WW*8-15

A synonym for ASCERTAIN

• protect

• organize

• explain

• determine

An antonym for RESTIVE

• patient

• exhausted

• mournful

• friendly

Why might a gardener CULL her vegetable garden?

• to pick the prettiest flowers

• to fertilize the soil in her garden

• to remove weeds

• because it is time to harvest her vegetables

The shopping mall was under police SURVEILLANCE during the evening hours of shopping. The police were...

• checking occasionally during the evening

• stationed at checkpoints around the mall

• working at the information/welcome booth

• watching the mall carefully

A synonym for DESIST

• upset

• encourage

• unhappy

• stop

We cut back the branches of the maple tree that ______________ on our property.

• desisted

• encroached

• ascertained

• culled

We grew ________________ as we awaited permission to return to our flooded house.

• lurid

• humane

• restive

• culled

The dense smog gave the rays of the setting sun a _____________________ cast.

• lurid

• humane

• restive

• ascertaining

Game wardens ___________________ the deer herd when it grows too large for the deer's food supply.

• ascertain

• desist

• cull

• encroach

Ms. Gina sent Nevaeh to ____________________ the cause of the delay.

• discredit

• defer

• ascertain

• lurid