CLT Vocabulary: Degree

Words for amount, size, speed, and certainty, each in a short sentence.

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Window crack

A minute crack ran along the bottom of the clinic window.

  1. 1.As used in the text, what does the word "minute" most nearly mean?

Saturday visitors

The library reported a slight rise in Saturday visitors.

  1. 2.As used in the text, what does the word "slight" most nearly mean?

Science hall projector

The office kept a spare projector for the science hall.

  1. 3.As used in the text, what does the word "spare" most nearly mean?

Clinic corridor

An abbreviated corridor links the clinic to the main office.

  1. 4.As used in the text, what does the word "abbreviated" most nearly mean?

Posted receipts

The book sale posted the unadjusted receipts on the library door.

  1. 5.As used in the text, what does the word "unadjusted" most nearly mean?

School store price

New graphing calculators are pricey at the school store.

  1. 6.As used in the text, what does the word "pricey" most nearly mean?

Lost textbook

The fine for a lost textbook was steep.

  1. 7.As used in the text, what does the word "steep" most nearly mean?

Neighborhood book swap

A sizable crowd gathered for the neighborhood book swap.

  1. 8.As used in the text, what does the word "sizable" most nearly mean?

Cart in the stacks

The return cart kept a fast pace through the stacks.

  1. 9.As used in the text, what does the word "fast" most nearly mean?

Barcode check

The barcode check made the copy count certain.

  1. 10.As used in the text, what does the word "certain" most nearly mean?

Morning route

The neighborhood shuttle is fleet on the open morning route.

  1. 11.As used in the text, what does the word "fleet" most nearly mean?

Bus outside the clinic

Riders boarded the express bus outside the clinic.

  1. 12.As used in the text, what does the word "express" most nearly mean?

Hours question

The library sent a swift answer on its hours.

  1. 13.As used in the text, what does the word "swift" most nearly mean?

Title search

The catalog showed straightaway matches for the title.

  1. 14.As used in the text, what does the word "straightaway" most nearly mean?

Vaccine recount

The nurse did a speedy recount of the vaccines.

  1. 15.As used in the text, what does the word "speedy" most nearly mean?

Crowded clinic tour

The tour group kept a deliberate pace in the crowded clinic.

  1. 16.As used in the text, what does the word "deliberate" most nearly mean?

Crossing the street

Students crossed the street at an unhurried pace.

  1. 17.As used in the text, what does the word "unhurried" most nearly mean?

Line for physicals

The line for physicals moved at a glacial pace.

  1. 18.As used in the text, what does the word "glacial" most nearly mean?

School-street traffic

Cars were sluggish along the street by the high school.

  1. 19.As used in the text, what does the word "sluggish" most nearly mean?

Walk to the branch

Walkers kept a brisk pace toward the branch library.

  1. 20.As used in the text, what does the word "brisk" most nearly mean?

Tally and the truck

The aide finished a hasty tally before the truck left.

  1. 21.As used in the text, what does the word "hasty" most nearly mean?

Afternoon phone calls

Calls to the clinic took a precipitate drop after lunch.

  1. 22.As used in the text, what does the word "precipitate" most nearly mean?

Library card drive

Sign-ups for the library card drive had a breakneck rise.

  1. 23.As used in the text, what does the word "breakneck" most nearly mean?

Lot beside the garden

Rank weeds crowded the lot beside the school garden.

  1. 24.As used in the text, what does the word "rank" most nearly mean?

Goggles for class

The lab had the minimal number of goggles the class required.

  1. 25.As used in the text, what does the word "minimal" most nearly mean?

Novel on the cart

There is a slim chance the missing novel is still on the cart.

  1. 26.As used in the text, what does the word "slim" most nearly mean?

List of arrivals

The clerk posted an incomplete list of the new arrivals.

  1. 27.As used in the text, what does the word "incomplete" most nearly mean?

Supply closet

The supply closet had an absolute lack of paper cups.

  1. 28.As used in the text, what does the word "absolute" most nearly mean?

Empty chair check

The aide did a rapid check of the empty chairs.

  1. 29.As used in the text, what does the word "rapid" most nearly mean?

Two shelf lengths

Getting the two shelf lengths to match was pure luck.

  1. 30.As used in the text, what does the word "pure" most nearly mean?

Donation bins

Every donation bin was full by noon.

  1. 31.As used in the text, what does the word "full" most nearly mean?

Chemistry beakers

The chemistry class was short three beakers.

  1. 32.As used in the text, what does the word "short" most nearly mean?

Shelf by the desk

A snug shelf unit fits beside the clinic desk.

  1. 33.As used in the text, what does the word "snug" most nearly mean?

Table in the office

A diminutive table stands in the nurse's office.

  1. 34.As used in the text, what does the word "diminutive" most nearly mean?

Clinic model

Art students built a miniature of the neighborhood clinic.

  1. 35.As used in the text, what does the word "miniature" most nearly mean?

Bus ticket money

The front desk keeps a nominal sum of cash for bus tickets.

  1. 36.As used in the text, what does the word "nominal" most nearly mean?

Weighing the boxes

A difference of one ounce was trivial when the boxes were weighed.

  1. 37.As used in the text, what does the word "trivial" most nearly mean?

New ID card

Students pay a trifling charge to replace an ID card.

  1. 38.As used in the text, what does the word "trifling" most nearly mean?

Rainy book sale

The rainy-day book sale brought in a paltry sum.

  1. 39.As used in the text, what does the word "paltry" most nearly mean?

Bandage stock

The clinic has a meager stock of elastic bandages.

  1. 40.As used in the text, what does the word "meager" most nearly mean?

Tables during exams

Empty tables are rare in the library during exams.

  1. 41.As used in the text, what does the word "rare" most nearly mean?

Crowd before opening

A packed crowd stood outside the library before it opened.

  1. 42.As used in the text, what does the word "packed" most nearly mean?

Journal rows

Crammed rows of journals cover the archive wall.

  1. 43.As used in the text, what does the word "crammed" most nearly mean?

Loaded carts

The two book carts carried an equal load.

  1. 44.As used in the text, what does the word "equal" most nearly mean?

Checkout comparison

This week's checkout total is on par with last week's.

  1. 45.As used in the text, what does the word "par" most nearly mean?

Four grades

The typical class size in the four grades is 24.

  1. 46.As used in the text, what does the word "typical" most nearly mean?

Staff gloves

Most staff members order a medium glove at the clinic.

  1. 47.As used in the text, what does the word "medium" most nearly mean?

Monday returns

The volume of Monday returns filled three library carts.

  1. 48.As used in the text, what does the word "volume" most nearly mean?

New library cards

A considerable number of neighbors applied for library cards.

  1. 49.As used in the text, what does the word "considerable" most nearly mean?

Loading dock

A substantial shipment of novels arrived at the loading dock.

  1. 50.As used in the text, what does the word "substantial" most nearly mean?

Local charts

The map room holds a monumental number of local charts.

  1. 51.As used in the text, what does the word "monumental" most nearly mean?

Side room

A prodigious number of atlases fills the side room.

  1. 52.As used in the text, what does the word "prodigious" most nearly mean?

Coats in the hall

A host of donated coats filled the clinic hallway.

  1. 53.As used in the text, what does the word "host" most nearly mean?

Students at the door

Scores of students waited for the clinic to open.

  1. 54.As used in the text, what does the word "scores" most nearly mean?

Thermometers

The nurse set out a brace of thermometers.

  1. 55.As used in the text, what does the word "brace" most nearly mean?

Town history

The sole copy of the town history stays in the reading room.

  1. 56.As used in the text, what does the word "sole" most nearly mean?

Last chair

A single chair was left in the waiting room.

  1. 57.As used in the text, what does the word "single" most nearly mean?

Cabinet key

This unique key opens the lab cabinet, and no second key exists.

  1. 58.As used in the text, what does the word "unique" most nearly mean?

Neighbors at the sale

Upward of thirty neighbors came to the weekend book sale.

  1. 59.As used in the text, what does the word "upward" most nearly mean?

Usual Saturday crowd

The library drew double its usual Saturday crowd.

  1. 60.As used in the text, what does the word "double" most nearly mean?

Glove boxes

The clinic ordered triple its usual number of glove boxes.

  1. 61.As used in the text, what does the word "triple" most nearly mean?

Books kept and discarded

After the discards, the net gain was eleven books.

  1. 62.As used in the text, what does the word "net" most nearly mean?

Money for shelves

A capital sum was reserved for new library shelves.

  1. 63.As used in the text, what does the word "capital" most nearly mean?

Scanner balance

The report lists the principal still owed on the clinic scanner.

  1. 64.As used in the text, what does the word "principal" most nearly mean?

Roof loan

The library pays the coupon on the bond for the new roof.

  1. 65.As used in the text, what does the word "coupon" most nearly mean?

Exam-week copies

Signed copies sold at a premium during exam week.

  1. 66.As used in the text, what does the word "premium" most nearly mean?

Room in the budget

The budget keeps a healthy margin for late book orders.

  1. 67.As used in the text, what does the word "healthy" most nearly mean?

Club sale

The weekend sale left the club with a tidy sum.

  1. 68.As used in the text, what does the word "tidy" most nearly mean?

Library fundraiser

The fundraiser produced a handsome sum for the library.

  1. 69.As used in the text, what does the word "handsome" most nearly mean?

Glove supply

The clinic reported a serious drop in its supply of latex gloves.

  1. 70.As used in the text, what does the word "serious" most nearly mean?

Seats after school

The lack of bus seats was severe along the neighborhood route.

  1. 71.As used in the text, what does the word "severe" most nearly mean?

After-school visits

The library saw a massive rise in after-school visits.

  1. 72.As used in the text, what does the word "massive" most nearly mean?

Room sizes

There is a marked difference between the two room sizes.

  1. 73.As used in the text, what does the word "marked" most nearly mean?

Alcove width

The east alcove has a pronounced difference in width.

  1. 74.As used in the text, what does the word "pronounced" most nearly mean?

Folder label

The printed label was a shade too wide for the folder tab.

  1. 75.As used in the text, what does the word "shade" most nearly mean?

Saline sample

The sample needed only a dash of saline.

  1. 76.As used in the text, what does the word "dash" most nearly mean?

Desk and open space

Moving the desk made only a cosmetic change in the room's open space.

  1. 77.As used in the text, what does the word "cosmetic" most nearly mean?

Room without the wall

Removing the wall made an immense change in the room's size.

  1. 78.As used in the text, what does the word "immense" most nearly mean?

Class size chart

The chart showed an utter contrast in the two class sizes.

  1. 79.As used in the text, what does the word "utter" most nearly mean?

Missing headphones

The listening lab had an outright gap of eighteen headphones.

  1. 80.As used in the text, what does the word "outright" most nearly mean?

Missing bulbs

The audit showed a categorical lack of backup bulbs.

  1. 81.As used in the text, what does the word "categorical" most nearly mean?

Missing-book count

The serial numbers gave a definitive count of the missing books.

  1. 82.As used in the text, what does the word "definitive" most nearly mean?

Chairs on order

The seating chart is still tentative until the extra chairs arrive.

  1. 83.As used in the text, what does the word "tentative" most nearly mean?

Early crowd figure

The early figure for Saturday's crowd was speculative.

  1. 84.As used in the text, what does the word "speculative" most nearly mean?

Smudged total

The smudged total looks doubtful.

  1. 85.As used in the text, what does the word "doubtful" most nearly mean?

Handwritten tally

The handwritten tally looked dubious beside the printed one.

  1. 86.As used in the text, what does the word "dubious" most nearly mean?

Erased digit

The half-erased digit was equivocal, so the clerks checked another copy.

  1. 87.As used in the text, what does the word "equivocal" most nearly mean?

Hallway drawing

The apparent width on the drawing was greater than the real hallway.

  1. 88.As used in the text, what does the word "apparent" most nearly mean?

Counter measurement

The guessed length of the counter was six feet, but the tape showed five.

  1. 89.As used in the text, what does the word "guessed" most nearly mean?

Cart still loaded

The conjectured total included books that were still on the cart.

  1. 90.As used in the text, what does the word "conjectured" most nearly mean?

Planning number

The plan used a hypothetical enrollment of 300, though fewer names were on the real list.

  1. 91.As used in the text, what does the word "hypothetical" most nearly mean?

Cutting the shelf

The carpenter used the given height of four feet when cutting the shelf.

  1. 92.As used in the text, what does the word "given" most nearly mean?

Edition stamp

The edition mark made the identification positive.

  1. 93.As used in the text, what does the word "positive" most nearly mean?

Package weigh-in

A second weigh-in made the package total sure.

  1. 94.As used in the text, what does the word "sure" most nearly mean?

Seats in the annex

It is established that the annex holds forty-two seats.

  1. 95.As used in the text, what does the word "established" most nearly mean?

How many buses

How many buses to send is a settled question.

  1. 96.As used in the text, what does the word "settled" most nearly mean?

Dose record

A confirmed count of twenty doses is written on the chart.

  1. 97.As used in the text, what does the word "confirmed" most nearly mean?

Extra bus

A second bus is contingent on the final head count.

  1. 98.As used in the text, what does the word "contingent" most nearly mean?

Delivery and the bell

A delay is likely if the delivery misses the morning bell.

  1. 99.As used in the text, what does the word "likely" most nearly mean?

Two office rooms

The copy room is comparable in size to the main office.

  1. 100.As used in the text, what does the word "comparable" most nearly mean?

Doorway

The approximate width of the doorway is one meter.

  1. 101.As used in the text, what does the word "approximate" most nearly mean?

Door width

The exact width of the door is 36 inches.

  1. 102.As used in the text, what does the word "exact" most nearly mean?

Board for the alcove

The board was cut to the precise length of the alcove.

  1. 103.As used in the text, what does the word "precise" most nearly mean?

Crowd guess

A ballpark count put the crowd near two hundred.

  1. 104.As used in the text, what does the word "ballpark" most nearly mean?

Clinic tour

About sixty students toured the clinic.

  1. 105.As used in the text, what does the word "about" most nearly mean?

Turnout at the sale

Around forty neighbors came to the book sale.

  1. 106.As used in the text, what does the word "around" most nearly mean?

Sidewalk after lunch

Foot traffic was sparse outside the clinic after lunch.

  1. 107.As used in the text, what does the word "sparse" most nearly mean?

Chairs in the room

The room holds just fifty chairs, no more and no less.

  1. 108.As used in the text, what does the word "just" most nearly mean?