Vocabulary in Context - 3 (Reading)

Choose the word most similar in meaning to the word 'magnates', as used in the passage.

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable answer according to the underlined word per corresponding number in the passage.

Corporations evolved further when the new American republic won its independence from England. The states took over the royal role of granting charters. In that era of budding industry, thousands of would-be railroad magnates and factory builders beleaguered the legislatures with applications to start companies. In 1811, the New York State legislature changed the rules of the game. Instead of tediously sorting through individual requests, they established a blanket corporate charter. Anyone who met the legal criteria was automatically granted the powers of a company: to own property, to outlive human members, and not to burden any individuals with their debts or liabilities. Nascent entrepreneurs congregated to the state, and then to other states such as Delaware and New Jersey, which strove to outdo the leniency of each other’s laws.

Choose the word most similar in meaning to the word 'tediously', as used in the passage.

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable answer according to the underlined word per corresponding number in the passage.

Corporations evolved further when the new American republic won its independence from England. The states took over the royal role of granting charters. In that era of budding industry, thousands of would-be railroad magnates and factory builders beleaguered the legislatures with applications to start companies. In 1811, the New York State legislature changed the rules of the game. Instead of tediously sorting through individual requests, they established a blanket corporate charter. Anyone who met the legal criteria was automatically granted the powers of a company: to own property, to outlive human members, and not to burden any individuals with their debts or liabilities. Nascent entrepreneurs congregated to the state, and then to other states such as Delaware and New Jersey, which strove to outdo the leniency of each other’s laws.

Choose the word most similar in meaning to the word 'beleaguered', as used in the passage.

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable answer according to the underlined word per corresponding number in the passage.

Corporations evolved further when the new American republic won its independence from England. The states took over the royal role of granting charters. In that era of budding industry, thousands of would-be railroad magnates and factory builders beleaguered the legislatures with applications to start companies. In 1811, the New York State legislature changed the rules of the game. Instead of tediously sorting through individual requests, they established a blanket corporate charter. Anyone who met the legal criteria was automatically granted the powers of a company: to own property, to outlive human members, and not to burden any individuals with their debts or liabilities. Nascent entrepreneurs congregated to the state, and then to other states such as Delaware and New Jersey, which strove to outdo the leniency of each other’s laws.

Choose the word most similar in meaning to the word 'congregated', as used in the passage.

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable answer according to the underlined word per corresponding number in the passage.

Corporations evolved further when the new American republic won its independence from England. The states took over the royal role of granting charters. In that era of budding industry, thousands of would-be railroad magnates and factory builders beleaguered the legislatures with applications to start companies. In 1811, the New York State legislature changed the rules of the game. Instead of tediously sorting through individual requests, they established a blanket corporate charter. Anyone who met the legal criteria was automatically granted the powers of a company: to own property, to outlive human members, and not to burden any individuals with their debts or liabilities. Nascent entrepreneurs congregated to the state, and then to other states such as Delaware and New Jersey, which strove to outdo the leniency of each other’s laws.

Choose the word most similar in meaning to the word 'nascent', as used in the passage.

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable answer according to the underlined word per corresponding number in the passage.

Corporations evolved further when the new American republic won its independence from England. The states took over the royal role of granting charters. In that era of budding industry, thousands of would-be railroad magnates and factory builders beleaguered the legislatures with applications to start companies. In 1811, the New York State legislature changed the rules of the game. Instead of tediously sorting through individual requests, they established a blanket corporate charter. Anyone who met the legal criteria was automatically granted the powers of a company: to own property, to outlive human members, and not to burden any individuals with their debts or liabilities. Nascent entrepreneurs congregated to the state, and then to other states such as Delaware and New Jersey, which strove to outdo the leniency of each other’s laws.

Choose the word most similar in meaning to the word 'revered', as used in the passage.

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable answer according to the underlined word per corresponding number in the passage.

When we examine the opinions of men, we find that nothing is more uncommon, than common sense; or, in other words, they lack judgment to discover plain truths, or to reject absurdities, and palpable contradictions.  We have an example of this in Theology, a system revered in all countries by a great number of men; an object regarded by them as most important, and indispensable to happiness.  An examination of the principles upon which this pretended system is founded, forces us to acknowledge, that these principles are only suppositions, imagined by ignorance, propagated by enthusiasm or knavery, adopted by timid credulity, preserved by custom which never reasons, and revered solely because not understood.
In all parts of our globe, fanatics have cut each other's throats, publicly burnt each other, committed without a scruple and even as a duty, the greatest crimes, and shed torrents of blood. What for? To strengthen, support, or propagate the impertinent conjectures of some enthusiasts, or to give validity to the cheats or impostors, in the name of a being, who exists only in their imagination, and who has made himself known only by the ravages, disputes, and follies, he has caused.

