VERBS
cease to support or look after (someone); desert
a. constrain
b. abandon
c. discourage
d. dissuade
b. abandon
"her natural mother had abandoned her at an early age"
able to be checked or demonstrated to be true, accurate, or justified
a. theoretical
b. abstract
c. verifiable
d. emphatic
c. verifiable
"an easily verifiable claim"
at the same time
a. instantly
b. simultaneously
c. consistently
d. intriguingly
b. simultaneously
"the telethon was broadcast simultaneously on 31 US networks"
food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nourishment
a. sustenance
b. nutrients
c. maintenance
d. existence
a. sustenance
"poor rural economies turned to potatoes for sustenance"
prove more powerful than opposing forces; be victorious
a. prevail
b. obtain
c. convince
d. persuade
a. prevail
"it is hard for logic to prevail over emotion"
express complete disapproval of, typically in public; censure
a. criticize
b. convict
c. censor
d. condemn
d. condemn
"fair-minded people declined to condemn her on mere suspicion"
(especially of a group or area) having a great deal of money; wealthy
a. affluent
b. abundant
c. affiliate
d. diverse
a. affluent
"the affluent societies of the western world"
unfriendly; antagonistic
a. belligerent
b. unsympathetic
c. aggressive
d. hostile
d. hostile
"a hostile audience"
a collection of items of the same type stored in a hidden or inaccessible place
a. cache
b. fund
c. treasure
d. arsenal
a. cache
"an arms cache"
succeed in material terms; be financially successful
a. prosper
b. expand
c. collapse
d. proliferate
a. prosper
"his business prospered"
have qualities or features, especially those of appearance, in common with (someone or something); look or seem like
a. resemble
b. duplicate
c. mimic
d. favor
a. resemble
"some people resemble their dogs"
relating to the healing of disease
a. salutary
b. profitable
c. advantageous
d. therapeutic
d. therapeutic
"diagnostic and therapeutic facilities"
a journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, especially that of exploration, scientific research, or war
a. expedition
b. assignment
c. enterprise
d. exploitation
a. expedition
"an expedition to the jungles of the Orinoco"
the speed of something in a given direction
a. tempo
b. momentum
c. circulation
d. velocity
d. velocity
"the velocities of the emitted particles"
(of an animal, typically a bird or fish) move from one region or habitat to another according to the seasons
a. drift
b. rove
c. immigrate
d. migrate
d. migrate
"as autumn arrives, the birds migrate south"
live in or at a specified place
a. dwell
b. abide
c. quell
d. settle
a. dwell
"groups of gypsies still dwell in these caves"
lasting for a very short time
a. transient
b. ephemeral
c. evasive
d. cursory
b. ephemeral
"fashions are ephemeral"
only just; almost not
a. rarely
b. infrequently
c. scarcely
d. scarily
c. scarcely
"her voice is so low I can scarcely hear what she is saying"
a portion of territory within or surrounded by a larger territory whose inhabitants are culturally or ethnically distinct
a. quarter
b. district
c. department
d. enclave
d. enclave
"tech enclaves in Northern California"
maintain (something) in its original or existing state
a. preserve
b. deserve
c. curve
d. nerve
a. preserve
"all records of the past were zealously preserved"
put upside down or in the opposite position, order, or arrangement
a. transpose
b. transfer
c. displace
d. invert
d. invert
"invert the mousse onto a serving plate"
relating to or denoting an increase or addition, especially one of a series on a fixed scale
a. punctual
b. denominational
c. incremental
d. perpetual
c. incremental
"incremental changes to the current system"
with decisive or vital importance
a. critically
b. effectively
c. crucially
d. influentially
c. crucially
"a question that may have crucially influenced the decision"
the haploid set of chromosomes in a gamete or microorganism, or in each cell of a multicellular organism
a. genome
b. nuclei
c. gland
d. molecule
a. genome
"When we think of decoding the genome, we typically think in terms of the human genome."
(of horses, cattle, or other animals) rush wildly in a sudden mass panic
a. flee
b. stampede
c. charge
d. dash
b. stampede
"the nearby sheep stampeded as if they sensed impending danger"