Unit 23 Vocabulary Quiz

to seal off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving

• blockade

• voyage

• disparage

• evade

to take a long journey usually by ship or boat

• evade

• parade

• voyage

• cascade

to flow or hang down in large amounts

• leverage

• cascade

• encourage

• persuade

to sing or play an instrument for someone

• parade

• serenade

• cascade

• voyage

to use something to maximum advantage

• disparage

• encourage

• leverage

• evade

o cause someone to do something by asking, arguing, or giving reasons; to

cause someone to believe something

• encourage

• leverage

• serenade

• persuade

to stay away from someone or something; to avoid someone or something

• blockade

• serendade

• evade

• cascade

to describe someone or something as unimportant, weak, bad, etc.

• evade

• cascade

• parade

• disparage

to walk or march together in public, especially as a way of celebrating or

protesting something; to walk in a way that attracts attention; to force someone

to walk or march in public

• parade

• cascade

• voyage

• evade

give support, confidence, or hope to someone

• encourage

• blockade

• voyage

• persuade