Thursday, July 12, 2007

Quizzes
The quizzes listed below are meant for college-level work. They include a number of words that are alleged to appear on the Scholastic Aptitude Tests and Graduate Record Exams from year to year. Have fun building those vocabulary muscles!

A YEAR'S WORTH OF WORDS:
A POP-UP LEXICON
featuring 365 SAT- and GRE-level vocabulary words,
definitions, and sample sentences.
(large, 93kb, file—takes a moment to download)
Matching Quiz I
Matching Quiz II

Matching Quiz III
Matching Quiz IV

Matching Quiz V
Matching Quiz VI

Matching Quiz VII
Matching Quiz (Non-English Words I)

Matching Quiz (Non-English Words II)
Matching Quiz (Non-English Words III)

Fill-in-the-Blanks I
Fill-in-the-Blanks II

Fill-in-the-Blanks III
Fill-in-the-Blanks IV

Fill-in-the-Blanks V
Fill-in-the-Blanks VI

The Dating Game I
The Dating Game II

The Dating Game III
The Dating Game IV

The Dating Game V
The Dating Game VI

Auntie Nym's World of Opposites I
Auntie Nym's World of Opposites II

Grammar's Misfits

POP-UP LEXICON:
featuring 365 SAT- and GRE-level vocabulary words,
definitions, and sample sentences.
(large, 93kb, file—takes a moment to download)





Guide to Grammar
and Writing


Principles of
Composition


Index


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Several quizzes have been connected to this section as vocabulary muscle builders. In addition, a javascript pop-up lexicon, A YEAR'S WORTH OF WORDS—with a word for every day of the year—is available. See the hyperlinks at the bottom of this page.

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