2.
Piscatorial creatures, such as flounder, salmon, and
trout, live in the coldest parts of the ocean.
Unfamiliar Word: Piscatorial
Type of text: by Examples
Clue: such as flounder, salmon, and trout
Meaning: fish
Direction: Identify the unfamiliar word,
type of text used, clues, and meaning.
3.
Fluoroscopy, an examination with a fluoroscope, has
become a common practice.
Unfamiliar Word: Fluoroscopy
Type of text: by Definition
Clue: an examination with a fluoroscope
Meaning: an examination with a fluoroscope
Direction: Identify the unfamiliar word,
type of text used, clues, and meaning.
4.
His emaciation, that’s his skeleton-like appearance,
was frightening to see.
Unfamiliar Word: emaciation
Type of text: by Definition
Clue: that’s his skeleton-like appearance
Meaning: the state of being abnormally thin and
weak from lack of nutrition or illness.
Direction: Identify the unfamiliar word,
type of text used, clues, and meaning.
5.
Flooded with spotlight the new Miss Philippines
began her year-long reign. She was the cynosure or
the focus of all attention of all eyes for the rest of the
evening.
Unfamiliar Word: cynosure
Type of text: by Synonym
Clue: the focus of all attention
Meaning: the center of attraction
Direction: Identify the unfamiliar word,
type of text used, clues, and meaning.
6.
When the light brightens, the pupils of the eyes
contract; however, when t grows darker, they dilate.
Unfamiliar Word: dilate
Type of text: Antonym
Clue: contract
Meaning: to become enlarged or widened
Direction: Identify the unfamiliar word,
type of text used, clues, and meaning.
7.
The children were as different as day and night. He
was a lively conversationalist, but she was reserved
and taciturn.
Unfamiliar Word: taciturn
Type of text: by Antonym
Clue: lively conversationalist,
Meaning: reserved, silent
Direction: Identify the unfamiliar word,
type of text used, clues, and meaning.
8.
She told her friend, “I am through with blind dates
forever. What a dull evening! I was bored every
minute. The conversation was absolutely vapid.
Unfamiliar Word: vapid
Type of text: by Inference
Clue: “I am through with blind dates forever. What
a dull evening! I was bored every minute.
Meaning: uninteresting
Direction: Identify the unfamiliar word,
type of text used, clues, and meaning.
9.
The purpose of the psychiatrist is to mitigate the
suffering of the patent.
A. make milder
B. beautify
C. increase
D. banish
Direction: Identify the meaning of the
unfamiliar word.
10.
A combination of fog and industrial smoke, called
smog has vitiated the air in and around many big cities.
A. concentrate
B. fill up
C. replace
D. contaminate
Direction: Identify the meaning of the
unfamiliar word.
11.
We knew he couldn’t hold out any longer, because
he had been doomed from the beginning. One night
he met his ineluctable fate.
A. forgotten
B. inevitable
C. hidden
D.unhappy
Direction: Identify the meaning of the
unfamiliar word.
