Vocabulary Quiz: Word Meanings
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What does the word 'compensate' mean?

  • To make up for (correct)
  • To defend
  • To take away
  • To promote
  • What is the meaning of 'invisible'?

  • VISIBLE
  • CAN BE SEEN
  • NOT VISIBLE (correct)
  • VERY OBVIOUS
  • What does 'integrate' mean?

  • To separate
  • To combine (correct)
  • To promote
  • To defend
  • What is the meaning of 'stereotype'?

    <p>A FIXED IDEA ABOUT A GROUP</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'result in' mean?

    <p>TO LEAD TO</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the meaning of 'deprive'?

    <p>TO TAKE AWAY</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the opposite of 'defend' in meaning?

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

    Which word is closest in meaning to 'main' or 'chief'?

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

    What is the meaning of 'be the talk of the town'?

    <p>To be very popular and widely discussed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the opposite of 'ruin' in meaning?

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

    What is the meaning of 'pop out'?

    <p>To suddenly appear or emerge</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the meaning of 'under control'?

    <p>Being managed or regulated</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Vocabulary

    • Absurdity: the quality of being ridiculous or unreasonable
    • Automatic: done or occurring without human intervention
    • Ban: to officially prohibit or forbid something
    • Compensate: to give someone something, usually money, to make up for a loss or problem
    • Content: the substance or material dealt with in a written work, speech, etc.
    • Cosmetic: relating to beauty or appearance, especially in a superficial way

    Verbs

    • Decline: to become weaker or less in amount or degree
    • Defeat: to overcome or frustration in a struggle or contest
    • Defend: to protect or support someone or something against attack or criticism
    • Deliver: to take or bring something to someone or somewhere
    • Deprive: to take something away from someone or something
    • Embed: to fix or set something firmly in a surrounding material
    • Establish: to create or start something, such as an organization or system
    • Extract: to remove or obtain something from something else
    • Ginseng: a type of plant used in traditional medicine, especially in Asia
    • Idealistic: having high or unrealistic standards or ideals
    • Inevitable: certain to happen and impossible to avoid
    • Insert: to put or introduce something into something else
    • Integrate: to combine or unite different things to create a new whole
    • Intention: a purpose or goal
    • Interrupt: to stop or disturb someone or something
    • Invisible: unable to be seen or noticed

    More Verbs

    • Maintain: to keep or continue something in a certain condition
    • Perspective: a particular point of view or way of regarding something
    • Primary: most important or influential
    • Profit: a financial gain or benefit
    • Promote: to support or encourage something, especially to help it to grow or succeed
    • Retain: to keep or continue to hold something, such as a position or a memory
    • Ruin: to cause something to be completely destroyed or spoiled
    • Sincerity: the quality of being honest and genuine

    Expressions

    • Spree: a period of time when someone engages in a particular activity with great enthusiasm
    • Stereotype: a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing
    • Stir: to cause something to happen or to start moving
    • Be the talk of the town: to be the subject of much conversation or gossip
    • Out of stock: not having any available supply of something
    • Pop out: to suddenly appear or emerge
    • Pros and cons: the advantages and disadvantages of something
    • Result in: to have something as a consequence or outcome
    • Take into consideration: to think about or give attention to something when making a decision
    • Under control: being managed or directed effectively

    Vocabulary

    • Absurdity: the quality of being ridiculous or unreasonable
    • Automatic: done or occurring without human intervention
    • Ban: to officially prohibit or forbid something
    • Compensate: to give someone something, usually money, to make up for a loss or problem
    • Content: the substance or material dealt with in a written work, speech, etc.
    • Cosmetic: relating to beauty or appearance, especially in a superficial way

    Verbs

    • Decline: to become weaker or less in amount or degree
    • Defeat: to overcome or frustration in a struggle or contest
    • Defend: to protect or support someone or something against attack or criticism
    • Deliver: to take or bring something to someone or somewhere
    • Deprive: to take something away from someone or something
    • Embed: to fix or set something firmly in a surrounding material
    • Establish: to create or start something, such as an organization or system
    • Extract: to remove or obtain something from something else
    • Ginseng: a type of plant used in traditional medicine, especially in Asia
    • Idealistic: having high or unrealistic standards or ideals
    • Inevitable: certain to happen and impossible to avoid
    • Insert: to put or introduce something into something else
    • Integrate: to combine or unite different things to create a new whole
    • Intention: a purpose or goal
    • Interrupt: to stop or disturb someone or something
    • Invisible: unable to be seen or noticed

    More Verbs

    • Maintain: to keep or continue something in a certain condition
    • Perspective: a particular point of view or way of regarding something
    • Primary: most important or influential
    • Profit: a financial gain or benefit
    • Promote: to support or encourage something, especially to help it to grow or succeed
    • Retain: to keep or continue to hold something, such as a position or a memory
    • Ruin: to cause something to be completely destroyed or spoiled
    • Sincerity: the quality of being honest and genuine

    Expressions

    • Spree: a period of time when someone engages in a particular activity with great enthusiasm
    • Stereotype: a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing
    • Stir: to cause something to happen or to start moving
    • Be the talk of the town: to be the subject of much conversation or gossip
    • Out of stock: not having any available supply of something
    • Pop out: to suddenly appear or emerge
    • Pros and cons: the advantages and disadvantages of something
    • Result in: to have something as a consequence or outcome
    • Take into consideration: to think about or give attention to something when making a decision
    • Under control: being managed or directed effectively

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