Test 1 -4

To ____________ something suggests taking forceful measures to prevent something undesirable.

• fret

• safeguard

• consider

• neglect

To __________ over something is to feel or express worry, annoyance, or anxiety about it.

rigid

• unable to see

• easy to bend

• hard and unbending

• changeable and uncertain

confirm a theory, story, or fact with evidence

limit something that is not wanted

• encourage

• foster

• allay

• curb

cancel out, make ineffective or invalid, deny

• immigrate

• negate

• comform

• constrain

Something is __________ means that it is overused, especially in using words, remarks, or the way someone expresses that is cliched, lifeless, and uninteresting.

stop, terminate, put an end to, discontinue

ambiguous

• unclear or doubtful in meaning

• most frequent or common, having superior power and influence

• representation of common ground between two things

• twist out of proper or natural relation of parts, misshape, misrepresent

__________ means calm, peaceful, or tranquil. It is often used to describe someone who unruffled manner or fair and calm nature.