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Students, please stop lodining and listen to me! Class has begun! What does lodining mean?
talking
100
The aroma of garlic is unmistakable. It's scent can be detected for days. What does aroma mean?
scent; smell; odor
100
Let's Play Ball       The player swings the bat and the baseball flies high. You know baseballs are hard, but perhaps you might wonder what is in them and how they are created.       The first baseballs were handmade by wrapping yarn into a tight ball. Then, the yarn ball was covered with pieces of horse's hide sewn together, making each ball slightly different.       We still make baseballs almost the same way; however, all of today's baseballs are the same size and shape. The center is a little ball of cork and rubber. Yarn is wrapped around the ball, and two pieces of cow's hide make the cover. The pieces are sewn together with red thread. A baseball is nine inches around and each ball weighs five ounces. Thousands of baseballs are made exactly like this every year.     1.   In the passage, the word center means ____________.
Middle
100
The flowers of dandelions are edible or able to be eaten. What does edible mean?
able to be eaten
100
My absent-minded teacher always loses his keys, pens, and even our graded papers! What does absent-minded mean?
careless; not paying attention
200
Peter has so many friends because he is a delupote person. What does delupote mean?
outgoing; friendly; popular
200
I abhord traffic jams and hate it when my ride to work is delayed. What does abhord mean?
hate; strong dislike
200
The boxes weren't exactly heavy, just cumbersome, unlike the easy to carry bags with handles. What does cumbersome mean?
difficult to handle
200
People were told not to eat the tainted fish. Eating fish with a disease can be very dangerous to your health. What does tainted mean?
harmful; contaminated
200
This virus has really depleted my energy. I get tired just walking across the room. What does depleted mean?
taken away; decreased; lessen in power
300
I can't believe it! Right in the middle of our conversation, joe turned around foridly, and walked out of the room! What does foridly mean?
suddenly; abruptly
300
Planted in late fall, growth of the bulbs is stimulated, or encouraged. What does stimulated mean?
encouraged; spurred into action
300
If you water them regularly, you will have an adundant amount of daffodils in the spring. If you do not water them, only a few will grow. What does abundant mean?
many; large amount or quantity
300
The line for the new movie seemed indefinite as if it would go on forever. What does indefinite mean?
neverending
300
The lovely egret is in danger of extinction because clothing manufacturers use its long, beautiful tail feathers to make hats. What is an egret
a type of bird
400
The tiger's plander could be heard in villages far away. What is plander?
roar; sound a tiger makes
400
Many people now feel that typewriters are archaic, or old-fashioned. What does archaic mean?
old-fashioned; out-of-date
400
Rather than repress your feelings, you should let them out. Doing so will reudce your stress. What does repress mean?
to hold in; to hold back
400
The amount of money we collected for our charity surpassed, or exceeded, what he had expected. What does surpassed mean?
exceeded; went above or beyond
400
Quicksand is soil that has filled up, or become saturated, with water. The grains of sand in the soil are no longer packed together tightly. They have lost friction and begun to slip and slide in the water. The mixture is like a soup. It cannot support any weight. In the passage, saturated means...
filled; soaked
500
The snake ligersed through the grass. It was hunting. What does ligersed mean?
slithered; moved
500
The thought of eating a rat is abhorrent, or horrible, to most people. What does abhorrent mean?
horrible
500
The White House is not like most houses, for it is very grand. It has 132 rooms and includes more than 30 bathrooms. Many rooms have chairs and desks like those used long ago. Most visitors see only the first floor because the first family lives on the second floor. In the passage, the word grand means
huge
500
The Brooklyn Bridge       Between Brooklyn and Manhattan is the East River. A long time ago, people would travel between the two places on a boat called a ferry. The ferry was slow, so people needed to find a faster method to cross the river.  In the passage, the word ferry means
boat
500
Flowers of different colors attract different species of butterflies, so make sure to plant flowers that have a variety of colors. Butterflies are especially attracted to red, yellow, and purple. Bright flowers contain nectar, a sweet food which butterflies love. What does variety mean in this passage?
different kinds