Girls Think Week 1

The opposite of apt is ____.

• adept
• doubtful

• capable
• skilled

If you assuage someone's fear, it means you __________ it.

• decrease

• aggravate
• intensify
• increase

Things that are _____ astonish people.

• ordinary
• boring
• predictable
• unexpected

The diplomat was known as an august, _____ man.

• dignified

• esteemed
• distinguished
• honorable

Because of his avarice, my uncle had ______ money and things.

• donated
• lost
• squandered
• accumulated

A concept is usually ____ in your mind.

• created
• destroyed
• formed
• imagined

What is one subject an engineer needs to study?

• english

• biology
• history
• mathematics

Hyperbole is using exaggeration to ___________

• minimize a point or create a neutral effect
• downplay a point or create a serious effect
• ignore a point or create a confusing effect
• emphasize a point or create a humorous effect

Ingenuity is a type of ____

• intelligence
• creativity
• imagination
• ingenuity

A new innovation in technology usually makes things

• worse
• better
• the same
• more complicated