Word List

• v. To adhere means to act in the way that a rule or agreement says is right.
  If the new employees wish to succeed, they must adhere to the boss's rules.
• v. To administer means to take responsibility for organizing something.
  The teacher's assistant will administer the test.
• adj. When people are compassionate, they feel pity and sympathy for others.
  The compassionate nurse tried to make the sick man feel comfortable.
• v. To contaminate something means to put dirty or harmful chemicals into it.
  The lake was contaminated when pollutants entered the water.
• n. A deficiency is a lack of something, especially something that is needed.
  Your snack has a deficiency of any real nutrients.
• n. When you put an emphasis on prevention, you give special attention to prevention.
  The government placed a strong emphasis on educational reform.
• n. An epidemic is an outbreak of a disease that spreads quickly.
  It was difficult to stop the flu epidemic.
• n. A hazard is something that could be dangerous to a person's health or safety.
  Smoking cigarettes poses many health hazards.
• adj. When something is imperative, it is extremely important and must be done.
  It was imperative for him to find a job.
• n. Intestines are tubes through which food passes after it leaves the stomach.
  Whatever you eat goes into your intestines.
• v. To manifest means to make something visible or obvious.
  The joy of the holiday season manifested as bright smiles on the faces of the children.
• adj. When a place is overcrowded, it has too many people or things in it.
  The lobby was overcrowded with people.
• n. A practitioner is a doctor.
  She made an appointment with the practitioner to treat her cough.
• n. The provision of something is the act of giving it to people in need or want.
  That department is responsible for the provision of emergency supplies.
• v. To replenish something means to make it full or complete again.
  We planted nearly one hundred seeds to replenish the garden after the fire.
• v. When a car reverses, it goes backwards.
  We reversed out of the parking place and then drove away.
• adj. When something is sterile, it is completely clean and free from germs.
  The hospital room looked quite sterile.
• v. To upgrade something means to improve it or make it more efficient.
  He upgraded to a real fancy car.
• adj. When something is viable, it is capable of doing what it is intended to do.
  Her method of solving the math problem seemed viable.
• adj. When something is voluntary, it is done by choice but is not required.
  Many people attended the voluntary boat safety class.

Exercise

A ‣ Circle the answer that best fits the question.

B ‣ Circle the one that is opposite in meaning to the given word.

C ‣ Write a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined part.

Reading Comprehension

Part A: Mark each statement T for true or F for false. Rewrite the false statements to make them true.

Part B: Answer the questions.