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Which word best describes a situation where someone publicly expresses strong disapproval or criticism?

  • Contempt
  • Admonish
  • Heckle (correct)
  • Detract

If two companies collaborate on a project, what are they most likely doing?

  • Competing fiercely for market share
  • Working together jointly (correct)
  • Ignoring each other's existence
  • Filing lawsuits against each other

Which of the following words implies a lack of funds or being penniless?

  • Impecunious (correct)
  • Entrepreneur
  • Redeem
  • Profligate

Which word describes someone who is skilled at avoiding trouble or deceiving people?

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Which of the following words suggests a feeling of deep humiliation or disgrace?

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If someone is described as being negligent, what are they most likely doing?

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Which of the following words suggests a brief period of rest or relief?

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What does it mean to encapsulate an idea?

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Which word describes a characteristic of being easily accomplished or attained?

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In which scenario would someone be most likely to cower?

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Which of the following best describes something that is opaque?

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Which word implies being free from injury or harm?

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Which of these words suggests an attempt to accomplish something?

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What does it mean to decipher a code?

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Which of these professions is most likely to be referred to as a cinematographer?

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Which word suggests a charming or mischievous person?

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Which of the following words describes something that is disproportionate?

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Which of the words suggests the use of force or threats to make someone do something?

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Which of these options best describe xenophobia?

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Which word is most closely related to the concept of exchanging in return?

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Flashcards

Abject

Utterly hopeless, miserable, or wretched.

Admonish

To caution, advise, or counsel against something; to reprove or scold gently.

Alias

A false name used to conceal one's identity.

Atoll

A ring-shaped coral reef enclosing a lagoon.

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Bankrupt

Declared legally insolvent or unable to pay one's debts.

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Bicycle

A two-wheeled vehicle propelled by pedals.

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Boggle

To be overwhelmed or confused.

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Boisterously

Noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdy.

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Brevity

The quality of being brief or terse.

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Caldron

A large metal pot or kettle used for cooking over an open fire.

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Cemetery

A burial ground; a place for burying the dead.

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Chamber

A room, especially a bedroom or private room.

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Chord

A group of notes sounded together, as in harmony.

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Cinematographer

A person in charge of photography and camera operation when making a film.

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Coercive

Relating to or using force or threats.

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Collaborate

To work jointly on an activity or project.

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Collection

A group of things gathered or acquired.

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Colonel

A military rank below general.

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Commingle

To mix or blend together.

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Compose

To create or write, especially music or prose.

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Study Notes

  • Abject: Describes something extremely unpleasant or degrading.
  • Admonish: To scold or advise firmly.
  • Alias: A false or assumed identity.
  • Atoll: A ring-shaped coral reef, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely.
  • Bankrupt: Declared in law as unable to pay outstanding debts.
  • Bicycle: A vehicle with two wheels in tandem, usually propelled by pedals.
  • Boggle: To be astonished or overwhelmed.
  • Boisterously: Noisy, energetic, and cheerful.
  • Brevity: Concise and exact use of words in writing or speech.
  • Caldron: A large metal pot (kettle) for cooking over an open fire.
  • Cemetery: A burial ground; a graveyard.
  • Chamber: A room, especially a bedroom or a private room in a suite.
  • Chord: A group of (typically three or more) musical notes sounded together.
  • Cinematographer: A person in charge of photography and camerawork when making a film.
  • Coercive: Relating to or using force or threats.
  • Collaborate: Work jointly on an activity or project.
  • Collection: The action or process of collecting someone or something.
  • Colonel: A rank of officer in the army.
  • Commingle: Mix; blend.
  • Compose: Write or create.
  • Contempt: The feeling that a person or thing is worthless or beneath consideration.
  • Cower: Crouch down in fear.
  • Dampen: To make something slightly wet.
  • Decelerate: Reduce the speed of; slow down.
  • Decipher: Succeed in understanding, interpreting, or identifying something.
  • Detract: Reduce or take away the value or quality of something.
  • Disclose: Make (secret or new information) known.
  • Disproportionate: Too large or small in comparison with something else.
  • Effectuate: Put into force or operation.
  • Encamp: Settle in or establish a camp.
  • Encapsulate: Express the essential features of something succinctly.
  • Endeavour: Try hard to do or achieve something.
  • Enrich: Improve or enhance the quality or value of something.
  • Entrepreneurs: People who organize, manage, and assume the risks of a business or enterprise.
  • Exonerate: Absolve someone from blame or fault.
  • Facile: Easily achieved; effortless.
  • Familiar: Well known or easily recognized.
  • Function: An activity or purpose.
  • Gauche: Lacking ease or grace; unsophisticated and socially awkward.
  • Govern: Conduct the policy, actions, and affairs of a state, organization, or people.
  • Gruel: A thin liquid food of oatmeal or other meal boiled in milk or water.
  • Guileless: Innocent and without deception.
  • Happiness: The state of being happy.
  • Havoc: Widespread destruction.
  • Heckle: Interrupt (a public speaker) with rude or aggressive comments or questions.
  • Herbivorous: Feeding on plants.
  • Hybrid: Something of mixed origin or composition.
  • Hygiene: Conditions or practices conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease.
  • Idler: A person who spends time doing nothing or avoiding work.
  • Ignominy: Public shame or disgrace.
  • Impecunious: Having little or no money.
  • Indomitable: Impossible to subdue or defeat.
  • Initially: At the beginning.
  • Javelin: A light spear thrown in a competitive sport or as a weapon.
  • Jinx: Bring bad luck to.
  • Jostle: Push, elbow, or bump against (someone) roughly, typically in a crowd.
  • Kindling: Easily combustible material for starting a fire.
  • Knitting: The craft of creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn with knitting needles or a machine.
  • Lucid: Easy to understand; completely comprehensible.
  • Macaroon: A light cookie made with egg white, sugar, and usually ground almonds or coconut.
  • Merrily: In a cheerful way.
  • Miracle: A surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws.
  • Monsieur: A title or form of address used of or to a French-speaking man.
  • Morsel: A small piece or amount of food.
  • Negligent: Failing to take proper care in doing something.
  • Nubby: Having small projections or lumps on the surface.
  • Occasion: A particular time or event.
  • Opaque: Not able to be seen through; not transparent.
  • Paragraph: A distinct section of a piece of writing, dealing with one topic.
  • Passive: Accepting or allowing what happens or what others do.
  • Phrase: A small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit.
  • Poinsettia: A small Euphorbia shrub with showy scarlet bracts surrounding the small flowers, popular at Christmas.
  • Prevision: The ability to predict what will happen in the future.
  • Profligate: Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources.
  • Questionnaire: A set of printed or written questions with a choice of answers, devised for the purposes of a survey or statistical study.
  • Rapscallion: A mischievous person.
  • Reciprocal: Given, felt, or done in return.
  • Redeem: Compensate for the faults or bad aspects of something.
  • Respite: A short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant.
  • Riddle: A question or statement intentionally phrased so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer or meaning.
  • Scenery: The natural beauty of a place.
  • Secure: Protected against attack or other criminal activity.
  • Sierra: A range of mountains, especially one with jagged peaks.
  • Sincerely: In a genuine or honest way.
  • Sinewy: Lean and muscular.
  • Stereo: Sound that is directed through two or more channels.
  • Umbrage: Offense or annoyance.
  • Unscathed: Without suffering any injury, damage, or harm.
  • Waft: Pass or cause to pass easily or gently through or as if through the air.
  • Wily: Skilled at gaining an advantage, especially deceitfully.
  • Wither: Become dry and shrunken.
  • Worsted: A fine smooth yarn spun from combed long-staple wool.
  • Xenophobia: Intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries.

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