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Which of the following scenarios best illustrates the use of 'acquaintance'?

  • Volunteering alongside someone you've met a few times but don't know well. (correct)
  • Attending a family reunion with relatives you see every year.
  • Working closely with a team of trusted colleagues on a critical project.
  • Confiding personal secrets to a life-long friend.

Which action demonstrates 'ambition' most effectively?

  • Accepting the current situation without striving for improvement.
  • Setting achievable goals and working diligently to achieve them. (correct)
  • Procrastinating on important tasks due to fear of failure.
  • Complaining about the lack of opportunities for advancement.

In what context would finding a 'conch' most likely be relevant or significant?

  • Exploring a mountain range.
  • Researching agricultural practices.
  • Studying historical artifacts in a museum.
  • Investigating marine life on a tropical beach. (correct)

When might someone speak to another 'confidentially'?

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Which artistic technique relies most heavily on understanding 'contour'?

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What environmental condition is most conducive to the 'efflorescence' of certain minerals on a surface?

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Which celestial event is the best example of 'effulgence'?

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What situation would most likely lead to a state of 'enmity' between two groups?

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Which situation best illustrates the meaning of 'omen'?

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A landscaping company plants hundreds of young trees. Which of the following terms best describes these new trees?

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Which scenario exemplifies a 'specious' argument?

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What is the most likely effect of a 'strident' noise?

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In which situation would someone most likely need to 'clamber'?

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Which of the following is the best example of 'embossing'?

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If a heavy fog begins to 'envelop' a city, what is the most likely consequence?

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Which action reflects 'decorous' behavior at a formal dinner?

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Flashcards

Omen

A sign of something to happen.

Sapling

A young slender tree.

Spat

A petty quarrel or argument.

Specious

Appears plausible, but is actually wrong.

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Strident

Loud, harsh, grating sound.

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Clamber

Climb awkwardly using hands and feet.

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Envelop

Wrap up, cover, or surround completely.

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Persist

Continue despite difficulty.

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Acquaintance

A person you know slightly, not a close friend.

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Ambition

A strong desire to achieve something requiring determination.

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Conch

A large spiral sea snail shell, sometimes used as a horn.

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Confidentially

In a way meant to be kept secret or private.

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Contour

An outline representing the shape or form of something.

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Effulgence

A brilliant radiance; a shining forth.

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Enmity

The state of being actively opposed or hostile to someone.

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Multitude

A large number of people or things.

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Study Notes

Acquaintance

  • An acquaintance is someone known slightly, not a close friend.
  • Synonym: Associate.
  • Antonym: Stranger.

Ambition

  • The strong desire to achieve something, typically requiring hard work and determination is ambition.
  • Synonym: Aspiration.
  • Antonym: Apathy.

Conch

  • A conch is a large sea snail with a spiral shell, often used as a horn or decoration.
  • Synonym: Shell.
  • No direct antonym.

Confidentially

  • Something done in a way intended to be kept secret or private is done confidentially.
  • Synonym: Privately.
  • Antonym: Publicly.

Contour

  • An outline, especially representing the shape or form of something.
  • Synonym: Outline.
  • Antonym: Flatness.

Efflorescence

  • The state or period of flowering, also a crystalline deposit of salts from evaporating water.
  • Synonym: Bloom.
  • Antonym: Decay.

Effulgence

  • A brilliant radiance or shining forth.
  • Synonym: Brightness.
  • Antonym: Dullness.

Enmity

  • Enmity is the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.
  • Synonym: Hostility.
  • Antonym: Friendship.

Fledged

  • Fledged means having acquired feathers for flight, developed enough to be independent.
  • Synonym: Matured.
  • Antonym: Unfledged.

Foliage

  • Plant leaves, collectively.
  • Synonym: Leaves.
  • No direct antonym.

Multitude

  • A multitude is a large number of people or things.
  • Synonym: Crowd.
  • Antonym: Few.

Octave

  • A series of eight notes occupying the interval between two notes, where one has twice or half the frequency of the other.
  • Synonym: Eightfold.
  • No direct antonym.

Omen

  • An omen is an event regarded as a portent of good or evil.
  • Synonym: Sign.
  • No direct antonym.

Sapling

  • A sapling is a young tree, especially one with a slender trunk.
  • Synonym: Seedling.
  • Antonym: Mature tree.

Spat

  • A spat is a petty quarrel or argument.
  • Synonym: Tiff.
  • Antonym: Agreement.

Specious

  • Specious describes something superficially plausible but actually wrong or misleading in appearance.
  • Synonym: Deceptive.
  • Antonym: Genuine.

Strident

  • Strident means loud and harsh, grating.
  • Synonym: Shrill.
  • Antonym: Soft.

Clamber

  • Clamber means to climb or move in an awkward way, often using both hands and feet.
  • Synonym: Scramble.
  • Antonym: Descend gracefully.

Emboss

  • To carve, mold, or stamp a design on a surface, so that it stands out in relief.
  • Synonym: Engrave.
  • Antonym: Flatten.

Envelop

  • To wrap up, cover, or surround completely.
  • Synonym: Encase.
  • Antonym: Uncover.

Persist

  • To continue firmly in a course of action despite difficulty or opposition.
  • Synonym: Persevere.
  • Antonym: Give up.

Trot

  • To run at a moderate pace, faster than a walk but slower than a gallop is to trot.
  • Synonym: Jog.
  • Antonym: Walk slowly.

Upheaval

  • A violent or sudden change or disruption to something.
  • Synonym: Turmoil.
  • Antonym: Stability.

Decorous

  • Decorous means in keeping with good taste and propriety; polite and restrained.
  • Synonym: Proper.
  • Antonym: Indecorous.

Incredulous

  • Unwilling or unable to believe something.
  • Synonym: Skeptical.
  • Antonym: Believing.

Immured

  • Enclosed or confined against one's will.
  • Synonym: Imprisoned.
  • Antonym: Freed.

Indignation

  • Anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment.
  • Synonym: Resentment.
  • Antonym: Contentment.

Pallidly

  • In a way that is pale, typically due to poor health.
  • Synonym: Pale.
  • Antonym: Rosily.

Proffer

  • To hold out something to someone for acceptance; offer.
  • Synonym: Present.
  • Antonym: Withhold.

Defiles

  • Defiles means to make foul, dirty, or unclean; to violate the sanctity of something.
  • Synonym: Pollute.
  • Antonym: Purify.

Compound Sentences

  • Combines two or more independent clauses using coordinating conjunctions (for, and, but, or).

Complex Sentences

  • Has one independent clause & at least one dependent clause.
  • Dependent clause introduced by subordinating conjunctions like because or although.

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