Vocabulary Review: struct (2)

What word means to build the wrong meaning; to misunderstand; to interpret the wrong way.

• miscontrue

• obstruction

• reconstruct

• substructure

What word means something that blocks the way of things being created or built; something in the way.

• reconstruct

• obstruction

• substructure

• superstructure

What word means to build again.

• substructure

• superstructure

• reconstruct

• misconstrue

What word means the base, support, or foundation of a building.

• superstructure

• misconstrue

• obstruction

• substructure

What word means something built on top of something else; the part of the building that was built on top of the foundation or base.

• superstructure

• misconstrue

• obstruction

• reconstruct

She _________ my comments. I didn´t mean that. She simply did not understand what I was trying to say

• superstructure

• reconstruct

• misconstructed

• obstruction

After the river overflowed, some people along the river bank had to ________ their homes because of the terrible water damage.

• misconstrue

• obstruction

• substructure

• reconstruct

On law-related television shows, you will sometimes here the term ¨_________ of justice¨ when a person stands in the way of the police upholding the law.

• obstruction

• substructure

• reconstruct

• substructure

Termite inspectors frequently will explore the ________ of a house in order to see if there is any termite damage underneath the house.

• superstructure

• substructure

• misconstrue

• obstruction

The contractor had to make adjustments to the unstable foundation before building the ____________.

• reconstruct

• obstruction

• superstructure

• misconstrue