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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:
    real
  • 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: 
    expensive
    important
    unfortunate
    obvious
  • 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
    foolish
    intelligent
    enthusiastic
  • Mary, of course you’re always tired. Most nights you stay up late working and infrequently take a day off. What does “infrequently” mean? 
    sadly
    excitedly
    not often
    always
  • 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:
    shaky
    low
    high
    small
  • “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: 
    celebrate
    continue
    cancel
    repeat
  • 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”?
    complain
    fail
    try 
    clean
  • 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:
    makes you smell bad
    is very painful
    long-lasting
  • 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
    peacemaker 
    enemy
    troublemaker
  • 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 Pam doesn’t care what she wears or how outdated her clothes are.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:
    strange
    stylish
    intelligent
    out-dated
  • 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 __________. 
    ignore it
    check it out
    protect it
    get it started
  • 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
    fear
    anger