Choose the word most similar in meaning to the word 'impertinent', as used in the passage.

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable answer according to the underlined word per corresponding number in the passage.

When we examine the opinions of men, we find that nothing is more uncommon, than common sense; or, in other words, they lack judgment to discover plain truths, or to reject absurdities, and palpable contradictions.  We have an example of this in Theology, a system revered in all countries by a great number of men; an object regarded by them as most important, and indispensable to happiness.  An examination of the principles upon which this pretended system is founded, forces us to acknowledge, that these principles are only suppositions, imagined by ignorance, propagated by enthusiasm or knavery, adopted by timid credulity, preserved by custom which never reasons, and revered solely because not understood.
In all parts of our globe, fanatics have cut each other's throats, publicly burnt each other, committed without a scruple and even as a duty, the greatest crimes, and shed torrents of blood. What for? To strengthen, support, or propagate the impertinent conjectures of some enthusiasts, or to give validity to the cheats or impostors, in the name of a being, who exists only in their imagination, and who has made himself known only by the ravages, disputes, and follies, he has caused.

Choose the word most similar in meaning to the word 'scruple', as used in the passage.

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable answer according to the underlined word per corresponding number in the passage.

When we examine the opinions of men, we find that nothing is more uncommon, than common sense; or, in other words, they lack judgment to discover plain truths, or to reject absurdities, and palpable contradictions.  We have an example of this in Theology, a system revered in all countries by a great number of men; an object regarded by them as most important, and indispensable to happiness.  An examination of the principles upon which this pretended system is founded, forces us to acknowledge, that these principles are only suppositions, imagined by ignorance, propagated by enthusiasm or knavery, adopted by timid credulity, preserved by custom which never reasons, and revered solely because not understood.
In all parts of our globe, fanatics have cut each other's throats, publicly burnt each other, committed without a scruple and even as a duty, the greatest crimes, and shed torrents of blood. What for? To strengthen, support, or propagate the impertinent conjectures of some enthusiasts, or to give validity to the cheats or impostors, in the name of a being, who exists only in their imagination, and who has made himself known only by the ravages, disputes, and follies, he has caused.

Choose the word most similar in meaning to the word 'prejudice', as used in the passage.

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable answer according to the underlined word per corresponding number in the passage.

When we examine the opinions of men, we find that nothing is more uncommon, than common sense; or, in other words, they lack judgment to discover plain truths, or to reject absurdities, and palpable contradictions.  We have an example of this in Theology, a system revered in all countries by a great number of men; an object regarded by them as most important, and indispensable to happiness.  An examination of the principles upon which this pretended system is founded, forces us to acknowledge, that these principles are only suppositions, imagined by ignorance, propagated by enthusiasm or knavery, adopted by timid credulity, preserved by custom which never reasons, and revered solely because not understood.
In all parts of our globe, fanatics have cut each other's throats, publicly burnt each other, committed without a scruple and even as a duty, the greatest crimes, and shed torrents of blood. What for? To strengthen, support, or propagate the impertinent conjectures of some enthusiasts, or to give validity to the cheats or impostors, in the name of a being, who exists only in their imagination, and who has made himself known only by the ravages, disputes, and follies, he has caused.

Choose the word most similar in meaning to the word 'extricate', as used in the passage.

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable answer according to the underlined word per corresponding number in the passage.

When we examine the opinions of men, we find that nothing is more uncommon, than common sense; or, in other words, they lack judgment to discover plain truths, or to reject absurdities, and palpable contradictions.  We have an example of this in Theology, a system revered in all countries by a great number of men; an object regarded by them as most important, and indispensable to happiness.  An examination of the principles upon which this pretended system is founded, forces us to acknowledge, that these principles are only suppositions, imagined by ignorance, propagated by enthusiasm or knavery, adopted by timid credulity, preserved by custom which never reasons, and revered solely because not understood.
In all parts of our globe, fanatics have cut each other's throats, publicly burnt each other, committed without a scruple and even as a duty, the greatest crimes, and shed torrents of blood. What for? To strengthen, support, or propagate the impertinent conjectures of some enthusiasts, or to give validity to the cheats or impostors, in the name of a being, who exists only in their imagination, and who has made himself known only by the ravages, disputes, and follies, he has caused.

Choose the word most similar in meaning to the word 'absurdities', as used in the passage.

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable answer according to the underlined word per corresponding number in the passage.

