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
destroy
build
shake
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Pam and Gia are sisters, but they’re very different. Just look at how they dress. Pam doesn’t care what she wears. Gia, on the other hand, is quite chic. The word chic means:
stylish
intelligent
outdated
strange
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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? Conspicuous means:
important
obvious
unfortunate
expensive
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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:
not real
long-lasting
painful
smelly
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This is a clandestine operation. It is extremely important that no one discovers what you’re doing! Clandestine means:
secret
harmful
dangerous
exciting
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I like that store. The employees care about their customers and strive to make the customers feel right at home. Strive means:
fail
clean
complain
try
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Connie is never happy when everyone is getting along. She always instigates fights and then acts like little Miss Innocent. Instigate means:
protect it
ignore it
check it out
get it started
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Mary, of course you’re always tired. Most nights you stay up late working and infrequently take a day off. Infrequently means:
sadly
always
excitedly
not often
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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:
old
enthusiastic
intelligent
foolish
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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:
strong belief
anger
fear
being found guilty
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“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:
continue
repeat
celebrate
cancel
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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:
helpful
friendly
loud
hidden
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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:
enemy
troublemaker
peacemaker
witness
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We have lofty expectations for you, son. You will attend college and be elected prsident of the United States before you turn forty. Lofty means:
high
small
low
shaky
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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:
good-looking
talented
sneaky
real
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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:
