I looked at the plans for your new house. This is earthquake country. You need to fortify the frame or you’ll have a disaster with the first tremor. The word fortify means:
strengthen
shake
build
destroy
Pam and Gia are sisters, but they’re very different. Just look at how they dress. Pam doesn’t care what she wears or how outdated her clothes are. Gia, on the other hand, is quite chic. The word chic means:
stylish
intelligent
out-dated
strange
David hoped that nobody would know he was in the building. Didn’t he realize that parking his new car in the driveway made his presence rather conspicuous? The word conspicuous means:
obvious
important
expensive
unfortunate
If you don’t get help quickly for your condition, it could become chronic. Then you may have to take medicine for the rest of your life. Chronic means:
is very painful
makes you smell bad
long-lasting
This is a clandestine operation. It is extremely important that no one discovers what you’re doing! A clandestine operation is supposed to be __________.
secret
harmful
exciting
dangerous
I like that store. The employees care about their customers and strive to make the customers feel right at home. Which word is a synonym of “strive”?
clean
fail
try
complain
Connie is never happy when everyone is getting along. She always instigates fights and then acts like little Miss Innocent. When you instigate something, you __________.
protect it
check it out
get it started
ignore it
Mary, of course you’re always tired. Most nights you stay up late working and infrequently take a day off. What does “infrequently” mean?
always
sadly
not often
excitedly
Michael is an ardent supporter of his presidential candidate. That became obvious to me when I found out how much time he’s donated to the campaign. Ardent means:
foolish
enthusiastic
intelligent
old
I'm working hard for the same candidate that you support. You're doing it for pay but I'm not doing this for money. I’m doing it out of conviction. Conviction means:
anger
fear
strong belief
being found guilty
“I am going to rescind the permission I gave for you to use my toys," T. J. announced angrily. I thought you would take good care of them, but I was wrong!” Rescind means:
cancel
repeat
celebrate
continue
No one suspected that Jerry was a spy. On the surface he behaved like any normal citizen. When his covert activity was discovered and announced to the world, we were all shocked. Covert means:
loud
friendly
hidden
helpful
When Kim and Kia were fighting over a boy, Shana stepped in as a mediator. She sat them both down and got them talking to each other again. Mediator means:
witness
enemy
troublemaker
peacemaker
We have lofty expectations for you, son. You will attend college and be elected president of the United States before you turn forty.Lofty means:
high
low
shaky
small
The home team made sure the officials were on their side. They won the championship but no one from any other town would accept the winners as legitimate champions. Legitimate means:
real
I was working with three other students on a group project for Science class. We had so many disagreements that we had to ask the teacher to help us resolve our issues. Resolve means:
debate
consider
cancel
settle
