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:
destroy
build
shake
strengthen
15
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:
strange
outdated
intelligent
stylish
15
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:
unfortunate
expensive
important
obvious
15
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:
smelly
painful
long-lasting
not real
15
This is a clandestine operation. It is extremely important that no one discovers what you’re doing! Clandestine means:
exciting
secret
harmful
dangerous
15
I like that store. The employees care about their customers and strive to make the customers feel right at home. Strive means:
clean
fail
try
complain
15
Connie is never happy when everyone is getting along. She always instigates fights and then acts like little Miss Innocent. Instigate means:
check it out
ignore it
get it started
protect it
15
Mary, of course you’re always tired. Most nights you stay up late working and infrequently take a day off. Infrequently means:
excitedly
sadly
always
not often
15
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:
enthusiastic
intelligent
old
foolish
15
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:
fear
being found guilty
anger
strong belief
15
“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
15
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
hidden
loud
friendly
15
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
troublemaker
enemy
peacemaker
15
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:
shaky
low
small
high
15
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
real
talented
sneaky
15
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:
