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
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
excitedly
sadly
always
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
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
peacemaker
troublemaker
witness
Connie is never happy when everyone is getting along. She always instigates fights. When you instigate something, you __________.
ignore it
get it started
check it out
protect it
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
disgusting
dangerous
strange
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:
shake
destroy
strengthen
build
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:
small
low
shaky
high
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:
tired
fake
real
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
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 Pam doesn’t care what she wears or how outdated her clothes are.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
out-dated
intelligent
strange
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
debate
consider
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:
unfortunate
expensive
obvious
important