Vocabulary Quiz Part A
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What does the word 'abate' mean?

  • To escape or run away
  • To expand or increase in intensity
  • To support or encourage a cause
  • To reduce in intensity; to lessen (correct)
  • Which word means to deny or give up the right to something?

  • Abnegate (correct)
  • Allude
  • Advocate
  • Abhor
  • The term 'ambiguous' is best described as?

  • Having a clear and definite meaning
  • Able to be understood in only one way
  • Something interpreted in multiple ways (correct)
  • A direct reference to a specific idea
  • What does the word 'bereft' signify?

    <p>Lacking something needed or grieved for</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term refers to the act of scolding someone strongly?

    <p>Berate</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Part A Vocabulary

    • Abate means to reduce in intensity or lessen.
    • Abet means to support or encourage something.
    • Abhor means to hate something.
    • Abnegate means to deny or to give up the right or privilege to something.
    • Abscond means to escape or run away.
    • Advocate means to support or argue for a cause.
    • Allude means to refer to something indirectly, commonly used in literature.
    • Ambiguity means something that can be understood or interpreted in more than one manner.
    • Analogy means a comparison of two otherwise unalike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect, widely used in literature.
    • Apprehend means to arrest someone or recognize the meaning of an idea or a thing.
    • Articulate means to explain something clearly.

    Part B Vocabulary

    • Bane means something capable of causing destruction or ruin.
    • Bereft means lacking something needed, wanted, or expected. This word is often used to describe a person grieving the death of a loved one.
    • Bias means to possess an inclined outlook towards an object or an idea.
    • Berate means to scold someone strongly.
    • Brevity refers to something or an event that is short in length or duration.

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