurant.
Term
predominantly
Definition
People with autism are _______ males.
Term
ratio
Definition
Girls outnumber boys in the class by a ______ of 3 to 2. To be exact, there are twelve girls and eight boys.
Term
relax
Definition
It is a good idea to ______ for twenty minutes after each two hours of doing homework.

I was nervous about going to the dentist, but he said that if I don’t ______ my jaw, he couldn’t reach in my mouth to fix my tooth.
Term
task
Definition
The teacher assigned the students the _______ of reading three pages.
Term
disability

(plural: disabilities)
Definition
There are usually special parking spaces near the entrance to the mall so that drivers with ______ can more easily walk from their car to the door.
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