Vocabulary Assessment

The word abdicate

MOST NEARLY means

• indecipherable

• to relinquish

• to bring to an end

• inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness

• immediately preceding or following

The word illegible

MOST NEARLY means:

• being of one mind

• indecipherable

• to express warning or disapproval to especially in a gentle, earnest, or solicitous manner

• the state of being complete

• to move by argument, entreaty, or expostulation to a belief, position, or course of action

The word contrast

MOST NEARLY means:

• comparison of similar objects to set off their dissimilar qualities

• to make furious

• utter failure

• normal

• being of one mind

The word formidable

MOST NEARLY means:

• to enter and usually become established

• to determine or fix the value of

• perpendicular to the plane of the horizon

• to strengthen or increase by fresh additions

• causing fear, dread, or apprehension

The word allocate

MOST NEARLY means:

• to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things

• to strengthen or increase by fresh additions

• to bring to an end

• a lifelike or realistic quality

• to locate and bring in

The word tentative

MOST NEARLY means:

• parallel to the horizon

• to enter and usually become established

• utter failure

• not fully worked out or developed

• immediately preceding or following

The word belligerent

MOST NEARLY means:

• to control or play upon by artful, unfair, or insidious means especially to one's own advantage

• inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness

• causing fear, dread, or apprehension

• exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality

• to determine or fix the value of

The word typical

MOST NEARLY means:

• normal

• inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness

• having the capacity to function or develop in a particular way

• to completely do away with

• to strengthen or increase by fresh additions

The word persuade

MOST NEARLY means

• close in value or amount but not precise

• something that is forecast

• actual or true

• to move by argument, entreaty, or expostulation to a belief, position, or course of action

• not often

The word ferocious

MOST NEARLY means:

• a state of latent hostility

• exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality

• joyously unrestrained and enthusiastic

• something that is forecast

• of a primitive kind