Vocab 11.12

to give up something like a royal title

• abdicate
• conjecture
• impel
• prefer

Choose the word or phrase that would be the best synonym for AUGMENT

• decrease

• amplify

• relinquish

• ruminate

a readiness to fight or outwardly hostile

• augment

• belligerence

• indomitable

• dirge

which word means "to declare a penalty so that one will comply with the law?"

• rumimnate

• sanction

• vulnerable

• pestilent

what is an antonym for VULNERABLE?

• defenseless

• unconquerable

• harmless

• indomitable

Choose which sentence shows the vocabulary word in the best light for being understood.

• He spent many hours ruminating.

• She liked to ruminate about her problems.

• When he was unable to sleep, he would often sit up ruminating for hours about his problems and how to solve them.

• She would ruminate with her mom over coffee when she was sad.

what part of speech is STRIDENT being used as in the following sentence: The STRIDENT noise of the screeching tires, made me shudder.

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective

• Adverb

Choose which definition best fits the word EXHORBITANT

• to cover with water, to overwhelm as if with a flood

• to go beyond the reasonable, to be excessive

• harsh, loud and grating

• not easily discouraged

Choose the word below that could be used as a SYNONYM for PENITENT

• funeral song

• ponder

• prideful

• remorseful

The judge offered clemency to the thief. This means....

• The judge gave him a harsher sentence than he deserved.

• The judge offered him a lesser harsher sentence than he deserved.

• The judge offered to drive him home.

• The judge offered him a small orange for lunch.