Applying Meanings
Which of the following can abate?
A) anger
B) high winds
C) silence
D) applause
A, B, D
The rapid spreading of a disease to many people at one time
-authority
-devastate
-epidemic
-estimate
-evict
-impartial
What is epidemic?
A new principal can be a powerful ______ for change in a school.
-abate
-agent
-authority
-estimate
-impartial
-sham
What is agent?
An exact amount or number
-agent
-authority
-devastate
-estimate
-evict
-impartial
-precise
-sham
What is estimate?
a synonym for an expert
-abate
-acknowledge
-agent
-authority
-devastate
-estimate
-evict
What is an authority?
Which of the following would be devastating to a town?
A) a new mayor
B) an earthquake
C) a shopping mall
D) a celebration
B
To make very angry
-devastate
-evict
-impartial
-industrious
-infuriate
-irrelevant
What is infuriate?
It’s ______ whether I want to go to the party because I’m too sick to go.
-estimate
-impartial
-industrious
-infuriate
-irrelevant
-sham
What is irrelevant?
To permit or allow
-epidemic
-estimate
-evict
-impartial
-industrious
-infuriate
What is evict?
a synonym for exact
-authority
-estimate
-precise
-sham
What is exact?
Which of the following are precise amounts?
A) 2,145
B) several hundred
C) half a dozen
D) a lot
A & C
To admit the existence of
-abate
-acknowledge
-agent
-authority
-evict
-impartial
What is acknowledge?
Sally ______ ten miles into town after her car broke down.
-abate
-acknowledge
-agent
-authority
-sham
-trek
What is trekked?
Something authentic or real
-industrious
-infuriate
-irrelevant
-precise
-sham
-trek
What is a sham?
a synonym for a careful guess
-agent
-authority
-epidemic
-estimate
What is estimate?
Which of the following might be considered a trek?
A) a trip to the corner store
B) a ride in a hot-air balloon
C) a walk across Canada
D) a plane trip to Europe
C
Not favoring one side more than another
-epidemic
-estimate
-evict
-impartial
-industrious
-infuriate
What is impartial?
Did the teacher ______ that you had turned in your paper?
-abate
-acknowledge
-authority
-devastate
-estimate
-evict
What is acknowledge?
Related and important
-impartial
-industrious
-infuriate
-irrelevant
-sham
-trek
What is irrelevant?
a synonym for fair
-impartial
-industrious
-infuriate
-irrelevant
What is impartial?
Which of the following can be shammed?
A) concern
B) honesty
C) sleep
D) interest
A, B, C, D
A group of people who have the right to enforce laws
-abate
-acknowledge
-agent
-authority
-sham
-trek
What is authorities?
We ______ illness so we could stay home.
-abate
-acknowledge
-devastate
-estimate
-evict
-sham
What is shammed?
Inaccuracy or carelessness
-impartial
-industrious
-infuriate
-irrelevant
-precise
-sham
What is precision?
a synonym for hardworking
-impartial
-industrious
-infuriate
-irrelevant
What is industrious?