Column 1
Definition: to become weaker, or to decrease
A. Irrelevant
B. Industrious
C. Estimate
D. Abate
D. Abate
Definition: The rapid spreading of a disease to many people at one time
A. Infuriate
B. Epidemic
C. Sham
D. Trek
B. Epidemic
Definition: A person who acts or does business for another organization / person
A. Sham
B. Trek
C. Agent
D. Precise
C. Agent
Definition: hardworking; not lazy
A. Estimate
B. Industrious
C. Irrelevant
D. Evict
B. Industrious
Definition: To admit the existence of
A. Authority
B. Agent
C. Abate
D. Acknowledge
D. Acknowledge
Which of the following is a synonym for the word "evict"?
A. Remove
B. Move-in
C. Accept
D. Productive
A. Remove
Which of the following is a synonym for the word "devastate"?
A. Ruin
B. Develop
C. Improve
D. Accurate
A. Ruin
Which of the following is a synonym for the word "trek"?
A. Representative
B. Enrage
C. Expedition
D. Accurate
C. Expedition
Which of the following is a synonym for the word "sham"?
A. Fraudulent
B. Genuine
C. Unrelated
D. Biased
A. Fraudulent
Which of the following is a synonym for the word "infuriate"?
A. Calm
B. Provoke
C. Productive
D. Relative
B. Provoke
What is an antonym for the word "estimate"?
A. Guess
B. Fake
C. Precise
D. Representative
C. Precise
What is an antonym for the word "acknowledge"?
A. Accept
B. Fake
C. Precise
D. Deny
D. Deny
What is an antonym for the word "precise"?
A. Vague
B. Exact
C. Phony
D. Trip
A. Vague
What is an antonym for the word "impartial"?
A. Fair
B. Unfair
C. Lazy
D. Angry
B. Unfair
What is an antonym for the word "industrious"?
A. Fair
B. Hardworking
C. Unproductive
D. Angry
C. Unproductive
Determine the context clues that help define the word "authority."
As the manager, she has the authority to approve vacation requests for her team.
*Hint: There are THREE.
Determine the context clues that help define the word "impartial."
The judge remained impartial during the trial, making decisions based only on the facts without favoring either side.
*Hint: There are THREE.
CC: "judge," "decisions based only on facts," without favoring"
Determine the context clues that help define the word "sham."
The magician’s trick was just a sham, fooling the audience with fake moves and hidden props.
*Hint: There are THREE.
CC: "magician's trick," "fooling the audience," "fake moves"
Determine the context clues that help define the word "precise."
The scientist took precise measurements to ensure the experiment’s results would be accurate and reliable.
*Hint: There are THREE.
CC: "scientist," "measurements," "accurate and reliable"
Determine the context clues that help define the word "abate."
The storm began to abate after several hours, and the heavy rain slowly stopped, allowing people to go outside again.
*Hint: There are TWO.
CC: "after several hours," "slowly stopped"
Which vocabulary word could be replaced with the italicized word?
Her comments were completely unrelated to the topic, so the group quickly moved on.
*Extra 100 points if you can list the context clues.
Irrelevant
CC = "topic," "quickly moved on"
Which vocabulary word could be replaced with the italicized word?
Her constant interruptions during the meeting began to enrage everyone, making it hard to focus.
*Extra 100 points if you can list the context clues.
Infuriate
CC: "constant interruptions," "hard to focus"
Which vocabulary word could be replaced with the italicized word?
After hours of hiking through the dense forest, the group finally completed their long journey to the mountain summit.
*Extra 100 points if you can list the context clues.
Trek
CC: "hours of hiking," "long," "mountain summit"
Which vocabulary word could be replaced with the italicized word?
The landlord had to remove the tenants from the apartment because they hadn’t paid rent for three months.
*Extra 100 points if you can list the context clues.
Evict
CC: "landlord," "tenants," "hadn't paid rent"
Which vocabulary word could be replaced with the italicized word?
The news of the fire completely destroyed the family’s home, leaving them heartbroken and without a place to live.
*Extra 100 points if you can list the context clues.
Devastate
CC: "fire," "heartbroken," "without a place to live"