VA English 11 second semester vocab #1-10

The archeologists must discern this football from the other football. Discern means :

• pick

• choose

• distinguish

• throw

Jason's scowl implied that he was mad. What does imply mean?

• suggest

• state

• infer

• assume

He underlined the title to emphasize it. What does emphasize mean?

• state

• highlight

• important

• stress

MS. Sutherland is desperate to make a lot of money. What does desperate mean?

• anxious

• hopeless

• excited

• exasperated

Ms. Sutherland is anxious about you passing your SOL ? What does anxious mean?

• desperate

• lonely

• nervous

• excited

Ms. Sutherland is relentless about preparing you for the SOL. What does relentless mean?

• nag

• persistent

• irritating

• wonderful

To show equality, we gave everyone the same size step stool? In this sentence what does equality mean?

• equal

• equity

• same

• future

To show equity, we gave a different size stepstool to people according to their height. Equity means:

• good

• equal

• fair

• large

I need to take this class and diverge the 11th graders from the 12th graders. What does diverge mean?

• separate

• join

• merge

• allpw

This room is predominately teenagers. What does predominate mean?

• all

• majority

• some

• none