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If the lightbulb is too dim to illuminate the room, it should be replaced.
A: darken, dull
The private files were marked confidential so nobody can look at them.
S: secret, private
A: public, revealed, common
Mary left her umbrella at her friend's house so she got drenched during the rain storm on her way home.
S: drenched, very wet, soaked
A: dry, arid
Vegetables are essential to a healthy diet. They provide all the needed nutrients and vitamins.
S: important, vital, crucial, necessary
A: needless, nonessential, optional
Mr. Walker rarely goes to the movie theater. He usually stays in his house and watches movies on his television
S: not often, barely, infrequently, seldom
A: frequently, regularly, often
The company had to demolish, the building to make room for the new parking lot. They used a wrecking ball.
S: destroy, crush, dismantle, ruin
A: build, construct, create
Vegetables are essential to a everyone's diet. They are healthy and help give you the needed vitamins.
S: important, crucial, necessary, vital
A: needless, optional, unimportant
Bill decided to eliminate the problem by getting rid of his flowers.
A: add, allow, aid, keep
My mom didn't want me to get a cavity, so she cut me a meager piece of cake.
S: small, tiny, little, puny
A: plentiful, big, large, enough
My grandma is so feeble that she can't even open a jar of pickles.
S: weak, not strong, frail
A: strong, fit, capable, healthy
We do not like how the animals in the circus are treated, so our plan is to boycott from attending.
S: hold back from doing, refuse, ban, quit, pass up, avoid, decline
A: allow, accept, want, welcome
With a few alterations I was able to make the old witch costume into a scary vampire costume.
S: changes, adjustments, modifications
A: sameness, similarity
Bill had worked hard to build his company into a prosperous business worth billions of dollars.
S: wealthy, successful thriving, rich
A: failing, poor, lacking
The apprehensive student sat with his pencil tightly gripped in his hand shaking as he waited for his teacher to give him his final exam.
I was so engrossed in reading my book that I did not hear the bell ring to switch classes.
S: engaged, captivated, focused, enthralled
A: bored, inattentive, uncaring, uninterested
Anna has always wanted to become a doctor. She has had straight A's since pre-k. The best way to describe Anna is she is ambitious.
S: hard worker, determined, driven to succeed, go-getter
A: weal, calm
The school's old principal was lax with the rules, unlike the new principal who makes everyone follows them and enforces them.
S: slack, lenient, soft, careless
A: strict, rigid, tight
The sight of the ominous clouds told us that clear weather was far from our area. We should seek shelter soon.
S: dismal, gloomy, dangerous, foreboding, threatening
A: bright, cheerful, good, hopeful
Mary only wanted to help, but unfortunately, her speech had the opposite effect and she escalated the argument.
S: increase, heighten, rise, intensify, expand, grow
A: decline, diminish, lower, lessen, reduce
The teacher seized the students cell phones, taking them away until dismissal time.
S: confiscated, captured, took away
A: give back, release
Although she was skeptical about our plan at first, she finally believed that it would be a good idea.
S: doubtful, don't believe, hesitating
A: believing, certain, clear, trusty, sure
The man was on his phone while walking into the coffee shop and was completely oblivious that he cut the line.
S: unaware, uninformed, unconcerned, careless,
A: aware, attentive, mindful
With this variable weather, it can be hot today and cold tomorrow.
A: stable, unchanging, unvarying
Most of the boys in the class were in some heated argument about which sports team would win the big game, but Jeremy was indifferent. He just wanted to play his xbox game and didn't care about sports.
S: uninterested, neutral, uncaring, unconcerned,
A: caring, concerned, interested
The teacher said, "James, you need to cease tapping your pencil because other people are trying to concentrate."
S: stop, conclude, desist, discontinue, quit
A: begin, continue, start