When we examine the opinions of men, we find that nothing is more uncommon, than common sense; or, in other words, they lack judgment to discover plain truths, or to reject absurdities, and palpable contradictions.  We have an example of this in Theology, a system revered in all countries by a great number of men; an object regarded by them as most important, and indispensable to happiness.  An examination of the principles upon which this pretended system is founded, forces us to acknowledge, that these principles are only suppositions, imagined by ignorance, propagated by enthusiasm or knavery, adopted by timid credulity, preserved by custom which never reasons, and revered solely because not understood.
In all parts of our globe, fanatics have cut each other's throats, publicly burnt each other, committed without a scruple and even as a duty, the greatest crimes, and shed torrents of blood. What for? To strengthen, support, or propagate the impertinent conjectures of some enthusiasts, or to give validity to the cheats or impostors, in the name of a being, who exists only in their imagination, and who has made himself known only by the ravages, disputes, and follies, he has caused.

Choose the word most similar in meaning to the word 'knavery', as used in the passage.

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable answer according to the underlined word per corresponding number in the passage.

When we examine the opinions of men, we find that nothing is more uncommon, than common sense; or, in other words, they lack judgment to discover plain truths, or to reject absurdities, and palpable contradictions.  We have an example of this in Theology, a system revered in all countries by a great number of men; an object regarded by them as most important, and indispensable to happiness.  An examination of the principles upon which this pretended system is founded, forces us to acknowledge, that these principles are only suppositions, imagined by ignorance, propagated by enthusiasm or knavery, adopted by timid credulity, preserved by custom which never reasons, and revered solely because not understood.
In all parts of our globe, fanatics have cut each other's throats, publicly burnt each other, committed without a scruple and even as a duty, the greatest crimes, and shed torrents of blood. What for? To strengthen, support, or propagate the impertinent conjectures of some enthusiasts, or to give validity to the cheats or impostors, in the name of a being, who exists only in their imagination, and who has made himself known only by the ravages, disputes, and follies, he has caused.

Choose the word most similar in meaning to the word 'labyrinth', as used in the passage.

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable answer according to the underlined word per corresponding number in the passage.

When we examine the opinions of men, we find that nothing is more uncommon, than common sense; or, in other words, they lack judgment to discover plain truths, or to reject absurdities, and palpable contradictions.  We have an example of this in Theology, a system revered in all countries by a great number of men; an object regarded by them as most important, and indispensable to happiness.  An examination of the principles upon which this pretended system is founded, forces us to acknowledge, that these principles are only suppositions, imagined by ignorance, propagated by enthusiasm or knavery, adopted by timid credulity, preserved by custom which never reasons, and revered solely because not understood.
In all parts of our globe, fanatics have cut each other's throats, publicly burnt each other, committed without a scruple and even as a duty, the greatest crimes, and shed torrents of blood. What for? To strengthen, support, or propagate the impertinent conjectures of some enthusiasts, or to give validity to the cheats or impostors, in the name of a being, who exists only in their imagination, and who has made himself known only by the ravages, disputes, and follies, he has caused.

Choose the word most similar in meaning to the word 'credulity', as used in the passage.

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable answer according to the underlined word per corresponding number in the passage.

When we examine the opinions of men, we find that nothing is more uncommon, than common sense; or, in other words, they lack judgment to discover plain truths, or to reject absurdities, and palpable contradictions.  We have an example of this in Theology, a system revered in all countries by a great number of men; an object regarded by them as most important, and indispensable to happiness.  An examination of the principles upon which this pretended system is founded, forces us to acknowledge, that these principles are only suppositions, imagined by ignorance, propagated by enthusiasm or knavery, adopted by timid credulity, preserved by custom which never reasons, and revered solely because not understood.
In all parts of our globe, fanatics have cut each other's throats, publicly burnt each other, committed without a scruple and even as a duty, the greatest crimes, and shed torrents of blood. What for? To strengthen, support, or propagate the impertinent conjectures of some enthusiasts, or to give validity to the cheats or impostors, in the name of a being, who exists only in their imagination, and who has made himself known only by the ravages, disputes, and follies, he has caused.

Choose the word most similar in meaning to the word 'theology', as used in the passage.

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable answer according to the underlined word per corresponding number in the passage.

When we examine the opinions of men, we find that nothing is more uncommon, than common sense; or, in other words, they lack judgment to discover plain truths, or to reject absurdities, and palpable contradictions.  We have an example of this in Theology, a system revered in all countries by a great number of men; an object regarded by them as most important, and indispensable to happiness.  An examination of the principles upon which this pretended system is founded, forces us to acknowledge, that these principles are only suppositions, imagined by ignorance, propagated by enthusiasm or knavery, adopted by timid credulity, preserved by custom which never reasons, and revered solely because not understood.
In all parts of our globe, fanatics have cut each other's throats, publicly burnt each other, committed without a scruple and even as a duty, the greatest crimes, and shed torrents of blood. What for? To strengthen, support, or propagate the impertinent conjectures of some enthusiasts, or to give validity to the cheats or impostors, in the name of a being, who exists only in their imagination, and who has made himself known only by the ravages, disputes, and follies, he has caused.