Test 1 -4

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

• fret

• safeguard

• consider

• neglect

To (a)   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

(a)  

limit something that is not wanted

• encourage

• foster

• allay

• curb

cancel out, make ineffective or invalid, deny

• immigrate

• negate

• comform

• constrain

Something is (a)   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

(a)  

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

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