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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 Pam doesn’t care what she wears or how outdated her clothes are.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

strange

out-dated

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:

long-lasting

is very painful

makes you smell bad

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

dangerous

harmful

exciting

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”?

try

complain

fail

clean

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 __________.

get it started

check it out

protect it

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?

not often

always

excitedly

sadly

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

old

intelligent

foolish

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

being found guilty

anger

fear

“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

celebrate

continue

repeat

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

friendly

helpful

loud

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

troublemaker

witness

enemy

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

shaky

small

low

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:

settle

cancel

consider

debate

Lisa said, “Mia, why are you making such a big deal about Linda's hair? Yes, she did dye it purple and it's an odd color. But so what? It's such a trivial matter. ”Trivial means:

unimportant

strange

disgusting

dangerous

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