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This word means a long life or a long duration of time.
What is longevity?
Something that can flow, like water or liquid, is called this.
What is fluid?
This word means not positive; showing denial or refusal.
What is negative?
I mean long life. What word am I?
Longevity
“The employee was fired for being negligent because he failed to complete important safety checks.”
What does negligent most likely mean?
A. Careful
B. Forgetful but responsible
C. Failing to give proper care
D. Working quickly
Answer: C — Failing to give proper care
This word means relating to the Middle Ages.
What is medieval?
This word means the power to have an effect on someone
What is influence?
This word means to fail to care for something or deny it proper attention.
What is neglect?
I mean to change back and forth. What word am I?
Fluctuate
“The family enjoyed new affluence, with plenty of money for a new house and travel.”
What does affluence most likely mean?
A. A flow of wealth
B. A lack of money
C. Losing money
D. Returning money
Answer: A — A flow of wealth
This word means belonging to the earliest ages of history.
What is primeval?
This word means a flowing in of people or things.
What is influx?
This word means to discuss something in order to come to an agreement.
What is negotiate?
I mean a large amount flowing into a place. What word am I?
Influx
“The weather was fluctuating, changing from hot to cold throughout the day.”
What does fluctuating mean?
A. Staying the same
B. Changing back and forth
C. Becoming hotter
D. Becoming colder
Answer: B — Changing back and forth
Which word means continuing for all time; enduring?
What is everlasting?
If something moves or changes back and forth, it does this.
What is fluctuate?
This word describes someone who denies or deserts one group for another.
What is a renegade?
I mean to reach an agreement through discussion. What word am I?
Negotiate
“The ruins were primeval, dating back to a time long before recorded human history.”
What does primeval mean?
A. Modern
B. From the earliest ages
C. From the Middle Ages
D. Newly constructed
Answer: B — From the earliest ages
Complete the sentence: “The scientist discovered ______ fossils from a time long before recorded history.”
What is primeval?
Complete the sentence: “The temperature continued to ______ between 50 and 80 degrees throughout the week.”
What is fluctuate?
Complete the sentence: “The two students had to ______ to decide who would complete each part of the project.”
What is negotiate?
I describe something from prehistoric times before recorded history. What word am I?
Primeval
“After hundreds of people suddenly moved into the neighborhood, there was an influx of new residents.”
Which phrase best defines influx?
A. People leaving
B. People arguing
C. People or things flowing in
D. People staying still
Answer: C — People or things flowing in