Reading Test Practice Flashcards
The sense of his own community silent, waiting, had made his stomach ________
churn
He remembered that moment of ________, stomach-sinking terror when the aircraft had streaked above
palpable
“_________” is too strong and adjective to describe salmon-viewing
Distraught
He glanced at his mother, the one responsible for _________ to the rules, and was relieved that she was smiling
adherence
But the committee would never bother The Receiver with a question about bicycles; they would simply ______ and argue about it themselves for years, until the citizens forgot that it had ever gone to them for study
fret
He didn’t like it that she had mentioned his eyes. He waited for his father to ________ Lily.
chastise
Depth, he decided; as if one were looking into the clear water of the river, down to the bottom, where things might _______ which hadn’t been discovered yet
lurk
They almost _________ did their hours on Recreation Duty first, helping with the younger ones in a place where they still felt comfortable
invariably
It was rumored that he was as skilled now as the Rehabilitation Directors themselves, and that he had even developed some machines and methods to ________ Rehabilitation
hasten
“I cant even swim very well,” he said. “My swimming instructor said that I don’t have the right boyishness or something” “________,” Jonas corrected him.
buoyancy
The bicycle, at Nine, would be the powerful ________ of moving gradually out into the community, away from the protective family unit
emblem
Jonas shrugged. It didn’t worry him. How could someone not fit in? the community was so __________ ordered, the choices so carefully made.
meticulously
Jonas stowed his bicycle beside Mother’s and made his way through the ________ to find his group
throng
The audience murmured in agreement. Asher’s cheerful _____________ was well-known throughout the community
disposition
The audience was clearly I’ll at ease. They applauded at the final Assignments, but the applause was __________, no longer a crescendo of united enthusiasm
piecemeal
Earlier that day, dressing in his own dwelling, he had practiced the kind of ________, self-assured walk that he hoped he could make to the stage when his turn came
jaunty
“Sometimes,” She went on, speaking now in a lighter tone, relaxing the tension in he auditorium, “we are not entirely certain about the Assignments, even after the most ____________ observations
painstaking
From this moment you are _________ from rules governing rudeness
exempted
But the most ____________ difference was the books
conspicuous
There must have been hundreds-perhaps thousands-of books, their titles ________ in shiny letters
embossed
And he could see, though his eyes were closed. He could see a bright, whirling _______ of crystals in the air around him, and he could see them gather on the backs of his hands, like cold fur
torrent
“And hills, too,” he added. “They made ____________ of goods unwieldy
conveyance
“And hills, too,” he added. “They made conveyance of goods __________
unwieldy
He was very aware of his own _____________ not to discuss his training
admonition
We ____________ color when we ____________ sunshine and did away with differences
relinquished
