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:
build
strengthen
shake
destroy
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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:
strange
stylish
outdated
intelligent
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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:
expensive
obvious
unfortunate
important
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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:
smelly
long-lasting
painful
not real
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This is a clandestine operation. It is extremely important that no one discovers what you’re doing! Clandestine means:
harmful
exciting
dangerous
secret
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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:
clean
fail
try
complain
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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:
ignore it
check it out
protect it
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
not often
always
excitedly
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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:
intelligent
enthusiastic
old
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:
anger
fear
being found guilty
strong belief
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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
celebrate
cancel
repeat
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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:
hidden
loud
helpful
friendly
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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:
peacemaker
witness
troublemaker
enemy
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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
shaky
low
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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:
sneaky
talented
real
good-looking
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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:
