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Sentences & Spelling
Sentences & Spelling
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To state emphatically and authoritatively 

Declare
100

feel happiness

Rejoice

100

summon into action or bring into existence

Conjure

100

When my chainsaw hit the same type of rock, it left vague scratch marks.  

In the sentence above, vague has the same or almost the same meaning as: 

a. faint 

b. deep

faint

100

After dinner, Cleopatra fixed her royal insignia on a letter to Octavian and summoned a messenger to deliver it. 

In the sentence above, summoned has the same or almost the same meaning as:

a. promoted

b. beckoned

Beckoned

200

cause someone to believe an untruth

Deceive 

200

formal and explicit approval

Warrant 

200

a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant

Stench

200

Conjure means to: 

a.  Make more beautiful 

b. summon into action or bring into existence

 Summon into action or bring into existence

200

A silver of hope pierces me, strangely painful, when combines with the guilt I feel for how I deceived him. 

In the sentence above, deceived has the same or almost same meaning as:

a. scolded

b. misled

Misled 

300

an unshakable belief in something without need for proof

Conviction 

300

ask to come

Summon

300

lacking clarity or distinctness

Vague

300

Declare means to...

a. show consideration for 

b. announce publicly or officially

announce publicly or officially

300

This time it was music sincerely felt, not rendered for the guests, but for themselves; a song of hope and exaltation. 

In this sentence, exaltation means:

a. a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion 

b. a feeling of mild anxiety about the future

 

a. a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion 


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the act of giving a false appearance

Pretense 

400

raid and rove in search of plunder

Maraud

400

a dramatic speech by a single actor

Monologue 

400

maraud means to: 

a. talk in a friendly way 

b. raid and rove in search of plunder

 raid and rove in search of plunder

400

The climbing ability of tree frogs is based largely upon their toe pads; circular discs exude a tacky mucous that allows the frog to stick to branches and leaves in the wild — or your windows and aluminum siding if you are lucky enough to live near a population.

In the sentence above, exude has the same or almost the same meaning as:

a. erase

b. emit

emit 

500

prudence and care exercised in the management of resources

Providence 

500

make apparent by one's mood or behavior

Exude

500

the elevation of a person, as to the status of a god

Exaltation

500

He concluded, that the course of events indicated strongly the design of providence that we should be separated from Great Britain, etc.

In this sentence, providence means:

a. event of something being raised upward

b. the guardianship and control exercised by a deity

the guardianship and control exercised by a deity

500

n the heat the stench of horses steamed up from the depths of the hold as though the animals were still there.

In this sentence, stench means:

a. a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant

b. a thin fog with condensation near the ground  

a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant