District Assessment 1.2 Practice

Question 1

a person who held a job or office before the current holder

Answer 1

predecessor

Question 2

a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources

Answer 2

memoir

Question 3

requiring great strength or effort.

Answer 3

herculean

Question 4

a person who is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about an activity, subject, or pastime.

Answer 4

Aficionados

Question 5

speak about (someone) in a spitefully critical manner

Answer 5

maligned

Question 6

the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening.

Answer 6

oblivion

Question 7

a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation.

Answer 7

vocation

Question 8

the quality of being logically or factually sound; soundness or cogency; coming from a reliable source

Answer 8

validity

Question 9

a mental process that involves using observations to draw general conclusions or principles.

Answer 9

inductive reasoning

Question 10

a psychological process that involves drawing specific conclusions from general premises or ideas

Answer 10

deductive reasoning

Question 11

a form of logical inference that seeks the simplest and most likely conclusion from a set of observations.

Answer 11

abductive reasoning

Question 12

The study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history.

Answer 12

etymology

Question 13

ways to show validity

Answer 13

back up with reliable evidence, use a reliable source

Question 14

ways to support a central idea

Answer 14

evidence, compare and contrast