CSC English Activity

Trenchant

• Legalistic

• Dignified

• Vague

• Emphatic

• Cautious

Acquiesced

• Opposed

• Reacted

• Agreed

• Resisted

• Listened

Lequescent

• structured

• Changeable

• Complicated

• Shapeless

• Confusing

Repugnant

• Acceptable

• Objectionable

• Beneficial

• Degrading

• Embarrassing

Jeopardy

• Danger

• Crisis

• Apprehension

• Control

• Aggression

Realizing that we were determined to go, our experienced friends __________ that there might be more difficulties along

the way than we expect.

• Dismissed

• Intimidated

• Insisted

• Projected

• Concluded

A strong government is needed to promote _______, not dependency, and to encourage free enterprise.

• self-alienation

• self-evaluation

• self-reliance

• self-awareness

• self-determination

Our first assignment for this semester is to CONDENSE this selection into three paragraphs.

• downgrade

• expand

• shorten

• shelf

Answer explanation

Condense- to reduce something, such as a speech or piece of writing, in length:

Example:

I condensed ten pages of comments into two.

That lady was named as an ABETTOR of the renowned mogul.

• compliant

• accomplice

• encouragement

• repellant

Answer explanation

abettor- is someone who encourages another to commit a crime

The president RECANTED his statement after the accident.

• solidified

• signified

• retracted

• abhor

Answer explanation

"Recant" means to withdraw or retract a former statement.