Define It
This word means to catch and place under arrest.
deprive
derive
apprehend
What is apprehend?
Our new alarm system will wake up the entire neighborhood if an intruder gets in the house. An intruder is someone who intrudes. To intrude is to __________.
A. paint or repair old buildings
B. wear ones shoes on the wrong feet
C. go where one is not wanted or doesn't belong
D. be very noisy
What is to go where one is not wanted or doesn't belong?
This word means of the period between puberty and adulthood.
periodic
adolescent
specific
What is adolescent?
I suggest you buy a Honda. Mine has always been ________ and never let me down.
A. compatible
B. acceptable
C. obtainable
D. dependable
What is dependable?
The news story was based on a letter that was a fabrication. Now the reporter who wrote the story is in big trouble. Will anyone believe him again?
A fabrication is ___________.
A. made of cloth
B. full of long words
C. funny
D. fake
What is fake?
His parents wouldn't let him have a cell phone or video games, so he felt that they were _____________ him.
A. depriving
B. excused
C. interrupting
D. torturing
What is depriving?
When they heard the good news about the court's decision, the angry crowd cheered and then began to disperse. "It looks like everyone is going home," one reporter stated.
Which word would be the opposite of disperse?
A. come together
B. smile
C. fly like a bird
D. sing
What is come together?
This word means to take a possession or attribute away from; divest of.
pronounce
destruction
deplete
What is deplete?
Those scientists want to hear what our professor thinks about their theory because he is the foremost expert in their field. Foremost means ___________.
A. The first or main one
B. craziest
C. least informed
D. loudest
What is the first or main one?
This word means near or next to, adjoining.
automatic
alliance
adjacent
What is adjacent?
Make sure the charging cord is ____________ with your phone so that you can charge the battery.
A. Acceptable
B. Compatible
C. Dependable
D. Likable
What is compatible?
If your plan fails, we'll have to find someone who can devise a better one.
Devise is _________.
A. design
B. dislike
C. appliance
D. to use peanut butter as toothpaste
What is to design?
I like that store. All the employees strive to make the customers feel right at home.
Which word is a synonym of "strive"?
A. complain
B. try
C. fail
D. clean
What is try?
If your don't recover quickly from your condition, it could become chronic. Then, you might have to take medicine for the rest of yout life.
If something is an antonym of chronic, it _________.
A. is very painful
B. will go away on its own
C. makes you smell bad
D. isn't real
What is to go away on its own?
This word means a sequence, as of items in a series; succession.
deprive
progression
aggression
What is progression?
Put this medicine on your arm and rub it into your skin until it's invisible. It will inhibit the infection's attempt to spread. What does "inhibit" mean?
A. live in a certain place
B. block or slow down
C. itch or burn
D. help or do something important
What is block or slow down?
This is a formal pact or agreement between or among nations.
Automatic
Compliance
Alliance
What is alliance?
It was an __________ performance, although not an outstanding one. It met the minimum requirements but would not be a big hit.
A. Dependable
B. Obtainable
C. Acceptable
D. Compatible
What is acceptable?
There is a legal battle raging and the judges are concerned that time is running out. Lawyers are being asked to expedite the matter by getting their paperwork in early.
What does expedite mean?
A. quicken
B. agree on
C. sue
D. discuss
What is quicken?
If you don't curtail your spending, you'll be broke in no time at all! Which word is a synonym of "curtail"?
A. reduce
B. follow
C. behind
D. buy
What is reduce?
David hoped that nobody would see that he was in the building. Didn't he realize that parking his new car in the driveway made his presence rather conspicuous?
What is an antonym of conspicuous?
A. important
B. inexpensive
C. unfortunate
D. hidden
What is hidden?
This word means a restatement of a passage or text in somewhat different words so as to simplify.
paraphrase
attention
assume
What is paraphrase?
Brea and Elizabeth are having a dispute over which radio station to play at work. It could be so much simpler if they both liked the same kind of music.
A dispute is a __________.
A. musical instrument
B. choice of music
C. discovery
D. disagreement
What is a disagreement?
This means acting by itself without outside power or influence.
Dramatic
Periodic
Automatic
What is automatic?
Your behavior is _____________! There is no reason that you should be acting as horribly as you have been!
A. inexcuseable
B. reasonable
C. regretable
D. dependable
What is inexcuseable?
Connie is never happy when everyone is getting along. She always instigatges fights and then acts like Little Miss Innocent.
When you instigate something, you ____________.
A. check it out
B. protect it
C. get it started
D. ignore it
What is get it started?
No word must ever leak out about this military action! It has to be a clandestine operation in order to succeed. Which word is a synonym of "clandestine"?
A. family
B. useful
C. dangerous
D. secret
What is secret?
Over the course of the winter, our supplies have been depleted, and we are almost out of some things.
The opposite of depleted is
A. accepted
B restocked
C. destroyed
D. interrupted
What is restocked?
This word means extending in the same direction and being the same distance apart at every point.
paraphrase
parallel
progression
What is parallel?
Fortunately, the dizzy spell was transient. He was able to continue playing within seconds and had no trouble winning the match.
When you describe an event as "transient," you are saying that _______________.
A. it sounds like a train
B. it is quite harmful
C. it helps you win
D. it doesn't last long
What is it doesn't last long?
This word means to suppose (something) to be true without evidence; take for granted.
Assent
Attention
Assume
What is assume?
Our country is _____________ which means it cannot be divided or separated.
A. unobtainable
B. unacceptable
C. indivisible
D. dependable
What is indivisible?
This is a clandestine operation. It is extremely important that no one discovers what you're doing!
A clandestine operation is supposed to be __________.
A. dangerous
B. harmful
C. exciting
D. secret
What is secret?
We walked slowly down the trail with great trepidation. No one who had gone this way had ever been heard from again. Had they simply found a better place to settle on this dark planet? We doubted that.
Which word is a synonym of trepidation?
A. movement
B. worry
C. enjoyment
D. laughter
What is worry?
As the ball continues to spin, I discovered that it was in perpetual motion. The opposite of perpetual is
A. apprehend
B. progressive
C. continuous
D. intermittant
What is intermittent?